Team

Meet the team behind Better Canada Institute

Leadership

Nejeed Kassam

Executive Director

Christian Griffiths

Head of Operations

Nikitha Gopal

Head of Research

Meaghan Irons

Editor in Chief

Vinnie Jain

Head of Communications

Researchers

Kevin Mahadeo

Deputy Head of Research

Hafsa Durrani

Research Analyst

Mahmoud Rahim

Research Analyst

Sunayana Nimbu

Research Analyst

Rachel Emery

Research Analyst

Zainab Khorakiwala

Research Analyst

Savannah Guilbeault

Research Analyst

Jacob Shuker

Research Analyst

Aateka Rajab

Research Analyst

Editors

Jack Walsh

Editor

Joe Ralko

Editor

Joshua De Pinto

Editor

Christine Lee

Editor

Mina Mikhail

Editor

Pandora Ziu-Shkrebic

Editor

Salwa Abbasi

Editor

Partnerships and Communications

Stephanie Choi

Awards Coordinator

Viola Tian

Partnerships Coordinator

Data

Andrew Plummer

Data Engineer

Natália Calijorne

Data Analyst

Puru Shah

Data Engineer

Tyler Sousa

Data Engineer

Nicole Jarrett

Data Analyst

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