Nairah Ahmed
Reporter | Mississauga |
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About Nairah Ahmed
Nairah Ahmed is a Mississauga-based journalist covering young people in the Greater Toronto Area, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
She is a recent graduate of Carleton University's bachelor of journalism program with a combined honours in law and is currently working towards her masters in public policy, administration and law at York University.
Travelling market shows Ontario’s mall shoppers a more sustainable side of fashion
Ontario’s largest travelling vintage and sustainable clothing event, hosted by The Street Market at Mississauga’s Square One shopping centre over the weekend, aims to cultivate communities through fashion.
Grade 11 student wins best young inventor award trying to help disabled community
When Meihuan Yu was in Grade 10 researching a history project, she was captivated by the story of a Syrian swim instructor teaching amputee children how to swim and cope with the trauma of war.
Credit card surcharges are coming for your wallet
Inflation is already driving up prices on everything from food to the overall cost of living — and now pulling out your credit card could be more expensive, too.
As municipal vote looms, some Ontario residents wrestle with heading to the polls on Diwali
When 36-year-old Ryan Singh was booking the holiday Diwali off work, he realized it fell on Oct. 24, the same day as the municipal elections in Ontario.
As migration season takes off, Canadian charity urges people to get outside and look for fallen birds
On one particularly bad patrol day, Kaitlin Brough collected 30 birds that were stunned, dead or injured after hitting building windows in Scarborough, Ont.
Tehronto: Iranian-Canadians protest in solidarity after Mahsa Amini’s death
Mahsa Amini’s death has sparked protests around the world. The young woman died in custody on Sept. 16 after she was accused of improperly wearing a head scarf by Iran’s morality police.
‘This could have been any one of us’: Iranian-Canadian woman calls for change after Mahsa Amini’s death
When Linda Adams heard the story of a 22-year-old Iranian woman accused of improperly wearing a head scarf dying in police custody, it brought back terrifying memories.
Moccasin Identifier Project making strides for truth and reconciliation
Children are painting moccasins all over the interior of the Halton Hills Public Library to promote public awareness of significant cultural historic sites and the ancestral presence of First Nations, Métis and Indigenous communities.
Toronto climate strikers of all ages call on governments, corporations to ‘put people first’
Protesters of all ages took to Queen’s Park Friday afternoon demanding immediate climate action as part of a global strike.