(CBC) Sameer Zuberi, a Montreal activist who has been outspoken against Islamophobia in the province, has been nominated as the Liberal [candidate] for Pierrefonds-Dollard.
Until July, Zuberi was the diversity and engagement officer for McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine, according to LinkedIn.
He was a candidate for Projet Montréal in the Bois-de-Liesse district in the 2013 Montreal municipal election, gaining 23 per cent of the vote, but losing to Équipe Coderre’s Jean Raymond.
Zuberi, who holds a law degree from Université de Montréal and a bachelor in mathematics from Concordia University, has also acted as a spokesperson for the Canadian Muslim Forum.
He was interviewed by the National as a human rights advocate following the Quebec City mosque shooting in 2017.
