Zainab Azim

Education and academic experience

Azim holds a Master of Education from Harvard University, where she gained academic and teaching-fellow experience. Her academic work has involved policy, economics and community organizing — a combination that connects classroom study with the practical questions of how communities make decisions.

Political organizing

Azim was involved in Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign in New York, where she is reported to have gained organizing and research experience. That experience is relevant to her understanding of political engagement and community mobilization — how campaigns listen to residents, and how they turn concerns into organized participation.

Community recognition

In 2022, Azim was named Milton's Citizen of the Year. She is also reported to be the youngest Official Bellringer, and she mentors through the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs' Space4Women initiative, which supports women and girls pursuing opportunities in the space sector.

Professional experience

Azim is reported to have worked in the Office of Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Across public policy, organizing, education and community engagement, her experience spans the federal, academic and grassroots levels of public life.

Campaign and public engagement

Azim's campaign has included public endorsements, campaign events and media interviews. Her approach emphasizes direct engagement with residents and communicating her campaign in public, in person and through the coverage her candidacy has received.

Endorsements and public support

Azim's campaign has attracted support from an accomplished group of public figures and community members, including Marshall Ganz, a Harvard professor and political organizer associated with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign; Kathryn McGarry, former Mayor of Cambridge and former Ontario cabinet minister; sitting MPs Salma Zahid and Sima Acan; former MP Bryan May; and Richard Furlong, a longtime Milton lawyer. Milton residents Sedra and Ahmed Alshamalsy have also publicly endorsed her.

This range of supporters brings together experience in political organizing, public service and community life.