Zahra Vaid

 In her free time, Zahra enjoys knitting, writing fiction, spending time with her nieces and nephews, and discovering local cafes.

• Associate Lawyer, Lerners LLP (2021)
• Articling Student, Lerners LLP (2020-2021)
• Summer Student, Human Rights Legal Support Centre (2019)

• Janet Lambert Book Prize in Equity Studies (2016)
• The City of Toronto Women’s Studies Undergraduate Award (2015)
• Dean’s International Initiatives Fund Recipient (2015)
• Scholars Award, University of Toronto (2012)

• Author, Ontario Accident Benefits Case Summaries, LexisNexis (2022)
• Co-Author, Top Five Case Briefs Project, Ontario Justice Education Network (2018-2019)
• Call it what it is – Islamophobia: Erasure, Consciousness, and Resistance, IDERD Conference, University of Toronto (2017)

• Volunteer, Legal Services Coordination Pilot Program, Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
• Vice President, Osgoode Peer Support Centre, Osgoode Hall Law School (2019-2020)
• Co-Director of External Communications, Osgoode Women’s Network (OWN), Osgoode Hall Law School (2019-2020)
• Junior Caseworker, Immigration Law Division, Community Legal Aid Services Programme, Osgoode Hall Law School (2017-2018)
• Counsellor, 315NISA: Muslim Women’s Helpline (2015-2017)

• Member, Mentorship Committee, Women’s Law Association of Ontario
• Canadian Bar Association
• Ontario Bar Association
• Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association
• South Asian Bar Association of Toronto
• Group of Racialized Ontario Women Litigators (GROWL)

• Admitted to the Ontario Bar (2021)
• J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School (2020)
• Anti-Discrimination Intensive Program, Osgoode Hall Law School (2018-2019)
• B.A. (Hons), Equity Studies and Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto (2016)
• Indigenous Resurgence & Sustainable Development Research Program, Center for Engaged Learning Abroad, Belize (2015)