Nasrin Husseini | |
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| Born | Afghanistan |
| Alma mater | Kabul University, University of Guelph |
| Occupation(s) | Refugee advocate, veterinary researcher, food activist |
| Awards | 100 Women (BBC) (2021) [1] |
Nasrin Husseini is an Afghan-born Canadian advocate of refugees, veterinary researcher, and a food activist, working to remake the food system. [1] Her research focuses on advancing animal health through breeding and improving the productivity of the food derived from farm animals. [2] [3] [4] In 2021, she was part of the 100 Women BBC list, which includes the most inspiring and influential women in the world. [5]
Afghan women and girls are terrified and the current situation seems hopeless, but there is always a way.
Nasrin Husseini was born in Afghanistan and spent her childhood as a refugee in Iran. [4] After the fall of the Taliban, she moved back to Afghanistan in 2004. [4] She was in the second class of women to graduate from the veterinary medicine program at Kabul University in 2010. [4]
In 2010, she relocated to Toronto, Canada as a refugee due to discrimination she experienced as an educated woman in Afghanistan, and she enrolled at University of Guelph. [6] [4] Her family joined her in Canada in 2018. [7] She received a master of science degree in immunology in 2020 [4] [8] with her thesis Resilience of High Immune Responder Beef Cattle in the Context of Climate Change (2020). After graduation, Husseini began working for the University of Guelph as a veterinary researcher in the immunology lab. [4] [8]
In 2021, Husseini was volunteering for Hazara Humanitarian Services in Brampton, assisting the Hazara people from Afghanistan in settling in Canada; [7] [4] and for the Bookies Youth Program, promoting Afghan literacy and storytelling for children. [4]