Omar Yaqub

Omar Yaqub DSL ICD.D MBA BSc (@somaryaqub Twitter, LinkedIn), serves the team at IslamicFamily, a social change organisation that is disrupting systemic inequity through service, research & beauty. He is the Historian Co-Laureate for the City of Edmonton. He has two decades of experience in the for-benefit sector. During his time with IslamicFamily the organisation has become a multi-award winning Imagine Canada & Great Places to Work accredited charity. Omar has been awarded a Doctor of Sacred Letters from St Stephen’s College, EMCN’s RISE award for Community Leadership, and the University of Alberta’s Co-op Mentorship Award.