About Me

Anjum Sultana is an award-winning public affairs strategist, sought-after media commentator, accomplished public speaker, and published researcher with expertise in gender equity, public health, and civic engagement. In 2020, Anjum was named a Global Woman of Distinction by the NGO Committee on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women as well as named Canada’s Top 30 Under 30 in Sustainability by Corporate Knights.

Anjum is the National Director of Public Policy & Strategic Communications at YWCA Canada, the country’s largest and oldest gender equity organization. Anjum is the Primary Author and Operations Lead for ‘A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan: Making the Economy Work for Everyone’, the first nationally-focused recovery plan of its kind. Currently, Anjum is a member of Canada’s W20 official delegation providing recommendations to G20 countries.

Anjum is an internationally recognized expert in public policy and has delivered keynotes, lectures, and participated in panel discussions across Canada and globally. Anjum's commentary has been featured in print, TV, radio, and digital platforms including CBC, CityTv, CTV, First Policy Response, Healthy Debate, National Observer, New Canadian Media, NOW Toronto, Public Policy Forum, TVO, and UN Women.

Anjum represented Canada at the 2019 G7 Youth Summit in Paris, France. She has been appointed to CivicAction's Recovery Taskforce for Toronto. Anjum is the Founder of Millennial Womxn in Policy, a Founding Advisor with Progress Toronto, a member of several advisory committees and serves as an Executive on the Boards of the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA), Regent Park Community Health Centre and Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA).

Anjum holds a Masters of Public Health from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. While there, she was selected as Junior Fellow at Massey College and also completed the CIHR Collaborative Program in Public Health Policy. Anjum has also served as the Executive Co-Director of IMAGINE, an interprofessional student-run medical clinic and health promotion initiative based at Queen Street West Parkdale Community Health Centre.

Over her career, Anjum has been the recipient of several prestigious awards and fellowships:
- Global Woman of Distinction by United Nations Commission on the Status of Women NGO Committee
- Canada's Top 30 Under 30 in Sustainability by Corporate Knights
- Women Who Inspire Award by Canadian Council of Muslim Women
- Frances Lankin Inspiring Leadership Community Service Award by Social Planning Toronto
- International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination Award by University of Toronto

Anjum can be reached via email at a.sultana.consulting@gmail.com and on Twitter at @AnjumSultana.