Meet lila

Lila was raised in Northern British Columbia. She attained her Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Global Studies from the University of Northern British Columbia. As a young Canadian Muslim born to Syrian immigrants, she is passionate about supporting diversity, inclusion and anti-racism initiatives. In 2019, Lila represented her riding during the national Daughters of the Vote event and spoke in the House of Commons on Islamophobia, discrimination, and lack of supports for newcomers to Canada.

Throughout her undergraduate degree, Lila held numerous employment and volunteer positions. For over three years, she worked on campus as a research assistant and data analyst with the Business Intelligence Research Group. Lila also served as the Northern BC regional coordinator for the Justice Education Society, delivering legal education services across BC. 

As an active community leader, Lila has championed various social and political causes including access to justice, climate change, online hate, racism and discrimination, newcomer support, youth empowerment, civic engagement, mentorship, and feminist issues.

Lila is currently pursuing a JD Law degree at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University. As a future lawyer, Lila hopes to apply her diverse skill set to excel in meeting clients' legal service needs. Lila also plans to continue to support initiatives that make the law more accessible for the Arabic-speaking community and other marginalized communities. She recently founded the BC Arabic Legal Support Centre (BCALSC) with the aim of making legal information more accessible and understandable for BC newcomers and immigrants.