Current Conference Team
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Past Conference Teams
Humanitarians in Training 2017 Facilitator Team
We are a team of motivated university students who come from a diverse variety of backgrounds. Each of us are dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable members of our community through spreading awareness and taking initiative both locally and globally. Each team member brings valuable experience with leadership as well as humanitarian engagement to the event. Through becoming involved in our communities through educational and volunteer experiences we have each experienced immense personal growth and development. We wish to provide that same opportunity to many more youth from across Metro Vancouver. We acknowledge that we are not experts on the humanitarian issues that we are discussing and we are committed to constantly learning, growing, and challenging our personal perspectives. We are looking forward to meeting you at the conference!
EMILIE PTAKWorkshop FacilitatorEmilie graduated UBC with a B.A. in Political Science and Psychology and hopes to begin law school next September. As an undergrad, she worked in cognitive neuroscience research and with Canadian Blood Services as a club exec. Since graduating, she has continued to volunteer with Canadian Blood Services and is an advocate at St. Paul's Advocacy Office. In her free time, Emilie enjoys stand-up comedy and talking long walks to her bed.
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SAMER RIHANIWorkshop FacilitatorSamer is a 3rd year student at SFU studying in the Faculty of Health Sciences. He loves being involved on campus through clubs such as the SFU Red Cross Club, Blood for Life, and adores working on humanitarian issues on a local and global level with the help of friends, and about 7 cups of coffee daily. In his free time, Samer loves talking to dogs, watching videos of babies on YouTube and really loves his mom.
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SARAH PATRICKWorkshop FacilitatorSarah is a 5th year UBC student studying Psychology and Public Health. In her 2nd year, she co-founded and chaired the UBC Safe Surgery Summit, a public health conference focused on access to safe surgery in a global context. She is passionate about working to bridge the gap between social determinants of health, so that social factors like SES, gender, geologic location and race do not unequally disadvantage those in humanitarian and health crises. In her spare time, she loves going to concerts and hiking.
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SARAH DUGGANWorkshop FacilitatorSarah is a fourth year student in International Studies and Sustainable Community Development. She is passionate about active and meaningful participation in the development process both locally and globally, to support the resiliency and sustainability of communities. She believes everyone should have the ability to help make decisions about how cities and communities are governed and constructed. In her spare time Sarah enjoys playing with her cats, hiking, spending time with friends, yoga and reading books that aren’t textbooks.
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PRAAKRUT PUROHITWorkshop FacilitatorPraakrut is a 3rd year student majoring in Biology at UBC and pursuing a career in dentistry. He has been involved with the UBC Red Cross Club and its initiatives since second year, and with the Red Cross Student Movement since the 2017 Encompass Gala. He is passionate about providing aid and protection to those who need it locally and globally, no matter what form it comes in, and is constantly looking for new avenues to make this happen. In his free time he loves to look up pictures of his future Lamborghinis, spend time with friends, binge his favourite tv shows, and most of all, sleep!
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NAVEED HASSANZADEHWorkshop FacilitatorNaveed is a first year university student who is currently studying molecular biology and biochemistry at Simon Fraser University. He was introduced to the Red Cross Student Movement through one of the RCSM's post-conference meetings in his senior year of high school. Ever since that initial experience he has been helping the RCSM with its various initiatives. This year he is happy to be a part of the HiT conference as a facilitator of the Weapons of War workshop. He strongly believes that the world is progressing towards a brighter future, and he wants to inspire others to further that progression together.
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MARIAM MIRZAWorkshop FacilitatorMariam is a third year UBC International Relations student with a minor in Economics. This past summer, Mariam completed an internship at UN Women in the Malawi country office. Mariam is passionate about discussions on women’s rights and empowerment and hopes to pursue that field as a career in the future.
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AILEEN SAADATMANDWorkshop FacilitatorAileen is a third year student at Simon Fraser University pursing a Bachelor of Arts in Health Sciences and a minor in Criminology. She is passionate about health and human rights and is hoping to study law in the future to channel and apply these passions. She enjoys getting involved within her school community and has done so through becoming a faculty mentor, becoming a member of The Club for the Cure, participating in Balding for Dollars, and promoting healthy living through the SFU Hiking Club. In her spare time she enjoys spending time outdoors, taking care of her plants, and eating sushi.
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SUMARA STROSHEINConference DirectorSumara is a 3rd year SFU student pursuing a Bachelor of Science in the Life Science stream of the Health Sciences program. She has been involved with the Humanitarians in Training conference series since the pilot conference in February 2016 and is excited be part of the team for the 3rd annual conference. She is passionate about sustainability, health research, community engagement in humanitarian issues, and addressing social determinants of health such as food security within a local and global context. In her free time Sumara enjoys running, hiking, reading, and eating too many tacos.
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