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The Honourable Farah Mohamed
Mohamed in 2025

Farah Mohamed is a Canadian Senator, former CEO of The King’s Trust Canada, former CEO of the Malala Fund, a non-profit founded by Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai. She is the founder of G(irls)20, now called Fora.

Farah is the recipient of a Meritorious Service Medal, a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Coronation Medal and one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards, presented by Canadian Immigrant magazine.^[1] In 2014, she was also recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women.^[2] On two occasions she was named a Women of Influence. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada in March 2025.^[3]

She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Queens University and a Master of Arts and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Western Ontario.^[4]^[5]

Career

In 2010, Mohamed founded G(irls)20, an annual leadership event for young women held in advance of the G20 summit.^[6] Mohamed served as CEO of the Malala Fund, a non-profit founded by Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.^[7]

As of 2024, she was the CEO of King’s Trust Canada, the Canadian arm of the youth charity founded by King Charles.^[8]

On March 7, 2025, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada as an Independent on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as a representative for Ontario.^[3] She joined the Independent Senators Group on June 3, 2025.^[9]

References

↑ Suhasini, Gloria; Jingco, Kaitlin; Meurrens, Steven; Murthy, Murali. "Canadas Top 25 Immigrants 2014". Canadian Immigrant. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
↑ "Who are the 100 Women 2014?". BBC News. 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
1 2 Trudeau, Justin (2025-03-07). "Prime Minister announces the appointment of senators" (Press release). Ottawa, Ontario: Office of the Prime Minister. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
↑ "Our Story". Girls20. Archived from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
↑ "Move over Oscars, we're announcing our 2019 policy stars". Public Policy Forum. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
↑ "Farah Mohamed". Canadian Immigrant. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
↑ Carbert, Michelle (5 June 2018). "Trudeau says gender equality will be top priority at G7 summit despite concern about Trump's distractions". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
↑ Previl, Sean (19 November 2024). "Youth unemployment is near decade-highs. What will it take to fix it?". Global News. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
↑ "Trudeau-appointed senators David Richards, Farah Mohamed change party affiliations". Globe and Mail. June 4, 2025. Retrieved June 5, 2025.

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