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Hanen Nanaa is a multi-award-winning social entrepreneur, public policy advisor and war survivor from Syria. She founded the Books Art Music (BAM) Collective — recognized with a Mayor’s Community Safety Award and as a finalist for the Toronto Arts for Youth Award. Hanen is a senior advisor at the Toronto Transit Commission and a master’s student in public policy, administration and law at York University. A politics and governance graduate of ³ÉÈË´óƬ, she has also studied at the University of Oxford. Her advocacy and leadership have earned her the 2023 Pam McConnell Award, the 2023 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award and a nomination for DMZ’s 2024 Woman of the Year.