About me
Binish Ahmed (she/her) is an Asian Indigenous Kashmiri cis-woman, educator, artist, researcher, writer, an organizer. Born in Srinagar, Kashmir, she now lives in Tkaronto, the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt treaty territory. Her work centers on decolonizing research methods, governance, and social movements at the intersections of racialization, migration, gender, and labor, in solidarity with Indigenous movements for self-determination and resurgence in policy studies. A PhD Candidate (ABD) in Policy Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University, Ahmed’s dissertation examines Indigenous-settler alliances across Turtle Island. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science with a specialization in Public Policy from Brock University, where her research investigated immigrant settlement and retention, uncovering systemic racism and exclusion in the Niagara region. Ahmed was awarded the Spirit of Brock Medal at convocation for her outstanding contributions to making the university community a better place to live and learn. She also earned an Honors BA from the University of Toronto, majoring in Political Science with double minors in History and South Asian Studies.
