Salma Zahid

What a great time on Canada Day at the Bangladesh Street Festival! Great way to celebrate Canada!

What a great day at Thomson Memorial Park in #ScarbTO today celebrating #CanadaDay . Wonderful to connect with the community and take part in so many fun activities and entertainment. Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

We're celebrating Canada Day at Thomson Memorial Park. Popcorn and cotton candy on us! Come and join us!

Our cotton candy station up and running at the Canada Day celebrations at Thomson Park. See you all here today!

From my family to yours, wishing you a very Happy Canada Day! Hope to see you today at the celebration at Thomson Memorial Park. We'll have popcorn, cotton candy and lots of Canada flags and pins. Fun for the whole family!

It was a pleasure to have attended the BAPS Mandir charity walk. It was inspiring to see so many people make it for the walk despite the weather not cooperating. I hope to see more initiatives organized by the mandir and look forward to keep participating in them for the years to come.

Fascinating to see different facets of Filipino culture yesterday, from the various outfits and dances to the different regional cuisines, at the Filipino Heritage Month celebration. Many congratulations, National Filipino Heritage Canada! And many thanks to everyone who visited our booth. #FilipinoHeritageMonth

Yesterday I attended the Pinay Tayo Filipino night market with honourable Minister @rechie.valdez and many other friends and colleagues. Enjoyed my time with the filipino community and the food looked amazing and there are definitely a lot of small businesses to check out.

Happy Multiculturalism Day, Canada! 🌍✨ Today we celebrate the beautiful diversity that makes our community so unique and vibrant. Let’s continue to embrace and honor our different cultures, fostering unity and understanding. #MulticulturalismDay #unityindiversity

Honored to have been the guest speaker at the “Breaking Barriers in the Skilled Trades Symposium: Advancing Racial Equity,” hosted by @ndctrades at Centennial College Progress Campus this week. It was inspiring to connect with so many talented and driven youths, and to discuss the importance of creating opportunities for underrepresented communities in skilled trades. A special highlight was participating in the drumming workshop, celebrating the vibrant diversity and shared commitment to racial equity in our community. Together, we can break barriers and build a brighter future for all! #BreakingBarriers #RacialEquity #SkilledTrades

Newcomer Women’s Event hosted by Dorset Community Hub and Agincourt Newcomer Services! It was a pleasure speaking to the newcomers about the role of police and the law in Canada. In addition, it is important for newcomers to understand their roles and responsibilities as the new residents of Canada. It was a great event and I truly enjoyed interacting with the community members and answering questions. A number of women were very interested in a career with @tpsrecruiting and it was great speaking to them about different career paths they can take with the Toronto Police Service. Thank you to our amazing Project Hope volunteers and Toronto Police Auxiliary @tpsauxiliary for attending and supporting this wonderful event!! I would also like to thank M.P Salma Zahid @salmazahidmp for attending and speaking to the Afghan newcomer women who have left their war torn country to seek a better life and now need our guidance and support! Your continuous support for Project Hope and amazing work in the community is very much appreciated. @acsatoronto @afghanwomensorg @dorsetpark41 @tpsneighbourhoodwatch @torontopolice @tps_cpeu @dorsetparkcommunity @tpskathlin @tps51div @drps_officialwest @toronto.muslims @polycultural @costi_org @acsatoronto @acsa4youth @acsachildfamily @acsa_foodsec #torontopolice #police #newcomers #womennewcomers #toronto #projecthope #tpsprojecthope

Very pleased with the insights that we gathered last night from the community about our new caregiver immigration program. Thank you to all those who came and shared their thoughts and experiences as caregivers, families of care recipients, and support workers for migrants. While we celebrated some gains from decades of advocacy, we also heard some concerns for potential abuse of caregivers seeking job offers, as well as a resounding clamor for regularisation of out-of-status caregivers already in Canada. We’ve heard you and we will take these back to Ottawa.