Ezat Mossallanejed

Ezat Mossallanejed holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy. A victim of torture in Iran, he escaped to Canada in 1985.

In Montreal, he was a founding member of the Iranian Cultural and Community Centre, Institut Éducatif pour les Jeunes Iraniens, and the Montreal Democratic Forum.

In Toronto, he worked as a Youth Counsellor with St. Christopher House and as a Refugee Policy Analyst, and later was the Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service – Canada.

At present, Ezat is a full-time Counsellor and Policy Analyst with the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT). He is a member of the Editorial Board of Refugee Update, a journal of refugee protection and advocacy in Canada. Sleeping Giant Productions has made a documentary about Ezat’s experience of torture which has frequently been broadcast by Vision TV.

Ezat is the Chair of the Board of Culturelink and is on the Board of the Canadian Centre for International Justice. He is the author of four books in Persian and one in English.

The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture - The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture aids survivors in overcoming the lasting effects of torture and war.

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