Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Nazanin Afshin-Jam is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author and public speaker. She is a former Miss World Canada. She is also president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions as well as the founder of “The Nazanin Foundation”.
Nazanin was born on April 11, 1979 in Tehran, Iran, and she immigrated to Canada with her family in 1981. Nazanin graduated from the University of British Columbia with degrees in international relations and political science. In 2011, she earned her Master of Arts in Diplomacy from Norwich University. She has an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Western Ontario.
Main Contributions
- Miss World Canada, 2003
- A licensed pilot
- Awards
- Hero for human rights award from Youth for Human Rights International and Artists for Human Rights For her efforts in helping save Nazanin Fatehi from the death penalty, 2007
- Global Citizenship Award by the University of British Columbia’s Alumni Association, 2008
- Human Rights Hero Award” from UN Watch in Geneva, Switzerland, 2009
- Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012
