Javad recently completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at BCIT and is in the process of obtaining his nursing licence in British Columbia. During his nursing education, he completed placements in hospitals, urgent care centres and supervised injection sites across the Lower Mainland, gaining firsthand experience with challenges including primary care shortages and long emergency-room wait times. Javad also holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Simon Fraser University, where he developed a strong interest in environmental conservation and the relationship between the environment and community health. He believes health is shaped not only by access to medical care, but also by housing, financial stability, social supports, transportation and the physical environment. His healthcare and community work has also included co-presenting a workshop on decolonizing and Indigenizing health-science education and organizing a health-promotion initiative at the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Health Fair focused on cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination. Javad is running in Burnaby East to advocate for accessible healthcare, affordable housing, reliable transit and stronger community supports, with a focus on the social and environmental conditions that shape people’s health and quality of life.
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