Yusra Ahmad, MD, FRCPC, is a community & academic psychiatrist in Toronto. She graduated with a BA from the University of Chicago and an MD from the University of Toronto where she completed her residency in psychiatry in 2013. She is affiliated with Women's College Hospital and the University Health Network. She is a Clinical Lecturer in the Division of Psychotherapy, Humanities & Psychosocial Interventions at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ahmad created Mindfully Muslim after she witnessed the impact of repetitive trauma on her community, beginning with 9/11 and culminating in the Quebec City mosque shooting. Mindfully Muslim is an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, faith-based group therapy program that blends her interests in mindfulness, neurobiology, poetry, self-help, psychotherapy and religion. It has been adopted by Women's Health in Women's Hands and Health Access Thorncliffe Park, two community health centres in Toronto. Because of this work, Dr. Ahmad was honoured with the 2019 Ontario Psychiatric Association's Breakout Community Advocacy Award, Alhamdullilah. Dr. Ahmad loves to live in between the lines because she believes a lot of power & beauty springs from these liminal spaces. She cares deeply about people and their stories
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