ICC Board Of Directors post AGM2025 and appointment of Officers & Department Chairs
The Board of Directors of the Iranian Canadian Congress (ICC) held its first official post-AGM2025 meeting on Sunday May 19th, 2025. The board discussed administrative matters related to the transition of documents and records from the former directors and also appointed new executive officers and department chairs. The following appointments were unanimously approved by the Board:
President: Mona Ghasemi
Vice-President: Mona Borghei
Treasurer: Manizheh Babaei
Secretary: Mahdi Ghamari
Co-Chairs of the Administration and Finance Department: Mona Ghasemi, Mona Borghei
Co-Chairs of the Communication and Public Relations Department: Mona Ghasemi, Mona Borghei
Co-Chairs of the Policy Department: Mahdi Ghamari, Asoudeh Novin
Co-Chairs of the Culture Department: Asoudeh Novin, Manizheh Babaei
Co-Chairs of the Public Relations Department: Mona Ghasemi, Mona Borghei
Chair of the Service Committee: Daniel Bagheri
Co-Chairs of the Mental Health Committee: Dr. Raheleh Tarani, Mona Borghei
Chair of the Research & Education Committee: Daniel Bagheri
Co-Chairs of the Communication policy Committee: Mona Borghei, Asoudeh Novin
Co-Chairs of the Organization of Communications & Content Development Committee: Manizheh Babaei, Dr. Arghavan Emami
Chair of the Public Relation Activities & Cyberspace Committee: Mahdi Ghamari
Chair of the Women's Committee: Shila Doaee
Read moreIntroduction of AGM 2025 candidate Mona Ghassemi
Mona Ghassemi is a returning candidate for the ICC Board of Directors, having served two years as Vice President, during which they were instrumental in representing ICC to Canada’s Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference. Mona has also been key in researching and preparing many of ICC’s statements in defence of democratic human rights in Canada in the context of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
Currently employed in the software industry, Mona received a Master’s of Cultural Anthropology from Concordia University for ethnographic thesis work regarding gender issues within the Iranian-Canadian community. Living in Montreal since the age of two, Mona has been actively involved in the Iranian community there for many years.
Mona spent two years on the Board of Directors of QPIRG Concordia, gaining experience in consensus-based decision-making. Their experience as a peer support volunteer at the Centre for Gender Advocacy, including a one-year training period in active listening and workshops on topics such as racism and indigenous solidarity, increased their perspective and empathy. Mona has also volunteered as the Montreal host for #BecauseWeveRead, an international book club started by Iranian-American activist Hoda Katebi, which included outreach to the Iranian-Canadian community. Mona has also had several media appearances where they have taken a position against war and foreign influence in Iran.
Mona is passionate about anti-racism and anti-Islamophobia, dialogue and bridge-building within the community, and solidarity with other racialized and marginalized groups in Canada.
Introduction of AGM 2023 candidate Mona Ghassemi
Currently employed in the software industry, Mona Ghassemi received a Master’s of Cultural Anthropology from Concordia University for ethnographic thesis work regarding gender issues within the Iranian-Canadian community. Living in Montreal since the age of two, Mona has been actively involved in the Iranian community there for many years.
Mona spent two years on the Board of Directors of QPIRG Concordia, gaining experience in consensus-based decision-making. Their experience as a peer support volunteer at the Centre for Gender Advocacy, including a one-year training period in active listening and workshops on topics such as racism and indigenous solidarity, increased their perspective and empathy. Mona has also volunteered as the Montreal host for #BecauseWeveRead, an international book club started by Iranian-American activist Hoda Katebi, which included outreach to the Iranian-Canadian community. Mona has also had several media appearances where they have taken a position against war and foreign influence in Iran.
Mona is passionate about anti-racism and anti-Islamophobia, dialogue and bridge-building within the community, and solidarity with other racialized and marginalized groups in Canada.