‘My identity is not symbolic. No one’s identity should be reduced to symbolism’

Doly Begum has made history. Born in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, she became the first Bangladeshi-Canadian elected to a Canadian legislature when she won the Scarborough Southwest riding for the Ontario New Democratic Party in 2018 at age 29, defeating a 15-year Liberal incumbent. She went on to win three consecutive terms and rise to the role of... Details