Khadija Waseem

Khadija Waseem is a senior strategy consultant at Monitor Deloitte, where she specializes in advising government and public sector clients. She is also a grassroots community mobilizer, and technologist passionate about intersectional change.

Over the course of her career, Khadija has held diverse roles at the intersection of policy, technology, and strategy. She contributed to Canada’s first national youth policy as part of the Prime Minister’s Office of Canada’s policy team, helped launch Google for Startups in Canada as a Marketing Specialist, and supported affordable housing initiatives as an aide to Toronto’s Deputy Mayor Ana Bailão. She has also served as a strategist at #movethedial and advised Fortune 500 companies on strategic initiatives.

She is passionate about designing equitable digital infrastructures, advancing intersectional policy, and building reconciliatory bridges across institutions. Her national youth leadership includes serving as a Canadian Youth Delegate to the United Nations, as Equal Voice’s Daughters of the Vote, and a Director on the Fora: Girls on Boards Steering Committee.

Khadija is a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University—one of the world’s most selective fellowships—where she focused on generative AI, cybersecurity, and nuclear non-proliferation treaties. She also holds a degree in Finance and Strategy from the University of Toronto’s Rotman Commerce. Khadija currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Club of Toronto and Trinity Theatre, where she continues to champion civic engagement and elevate the voices of racialized and marginalized youth across Canada.