Urbi Khan

What is the best way to tell a story?

This is a question I ask myself, always.

My storytelling mediums include print reporting, photography and data.

Sometimes, it involves performing live in front of an audience, or even community mentorship.

 

I am a driven storyteller. The action gives me a chance to connect with people, whom I am privileged to come across various communities. There is no storyteller sans the human connection.  

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Currently, I work as a freelance enterprising and investigative journalist for various Canadian publications. Previously, I worked as a staff reporter at the Toronto Star reporting on health, education and breaking news.

I proudly started as a student journalist with editor positions at Ryerson Review of Journalism

(now The Review of Journalism),  GROK Magazine, and The Eyeopener. 

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I studied journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), with a minor in philosophy. I also studied communications and media, with a focus on Indigenous Australian communities at Curtin University.

 

 Beyond my work as a journalist, I have also worked for Toronto-based non-profits such as the  Toronto Council on Aging, Urban Alliance on Race Relations, South Asian Health Alliance and Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services. 

 

My work focuses on health, community and the natural world. When reporting, I want to focus on the relationships between settler and Indigenous ideologies: how they converge and diverge. 

When not working, I take a break to worship Dolly Parton. You can also find me dreaming in movie theatres or hiking through wilderness. 

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In all honesty, all my life is a ploy to plan my next creative endeavour. 

Want to join me?