{"id":6228,"date":"2026-06-23T11:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/?p=6228"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:58:56","slug":"zahra-esmail-advisory-council-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/2026\/zahra-esmail-advisory-council-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Zahra Esmail, Advisory Council Member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Zahra Esmail, Advisory Council Member\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/06\/ZahraEsmail400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/06\/ZahraEsmail400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/06\/ZahraEsmail400-320x321.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mpnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/06\/ZahraEsmail400-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Zahra Esmail is the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/thevantagepoint.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vantage Point<\/a>, a British Columbia nonprofit that serves other BC nonprofits through convening, facilitation and advocacy. She has more than 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector in international development, housing and homelessness, community development, microfinance, governance and fundraising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zahra is an active community volunteer. She was the Board Co-Chair of Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society, Chair of the Governance Committee with Cuso International, and Board Member with Lookout Foundation and BC Institute of Technology. She chaired BC\u2019s Poverty Reduction Advisory Committee from 2020-2026, which advises government on policy initiatives to prevent and reduce poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zahra was named among Business in Vancouver\u2019s Forty Under 40, nominated for a YWCA Women of Distinction Award, and awarded a King Charles III Coronation Medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zahra Esmail is the CEO of Vantage Point, a British Columbia nonprofit that serves other BC nonprofits through convening, facilitation and advocacy. She has more than 15 years of experience in the nonprofit sector in international development, housing and homelessness, community development, microfinance, governance and fundraising. Zahra is an active community volunteer. 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