Shaheen Akhter Munir

Concordia University, Canada

Shaheen Akhter Munir is a lawyer, researcher, author, and human rights activist from Bangladesh, based in Montreal, Canada for nearly three decades. With degrees in Political Science and Law from the University of Dhaka, she has spent over forty years advancing women’s rights in Bangladesh and within Montreal’s South Asian communities and broader civic institutions.  

Her work bridges legal advocacy, feminist research, and community engagement.  She served as Research Associate (2017–2022) and Affiliate Assistant Professor (2022–2023) at Concordia University’s Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Montreal.  Presently a member of Feminist Scholars and Activists Network at Simone de Beauvoir Institute.

As an artist, Shaheen’s compassionate vision continues to guide her creative practice, honoured with Honourable Mention Awards from the Women Art Society of Montreal at 127th and 130th Annual Juried Art Show, (2022 and 2025) for her Oil paintings – “Phillis Webstad’s Orange Shirt, Unmarked Graves…” and “Krisnochura: Tribute ‘71”.