| Mir Sayeed Sultan
President and Founder
Mir Sayeed Sultan is at the core of UCEC
activities and aspirations. A businessman by profession, however, he
has always nurtured the objective to serve humanity as best he can.
This can be traced to his adolescence. As a young boy, growing up in
India, Mir formed a group of fellow students who would go to remote
villages distributing clothes and teaching the use of disinfectants
to poor villagers. In 1954, as a teenager, Mir was elected to be a
leader of World Scout Jamboree, and a documentary film of the event
was made. His leadership ability continued through college where he
represented his peers as the General Secretary of the elected
Students Union.
After coming to Canada in
1989, Mir got involved in community service. Soon after arriving, he
realized that there was no place for Muslim community members for
worship and to have social gatherings. In 1991, with great efforts,
Mir, with support from some community members was able to establish
a mosque and community centre at Coopers Avenue for religious social
activities. In 2003, he formed the United Family of Neighbours a
group of homeowners (Mavis west to Terry Fox) who were involved in a
dispute with their builder. From past experience, Mir realized that
they would be stronger as a group and personally represented their
case to the City of Mississauga, to settle the dispute between the
builder and the owners. This establishment of a community of
neighbours also encouraged regular meetings and brought the
neighbours closer to each other.
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