Urbi Khan

My nanu passed away in November and I felt my life, my entire self shift. I sat down to write for nanu, to say goodbye to her and remember her life and process her death the only way I know how to. Here is a bit of that story: thestar.com/opinion/2021/1…

Our other debut story: Nurses are burning out while hospital CEOs rake in millions. @birgitomo sat down with @throughfood_ over a Nigerian meal to talk about Canada’s health care crisis and why nurses are fighting back. youtu.be/ZfGRL1uMdRs?si…

@nathan_sing sat with Abbas over taboon bread, za’atar, olive oil, and local produce to talk farming under occupation — and the unshakable will to stay rooted. 📹hosted, directed & edited by @nathan_sing 📋produced by @urbykahn

As executive director of the Palestinian Farmers' Union, Abbas has spent his life advocating for land, dignity, and the right to grow. Israeli settler violence, threats, and land grabs haven’t stopped him and other Palestinian farmers.

Introducing @throughfood_ — our new platform exploring the people and systems shaping what we eat. One of our first stories: From the occupied West Bank, Abbas Milhem shares how farming is a form of resistance. youtube.com/watch?v=SXgAYw… 🧵

🍽️ We all see the world through food.  → through food is a grassroots media platform exploring the people, systems, and stories shaping what we eat. 🌐 For 100% independent reportage on the global food system →  head to throughfood.org

Nurses are burning out while hospital CEOs rake in millions. I sat down with @throughfood_ over a comforting Nigerian meal to talk about Canada’s health care crisis and why nurses are fighting back. through food explores the people, systems and stories shaping what we eat.

Watch the full conversation with @throughfood_ here: youtube.com/watch?v=ZfGRL1…

Plastics plants are being allowed to emit benzene into the air at levels over 400 times higher than provincial guidelines in Ontario's infamous "Chemical Valley" thanks to "site-specific standards": thenarwhal.ca/ontario-air-po… #Ontario #Canada

The communities we live and work in, from Scarborough to Mississauga, are being affected without us being aware of the environmental impact of factories operating in our neighbourhoods. I've worked, run programming and hung out in the same neighbourhood without knowing as well

This very important investigative story was brought to life through groundbreaking work by @KupermanLeah and @urbykahn, who uncovered critical insights into a factory using a known carcinogen. The problem is that local residents had no idea. thenarwhal.ca/sterigenics-mi…

It's World Press Freedom Day. And nobody deserves our respect, solidarity and admiration today more than the brave and determined journalists of Gaza. We would be blind without them and they are the best of us.

Residents in the Greater Toronto Area had no idea a company operating in their community uses a known carcinogen. We dug into it in a massive investigation with @TheLocal_TO, @balkissoon writes in this week’s newsletter: thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-ste…

Sterigenics is an Ohio medical-supply company that has been sued by people who say they developed cancer because of ethylene oxide exposure. Now they're setting up in Mississauga AND NOBODY KNOWS. As someone who regularly frequents the area, I am horrified thenarwhal.ca/sterigenics-mi…

This story is such a good example of why public service journalism matters. A huge lift to show how industry is impacting human health, and why residents likely don’t know it’s happening.

"Everywhere this chemical is, there’s a cloud of death. There’s a cloud of sickness." The details of this story are nuts. Just incredible, diligent, public service investigative work here by @KupermanLeah and @urbykahn thenarwhal.ca/sterigenics-mi…

Wild how few enforceable regulations there are around emissions here. And wild that almost nobody these reporters spoke to knew a company (which is paying $400M to people claiming it caused cancer in the US!) is using a carcinogen in their neighbourhood. thelocal.to/sterigenics-et…

I'm from Scarborough and my mom has had cancer twice. So when @KupermanLeah and @urbykahn pitched this story, about a company using a carcinogenic chemical that moved from Scarb to Mississauga, I knew the @thenarwhalca had to tell it, with @TheLocal_TO. thenarwhal.ca/sterigenics-mi…

Ethylene oxide is a known carcinogen. This medical sterilization company used it in Scarborough—then moved to Mississauga. An joint investigation with @thenarwhalca by @urbykahn and @KupermanLeah thelocal.to/sterigenics-et…

In the U.S., Sterigenics has agreed to pay out over US$400M after allegations its facilities' emissions are linked to cancer. Do Scarborough and Mississauga residents know what Sterigenics has been up to near their homes? An investigation with @thelocalto: thenarwhal.ca/sterigenics-mi…