Damhat Zagros is a Kurdish Syrian human rights advocate. After fleeing Syria at the age of 17, he lived as a refugee in Lebanon for more than six years, eventually resettling in Winnipeg, Canada in 2017. Damhat is completing his last year of a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Rights from the University of Winnipeg. He works for Aurora Family Therapy Centre where he runs a newcomer youth leadership program. Damhat has been active in supporting the newcomer community in Manitoba, focusing on newcomer inclusion, anti‐racism initiatives, and building bridges between Indigenous and newcomer communities.