About Nrinder
Nrinder has been representing Ward 3 on Hamilton City Council since 2018. She is the first racialized woman elected to serve on Hamilton City Council. And, she has an impressive track record of delivering results that work for us all!
Nrinder has served as Chair of:
- General Issues Committee
- Public Works Committee
- Emergency & Community Services Committee
- City Housing Hamilton Board of Directors
- Grants Sub Committee
- LRT Sub Committee
- Selection Committee for various boards, agencies and liaison committees
Nrinder has served as Vice-Chair of:
- Community Benefits Sub Committee
- Truck Routes Sub Committee
Nrinder has served on:
- Board of Health
- Governance Review Sub Committee
- Procurement Sub Committee
- Expanding Housing and Support Services for Women, Non-Binary and Transgender Community Sub-Committee
- Hamilton Future Fund Board
- Hamilton – Oshawa Port Authority – City of Hamilton Liaison Committee
- 7 Shareholder and Sole Voting Member structures
Nrinder has been elected to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board:
- Chair of the Anti-Racism, Equity & Inclusion Committee
- Vice-Chair of the Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development
And she serves on the following committees:
- Standing Committee on Municipal Finance,
- Infrastructure and Transportation
- Governance
Employment History
Prior to becoming Ward 3 City Councillor, Nrinder built a 20 year career in worker education, community development, and organizational change management.
She has run her own businesses, one with a storefront on James St N called Nourishing Health and the other as a consultant designing and facilitating curriculum to build leaders in community-based organizations and unions across Canada.
She worked as:
- Manager of Community Development for the City of Toronto.
- Director of Leadership Development & Organizational Change for United Healthcare Workers East of the Service Employees International Union in New York City.
- National Representative on Youth Issues for the Canadian Labour Congress in Ottawa.
Personal & Community
Nrinder has lived in the Gibson neighbourhood in Ward 3 since she and her family first moved to Hamilton in 2011. It is where she is raising her child and has cared for aging parents with her husband.
Nrinder served on the founding Board of Directors for the Mustard Seed Food Co-op, was involved in the Sherman Hub Neighbourhood Action group, and participated in many alleyway and park clean ups prior to 2018.
Hamilton isn’t just home, it is the city she loves and is proud to serve.
