Rizwan Khan

Rizwan Khan is running for the Greens in Don Valley East to restore critical policy that will protect people and the environment.

Rizwan is an environmental lawyer and co-founding partner of Viridius Lex LLP, a boutique law firm which serves residents and small business owners in Kingston and Toronto.

As a lawyer, Rizwan represents and advocates for numerous public interest groups whose mandates are to protect and improve public and environmental health. He has pushed for the reform and improvement of municipal, provincial, and federal pollution prevention programs, the creation of a provincial public park, and the implementation of greenhouse gas emission regulations. Rizwan has also collaborated with First Nation communities to produce a toolkit to create legal instruments such as by-laws and band council resolutions.

Rizwan holds a BSc in Chemistry and Biology from Toronto Metropolitan University, an MSc in Food Chemistry from Dalhousie University, and a Juris Doctor from Queen’s University. He is a proud resident of Don Valley East and has lived there for nearly a decade.