Rima Michelle Berns-McGown is a

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politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2018 provincial election. She represented the riding of

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as a member of the

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. She did not run for reelection in the 2022 provincial election, retiring after a single term in office. In a statement to the press, she noted: “Because I am a deeply introverted person, this job takes an enormous toll. For my well-being, I’ve decided not to run for re-election." Identifying as a person of mixed race ancestry in her piece ''Purity in Danger'', Berns-McGown was part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues

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and

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. She is the author of a book called ''Muslims in the Diaspora: The Somali Communities of London and Toronto''.

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