Caryma Sa'd is known for documenting events at anti-COVID-19-lockdown protests in Canada and other protests.
12 Facts About Caryma Sa'd
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In 2019, Caryma Sa'd represented tenants displaced by a fatal fire from 235 Gosford Boulevard apartment block in Toronto.
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In 2021, Sa'd represented tenants who rented illegal apartments from Toronto landlord Brad J Lamb, pushing for financial compensation for those evicted, and persuaded a judge to give more time to two tenants whose rent was delayed due to hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In 2023, Caryma Sa'd was herself the subject of an order evicting her from her residential premises in Toronto after she failed to show for her own hearing before the Landlord and Tenant Board.
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Caryma Sa'd has commissioned cartoons that are critical of corporations, public figures, and politicians.
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In 2019, Caryma Sa'd described Ontario's lottery system of providing retail cannabis licences as "unfair" because it excluded potential licensees based on luck, not experience or relevant skills.
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Caryma Sa'd co-founded 420 Cannabis Court, a pop-up outdoor cannabis-friendly lounge that existed during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns and hosted live comedy acts.
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Caryma Sa'd refused the request but the event was cancelled nevertheless after proper precautions were not taken and community groups, residents and concerned parties showed up to protest Sky and police had to be called to break up a number of scuffles.
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Caryma Sa'd went to and published videos of herself at the home of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network's chair emeritus Bernie Farber.
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In 2023, Caryma Sa'd sued the Canadian Anti-Hate Network due to circumstances surrounding the protests against the Chinatown event and its cancellation.
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The action was dismissed on September 25,2023 as having "no reasonable cause of action and therefore has no reasonable prospect of success" with Caryma Sa'd ordered to pay CAHN's legal costs.
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In December 2023, Caryma Sa'd filmed some Moxies workers in downtown Toronto who had stepped outside their restaurant to cheer on an anti-war, pro-Palestinian march during the Gaza war.