Imam Shakir Pandor

Our chaplain Shakir Pandor, Imam of the Islamic Centre of Oshawa is here to help Students by offering counseling, encouragement and support during times of stress, trauma or any challenge you might be facing. He is also here to answer spiritual and religious questions.

Imam Shakir Pandor was born in Toronto to parents who emigrated from India. After Grade 7, he traveled to the UK where he continued his studies while completing the memorization of the Qur’an and the rigorous eight-year Islamic Theology (Alimiyyah) program. Imam Shakir graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic Theology and jurisprudence from the oldest seminary in the UK. He returned to Toronto, where he spent eight years as an Imam and teacher in various Masaajid (Mosques) and Islamic schools before moving to Elizabethtown, Kentucky in 2008. He returned to Canada in 2011 and currently is the Imam, Resident Scholar & Religious Director at the Islamic Centre of Oshawa.

Imam Shakir is active with the Muslim Student Association at DC-UOIT, the Scarborough Muslim Association, and the Canadian Council of Muslim Theologians. He is a volunteer chaplain with Lakeridge Health and in the advanced level program with CAPPE, a national organization that certifies Chaplains for hospitals. He also supervises the Halal cooking protocol at E.P. Taylor’s Pub & Restaurant.