Ezat Mossallanejad holds a Ph.D. degree in political economy. As a victim of torture in Iran, Ezat escaped to Canada in 1985. In Montreal, he was a founding member of the Iranian Cultural and Community Centre.  At present, Ezat works as a full-time Counsellor and Policy Analyst with the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT). He is a member of the editorial board of Refugee Update and is presently on the Board of the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ). In his mission to protect refugees and survivors of torture, he has travelled to different countries including USA, Mexico, Rwanda, Switzerland, Austria, Nigeria, Uganda, Thailand, India and Cyprus.