Our Shared Sacrifice

Recovering Private Hasan Amat — the first identified Muslim soldier killed in action serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, to our knowledge.

Founded and directed by Daniyal Elahi and Harris Elahi, Royal Canadian Army Cadets, 337 Queen's York Rangers · Toronto

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🏅 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Young Heritage Leaders — Daniyal and Harris Elahi, 2026

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Reach (Nov 1, 2025 – May 5, 2026): approximately 1.2 million combined unique reach across Facebook and Instagram (Facebook 604,000 viewers, Instagram 590,000 reach). 2.79 million organic views and 3.6 million total views including supported distribution. 74,500 content interactions. 16 days 8 hours of Facebook watch time. Paid distribution supported by a Veterans Affairs Canada Commemorative Partnership Program grant.

Our Shared Sacrifice is a youth-led Canadian public history initiative dedicated to recovering overlooked soldiers of the First World War. Daniyal and Harris Elahi founded and direct the project. Both are Royal Canadian Army Cadets with 337 Queen's York Rangers in Toronto. The project's published research is carried by The Hill 70 Memorial, the Vimy Foundation, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and Veterans Affairs Canada. Educational programming has been delivered in classrooms and cadet corps across Ontario and internationally.

Private Hasan Amat

– The Research

Educational Programming

– In Classrooms and Cadet Corps

Hill 70 Memorial

– A Bench and Plaque in France

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