Yes. Naheed Nenshi was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011.
He was one of about 190 people selected that year (and one of three Canadians), while serving as Calgary’s mayor. The WEF’s Young Global Leaders programme, founded by Klaus Schwab, selects people under 40 for a multi-year community based on professional accomplishments and potential influence. Nenshi has a profile on the WEF website listing him as former mayor of Calgary (2010–2021), and contemporary reports confirm he attended the annual Davos meeting in that capacity, including as a panellist in 2014 on disaster resilience after Calgary’s floods.
The designation is a fixed-term recognition rather than ongoing governance membership of the Forum itself. Alumni status and the public profile remain; he is no longer in the active under-40 cohort. Contemporary coverage from CBC, Global News, the Calgary Herald, and the Globe and Mail reported the 2011 selection at the time.