The City of Toronto has Community Development Officers (CDO) that can work with you, your neighbourhood or organization on community planning, community safety, community infrastructure and more. Find the most appropriate Community Development Officer below.

The Community Coordination Plan (CCP) was developed by the City of Toronto and United Way Greater Toronto to ensure coordination and communication with more than 400 community-based agencies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This new model of partnership has implemented service coordination and hyper local solutions across ten geographic clusters and two non-geographic clusters to meet the needs of Torontonians and will continue to evolve beyond COVID-19 response efforts.

The Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy 2020 (TSNS 2020) is the City of Toronto’s action plan for ensuring that each of our 158 neighbourhoods can succeed and thrive. TSNS 2020 supports healthy communities across Toronto by partnering with residents, businesses and agencies to invest in people, services, programs and facilities in 33 Neighbourhood Improvement Areas and eight Emerging Neighbourhoods.

 

Neighbourhood Improvement Areas & Emerging Neighbourhoods Community Coordination Plan Cluster Community Development Officer Contact Information
Community Coordination Plan & Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy Community Development Officers
Neighbourhood Improvement Areas: Humber Summit, Humbermede, Black Creek, Glenfield-Jane Heights, Downsview-Roding-CFB, York University Heights Black Creek Humber Summit Cluster Janvere Lyder
(pronouns: she/her)
647-216-2152

Janvere.Lyder@toronto.ca

Neighbourhood Improvement Area: Regent Park Downtown East Cluster Richard Kirwan
(pronouns: he/him)
647-268-5548

Richard.Kirwan@toronto.ca

Neighbourhood Improvement Area: South Parkdale Downtown West Cluster Sarosh Anwar
(pronouns: she/her)
416-889-1285

Sarsoh.Anwar@toronto.ca

Neighbourhood Improvement Areas: Flemingdon Park, Thorncliffe Park, Victoria Village, Oakridge, Taylor Massey East York Don Valley Cluster Edna Ali
(pronouns: she/her)
416-737-5733

Edna.Ali@toronto.ca

Neighbourhood Improvement Areas: Elms-Old Rexdale, Thistletown-Beaumoud Heights, Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown, Kingsview Village-The Westway

Emerging Neighbourhoods: Humber Heights-Westmount

North Etobicoke Cluster Sherry Phillips
(pronouns: she/her)
416-892-3119

Sherry.Phillips@toronto.ca

Neighbourhood Improvement Area: N/A South Etobicoke Cluster Wayne Robinson
(pronouns: he/him)
416-206-1553

Wayne.Robinson@toronto.ca

Emerging Neighbourhoods: Malvern West, Malvern East, Steeles, L’Amoreaux West, East L’Amoreaux North Scarborough Cluster Blaine Felix
(pronouns: he/him)
437-882-4212

Blaine.Felix@toronto.ca

Neighbourhood Improvement Areas: Oakridge, West Hill, Morningside, Scarborough Village, Woburn, Eglinton East, Kennedy Park, Ionview

Emerging Neighbourhoods: Dorset Park

South Scarborough Cluster Rolfe Santos
(pronouns: he/him)
416-688-5330

Rolfe.Santos@toronto.ca 

Neighbourhood Improvement Areas: Weston, Mount Dennis, Beechborough-Greenbrook, Keelesdale-Eglinton West, Rustic, Rockcliffe-Smythe, Weston-Pelham Park York Weston Pelham Cluster Melody Brown
(pronouns: she/her)
416-894-3819

Melody.Brown@toronto.ca

Emerging Neighbourhoods: Westminster-Branson, Yorkdale-Glen Park, Englemount-Lawrence North York Cluster Fathiya Warsame
(pronouns: she/her)
647-824-1675

Fathiya.Warsame@toronto.ca

The City of manages a variety of youth development programs including those focused on employment.

 

Mikael Khalam

Email: Mikael.Khalam@toronto.ca

Phone: 437-882-0150

Youth Employment Partnerships

Brandon Hay

Email: Brandon.Hay@toronto.ca

Phone: 437-288-7194

Youth Equity & Violence Prevention

Program Lead: Community Healing Project

Asmaa Mohamed

Email: Asmaa.Mohamed@toronto.ca

Phone: 437-855-1830

Youth Equity & Violence Prevention

Program Lead: Community PEERS

Annakim Ffrench

Email: Annakim.Ffrench@toronto.ca

Phone: 647-280-7962

Youth Equity & Violence Prevention

Program Lead: Restorative Justice Programs

Phillip Chuck Jr

Email: Phillip.Chuck@toronto.ca

Phone: 437-239-8766

Youth Equity & Violence Prevention

Program Lead: Integrated Supports for Justice-Involved Youth

 

Management 

Stephen Linton

Manager

Stephen.Linton@toronto.ca

437-238-9521

Kevin Bourne

Supervisor

Kevin.Bourne@toronto.ca

416-677-5094

Destiny Guthrie

Supervisor

Destiny.Guthrie@toronto.ca

427-385-1094

Joya Mukherjee

Supervisor

Joya.Mukherjee@toronto.ca 

237-218-0534

 

Community Crisis Response Program

The Community Crisis Response Program (CCRP) works across Toronto providing support and resources to communities impacted by violent and traumatic incidents. CCRP also works with communities to identify concerns and develop localized safety and well-being development strategies.

West District  Central District  East District
Saleha Nahdi

Saleha.Nahdi@toronto.ca

647-210-8189

Abdi Hussein

Abdi.Hussein@toronto.ca

416-918-6437

Anah Aslam

Anah.Aslam@toronto.ca

437-655-6846

Temesgen Ghebremicael

Temesgen.Ghebremicael@toronto.ca

416-206-0439

Stephanie Mazerolle

Stephanie.Mazerolle@toronto.ca 

416-526-0588

Shannon Ashman

Shannon.Ashman@toronto.ca

416-566-7239

Chelsea Davis

Chelsea.Davis@toronto.ca

437-226-7203

Olivia Wilks

Olivia.Wilks@toronto.ca

416-302-6430

Jerome Leach

Jerome.Leach@toronto.ca

437-552-8582

Jermal Humphrey

Jermal.Humphrey@toronto.ca

437-238-7730

 

Community Violence Wellness and Recovery Project

The Community Violence Wellness and Recovery Project connects individuals and communities impacted by community violence to community agencies that provide culturally appropriate and trauma-informed well-being and recovery supports

West District  Central District East District
Ama Ackon

Ama.Ackon@toronto.ca

647-308-5865

Katherine Marhong

Katherine.Marhong3@toronto.ca

437-331-2637

Emad Alarashi

Emad.Alarashi@toronto.ca

437-928-5816

SPIDER’s mission is to reduce the recurrence of risks and promote the safe inclusion of vulnerable Torontonians in their communities by ensuring that:

  • the response of City of Toronto Divisions is coordinated
  • community health care, social and community services are made available
  • operational and system level reforms are identified and promoted to eliminate future issues

Clara Ganemtore

Manager

Email: Clara.Ganemtore@toronto.ca

Phone: 416-394-4042

Matthew Carrol

Supervisor

Email: Matthew.Carrol@toronto.ca

Phone: 437-552-3168

Michael Lacey

Policy Research Consultant

Email: Michael.Lacey@toronto.ca 

Phone: 437-230-0281

Ubah Idle

Community Development Officer

Email: Ubah.Idle@toronto.ca

Phone: 647-308-5604

 

Furthering Our Community by Uniting Services (FOCUS) is an innovative Community Safety and Well-Being Initiative co-led by the City of Toronto, United Way Toronto and Toronto Police Service that aims to reduce crime, victimization and improve community resiliency and well-being. The model builds off of lessons learned through the Community Crisis Response Program.

Clara Ganemtore

Manager

Email: Clara.Ganemtore@toronto.ca

Phone: 416-394-4042

Matthew Carrol

Supervisor

Email: Matthew.Carrol@toronto.ca

Phone: 437-552-3168

Michael Lacey

Policy Research Consultant

Email: Michael.Lacey@toronto.ca 

Phone: 437-230-0281

Omar Sybliss

Community Development Officer

Email: Omar.Sybbliss@toronto.ca

Phone: 416-677-5461

Sophia Brown

Community Development Officer

Email: Sophia.Brown@toronto.ca

Phone: 437-233-6659

 

Sgt Brian Smith

Toronto Police Service

Email: Brian.Smith@torontopolice.on.ca

Phone: 416-808-0145

Evon Smith

Coordination Manager, United Way Greater Toronto

Email: esmith@uwgt.org

Phone: 416-559-1829

 

The Community Infrastructure Unit co-creates complete communities with inclusive, equity-focused practices, community spaces and actionable plans within City-building and land-use planning initiatives.

Jedrek So

Community Development Officer

Email:Jedrek.So@toronto.ca

Phone: 416-554-2355

TO Wards Peace (TWP) aims to increase effective interventions to mitigate violence in Toronto using a risk-driven, multi-sectoral model that is driven by a community-centric, public health approach.

Scerena Officer

Manager

Email: Scerena.Officer@toronto.ca

Phone: 416-886-7542

Kecia Richardson

Supervisor

Email: Kecia.Richardson@toronto.ca

Phone: 647-462-6053

Charlton Elliott

Community Development Officer

Email: Charlton.Elliott@toronto.ca

Phone: 437-214-4578

Tricia Clarke

Community Development Officer

Email: Tricia.Clarke@toronto.ca

Phone: 416-993-9590

Daisy Saggu

Community Development Officer

Email: Daisy.Saggu@toronto.ca 

Phone: 437-829-4083

Shane Jeremiah

Community Development Officer

Email: Shane.Jeremiah@toronto.ca

Phone: 416-270-1387