The City of Toronto has Community Development Officers (CDO) that can work with you, your neighbourhood or organization on community planning, community safety, Tower Renewal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbourhood Improvement Areas: Humber Summit, Humbermede, Black Creek, Glenfield-Jane Heights, Downsview-Roding-CFB, York University Heights | Black Creek Humber Summit Cluster | Diarra Hughes (pronouns: she/her) |
647-888-2483 |
| Neighbourhood Improvement Area: Regent Park | Downtown East Cluster | Richard Kirwan (pronouns: he/him) |
647-268-5548 |
| Neighbourhood Improvement Area: South Parkdale | Downtown West Cluster | Tricia Clarke (pronouns: she/her) |
416-993-9590 |
| Neighbourhood Improvement Areas: Flemingdon Park, Thorncliffe Park, Victoria Village | East York Don Valley Cluster | Edna Ali (pronouns: she/her) |
416-737-5733 |
| 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 |
| Neighbourhood Improvement Area: N/A | South Etobicoke Cluster | Wayne Robinson (pronouns: he/him) |
416-206-1553 |
| Emerging Neighbourhoods: Malvern West, Malvern East, Steeles, L’Amoreaux West, East L’Amoreaux | North Scarborough Cluster | Blaine Felix (pronouns: he/him) |
437-882-4212 |
| Neighbourhood Improvement Areas: Oakridge, West Hill, Morningside, Scarborough Village, Woburn, Eglinton East, Kennedy Park, Ionview
Emerging Neighbourhoods: Dorset Park |
South Scarborough Cluster | Saida Osman (pronouns: she/her) |
416-320-8636 |
| 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 |
| Emerging Neighbourhoods: Westminster-Branson, Yorkdale-Glen Park, Englemount-Lawrence | North York Cluster | Rosemary Bell (pronouns: she/her) |
416-889-1285 |
The City of manages a variety of youth development programs including those focused on employment.
Phone: 437-288-7194
Email: Brandon.Hay@toronto.ca
Phone: 437-239-8766
Email: Phillip.Chuck@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-558-1192
Email: Said.Abdi@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-993-5660
Email: Souleik.Kheyre2@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-616-6590
Email: Veronica.Simic@toronto.ca
The CCRP team supports communities with the development of safety networks that create neighbourhood strategies which focus on Crisis Intervention, Crisis Prevention, and Crisis Preparation. When communities have been impacted by violent and traumatic incidents, the CCRP further supports communities with the recovery and healing process.
Manager
Phone: 416-886-7542
Email: Scerena.Officer@toronto.ca
Supervisor
Phone: 647-462-6053
Email: Kecia.Richardson@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-677-5291
Email: Thipika.Balakrishnan@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-677-5094
Email: Kevin.Bourne@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-206-0439
Email: Temesgen.Ghebremicael@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-270-1387
Email: Shane.Jeremiah@toronto.ca
Wellness and Recovery
Phone: 437-928-5816
Email: Ashley.Kakuk@toronto.ca
Wellness and Recovery
Phone: 647-217-4368
Email: Blaire.Hinsperger-Fox@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-526-0588
Email: Stephanie.Mazerolle@toronto.ca
Phone: 647-210-8189
Email: Saleha.Nahdi@toronto.ca
SPIDER’s mission is to reduce the recurrence of risks and promote the safe inclusion of vulnerable Torontonians in their communities by ensuring that:
Manager
Phone: 416-886-7542
Email: Scerena.Officer@toronto.ca
Supervisor
Phone: 416-392-7108
Email: Tamasha.Grant@toronto.ca
Phone: 437-833-3834
Email: Julia.Fremeau@toronto.ca
Phone: 416-677-5461
Email: Omar.Sybbliss@toronto.ca
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.
Manager
Community Safety & Wellbeing
Phone: 416-886-7542
Email: Scerena.Officer@toronto.ca
Supervisor
Community Safety & Wellbeing
Phone: 416-392-7108
Email: Tamasha.Grant@toronto.ca
Coordination Manager
United Way Greater Toronto
Phone: 416-559-1829
Email: esmith@uwgt.org
Toronto Police Service
Phone: 416-808-0145
Email: Brian.Smith@torontopolice.on.ca
In January 2015, Social Development, Finance and Administration restructured and created a new Tower Renewal Program with a greater focus on partner collaboration and implementation of Tower Renewal and Community Revitalization mandates.
Phone: 416-993-9590
Email: Rolfe.Santos@toronto.ca