Mayor John Tory along with other City of Toronto and school board representatives will welcome students back to school Monday morning at the new Canoe Landing multi-use community facility in Toronto’s west-central waterfront area.
Date: Monday, January 6
Time: 8 a.m.
Location: Canoe Landing, 20 Brunel Ct. (just north of the Gardiner Expressway, west of Spadina Avenue)
Joining the mayor at this event are Deputy Mayor Michael Thompson (Ward 21 Scarborough Centre), Chair of the Economic and Community Development Committee, Councillor Joe Cressy (Ward 10 Spadina-Fort York), Toronto District School Board chair Robin Pilkey, trustee Stephanie Donaldson and education director John Malloy, and Toronto Catholic District School Board vice-chair Angela Kennedy and trustee Norm Di Pasquale.
Media will have an opportunity to tour the two schools in the Canoe Landing development with the mayor and the other elected officials. After the tour, Janie Romoff, General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation, will be available for interviews about Canoe Landing. The tour and interviews will be informal, scrum style.
Limited street parking is available on Fort York Boulevard.
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Media contacts:
Jaclyn Carlisle, Strategic Communications, 416-397-5305, Jaclyn.Carlisle@toronto.ca
Lawvin Hadisi, Office of the Mayor, 416-338-3217, Lawvin.Hadisi@toronto.ca
Shazia Vlahos, Toronto Catholic District School Board, 416-459-3822, Shazia.Vlahos@tcdsb.org
Shari Schwartz-Maltz, Toronto District School Board, 416-518-5551, Shari.Schwartz-maltz@tdsb.on.ca