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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Neighbourhood Improvement Area: Regent Park | Downtown East Cluster | Richard Kirwan (pronouns: he/him) |
647-268-5548 |
| Neighbourhood Improvement Area: South Parkdale | Downtown West Cluster | Sarosh Anwar (pronouns: she/her) |
416-889-1285 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Rolfe Santos (pronouns: he/him) |
416-688-5330 |
| 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 | Fathiya Warsame (pronouns: she/her) |
647-824-1675 |
The City of manages a variety of youth development programs including those focused on employment.
Mikael KhalamEmail: Mikael.Khalam@toronto.ca Phone: 437-882-0150 Youth Employment Partnerships |
Brandon HayEmail: Brandon.Hay@toronto.ca Phone: 437-288-7194 Youth Equity & Violence Prevention Program Lead: Community Healing Project |
Asmaa MohamedEmail: Asmaa.Mohamed@toronto.ca Phone: 437-855-1830 Youth Equity & Violence Prevention Program Lead: Community PEERS |
Annakim FfrenchEmail: Annakim.Ffrench@toronto.ca Phone: 647-280-7962 Youth Equity & Violence Prevention Program Lead: Restorative Justice Programs |
Phillip Chuck JrEmail: Phillip.Chuck@toronto.ca Phone: 437-239-8766 Youth Equity & Violence Prevention Program Lead: Integrated Supports for Justice-Involved Youth |
Management
| Stephen Linton
Manager 427-238-9521 |
Kevin Bourne
Supervisor 416-677-5094 |
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
647-210-8189 |
Abdi Hussein
416-918-6437 |
Anah Aslam
437-655-6846 |
| Temesgen Ghebremicael
Temesgen.Ghebremicael@toronto.ca 416-206-0439 |
Shannel Narine-Sammy
Shannel.Narine-Sammy@toronto.ca 647-308-4391 |
Shannon Ashman
416-566-7239 |
| Chelsea Davis
437-226-7203 |
Olivia Wilks
416-302-6430 |
Jerome Leach
437-552-8582 |
| Jermal Humphrey
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
647-308-5865 |
Katherine Marhong
437-331-2637 |
Emad Alarashi
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:
Clara GanemtoreManager Email: Clara.Ganemtore@toronto.ca Phone: 416-394-4042 |
Matthew CarrolSupervisor Email: Matthew.Carrol@toronto.ca Phone: 437-552-3168 |
Michael LaceyPolicy Research Consultant Email: Michael.Lacey@toronto.ca Phone: 437-230-0281 |
Ubah IdleCommunity 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 GanemtoreManager Email: Clara.Ganemtore@toronto.ca Phone: 416-394-4042 |
Matthew CarrolSupervisor Email: Matthew.Carrol@toronto.ca Phone: 437-552-3168 |
Michael LaceyPolicy Research Consultant Email: Michael.Lacey@toronto.ca Phone: 437-230-0281 |
Omar SyblissCommunity Development Officer Email: Omar.Sybbliss@toronto.ca Phone: 416-677-5461 |
Sophia BrownCommunity Development Officer Email: Sophia.Brown@toronto.ca Phone: 437-233-6659
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Sgt Brian SmithToronto Police Service Email: Brian.Smith@torontopolice.on.ca Phone: 416-808-0145 |
Evon SmithCoordination 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.
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 OfficerManager Email: Scerena.Officer@toronto.ca Phone: 416-886-7542 |
Kecia RichardsonSupervisor Email: Kecia.Richardson@toronto.ca Phone: 647-462-6053 |
Charlton ElliottCommunity Development Officer Email: Charlton.Elliott@toronto.ca Phone: 437-214-4578 |
Tricia ClarkeCommunity Development Officer Email: Tricia.Clarke@toronto.ca Phone: 416-993-9590 |
Daisy SagguCommunity Development Officer Email: Daisy.Saggu@toronto.ca Phone: 437-829-4083 |
Shane JeremiahCommunity Development Officer Email: Shane.Jeremiah@toronto.ca Phone: 416-270-1387 |