2026 Community Builder Award Recipients

At our Holiday Banquet on December 5, we honoured our 2025 Toronto Centre Community Builder Award recipients. This year, we awarded 12 outstanding Toronto Centre residents who are dedicated to enacting positive change in their neighbourhoods, three exemplary community organizations that empower and unite the people they serve and, for the first time, recognized City staff and a member of 51 Division who went above and beyond in their roles to make Toronto Centre a more welcoming and inclusive place to live in 2025.

Please join me in celebrating the 2025 Toronto Centre Community Builders. You can read their full bios here

  • Khuram Aftab - ​​Regent Park 
  • Lynn Daigneault - McGill-Granby Village
  • Christine Dingemans - Bay Cloverhill 
  • April Hodgins - Moss Park 
  • Wallace Immen - Cabbagetown
  • Suzanne Kavanagh - St. Lawrence 
  • Connie Langille - Church Wellesley 
  • Franca Leeson - Canary District
  • Rick Matthews - Cabbagetown South
  • Hakim Mohamed - Regent Park 
  • Louis-Philippe Rochon - Cabbagetown South 
  • Heather Wilberforce - Winchester Park 
  • Sai Dham Food Bank - St. James Town 
  • JamiiSt. Lawrence 
  • Street Health - Cabbagetown South
  • Sergeant Henry Dyck - 51 Division
  • Toronto Shelter and Support Services Encampment Office - City of Toronto
  • Parks Outreach and Response Team - City of Toronto

Please visit my Holiday Banquet Recap for more photos. 

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