Meet our team

 

We are a transdisciplinary team of researchers and community leaders

The people at work

John Robinson

John Robinson

Project Lead

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Kim Slater

Kim Slater

Project Lead

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Blake Poland

Blake Poland

Academic Team

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Paty Romero-Lankao

Paty Romero-Lankao

Academic Team

Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Scarborough
Cheryl Teelucksingh

Cheryl Teelucksingh

Academic Team

Department of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
Pamela Robinson

Pamela Robinson

Academic Team

School of Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University
Sahar Vermezyari

Sahar Vermezyari

Community Partner

East Scarborough Storefront
Anne Gloger

Anne Gloger

Community Partner

Catalysts’ Circle
Majd Al-Shihabi

Majd Al-Shihabi

PhD Student

Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
Desiree Kosciulek

Desiree Kosciulek

MES Student

School of the Environment, University of Toronto
Upasana Bhattacharjee

Upasana Bhattacharjee

PhD Student

Faculty of Information, UTSC
Bronwyn Clement

Bronwyn Clement

PhD Student

Department of Geography, University of Toronto
Janna Radi Mohamed

Janna Radi Mohamed

MHSc Student

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Mahassen Ramadan

Mahassen Ramadan

MEd Student

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Emily Smit

Emily Smit

PhD Student

Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
Sherry Lin

Sherry Lin

Community Partner

Catalysts’ Circle
Laura Hammond

Laura Hammond

Commuity Partner

East Scarborough Storefront
Carolyn Saenz

Carolyn Saenz

Community Partner

East Scarborough Storefront
Rosana Rampersaud

Rosana Rampersaud

Community Partner

East Scarborough Storefront

Governance Structure

Core Steering Group
Members: John, Kim, Emily, Blake, Anne, Pamela, Paty, Cheryl
Purpose: Maintain ethos of the project, oversee working groups, sub-projects, and activities

Management Group
Members: Kim, Sahar, Emily, Anne, John
Purpose: Perform project administration and university-related business (e.g. proposals, funding, etc.)

Ad Hoc Working Groups
Members: Various, task-specific
Purpose: Organize and run specific sub-projects,  funding proposals, momentum surfacing, social network, understanding of working with community

OUR SHARED AIM

To explore how our participatory Connected Communities approach – equitable and integrated strategies that embed climate and resilience strategies in more general approaches to achieving community priorities – can support and influence the action of policy-makers and decision-makers from multiple sectors.

Partnership

Visionary Communities is a community-university led project that is funded in part by the City of Toronto.