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Regent Park Neighbourhood Association’s Community Benefits Coalition (CBC) and Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) introduces Tridel as the developer partner for phase 4 and 5 of the Regent Park Redevelopment. A virtual meeting was held on June 9th, 2021, by Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) and the Regent Park Neighbourhood Association’s Community Benefits Coalition (CBC), to introduce Tridel as the development partner for phase 4 and 5 of the Regent Park Redevelopment. The meeting, hosted by Regent Park residents, Walied Khogali and Feclicia Whyte, was well attended by the residents and community members of Regent Park. The meeting begun with an address by MPP Suze Morrison, who expressed the importance of the voice of the community in any development plan. City Counsellor Kristyn Wong-Tam also addressed the attendees. Wong-Tam spoke on the City of Toronto priorities for the redevelopment of phase 4 and 5 - which was to build community assets first and significantly increase the number o...

The Regent Park Social Development Plan (SDP) is a community-wide initiative that seeks to ensure that social inclusion and cohesion is at the heart of the revitalization of Regent Park. To meet this goal, the work of the SDP is structured around four primary committees or working groups each consisting of Toronto Community Housing residents, market residents, grassroots groups and service providers. The Employment & Economic Development Committee (EED) is one of the four working groups of the SDP. The goal of the EED committee is to increase employment rates and entrepreneurial opportunities for residents of Regent Park. Considered among the lowest income neighborhoods in Toronto, antidotal evidence suggests that many Regent Park households are struggling with employment barriers related to language, lack of skills, lack of accreditation, mental health, Islamophobia, systemic racism and more. According to Murwan Khogali, a resident co-chair of the EED committee, “The task laid ...