Meet Our Dedicated Staff

Sabina Ali

Executive Director

Sabina Ali is one of the founding members of the Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee. She has worked to build the capacity and economic opportunities of residents and manages a wide variety of food, art, fitness, markets and garden programs. She is the recipient of the Elizabeth Coke award for excellence in leadership in 2011, the 2014 Jane Jacobs Prize for her work in transforming the city through innovative thinking, dedication to community development, and passion for hard work, and the 2014 Phenomenal Woman Award. She was  also selected as one of the Top Ten Torontonians to get the things done by Globe and Mail. In 2017 she received an award for Excellence in Civic Action and the MP’s Sesquicentennial Citizenship Award. She is also an active member of Toronto Food Policy Council.

Shazia qbal

Café Chef 

Wajiha Hameedy

Café Assistant & Baker

Masooma Jaffery

Café Assistant 

Hajra Zubair

Café Assistant 

Saliha Hameedy

Baker Assistant

Marilou McGuire

Garden Coordinator

Mark Chen

Marketing Coordinator

Farooq Muhammad

Community Development Worker

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48 Thorncliffe Park Drive M4H 1J7 | Toronto, ON

Call Us: 647 203 2545