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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