Our Board
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Xi-Mali Kadeena-Guscoth
(co-chair)
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Grant Goodman (co-chair)
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Beryl Tsang (treasurer)
Beryls Tsang is a Community Worker and Textile Artist (knitting celebrity) with a strong interest in building inclusive, sustainable, and vibrant neighbourhoods. She is currently the Manager of Strategic Initiatives at Cecil Community Centre, and an active Kensington Market coffee drinker!
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Jaicyea Smith (secretary)
Jaicyea is an Inclusive Designer based in Toronto. She has extensive knowledge in Inclusive Design, AODA, WCAG, and accessibility. Recognized for her exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, leadership, and problem-solving, Jaicyea can handle and resolve issues with expediency. She resides in the Bloor West area but lived in Kensington for 4 years and continues to give back to the community. She was a founder and organizer of the Black women paint Baldwin #baldwinmural, a member of Tea Base in Chinatown, leads community projects with the skate community in Alexandra Park, and is involved in budding skatepark safety and community care initiatives. She loves the market and wants to keep it weird!!
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Kim Breland
Acknowledgments:
We are forever grateful to past board members for their contribution:
Serena Purdy for her contributions as chair of the organization from 2020-2025.
Dominque Russell for her contributions as founder and chair of the organization from 2014-2020.
Sylvia Lassam for all her contributions as a valued member and Treasurer. She has lived in Kensington Market since 2005 and is the founder of the Kensington Market Historical Society.
The Reverend Maggie Helwig, the parish priest at the Anglican Church of St Stephen-in-the-Fields, at College and Bellevue.