Ward 22 — Scarborough-Agincourt

Darren Frake is the principal of Canada International College, an Ontario Ministry of Education accredited private school, which he first joined as a teacher in 2010. On his Twitter account, he describes himself as interested in progressive politics. There was limited information about Frake’s campaign at the time of publication.

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Manna Wong is the incumbent TDSB trustee for Ward 20, having been in office since 2014. In 2012 and 2014, Wong was the assistant to Toronto-Danforth NDP MPP Peter Tabuns, and ran for TDSB trustee. Running for Ward 20 in the 2012 by-election, she placed second of 14 candidates. Wong describes herself as an advocate for the arts and climate action, and has worked on several arts education projects and eco fairs during her time as trustee. Wong is interested in creating arts and wellness initiatives to build resiliency in students, and communicating the need for environmentally-conscious education to the TDSB community. She wants to improve equitable program development, increase the engagement of parents, and also wants to close the achievement gap for students. Wong has been endorsed by the Toronto & York Region Labour Council.

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Daniel Cubellis describes himself as a lifelong Scarborough resident, and has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Toronto. He says he is currently also volunteering as a coach with the Scarborough Thunder Minor Football Association. He previously ran in the 2018 municipal election as a candidate for Ward 25, where he placed seventh of eleven.

Mike Del Grande is the incumbent TCDSB trustee for Ward 7 since 2014 where he served as Chair for the 2014-2015 school year and as a Vice-Chair for the 2018-2019 school year. Previously, he was a city councillor for Scarborough-Agincourt from 2003 to 2014. As several news publications have reported, Del Grande was censured by the TCDSB in November 2020 after he equated LGBTQ rights to bestiality, pedophilia and other terms related to cannibalism and vampirism during a debate to change the board’s code of conduct in November 2019 (the board reversed its earlier August 2020 decision that Del Grande did not breach the trustee’s code of conduct and moved to impose censure and sanctions in November 2020). Del Grande denies he made such comparisons. He subsequently took medical leave in January 2021 after a failed appeal to overturn the disciplinary action. Del Grande also made headlines in 2014 when, in his opening speech as TCDSB Chair, he noted that the 2014 sex ed curriculum and HPV vaccine program for grade 8 girls presented “moral issues” for the Catholic school system. His priorities include making sure the TCDSB can “maintain its authentic Catholic character” and protecting parents’ rights.

According to his website, Nelson Lui is a TCDSB graduate and University of Toronto alumni holding a degree in History, English, and Political Science. As part of his campaign, Lui wants to save Catholic schools from shutting down, make a COVID-19 vaccination a requirement for all schools, and implement harm reduction services into existing counselling services. He also wants to provide more funding and inter-professional collaboration to special education, as well as provide early education about Truth and Reconciliation.

Benoit Fortin is the incumbent trustee for Conseil scolaire Viamonde Ward 2 – Est. He has held office since 2018, and has been elected by acclamation in this year’s election given he was running unopposed. Fortin is the founding member and Vice President of Development in Africa and India of Skypower, which develops, funds and runs utility-scale renewable power projects internationally. He is also vice-president of the Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l’Ontario board of directors, which represents all French-language public school boards in the province. While there is limited information about his priorities, Fortin has commented publicly as vice-president of the board on the importance of keeping students in the francophone school system until grade 12 and of meeting the specific needs of a growing francophone community following an announcement of funding from the Ontario government to build a new school.

The City Clerk has voided the election for the MonAvenir school board in this ward. The election will not take place on October 24 and a by-election will be held at a later date.

The City Clerk has voided the election for the MonAvenir school board in this ward. The election will not take place on October 24 and a by-election will be held at a later date. In an email to parents sent on October 21, Rawdat said he was ending his campaign. Read more about ineligible trustees running in French-language schools.

The City Clerk has voided the election for the MonAvenir school board in this ward. The election will not take place on October 24 and a by-election will be held at a later date. On October 21, Wilson notified the city clerk that he is not eligible to hold office. Read more about ineligible trustees running in French-language schools.