Ward 4 — Parkdale-High Park

Biography: Little information is available online about Michael Corcoran. A person with the same name is listed as a representative of the Roncesvalles Village BIA. The Local has not been able to confirm that this is the same individual who is seeking office.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication.

Biography: According to her LinkedIn profile, Nadia Guerrera was an educator within the Toronto Catholic District School Board for nearly 19 years.

In 2018, Guerrera ran for MPP as a Liberal in Parkdale-High Park, coming in third of six candidates. She ran again in this riding in 2025, coming second after NDP Alexa Gilmour. In 2022, she ran in York South-Weston, coming third out of seven candidates.

Guerrera is endorsed by former Liberal premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne.

Platform: Guerrera’s platform includes responsible growth and housing expansion, community consultation in development, and protecting the waterfront from projects that could reduce public access. On High Park’s vehicle access, a highly contested topic among residents, Guerrera says she’ll plan on allowing vehicles around the Grenadier Cafe, accessible parking spots near sports fields, and working on the possibility of having a free shuttle service from High Park station.

According to a post on X, Guerrera opposes the Court of Appeal’s decision to side with the Conservative provincial government’s desire to remove bike lanes off of Bloor Street, vowing to “protect safe cycling infrastructure and make Bloor work better for everyone.”

If elected, Guerrera says she’ll bring raised crosswalks, install more speed display boards, hire more crossing guards, and have police present to monitor speeding in school zones. The Ward 4 candidate is also asking for residents’ input on improving safety on Parkside Drive, a street that’s made headlines for speeding and collisions.

She proposes traffic studies on Sunnyside Avenue by St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Wright Avenue and Macdonell Avenue to improve road conditions in the area.

Biography: Debbie King has been Toronto District School Board (TDSB) trustee for Parkdale-High Park, a school board currently under the provincial government’s supervision, since 2022.

King is the Chair of the Black Trustees’ Caucus, which, in early 2026, criticized the provincial government’s supervision on four school boards, arguing that the supervision is erasing the management of anti-Black racism in schools.

King’s campaign website also says that she took part in the renaming process of Queen Victoria Public School in 2022, which has since been renamed to Dr. Rita Cox – Kina Minagok Public School, after the former head of the Toronto Public Library and beloved literacy advocate, and an Indigenous phrase meaning “all grows well together.” In 2025, King, along with trustee Alexis Dawson, also brought forward a successful motion to TDSB to accelerate the adoption of a plan to combat anti-Palestinian racism, which was not scheduled to be brought before a board until 2027.

According to King’s LinkedIn profile, she was a self-employed consultant for over six years prior to being trustee, with a focus on equity, leadership, and well-being.

The Toronto and York Region Labour Council and former NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo endorsed King for the 2026 municipal election.

Platform: King says she hopes to build a future for her ward and the city that’s “more equitable, more safe,” and “more sustainable.” The Ward 4 candidate says she prioritizes stable housing, affordability, and a transportation system that’s “safe and reliable.”

King says she will also stand up to Premier Doug Ford’s government as city councillor, noting that this is something she already does as a school board trustee.

Biography: Diana Chan McNally is a frontline worker and advocate for the unhoused. She is currently on leave from the city’s Housing Rights Advisory Committee, and is the founder of the Ontario Coalition for the Rights of Homeless People.

In 2021, she helped develop a “human rights compliant” alternative to the encampment evictions that saw police force unhoused people out of Trinity Bellwoods and Lamport Stadium parks. She has deputed at City Hall in favour of discounted TTC passes for people on social assistance, funding for drop-in centres for unhoused people, free menstrual products for unhoused women, and emergency water distribution during a heat wave.

She has argued against the criminalization of homelessness and in favour of safe consumption sites, more affordable housing, and more shelter beds. She publicly opposed Premier Doug Ford’s policies on housing, safe consumption sites, speed camera bans, landlord-tenant law, and the Billy Bishop airport expansion.

Chan McNally was a coordinator of the Toronto Drop-In Network during the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing dozens of free public spaces for people who were unhoused or living in poverty.

She has been endorsed by former Toronto mayor David Miller and by Progress Toronto.

Platform: Chan McNally advocates for daytime drop-in centres as one response to the increased presence of unhoused people in public spaces, saying that more funding and access to resources like nurses, community workers and meals serve as the alternative to sheltering on the TTC or on the street.

Chan McNally says she supports Mayor Olivia Chow’s expansion of library hours, and as councillor would work to expand hours and programming at community centres and recreation centres. She supports the growth of the city’s eviction prevention programs and the reinstatement of a now-defunded program that helped tenants deal with bed bugs.

Chan McNally also wants to create a land trust to preserve cultural spaces, like musicians’ studios across the city.

Biography: Bridget Ogundipe is an actress with credits in The Handmaid’s Tale and Murdoch Mysteries, among others. She is also the founder of Reel Talents T.O., an acting and coaching school for actors, and the director of operations for a nonprofit called Bridging the Gap In Motion, which aims to bring young Canadians to Haiti to collaborate with what they call underprivileged communities through culture and film.

Ogundipe is also currently listed as the president of Thee World Awareness (formerly called Third World Awareness), a nonprofit that conducts volunteer trips to Haiti and provides humanitarian aid.

Platform: Ogundipe’s platform prioritizes affordable housing. According to her campaign website, she wants to partner with “public, non-profit, and co-operative housing providers,” expand current affordable housing, and to “make better use of public land to serve the public good.”

She also advocates for tenant protections, streamlining “administrative processes” to build housing quicker, and making sure that neighbourhoods are “planned thoughtfully” to “reduce displacement”, and grow infrastructure commensurate to the population.

She advocates for reliable transit and “evidence-informed approaches to mental health and addiction recovery.”

Biography: Adam Pham is a real estate broker with more than 22 years of experience, according to his LinkedIn. In 2018, he ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate for MPP in Parkdale-High Park, and made headlines for his campaign ads that consisted of magnets that he allegedly placed on the hydro meters of people’s homes. The magnet said “Hydro One CEO salary for 2017 is $6.2 million. Kathleen Wynne & Nadia Guerrera think YOU should PAY his salary with your hydro bill.”

Pham came in second of six candidates in that election.

Platform: Concerning bike lanes on Bloor Street, Pham says he supports having two car lanes each way on Bloor Street West, while developing “alternative bike routes.”

Pham also supports the return of vehicles in High Park, while also having a “safe space for cyclists and pedestrians.”

On affordability, Pham says he would provide property tax relief for first-time home buyers and senior long-time property owners, specifically providing up to 25 percent in tax relief for the latter, especially those “who have contributed to Toronto’s tax base for over 25 years.”

When it comes to building housing in the ward, Pham is in favour of low- to mid-rise buildings, as opposed to high-rises, arguing that the units in those buildings now sit empty. Pham says he believes in rewarding small landlords tax breaks, providing they keep the rent low.

He also believes in reallocating some police work (such as construction site monitoring and landlord-tenant disputes) to other organizations, which he says would help police focus on the work needed to make the city safe.

Biography: There is little information available online about Andy Potega. His campaign website says he’s “a blue-collar worker who has worked for the City of Toronto.”

Platform:Some of Potega’s pledges include reducing crime by “giving the police proper tools,” providing free lunch and dinner for students from kindergarten to eighth grade, and creating “hundreds of jobs.”

Potega also says he will create a 3.8 km-long elevated cycling track on Lakeshore Road.

Biography: Vanessa Raponi is an engineer and founder of EngiQueers Canada, a nonprofit that supports and unites queer engineering students. In 2023 she was awarded the Achievement of the Year award by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers for her work with the nonprofit. Raponi also worked as manager of manufacturing engineering at Spin Master.

Platform: Raponi says she wants to make the city more affordable, planning to focus more on permanent and rent-protected housing rather than shelters. She also says she’s in favour of stronger tenant protections that would protect long-term tenants.

Raponi also wants to maintain and better support public parks, libraries, local small businesses, and other third spaces to build community in the ward.

She also says that she’ll make sure the ward has proper access to emergency services, consult with the community to make transit systems safer, and back crisis response programs that support people in distress. Furthermore, Raponi says she’s in support of TTC fare capping.

Biography: According to her LinkedIn, Holly Weber was a program manager at TAPFIN, a management service provider. Her profile also says that she was former president of the Toronto Twilight Rotary Club.

Platform: Weber says she prioritizes safety and affordability, improving infrastructure and city services, and “respecting taxpayer dollars.” She says she will listen to residents’ input on how to improve the city, and that she plans to advocate for accountability and transparency regarding spending.

She is opposed to the province’s removal of bike lanes on Bloor Street, and its overall overreach. She goes on to say that there should be a better solution in place to accommodate pedestrians, cyclists, and cars.

Biography: Little information is available online about Steve Yuen. His LinkedIn says he has a background in sales and the supply chain industry. Yuen previously ran for Ward 4 councillor in the 2022 municipal general election, coming fifth of six candidates.

Platform: Yuen’s campaign website says that he supports affordable housing and rent control, adding that the city should “address the current delays in the expansion of affordable housing.” He also says that he is in favour of green spaces and smooth transit services.