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.

On LinkedIn, Chan McNally lists a Master of Education from the University of Toronto, and the degree is one of the credentials she put forward for Toronto City Council approval for her appointment to the Housing Rights Advisory Committee. However, U of T has no record she has a Master of Education. McNally’s campaign did not respond to a question about whether she had completed the degree, but in a podcast earlier this year McNally said she had started a Master’s degree in education she did not finish. Subsequent to our fact-check, Chan McNally has updated her bios on LinkedIn, Maytree, and the City of Toronto website; the council record cannot be changed.

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.

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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.

Biography: While there is a Matt Banninga who is a government relations officer at York University, The Local could not confirm if this is the same individual seeking election.

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

Biography: No information about Daniel Choi is available online at this time.

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

Biography: Alexis Dawson is a trustee for TDSB Ward 9. She was first appointed as interim trustee for the ward in 2018 and was elected for the same role in the municipal election in 2022, when she was endorsed by provincial NDP party leader Marit Stiles.

Dawson has been a vocal critic of the provincial government’s takeover of the TDSB. In March of this year, she said summer school programs declined this summer due to a lack of funding by the provincial government. Later in May, Dawson requested Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Education Paul Calandra to fund TDSB model schools, which she says serves “56,000 of the most vulnerable students” in the board.

Dawson was also critical of the province’s decision to reduce the number of TDSB trustees by half, calling it “a big f— you to Toronto.”

In 2024 Dawson criticized the city’s handling of park upgrades in Kensington-Chinatown, saying that the TDSB should have been consulted.

Dawson is endorsed by the Labour Toronto & York Region Council, Progress Toronto, and by Toronto Education Workers/Local 4400, a division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Platform: Dawson’s platform focuses on more funding for school programs, improving mental health services within schools, tracking students’ literacy and numeracy skills, and pushing for funding to repair and upkeep schools within the ward. She wants to support special education resources, and work on advancing Truth and Reconciliation efforts at the board.

Biography: Christina Gural is a lawyer who worked at the city’s Administrative Penalty Tribunal. On her website, she says that she has served as school representative on the previous trustee’s ward council, as well as on parent council, where she has volunteered and coached. She also says she has advocated for road safety to the City.

Platform: This candidate does not have a platform available online at the time of publication. Her website mentions academic excellence and school safety.

Biography: Fatin Ishraq is the founder of Fatin Ishraq Studios, a consulting service for “NGOs, movements, institutions  and innovating entrepreneurs” and a photo studio. Their professional website says they do community work both in Canada and Bangladesh.

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

Biography: Little information is available about Justin Mensah online. There is an individual of the same name who is a mobile crisis worker at the Canadian Mental Health Association. His LinkedIn says he has a background in social work. The Local could not confirm if this is the same person seeking election.

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

Biography: Andrew Waters works at the City of Toronto, and currently as a project manager in business transformation. Waters ran for trustee in Ward 11 Don Valley West by-election in 2025, coming in fifth out of ten candidates. He vocally opposed the city building housing on school land.

Platform: Water’s campaign website says he will focus on transparency, excellence, responsiveness, and accountability. His platform mentions safe, inclusive schools, and fighting for better funding from the province.

Biography: Little information about Jennifer Webster is available online. In an Instagram post, Webster says her children have attended TDSB schools, and that she has volunteered as a lunchroom supervisor and on parent council.

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

Biography: Little information is available online about Maria Borreca. She is mentioned as Bishop Allen’s Catholic School Parent Council chairperson in an article by Toronto.com. According to Borreca’s LinkedIn, she worked at RBC for 26 years, with her most recent role being commercial client servicing manager.

Platform: In an Instagram post, Borreca lists “strengthening Catholic values,” pushing for mental health support, having safe and inclusive schools, and building better connections with parents.

Biography: Little information about Peter Fracassi is available online. There is an individual of the same name who was a trustee within the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, and was found to have breached code of conduct and was banned from his role as trustee for six months. The same individual also ran for trustee within the York Catholic District School Board in 2022, and came in second place out of three candidates. The Local could not confirm if this is the same individual seeking office.

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

Biography: Teresa Lubinski is the incumbent TCDSB trustee for Ward 4, having been elected for the role in 2018 and 2022. She is the chair of the board’s Corporate Services, Strategic Planning & Property Committee.

During her time as trustee, Lubinski says she initiated raising the Every Child Matters flag across all schools in the TCDSB.

In 2020, Lubinski recused herself from a board vote to sanction trustee Michael del Grande, after he compared LGBTQ matters to bestiality, among other homophobic remarks.

In 2025, Lubinski penned a letter to Ward 3 Councillor Amber Morley citing “serious concerns” about a proposed 80-person shelter at 66 Third Street, saying that residents expressed concerns about children and senior’s safety. The shelter will now accommodate 50 people and is projected to open between 2028 and 2030.

Platform: In an Instagram post, Lubinski says she advocates for “student achievement, special needs and autism education, promoting Catholic values, accountability, transparency and integrity.”

Geneviève Oger is the incumbent trustee for Conseil scolaire Viamonde Ward 4 – Toronto Ouest. Oger ran unopposed for the Viamonde ward and has therefore been elected by acclamation.

Biography: Oger has served in the role since 2018, when she unseated current Ward 3 candidate Jean-François L’Heureux. She subsequently won the 2022 election by acclamation as a result of running unopposed. She was elected vice-chair of the school board from 2019 to 2021 and chair from 2021 to 2024. In addition to working within Conseil scolaire Viamonde, Oger also works as a bilingual communications manager within Ontario’s Ministry of Francophone Affairs.

Platform: Oger lists her priorities as consulting with parents, and creating inclusive environments for francophone students from any background. She wants to create opportunities for parents to pass down francophone culture to their children.

Biography: Josiane Aboungono is a tenant council member of Toronto Community Housing, representing Champlain Place. Aboungono also says she’s worked as an executive assistant to the parliamentary assistant within the province’s francophone affairs department. Her campaign website also says that she volunteered at Matthew House Toronto, an organization that provides shelter and support to refugee claimants.

Platform: On her website, Aboungono says she wants to strengthen Catholic identity in schools as one of her priorities, alongside hiring French-speaking staff. Aboungono also wants to showcase francophone culture through supporting “cultural, artistic and sports activities in French.” She pledges to be transparent with decision-making, while also listening to the input of staff, parishes, and parents.

Biography: Yelena Nichilo says she’s worked in the financial services sector for over 20 years and has two children attending École élémentaire catholique du Sacré-Cœur. Nichilo is the president of the parent council at her children’s school, where she has advocated for things including transparency from the school board regarding changed design plans for the school’s soccer pitch. In her role at parent council, Nichilo also says she led a parent engagement survey which led to more community events, free snacks for students, more French-language extracurricular programs, and parent communication groups for each classroom.

Platform: If elected, Nichilo says she will prioritize transparency, communication, and consultation with parents. She mentions responsible management of public funds, and meaningful accountability at every level of the school board.

Biography: Angela Ogang is a lawyer who practices in both English and French. She runs her own law firm and her website says she teaches at Université de l’Ontario français. Ogang sits on the steering committee of the National Association of Women and the Law, was the 2025-2026 chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s Women Lawyers Forum. She served as the director of communications for the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers. Ogang also says she provides legal services for Pro Bono Ontario, Ontario Action Against Violence Against Women, Southwestern Ontario Women’s Network, and the Law Society of Ontario’s mentoring network.

Platform: Ogang says she is running because she wants children to be able to “fully exercise their language rights.” She supports French education as a means to protect the language, but also to promote and transmit francophone culture, and help students develop a francophone identity and a sense of belonging in the community. Ogang promises to put students at the heart of her decisions and create opportunities to genuinely consult parents. She places an emphasis on meeting the needs of diverse francophone families, including if they are new to Canada or have one non-francophone parent.