TORONTO, ON (Oct. 28, 2014)--It was a landslide win for Tiffany Ford in the Toronto Municipal polls Monday night. Ford was officially elected trustee of the York West school board; beating her closest competitor Matias De Dovitiis (3,230 votes) by more than 3,000 votes with a total of 6,480 votes.
"Our community came out in record numbers, and they have made their voices clear," says Ford. "They want change and they want people who are from our community to lead in supporting our students and creating positive changes for our schools in York West. I'm grateful and ready to work."
Born and raised in the Jane-Finch community, Ford has an authentic perspective of what it means to be labeled an “at-risk” youth, while striving beyond the stereotypes and stigma that marginalized people are faced with in Toronto’s York West community.
“The opportunity to directly influence change for better schools, accessibility to quality education, providing transparency and promoting a holistic approach for serving our young people in York West is an opportunity I must utilize," says Ford.
As the York West Trustee, Ford will have her primary focus on forging the interrelationship between students, teachers, parents, principal's and the community to maximize accountability and transparency.
Ford will also be committed to creating fiscal responsibility without budget cuts to the classroom; promoting safe and healthy school environments; better tools for educators; more funding for schools in York West and more transportation for students.
- 30 -
Tiffany Ford is founder of Ford Global Group, which is the parent company of marketing communications firm entitled Ford Publicity. In 2014, Tiffany expanded her entrepreneurial portfolio and ventured into the telecom industry with Pepeyee Communications. Tiffany is also founder of Beyond 'at-Risk' , which aims to dismantle negative connotations associated with the term ‘at-risk’, by challenging and deconstructing harmful stereotypes to enhance meaningful programming for youth living in ‘high-priority’ neighbourhoods.
Media Contact
Sandra Gabriel
press@tiffanyford.ca
Cell: (416) 907-2560
Media Contact
Sandra Gabriel
press@tiffanyford.ca
Cell: (416) 907-2560
Poll Source: CBC Toronto
Ward 7 Polls
No comments:
Post a Comment