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David Alton

Community Facilator

Received the Lynn Macaulay Community Education Award in 2025 for their efforts to change narratives about the housing crisis
Worked in Community Facilitation with numerous organizations including Social Development Centre, Sidewalk Labs, and Waterfront Toronto
Also consulted for the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, the Region of Waterloo, the City of Kitchener, Cities of Migration, Waterfront Toronto, Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust, and the City of Toronto
Serves on the Board of Outta Work Actors, Moss Park Arena, and Central Student Association
Long history of grassroots organizing and non-profit leadership

David Alton’s Priority Issues

Right to mobility:

5-minute wait times, safe travel programming, Ion expansion, transportation innovation laboratory, sidewalk clearing, bike share program, pedestrianized King Street

Right to housing:

Leveraging public land, social housing boom, vertical communities bylaw, age in place program, 24/7 low barrier hubs, safe tenting framework

Right to collective action: Municipal sovereignty, public education fund, municipal finance reform, and neighborhood planning controls

Right to belong:

Arts and culture master plan, safety hubs, reviving downtown community spaces, Indigenous spaces, peace city declaration

Rights of land and water:

Schneider Creek Watershed Park, Grand River Watershed park, water conservation inventory, community land stewardship, tree canopy program, native species bylaw review

David’s proposals are part of a broader context that this slide cannot cover in its entirety. Please check out David’s website for more information.

Source: davidalton.org

David’s Answers: Muslims & Islamophobia

How will you strengthen relationships and trust between police services and Muslim communities?

How will you work with mosques, Islamic schools, and Muslim organizations to improve community safety and emergency preparedness?

What steps will you take to address Islamophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination?

How will you ensure Muslim residents and community organizations have a meaningful voice in municipal decision-making?

How will you support Muslim organizations that provide community services, settlement support, youth programming, food assistance, and other essential services?

How can the city provide a more nuanced approach to zoning for religious institutions (such as mosques) given their practices, cultures and needs differ?

What do you think is the greatest problem the ward is facing, and how do you plan to address it?

David in the Media

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