The Danforth East Community Association (DECA) is looking for engaged, committed community members to join the DECA Board. DECA’s mission is to build a stronger, more vibrant and walkable community, and to empower residents of our neighbourhood through community involvement.
Board Member Eligibility and Term
To be a Board member, individuals must be members of DECA. Board members are elected for one-year terms in accordance with DECA’s Board Member Nomination and Election policy.
Application Process
If you’re interested in being considered for a position on DECA’s Board, please submit a short blurb about yourself, that articulates your motivation for joining DECA and your ties to the community to info@deca.to by Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
Elections will take place at the DECA Annual General Meeting, scheduled on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
TPS 55 Division Station Design Update Virtual Town Hall Meeting on
Monday, January 24th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is moving forward with the process of designing a new station for Division 55 on the south-east corner of the Danforth Garage site at Coxwell & Danforth.
DECA would like to encourage you to join in on this opportunity for the community to directly engage with the TPS’s team about their project at the scheduled virtual town hall meeting. As the first project to be implemented on this site it will also have an impact for future projects on this large site.
How to Join the Virtual Meeting (WebEx):
From the Meeting link: torontopolice.webex.com/join/b84677
By phone: 416-216-5643 (Access code: 132 912 1333)
Some information on the project is available at the TPS page
It’s our 11th annual pumpkin parade on Monday and we are really looking forward to seeing all the weird and wonderful jackolantern creations from the community! Bring your pumpkins and candles to the park between 6 and 8 pm and add them to the parade along the walkway. Marshals will be on hand to help you and to light the candles.
We are still looking for a few people to help with this event. If you are available, please email volunteer@deca.to.
Time to stock up for the long weekend: Pies, flowers, veggies, beer, wine, tortillas, bread, cinnamon rolls and cookies!
This is the last week for tshirt sales and dropping off your black plastic containers. A huge thank you to the volunteers who have been working with us all summer!
We had a great turnout to our federal candidates meeting last night. DECA would like to thank Lindsay (Swooping Hawk) Kretschmer for her moderation of the debate, as well as the Board volunteers who worked to bring the event together under a very short timeline.
You can watch the recording on our youtube channel. Apologies for the giant timer taking up the screen! (Zoom records what it wants, not what the host has set up on the screen, we have learned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvQjBTTK3c
Our blog writer Tina Novotny has prepared this description of the candidates running:
BEACHES-EAST YORK FEDERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES
In this snap election, there is a full slate of candidates vying for the MP seat of Beaches-East York.
LIBERAL Two-time incumbent (2015, 2019) Nathaniel Erskine-Smith goes by “Nate” in the community. Erskine-Smith lists ten priorities on his election website, detailing the bills he’s introduced and other ways he’s acted on important issues. Serious Climate Action is priority #1, and other planks in his platform cover poverty reduction, a public health approach to drug use, supporting reconciliation, and strengthening animal protection. Nate holds a Master of Laws from Oxford University. He hosts a popular podcast called “Uncommons”.
NDP The NDP candidate in Beaches-East York is Alejandra Ruiz Vargas. Ruiz Vargas is a frontline worker at Fred Victor Housing and is Chair of the East York Chapter of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) Canada, leading anti-poverty activism. Originally from Bogotá, Columbia, Ruiz Vargas lives with her daughter in Toronto, and promises bold action on climate change and green jobs, pharma, vision and dental care, and reforming immigration law to protect human rights.
GREEN PARTY The Green Party candidate in Beaches-East York is Reuben DeBoer. The former Eglinton-Lawrence candidate for the Green Party in the last federal and provincial elections, De Boer has now moved to the Beaches-East York riding. He recently retired after an 11-year military career as a reservist artillery officer and currently works as for a medical laboratory diagnostics company. DeBoer holds a master’s degree in sustainability and took part in a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
COMMUNIST The Communist Party of Canada candidate in Beaches-East York is Jennifer Moxon, who also goes by “Moxie”. Moxon has worked on the frontlines of social services for two decades and is seeking a “People’s Recovery” this election, with investment in green infrastructure, increased corporate taxation, and a focus on Indigenous rights. Moxon says the inequalities revealed by the COVID19 pandemic need to be addressed. Connecting the social and climate crises, her party’s platform prioritizes people over profit.
PEOPLE’S PARTY The People’s Party candidate in Beaches-East York isRadu Rautescu. Rautescu was born in Romania and has been a naturalized Canadian since 1993. Rautescu vows to fight relentlessly for minimal government intervention, protecting Canadians from censorship, restoring Indigenous trust, building a strong Canadian identity, sustainable immigration and ensuring the prosperity of Canadians.
