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| Affiliation | New Democratic |
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| Name | Sandra González |
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| Info | Sandra Gonzalez is a first generation Canadian. Her parents are from Ecuador; she was born in Canada and raised in both Canada and Mexico.
Currently, she works with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) where she holds the position of Manager of Community Revitalization. She has done work in the downtown east (Regent Park), as well as in other communities in Toronto. Prior to working with TCHC, she worked with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, where she held the position of Programme Assistant - Global Campaigns. She also held the position of Researcher, at the University of Guelph.
Sandra has an Honours BA in Political Science from the University of Windsor, and an MSc in International Development Studies and Planning, from the University of Guelph.
Sandra’s work is anchored in the key principle of empowering people. It is not about working for people, but rather to work WITH people and support efforts that exist at the local level. Whether it be in the shanty towns in Mexico and Brazil, or in under-served communities in Toronto, Sandra engages with residents to build on assets that already exist, and to have people be actively involved in issues and plans that affect their community. Her way of working has contributed to the development and strengthening of resident-led groups both here in Toronto and abroad.
A key part in Sandra’s way of living is to raise awareness on different social issues (Concientización in Spanish) in order to bring about constructive change. She also uses photography as a tool to do so and has held a number of exhibits. Her first exhibit called “ Aunque yo no te conozca” (Even though I don’t know you), documents the situation of homeless street children in Mexico. The exhibit, consisting of portraits of children accompanied by their drawings, was first shown at a small gallery in Guelph, ON in 2001. It was recently shown again at 401 Richmond, in Toronto ON. Her second exhibit called “The Reality of…” depicts the plight for “adequate shelter for all,” and it consists of portraits along with excerpts from interviews conducted with residents who lived in two communities in Rio de Janeiro. The exhibit was inaugurated in 2002 at the Planetarium Museum in Rio; it was later a key exhibit for the inauguration of the United Nations commemoration of World Habitat Day in Nairobi Kenya in 2003. A photo book of this work was published by the UN-Habitat in 2004.
Sandra is also the owner of a small business called “Luna Productions”. Luna specializes in photography, namely in black and white photo-documentary and portraiture.
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