About CivicAction

For more than 20 years, CivicAction has been a catalyst for positive change in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GHTA), turning collaboration into action to build better, more inclusive cities. 

Over the past 18 months, CivicAction has sharpened its focus on mobilizing greater action and collaboration on solutions to the growing housing affordability crisis across our region. 

We are particularly focused on addressing the increasing impact this issue is having on the workers who power our communities and economy, and who provide the essential services and amenities we all rely on and enjoy (like nurses, teachers, tradespeople, retail and hospitality workers, young families, and so many more). 

We call this Mission: Affordable, and alongside our vital leadership development programs, we are committed to building greater understanding and awareness of the housing affordability challenges faced by key workers across our region, and to mobilizing the government, private and public sectors to work more effectively, collaboratively, and urgently to invest in creative, scalable solutions to these issues.

And we can’t succeed without you.

CIVICACTION’S AFFORDABILITY PARTNERS

CivicAction is deeply indebted to the following organizations for their ongoing and essential support of our broader mission, including both Mission: Affordable and our work in housing affordability and our inclusive leadership programs designed to build the collective leadership capacity of our region by preparing and empowering those who will lead it.

Founding Partners

  • Mattamy Homes
  • TD Group

Champions

  • EllisDon
  • Meridian

In-Kind Partners

  • BCG
  • McKinsey
  • Navigator
  • TorStar
  • Vendo Media

Our Housing Affordability Collaborative

Formed in 2024, CivicAction’s Housing Affordability Collaborative is a cross-sectoral group of leaders committed to taking comprehensive action on housing affordability and to answering the question “How can we all work together to make a more liveable region?​”

members:

  1. Raise public awareness about the scale, urgency, and severity of housing affordability issues to drive more coordinated action by decision-makers 
  2. Support these decision-makers with clear, data-driven insights on both challenges and solutions, and
  3. Mobilize and embolden leaders from all sectors to drive policy changes and invest in creative, scalable solutions to solve the housing crisis in the GTHA.

Members

  • Ron Alepian (CCO, TD Bank Group & Board Director, CivicAction)​
  • Anne Babcock (President & CEO, Woodgreen)​
  • Dr. Andrew Boozary (ED - Social Medicine & Population Health, UHN)​
  • Brad Carr (CEO, Mattamy Homes Canada)​
  • Tim Coldwell (President & CEO, Énska Advisors)​
  • Nan DasGupta (Managing Director & Senior Partner, BCG & Board Chair, CivicAction)​
  • Gabe Eidelman (Director, Urban Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, UofT)​
  • MacGregor (Mac) Faulkner (Partner, McKinsey)​
  • Jay-Ann Gilfoy (President & CEO, Meridian)
  • Nick Gefucia, (SVP, EllisDon Community Builders)​
  • Rob MacIsaac (Past Chair, CivicAction & Former President & CEO Hamilton Health Sciences)​
  • Mazyar Mortazavi (President & CEO, TAS)​
  • Chris Murray (Special Advisor, Govt of Canada, Housing Infrastructure and Communities & Former City Manager, City of Toronto)​
  • Aleem Punja (Executive Director of Future Ready Institute, Aga Khan Council for Canada)​
  • Matti Siemiatycki (Director, Infrastructure Institute, University of Toronto)​
  • Stephanie Trussler (Executive Chair, Peter Gilgan Foundation)​
  • Alex Tveit (Co-Founder and CEO, Sustainable Impact Foundation) ​
  • Ray Williams (Chair, Co-Founder, Black Opportunity Fund) ​
  • Jaime Watt (Executive Chairman, Navigator)​
  • Leslie Woo (CEO, CivicAction)