Our Board of Directors
The CWNA board is a group of dedicated volunteers who live and work in the Church Wellesley Village. Our monthly meetings are always open to the public. Check out our calendar for the time and location of our next meeting.
Paul Farrelly
Paul Farrelly
President; Chair, Heritage Committee; Interim Chair, Development Committee
Paul helped found the association after working with the adjacent Bay Cloverhill Community Association, with whom the CWNA shares a kilometer of long-neglected Yonge Street. Paul has been engaged in a variety of heritage campaigns and socio-cultural enterprises over the years. He is enthusiastic about the abundance of cultural and heritage assets on Jarvis, Church and Yonge Street. Paul hopes to extend our vibrant culture of engagement to the merchants on Yonge Street.
Paul helped found the association after working with the adjacent Bay Cloverhill Community Association, with whom the CWNA shares a kilometer of long-neglected Yonge Street. Paul has been engaged in a variety of heritage campaigns and socio-cultural enterprises over the years. He is enthusiastic about the abundance of cultural and heritage assets on Jarvis, Church and Yonge Street. Paul hopes to extend our vibrant culture of engagement to the merchants on Yonge Street.
Trevor Hennig
Co-Chair, Membership & Communications Committee
Trevor grew up on a farm in Southern Saskatchewan, an experience that imbued in him a love of all things botanical. Moving to progressively larger cities -- Toronto for the past 30 years -- he believes in the vital importance that parks, gardens and open spaces play in dense urban environments. Trevor contributes to the CWNA by applying information management skills to an enriched and regularly updated website, and by working with the Placemaking team to bring local greening projects to fruition.
Trevor grew up on a farm in Southern Saskatchewan, an experience that imbued in him a love of all things botanical. Moving to progressively larger cities -- Toronto for the past 30 years -- he believes in the vital importance that parks, gardens and open spaces play in dense urban environments. Trevor contributes to the CWNA by applying information management skills to an enriched and regularly updated website, and by working with the Placemaking team to bring local greening projects to fruition.
Connie Langille
Connie Langille
Chair, Placemaking Committee; Treasurer
Connie has lived in the Church Wellesley neighbourhood for almost 30 years and is proud to have raised her family in this vibrant community. She works for a local non-profit assisting youth. Her interest in community advocacy was ignited when development threatened the historic buildings at Church and Gloucester. The push-back from local residents resulted in the proposal being withdrawn. As Chair of the Placemaking Committee she believes the CWNA should address issues relevant to the whole of our diverse community, with the intention of creating public spaces that promote people's health, happiness, and well being.
Connie has lived in the Church Wellesley neighbourhood for almost 30 years and is proud to have raised her family in this vibrant community. She works for a local non-profit assisting youth. Her interest in community advocacy was ignited when development threatened the historic buildings at Church and Gloucester. The push-back from local residents resulted in the proposal being withdrawn. As Chair of the Placemaking Committee she believes the CWNA should address issues relevant to the whole of our diverse community, with the intention of creating public spaces that promote people's health, happiness, and well being.
Stephanie Mellon
Stephanie Mellon
Co-Chair, Membership & Communications Committee
Stephanie moved to the Church-Wellesley neighbourhood in 2008. She had never lived somewhere with such a strong sense of community and immediately fell in love with the area. She joined the CWNA to help connect with as many of our neighbours as possible, and build the CWNA website and social media profiles into essential sources for neighbourhood news and events. She invites you to join the discussion on our Facebook page, read our blog, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, or email her to let her know what you want to see more of! When she's not working at her day job, Stephanie can be found enjoying the ever-changing view from her balcony, reading a good book, and sharing photos of her cat online.
Stephanie moved to the Church-Wellesley neighbourhood in 2008. She had never lived somewhere with such a strong sense of community and immediately fell in love with the area. She joined the CWNA to help connect with as many of our neighbours as possible, and build the CWNA website and social media profiles into essential sources for neighbourhood news and events. She invites you to join the discussion on our Facebook page, read our blog, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, or email her to let her know what you want to see more of! When she's not working at her day job, Stephanie can be found enjoying the ever-changing view from her balcony, reading a good book, and sharing photos of her cat online.
Robert Packham
Robert Packham
Co-Chair, Development Committee
Robert has lived in the downtown area on and off for the last 30 years. He is currently practicing landscape architecture as well as architectural and interior design. He comes to CWNA with eight years of experience in the City of Toronto Planning Department, working in the Urban Design Group. He was urban designer on the Saint Lawrence/Old Town of York, the Bloor/Yorkville BIA , as well as the planning area of Midtown which the CWN lands within. Development planning, open space design, and infrastructure design are the particular experiences he adds to the Development Committee.
Robert has lived in the downtown area on and off for the last 30 years. He is currently practicing landscape architecture as well as architectural and interior design. He comes to CWNA with eight years of experience in the City of Toronto Planning Department, working in the Urban Design Group. He was urban designer on the Saint Lawrence/Old Town of York, the Bloor/Yorkville BIA , as well as the planning area of Midtown which the CWN lands within. Development planning, open space design, and infrastructure design are the particular experiences he adds to the Development Committee.
Blair Duncan
Bob Fabian
Bob Fabian
Bob spends much of his time addressing urban planning and design issues. He led the charge that resulted in publication of the neighbourhood vision for Yonge Street (between College and Bloor); it is being included in the North Downtown Yonge Street Planning Framework. He has published articles on urban design and will be leading the Ryerson LIFE course on urban planning. Dr. Fabian was the first Chair of Computer Science at York University and was, for many years, a management and systems consultant. His website is located at www.fabian.ca.