Denise Andrea Campbell

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Denise Andrea Campbell
Born1975
Port Antonio, Jamaica
NationalityCanadian
Known forExecutive Director for the Toronto Community Crisis Service Youngest president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women

Denise Andrea Campbell [1] (born 1975) is a Canadian civil servant who is the executive director of the Social Development, Finance and Administration Division (SDFA) at the City of Toronto. She was also the youngest president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.

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Early life

Campbell was born in Jamaica in 1975 and moved to Canada in 1980. [2]

Career

Campbell has received numerous awards and acclamations for her work and activism over the years. She was named in the Who’s Who in Black Canada and Women in Canadian History poster and curriculum, and awarded the John Brooks, Women of Distinction and Harry Jermone Awards for leadership. In 2021, Toronto Life named her one of Toronto’s 50 Most Influential People for her work developing the Toronto Community Crisis Service.  She’s an avid media spokesperson, a former TV host, and a published author and photographer.

She became the youngest president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women in 2001, but resigned soon after given fundamental difference with the Executive about how to solve NAC’s financial challenges as the organization faced financial crisis. [3]

Campbell is the executive director of Social Development, Finance and Administration at the City of Toronto, [4] [5] which manages $11 million program to improve responses to mental health emergencies. The Toronto Community Crisis Service was launched in Spring 2022. [6] In 2016, working with Mayor John Tory, she led the development of the City’s Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. In 2021, she spoke of how much work was needed to tackle racism and encouraged the city staff to collaborate with organizations that were already addressing problem before starting new initiatives. [7]

Family life

Campbell is married and has twin boys. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "'Time for change': Toronto launching service to respond to mental health crisis calls". Toronto. 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  2. ↑ Williams, D. P. (2002). Who's who in Black Canada: Black Success and Black Excellence in Canada : a Contemporary Directory, 2002. Canada: D.P. Williams & Associates. p1995
  3. ↑ Azzi, S., Gough, B. M. (2021). Historical Dictionary of Canada. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  4. ↑ "Creating a more equitable city". The Toronto Star. 2015-10-25. ISSN   0319-0781 . Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  5. ↑ Ehrenworth |, Daniel (2021-11-18). "The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2021". Toronto Life. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  6. 1 2 Yousif, Nadine (2021-04-25). "Toronto approved non-police crisis response teams. This woman is trying to build them". The Toronto Star. ISSN   0319-0781 . Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  7. ↑ "Building trust is key to combating systemic racism, council told". GuelphToday.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
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