Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
23 Water St N, Kitchener ON N2H 5A4
Entrance from Duke Street, ring the doorbell!
tel 519-579-3800, email sdcwr@waterlooregion.org
Our Staff
Our longstanding and visionary Executive Director, Trudy Beaulne, joined the organization in June 1999. She passed away in January 2018. Her pioneer work and ideation were at the core of all the current projects we are implementing and developing further: Festival of Neighbourhoods, Lived Expertise Leadership, Tenants Rights Protection and Civic Hub.
Administration
- Jennifer Cornish (she/they),
Bookkeeper - Mic Grondin (he/him)
Financial Coordinator
finance@waterlooregion.org - Suhanya Ketheeswaran (she/her),
Communications Coordinator
suhanya@waterlooregion.org
Lived Expertise
- David Alton (they/them),
Facilitator, Lived Expertise Working Group
Region of Waterloo Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
david.alton@waterlooregion.org - Sarah Ranco (she/they),
Community Research Coordinator
Region of Waterloo Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
sarah.ranco@waterlooregion.org - Heather Majaury (she/her),
Policy Coordinator
heather@waterlooregion.org - Char Lee (she/her)
Peer Facilitator
Eviction Prevention
To contact our Eviction Prevention team, please use:
- Central Intake for individual peer support: 519-579-3800, ext. 6
- Intake for tenant organizing (multi unit evictions): 519-579-3800, ext. 7
- Email: epwr@waterlooregion.org
Eviction Prevention Peer Workers for Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo:
- Julia Wilson (she/her),
Eviction Prevention Peer Support - Levi (he/him),
Eviction Prevention Peer Support - Leah Connor (she/her),
Eviction Prevention Peer Support
Eviction Prevention Tenant Organizing:
- Megan Walker (she/her),
Eviction Prevention Tenant Organizing
Civic Hub Waterloo Region
- Ritika Shrimali (she/her),
Civic Hub Coordinator
civichub@waterlooregion.org - Latasha Wilson (she/her)
Community Developer
latasha@waterlooregion.org
Grassroots Climate Resiliency Project
- Leah Connor (she/her),
Project Coordinator
leah.connor@waterlooregion.org - Cori Bonaparte (she/they),
Grassroots Engagement - Lynn Intini (she/her),
Grassroots Engagement
Festival of Neighbourhoods
www.festivalofneighbourhoods.ca
A seasonal project May to September.
The staff 2025 were:
Cori Bonaparte
Lynn Intini
Heather Majaury
Associates
- Free Virtual Tax Clinic
Tax filing ongoing throughout the year, in person and virtual. Please email to book an appointment
lesleyacrompton@gmail.com - Ontario Electricity Support Program
Email oesp@waterlooregion.org or leave a message at 519-579-3800 ext. 2.
Placement Students Winter 2025
- Emily Escoffery (she/her), Community Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Research Assistant
Visit Us
For directions, see a full-screen map of our location here
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