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
- Aleksandra Petrovic Graonic (she/her),
Executive Director, extension 9
aleksandra@waterlooregion.org - Jennifer Cornish (she/they),
Financial Coordinator
finance@waterlooregion.org - Suhanya Ketheeswaran (she/her),
Communications Coordinator
suhanya@waterlooregion.org - Anjali Sanderson (she/her),
Administrative Coordinator
anjali@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:
- Michelle Knight (she/her),
Eviction Prevention Peer Support (Cambridge) - Julia Wilson (she/her),
Eviction Prevention Peer Support (Kitchener-Waterloo) - Levi Beaton (he/him),
Eviction Prevention Peer Support (Kitchener-Waterloo)
Eviction Prevention Tenant Organizing:
- Megan Walker (she/her),
Eviction Prevention Tenant Organizing - Leah Connor (she/her),
Eviction Prevention Tenant Organizing - Cori Bonabarte (she/they),
Tenant Organizing Peer Support - Lynn Intini (she/her),
Tenant Organizing Peer Support
Civic Hub Waterloo Region
- Ritika Shrimali (she/her),
Civic Hub Coordinator
civichub@waterlooregion.org
Associates
- Free Virtual Tax Clinic
Tax filing ongoing throughout the year, only virtual for now. Please leave a message to book an appointment.
kwtaxclinic@gmail.com or leave a message at 519-722-4518. - Ontario Electricity Support Program
Email oesp@waterlooregion.org or leave a message at 519-579-3800 ext. 2.
Placement Students Winter 2025
- Shyral Racette (she/her), MSW, Wilfrid Laurier University, Policy and Research
- Emily Escoffery (she/her), Community Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Research Assistant
Visit Us
For directions, see a full-screen map of our location here