Debbie King
@debbiekingphp.bsky.social
Mom. Community-Builder. TDSB Trustee for Ward 7 Parkdale—High Park
debbieking.ca
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Local democracy isn’t outdated – it’s how we build better schools for our kids.
If the Ford government eliminates trustees, we lose more than oversight – we lose local democracy in our schools.
Keep education close to home.
Sign the petition today: www.DemocracyIsNotOutdated.ca
If the Ford government eliminates trustees, we lose more than oversight – we lose local democracy in our schools.
Keep education close to home.
Sign the petition today: www.DemocracyIsNotOutdated.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Local democracy isn’t outdated – it’s how we build better schools for our kids.
If the Ford government eliminates trustees, we lose more than oversight – we lose local democracy in our schools.
Keep education close to home.
Sign the petition today: www.DemocracyIsNotOutdated.ca
If the Ford government eliminates trustees, we lose more than oversight – we lose local democracy in our schools.
Keep education close to home.
Sign the petition today: www.DemocracyIsNotOutdated.ca
Walking tours are such a neat way to meet new people and learn more about our neighbourhoods. I had a great time sharing welcome remarks and hearing stories on the #ExperienceTO Runnymede Historic Tour with Alex Rascanu. Looking forward to the next one!
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Walking tours are such a neat way to meet new people and learn more about our neighbourhoods. I had a great time sharing welcome remarks and hearing stories on the #ExperienceTO Runnymede Historic Tour with Alex Rascanu. Looking forward to the next one!
Stood together as advocates outside Queen’s Park — united in calling for safety through care, not control. From our schools to our streets, real safety means investing in people, not punishment. #CommunityCare #NoToBill33
October 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Stood together as advocates outside Queen’s Park — united in calling for safety through care, not control. From our schools to our streets, real safety means investing in people, not punishment. #CommunityCare #NoToBill33
Joined an incredible @phpndp.bsky.social volunteer team out with petitions to protect public education — keeping this issue front and centre! 💪🏾📚
#Bill33 #PublicEducation
#Bill33 #PublicEducation
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Joined an incredible @phpndp.bsky.social volunteer team out with petitions to protect public education — keeping this issue front and centre! 💪🏾📚
#Bill33 #PublicEducation
#Bill33 #PublicEducation
My latest update just dropped! 📨
Inside: updates on supervision, speed cameras, and the push to stop Bill 33.
The athlete in me also shines through with a Women’s History Month nod to Marilyn Bell and this Sunday’s Toronto Waterfront Marathon! 🏃🏾💪🏾
#Bill33 #PublicEducation
Inside: updates on supervision, speed cameras, and the push to stop Bill 33.
The athlete in me also shines through with a Women’s History Month nod to Marilyn Bell and this Sunday’s Toronto Waterfront Marathon! 🏃🏾💪🏾
#Bill33 #PublicEducation
October 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My latest update just dropped! 📨
Inside: updates on supervision, speed cameras, and the push to stop Bill 33.
The athlete in me also shines through with a Women’s History Month nod to Marilyn Bell and this Sunday’s Toronto Waterfront Marathon! 🏃🏾💪🏾
#Bill33 #PublicEducation
Inside: updates on supervision, speed cameras, and the push to stop Bill 33.
The athlete in me also shines through with a Women’s History Month nod to Marilyn Bell and this Sunday’s Toronto Waterfront Marathon! 🏃🏾💪🏾
#Bill33 #PublicEducation
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Tonight! Future of Public Education and Why it Matters. Toronto, come on down if you can. This event will be live-streamed if you can’t: facebooks.com/fundourschools
Register for in-person: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #onted #onpoli
Register for in-person: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #onted #onpoli
October 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Tonight! Future of Public Education and Why it Matters. Toronto, come on down if you can. This event will be live-streamed if you can’t: facebooks.com/fundourschools
Register for in-person: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #onted #onpoli
Register for in-person: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #onted #onpoli
Parents gathered at Lucy McCormick SS to demand action on harmful cuts to special education.
When class sizes grow, students with disabilities are put at greater risk. Every child deserves safety and a fair chance to learn — not a system stretched beyond its limits, where parents bear the burden.
When class sizes grow, students with disabilities are put at greater risk. Every child deserves safety and a fair chance to learn — not a system stretched beyond its limits, where parents bear the burden.
October 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Parents gathered at Lucy McCormick SS to demand action on harmful cuts to special education.
When class sizes grow, students with disabilities are put at greater risk. Every child deserves safety and a fair chance to learn — not a system stretched beyond its limits, where parents bear the burden.
When class sizes grow, students with disabilities are put at greater risk. Every child deserves safety and a fair chance to learn — not a system stretched beyond its limits, where parents bear the burden.
Grateful to organizers for bringing us together today 💛 Kids’ safety is non-negotiable 🚸 Speed cameras save lives. Removing them near schools puts kids at risk. #safestreets #safeschools
October 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Grateful to organizers for bringing us together today 💛 Kids’ safety is non-negotiable 🚸 Speed cameras save lives. Removing them near schools puts kids at risk. #safestreets #safeschools
Reposted by Debbie King
Town hall is in 2 weeks!!
Sign up and get involved. The future of public education and why it matters.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up and get involved. The future of public education and why it matters.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Town hall is in 2 weeks!!
Sign up and get involved. The future of public education and why it matters.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up and get involved. The future of public education and why it matters.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
At the 5th Annual #OrangeShirtDay Walk in Roncesvalles, we gathered to sing, listen & learn. Grateful for time with Vivian Recollet and stories shared by artist Philip Cote.
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
At the 5th Annual #OrangeShirtDay Walk in Roncesvalles, we gathered to sing, listen & learn. Grateful for time with Vivian Recollet and stories shared by artist Philip Cote.
At the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in High Park with Philip Cote: sacred fire, buffalo stew, and teachings. His words on identity, belonging & responsibility as pathways to peace stayed with me.
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
At the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in High Park with Philip Cote: sacred fire, buffalo stew, and teachings. His words on identity, belonging & responsibility as pathways to peace stayed with me.
Today marks the 5th Annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as well as #OrangeShirtDay.
As family and community members, we can learn alongside our children by participating in these free local events in High Park and Roncesvalles Village.
www.debbieking.ca/5th_national...
As family and community members, we can learn alongside our children by participating in these free local events in High Park and Roncesvalles Village.
www.debbieking.ca/5th_national...
5th Annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Parkdale—High Park
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September 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today marks the 5th Annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as well as #OrangeShirtDay.
As family and community members, we can learn alongside our children by participating in these free local events in High Park and Roncesvalles Village.
www.debbieking.ca/5th_national...
As family and community members, we can learn alongside our children by participating in these free local events in High Park and Roncesvalles Village.
www.debbieking.ca/5th_national...
📣 Parents + Community Leaders:
Want to push back against underfunding + fight for the schools students deserve?
Join the Toronto Education Advocacy Network (TEAN) — a hub for sharing info + resources on public education.
👉🏾 Sign up here: forms.gle/MuLG62FJ3boX...
Want to push back against underfunding + fight for the schools students deserve?
Join the Toronto Education Advocacy Network (TEAN) — a hub for sharing info + resources on public education.
👉🏾 Sign up here: forms.gle/MuLG62FJ3boX...
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣 Parents + Community Leaders:
Want to push back against underfunding + fight for the schools students deserve?
Join the Toronto Education Advocacy Network (TEAN) — a hub for sharing info + resources on public education.
👉🏾 Sign up here: forms.gle/MuLG62FJ3boX...
Want to push back against underfunding + fight for the schools students deserve?
Join the Toronto Education Advocacy Network (TEAN) — a hub for sharing info + resources on public education.
👉🏾 Sign up here: forms.gle/MuLG62FJ3boX...
The #RoncesvallesPolishFestival never disappoints! Loved bonding over Caribbean fusion pierogi with folks while my brass-loving teen was all about the Band Of The Royal Regiment Of Canada. 🎺 Congrats to @roncesvillage.bsky.social and organizers on a great celebration! 🎉
September 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The #RoncesvallesPolishFestival never disappoints! Loved bonding over Caribbean fusion pierogi with folks while my brass-loving teen was all about the Band Of The Royal Regiment Of Canada. 🎺 Congrats to @roncesvillage.bsky.social and organizers on a great celebration! 🎉
Honoured to join the 29th Annual BWV Ukrainian Parade. From teachers exploring Holodomor education resources to youth lit up with belonging, the day showed the strength of community.
September 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Honoured to join the 29th Annual BWV Ukrainian Parade. From teachers exploring Holodomor education resources to youth lit up with belonging, the day showed the strength of community.
This is the heartbreaking reality for so many parents and students. Thinking of families at Lucy McCormick Senior School in Parkdale—High Park and their efforts to be heard and supported.
toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Vulnerable children start school year without adequate support: parents
Disappointment and frustration as parents of medically fragile children tell us they're unable to safely send their kids to school due to a lack of both support staff and funding. Tina Yazdani reports...
toronto.citynews.ca
September 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is the heartbreaking reality for so many parents and students. Thinking of families at Lucy McCormick Senior School in Parkdale—High Park and their efforts to be heard and supported.
toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
toronto.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
Reposted by Debbie King
Good for these Trustees. What do you have to lose at this point, with Calandra aiming to eliminate all Trustees? Time to fight.
Toronto Catholic trustees plot meeting, consider taking Ford government to court globalnews.ca/news/1141538... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Toronto Catholic trustees plot meeting, consider taking Ford government to court globalnews.ca/news/1141538... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Toronto Catholic trustees plot meeting, consider taking Ford government to court | Globalnews.ca
Trustees at Toronto's Catholic school board are attempting to schedule a rogue meeting to get a legal opinion on their constitutional privileges as they face an overhaul.
globalnews.ca
September 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Good for these Trustees. What do you have to lose at this point, with Calandra aiming to eliminate all Trustees? Time to fight.
Toronto Catholic trustees plot meeting, consider taking Ford government to court globalnews.ca/news/1141538... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Toronto Catholic trustees plot meeting, consider taking Ford government to court globalnews.ca/news/1141538... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Reposted by Debbie King
De Dovitiis argued it would be a step in the wrong direction.
“There should still be committee meetings. There should still be a process for communities to participate,”
“This is a terribly undemocratic move that lacks transparency and accountability"
www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
“There should still be committee meetings. There should still be a process for communities to participate,”
“This is a terribly undemocratic move that lacks transparency and accountability"
www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
Parents, trustees slam TDSB supervisor’s decisions as ‘Trumpian,’ ‘undemocratic’
Rohit Gupta is being criticized for a lack of consultation or explanation of recent decisions to increase special education class sizes and reverse school name changes — though his methods have some s...
www.torontotoday.ca
September 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
De Dovitiis argued it would be a step in the wrong direction.
“There should still be committee meetings. There should still be a process for communities to participate,”
“This is a terribly undemocratic move that lacks transparency and accountability"
www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
“There should still be committee meetings. There should still be a process for communities to participate,”
“This is a terribly undemocratic move that lacks transparency and accountability"
www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...
Reposted by Debbie King
"My trustee is a mom in my community. She is somebody that I see in the yard.” So true! As a former school trustee, I saw parents as I was dropping my kids off and addressed their concerns. Parents need our local education advocate, our Trustees! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Toronto parents frustrated that they can no longer turn to school board trustees for help | CBC News
Toronto parents say they are frustrated that they can no longer turn to a trustee for help now that the Doug Ford government has taken over the Toronto District School Board. Speaking at a news confer...
www.cbc.ca
September 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"My trustee is a mom in my community. She is somebody that I see in the yard.” So true! As a former school trustee, I saw parents as I was dropping my kids off and addressed their concerns. Parents need our local education advocate, our Trustees! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #topoli #onpoli #onted
Reposted by Debbie King
Our schools belong to our communities, not Doug Ford’s unelected appointees. Bill 33 is a direct attack on parents, students, and trustees.
Join us online at our TownHall on Monday, September 8, at 7:00 p.m. to learn more, share your voice, and demand Ford take his hands off our schools.
Join us online at our TownHall on Monday, September 8, at 7:00 p.m. to learn more, share your voice, and demand Ford take his hands off our schools.
September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Our schools belong to our communities, not Doug Ford’s unelected appointees. Bill 33 is a direct attack on parents, students, and trustees.
Join us online at our TownHall on Monday, September 8, at 7:00 p.m. to learn more, share your voice, and demand Ford take his hands off our schools.
Join us online at our TownHall on Monday, September 8, at 7:00 p.m. to learn more, share your voice, and demand Ford take his hands off our schools.
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario - ETFO responds to school board collapse rumour share.google/tq54d0TyBZgY...
ETFO responds to school board collapse rumour
Collapsing Ontario’s 72 school boards into four isn’t just a bad idea, it’s reckless, undemocratic, and an outright attack on public education.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario - ETFO responds to school board collapse rumour share.google/tq54d0TyBZgY...
My community update is out! Check your inbox for updates on Supervision of TDSB, Fund our Schools actions & links to support families this back-to-school season.
Stay Updated! Sign up at debbieking.ca/updates to stay in the know and support local Parkdale—High Park school communities.
Stay Updated! Sign up at debbieking.ca/updates to stay in the know and support local Parkdale—High Park school communities.
September 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My community update is out! Check your inbox for updates on Supervision of TDSB, Fund our Schools actions & links to support families this back-to-school season.
Stay Updated! Sign up at debbieking.ca/updates to stay in the know and support local Parkdale—High Park school communities.
Stay Updated! Sign up at debbieking.ca/updates to stay in the know and support local Parkdale—High Park school communities.
Marched in solidarity this Labour Day ✊🏾 Public schools need strong support—and so do the workers who make them thrive. Here’s to a powerful start to the school year!
September 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Marched in solidarity this Labour Day ✊🏾 Public schools need strong support—and so do the workers who make them thrive. Here’s to a powerful start to the school year!
Backpacks, ice cream, pizza & petitions—it’s almost back-to-school in Parkdale! 🎒🍦🍕 Great to see so many families at MPP Gilmour’s fair, sharing laughs, treats & support for public education.
August 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Backpacks, ice cream, pizza & petitions—it’s almost back-to-school in Parkdale! 🎒🍦🍕 Great to see so many families at MPP Gilmour’s fair, sharing laughs, treats & support for public education.