Office of the Chief Executive

To celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, the TTC hosted a Sunrise Ceremony at Hillcrest on June 21. I’m grateful to Elder Michael White who conducted the ceremony, Fire Keeper Sheldon Morriseau, Helper Denise McLeod and staff from across the TTC for organizing this special event. The Sunrise Ceremony is an opportunity to come together in offering prayers, giving thanks and setting intentions. Another Sunrise Ceremony will be held at our McNicoll property on June 30 to close off Indigenous Peoples Month.

I want to invite everyone to our Indigenous Peoples Month Showcase taking place at Hillcrest on Saturday, July 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The TTC is proudly celebrating and honouring Indigenous Peoples’ culture, creativity and successes through great food, music, and spoken word and dance performances.

TTC thanks employees for service excellence
We congratulated our latest group of Rewards and Recognition winners on June 20. Among the inspiring recipients honoured were Transit Control Dispatcher Louise Gallotta and Operators Samantha Haffner, Ben Kirton, Moganaraj Rajathurai and Robert Sorrenti. In separate incidents, they went above and beyond to save the lives of people on our system and in our community.

Our thanks to everyone for outstanding achievements in the categories of Leadership, Customer Service, Safety, Diversity, Teamwork and Innovation and Sustainability. Congratulations to: Ryan Brooks, Sajid Maqbool, Jeffrey Matheson, Stephen Cartaciano, Deborah Herbert, Krzysztof Potasz, Patrick Rameshwar, Mario Arruda, Ricardo Couto, Elizabeth Hoare, Bruno Perrella, Roy Hartley, Vince Perruccio, Sal Maltese, Alexandra Kargutkar, Gordon McKee, Felician Burca, Ming Li, Keith McGill, Shanae Brown, Tejinder Jawandha and Louise, Samantha, Ben, Moganaraj and Robert.

Please remember all employees can participate in the nomination process. Don’t hesitate to nominate a colleague you feel is deserving of recognition.

Participate in the Pride Parade this Sunday!
Finally, the 2023 Pride Parade takes place on Sunday, June 25. As with previous years, TTC marchers will accompany our Pride-themed bus. All are welcome to join us at the designated meeting place at Ted Rogers Way and Charles Street East at 2:30 p.m. The Pride Parade is always great fun! For more information, please feel free to contact Marketing’s Sandy Tsirlis at sandy.tsirlis@ttc.ca. Free TTC t-shirts are available to participants on a first come first serve basis.

Hope to see you all there!

Richard J. Leary
Chief Executive Officer
June 23, 2023