Keri Hyde
Keri Hyde is the Director of Program Relations for Infrastructure Ontario’s Transit Oriented Communities program. She is an engagement practitioner and registered professional planner with over 15 years of project management, capacity and relationship building experience and is also a Board Member for the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Canada, a national organization dedicated to promoting and improving the public participation and engagement practice.
Keri holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Environmental and Canadian Studies and a Masters in Environmental Studies (Planning) from the University of Toronto and York University, respectively.
Keri’s lived experience as a young mother and her passion for empowering people to live, learn, and grow into their ‘best self’ heavily informs her perspective and philosophy on life. She believes in the importance of flexibility and adaptability in an ever-changing environment and looks for every opportunity to find “win-win” solutions that benefit all.
In her spare time, she enjoys going on adventures with her family, playing tennis, reading, and experimenting with various (healthy!) baking recipes.
"Abiona Centre not only gave me the ability to care for my child, but the motivation to get what I wanted for my life - to have my daughter with me and to live independently."
Abiona Centre is a client-centred infant and early childhood mental health organization which supports pregnant and parenting adolescents, aged 13 – 29.