Shannon currently serves as the Neighbourhood Environmental Improvement Community Benefits Organizer for Toronto Community Benefits Network and holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning from York University. Shannon is a long-time resident of Firgrove, a neighbourhood in the Jane and Finch area. She recounts her story about how herself and her fellow residents have been displaced by gentrification impacting the community. Her story conveys how the course of actions taken by Toronto Community Housing Corporation and the City of Toronto, leading to the condemnation of the residents’ homes, depict a glaring example of Environmental Racism.