About us
Oakwood Vaughan Community Organization

OVCO grew out of Oakwood Vaughan Neighbourhood Action Partnership (OV NAP), a city mandated community consultation table. OV NAP established the VRA sub-committee, to deal with the imminent closing of Vaughan Road Academy and threatened privatization. This resident-led sub-committee was essentially the steering committee in OV NAP. It was decided to incorporate this sub-committee as OVCO, which would be community-based, with the capacity to administer projects, and lead community advocacy initiatives, separate from the City-sponsored OV NAP.

OVCO incorporated in November, 2017 and received charitable status in 2018.

• Community engagement to bring neighbours together

• Create a community hub for services we need and for a space for us to be

• Advocating for a vibrant and healthy community
  
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• Everyone has strengths.

• We must challenge oppression.

• Some people in the community have greater needs and fewer choices and therefore need more services, advocacy and support.

• Through empowered members, the community is strengthened

• We create and support opportunities for respectful interactions so that community members can decide what is best for themselves