Meet the team!
Nina, Sarah and Robin are the core staff at South Riverdale Child-Parent Centre. Everyone is very excited to be working together at the Centre and in this community. Stop by and say hello!
Languages: Nina, our Program Leader can speak conversational French.
Nina Borg is the Program Manager at the Centre. Nina is a Registered Early Childhood Educator with a background in Behavioural Sciences, and has previously worked as a nanny and in the daycare field. She has a passion for Infant Mental Health and has the ability to work on an ASQ Developmental Screening tool with you should you have any concerns about your child’s development.
Nina was a Toronto Metropolitan University student at the Centre in 2009 and has been working as a staff member since 2013.
Feel free to pop into the Centre’s office to say hi or chat with Nina anytime:
To confidentially contact Nina email ninab@srcpc.org or call the Centre at (416) 469-3776.
Sarah Parry is one of the Program Facilitators at the Centre.
Sarah is a Registered Early Childhood Educator, and is a long time member of our community, working as a Nanny for 3 years and at Matthew John Daycare for a year.
Sarah Graduated from Early Childhood Education in 2007 and also completed her Recreation and Leisure diploma in 2008 from Fleming College. Sarah trained as an AMI Assistant Montessori teacher in 2017 as well.
Sarah’s role is to plan and organize Wednesday outings/workshops and program for our daily Drop-In. Please feel free to let Sarah know what YOU want to see during drop-in or any fun workshops or outings we could plan. We are here for the families of this community, so we want your feedback and ideas to help plan our program.
See you at the Drop-In!
To confidentially contact Sarah email Sarahp@srcpc.org or call the Centre at (416) 469-3776.
Robin Irwin is a program facilitator at the Centre.
She is a Social Service Work graduate from George Brown College with a BA in Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University. Robin joined our team as a placement student in January 2018.
With a love for the families and the community, Robin’s goal is to help create the program YOU want to see at your drop-in. Please feel free to let her know what you would like to see at SRCPC!
Stop by the Centre Tuesday to Saturday (Sept - May) or Monday to Friday (May - August) during our program hours to say hello to Robin!
To confidentially contact Robin email robini@srcpc.org or call the Centre at (416) 469-3776.
Meet Nadia! Nadia is an Ocassional staff, joining us in program when Nina, Robin, or Sarah is away, and our Saturday program assistant. Nadia has worked with children for 8 years and loves arts and crafts!
Rianne joins us as an Occasional staff, joining us in program when Nina, Robin, or Sarah is away, and our Saturday program assistant. She has an extensive background working with children and is a nanny in the neighbourhood!
Freshta joins us as an Occasional staff. Freshta is studying Early Childhood Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University and has experience with children and families include working at the YMCA day camp for 2 years, working with children from ages 4-12.
This is Clara! She joined us as part of the Canada Summer Jobs initiative Summer 2025 and will be with us as an Occasional Staff and with us for Summer 2026! Clara has experience working at daycares in the East End since 2020 and was an Au Pair in Belgium. She is finishing her BA in Special Education. She loves her 2 cats and loves learning alongside the children, and can play the ukelele!
Hi, my name is Mariyah Bulbulia and my pronouns are she/her. I am an Early Childhood Studies student at Toronto Metropolitan University and this is my second year placement.
My placement days are Thursdays and Fridays, and my placement starts on September 17, 2026 and will end on December 4, 2026.
During this placement, I am looking forward to spending time with both children and their families, as well as building meaningful relationships with them, and gaining a better understanding of how to support children's learning and development. My previous experience working with children and families includes my placement last year, where I supported children’s daily routines and planned learning experiences. I was responsible for taking care of children and planning activities that would help them learn while ensuring that other basic necessities like feeding and napping were taken care of as well. Prior to that, In Grade 12, I also had the opportunity to support children with special needs during gym activities and to plan activities that allowed all children to participate.
My goals are to become more confident in my interactions with children, strengthen my understanding of how children communicate and learn, and gain more experience planning and supporting activities. As this is going to be a learning opportunity for me, I hope to observe the educators, ask questions, and acquire new skills all while working with children. Overall, I love spending time with children and building close connections with them. Being around children makes me feel a sense of happiness, and I enjoy supporting them and watching them grow.