Biography
Harkirat Singh is a former School Board Trustee at the Peel District School Board and a former professor at Humber College and Lambton College. Currently serving his second term as a City Councillor and first as Deputy Mayor, he is passionate about city building, politics, and climate action.
As a School Board Trustee, he served as a Regional Director at the Ontario Public School Board Association (OPSBA) and a Board Member at the Sikh Heritage Month Foundation. As a City Councillor, he has been a Board Member of the Brampton Library and a Consultative Committee Member for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA). He is currently a Research Fellow at the Broadbent Institute.
In his role as Deputy Mayor, Harkirat Singh founded and chairs the MedTech Task Force. He also founded and established Niwaas Long-Term Care, a 160-bed facility, and chairs its Fundraising Cabinet. Most recently, Niwaas Long-Term Care launched Niwaas Living, an affordable housing non-profit developing 90 family units in Brampton, 40 of which will be deeply affordable.
Internationally recognized, he has served as a municipal expert on various topics at global forums, including twice at the Urban20 Summit (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo), the Strong Cities Fifth Global Summit (Cape Town), and the United Nations Headquarters (New York). He was recently selected by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) to represent Canada at the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)’s World Council and Executive Bureau.
Harkirat Singh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Public Administration from the University of Toronto, a Master of Science in Economics from London Metropolitan University, and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business. He also completed the Diploma in Municipal Administration (Dipl.M.A.) and Executive Diploma in Municipal Management (Dipl.M.M.) from AMCTO, as well as the Institute of Corporate Directors’ ICD.D designation at the Rotman School of Business. He is currently pursuing an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.
