Tracy MacCharles
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children and Youth Services
Tracy MacCharles represents the riding of Pickering-Scarborough East.
MacCharles has over 20 years experience in human resources management working in the private, public and not for profit sectors including serving as Vice President of Human Resources, Manulife Financial for the Corporate and Information Technology Divisions. In 2004, she established her own Human Resources practice focused on areas she is most passionate about: health care, community health, education, employment, human rights, discrimination prevention, and business effectiveness.
MacCharles is a champion for disability advocacy. She is a former chair of the Ontario Accessibility Standards Advisory Council and also served on the Durham Board of Education's Special Education Advisory Committee. She has been an active volunteer in her community and at the provincial level for numerous charities including the Canadian Cancer Society – Scarborough Unit and the Ontario Division Board, the Big Sister's Association of Ajax-Pickering, the United Way and as Chair of her local School Community Council.
MacCharles is also an active volunteer in numerous charities. She has received the City of Pickering's Civic Award and the Volunteer of Distinction Award from Rosebank Road Public School.
She holds an interdepartmental honours degree in Business and Public Administration from Brock University.
MacCharles was born, raised and currently lives in Pickering with her husband, Stephen, and their two children Travis and Geneviève.
