Edward Speicher grew up in South Riverdale before work and career commitments took him to other parts of the country. After receiving a degree in mechanical engineering from the Royal Military College in Kingston, he served as an Officer in the Canadian Army for more than a decade including an overseas deployment to Afghanistan in 2011.

While living in Ottawa, he became closely involved with the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre and served on their Board for the maximum term length of 6 years ending in 2019. Always having been a staunch believer in social justice causes, he became a firm advocate for harm reduction services and was proud to see the introduction of a Supervised Injection Service in April 2018 while serving as Board Chair.

A strong commitment to evidence-based policymaking, social equity, and environmental justice continues to inform much of the work that he now does as a data scientist.

Having moved back to Toronto in 2019, he settled once again in South Riverdale with his wife and two young daughters and thoroughly enjoys the opportunity to give back to the community he loves.