About Me
You can call me Kat.
I am asking you to let me be your Councilor. Why?
I live here. I work here. I have been here, my whole life long. I know the History and the Geography of here, Cavan Monaghan - an agricultural and ecological treasure trove. I strongly believe that our Past, Present and Future deserve equal respect. I have the knowledge and the skills to to move us productively and responsibly into the Future. I listen, I analyze, I care.
my history
Hometown: Orono, Ontario
Attended Orono Public School and Clarke High School
I am the daughter of Orono lawyer W. Kay Lycett. From a young age, I searched titles with my dad at the Port Hope Land Registry Office. I learned the fabric of the lands we now call the Township of Cavan Monaghan. Back in those days, the Village of Millbrook and the Township of Cavan, were still within the County of Durham as was the former Township of Manvers, the Township of Hope the Town of Port Hope, and the Townships of Clarke and Darlington (now Clarington). My appreciation for the History and Geography of the place I live and work, started at age 4, and has never left me.
1981-1984 University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts
Art and Art History
During my University years, I worked for my education at various restaurant jobs and the University Library. At age 20, I bought my first home with my husband on the shores of Lake Ontario, in Bowmanville.
1985-1987 Transition
Newspaper Photojournalist,
and New Home Building:
Lycett Contracting Ltd.
Exploring my artistic side and formal education, I was employed as a photographer with the Fort Frances Times and Oshawa This Week. I left this career to join a family business in Bethany, building homes both in Manvers and Cavan Townships. Bethany (the Capital of Manvers Township) became my home in 1987 for the next 27 years.
1987-2014, Bethany
Freelance Real Estate Law Clerk
(certified with Ontario Institute of Law Clerks)
Continuing Education at Trent University, Peterborough:
Social Psychology
I returned to Real Estate Law in 1987 for our former MPP and lawyer, Sam Cureatz, who encouraged me to return to school, part time at Trent University in Social Psychology, while working with him and his clients in Land Development. After my son, Jordie Westbrook, was born in 1993, I became a Freelance Real Estate Law Clerk, administrating both commercial and residential real estate transactions, as well as land development applications on behalf of various lawyers in Cobourg, Durham Region, and Peterborough. I have extensive experience working with many Municipalities, and a working knowledge of The Planning Act and other Ontario Statutes that govern Municipal Law and Real Estate.
2015 - 2022, Millbrook
Real Estate Broker/Operator
RE/MAX Eastern Realty Inc.
Millbrook
I obtained my Real Estate sales license over the years 2013 - 2014 while continuing to work in Real Estate Law. I joined RE/MAX Eastern Realty Inc. in Peterborough in 2014. Destiny dealt me the opportunity to open RE/MAX Eastern's Millbrook office at the Corner of King and Tupper in January 2015, which I continue to operate today with my son, Jordie, who joined me as a licensed Realtor in 2017. By this time I was licensed as a Real Estate Broker. At our office, we still offer historical books on the region, as well as Fairy Doors, which symbolize both the folklore of my Irish heritage and spirituality that resides within our forests and watersheds.