Ken Sim won’t be defeated by posts, polls, or prayers. He’ll be defeated in a vote.
That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city. (1/3)
Tonight, Vancouver council will have a public hearing for a school 19 years in the making
There's some community opposition to the project — but there's also the bigger question of why it takes the provincial and municipal governments 19 years to approve a single school
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At Vancouver’s OneCity mayoral nomination announcement, where about 300 people are here to hear whether Amanda Burrows or William Azaroff will be their candidate
My heart goes out to Tumbler Ridge, all of the staff and families and community members facing this unspeakable tragedy. May we all wrap those in Tumbler Ridge with our love in their time of grief.
Please share support: @foundrybc.bsky.social
Let’s help the province with their goal for universal childcare by 2028! Join me in electing Trustees and Councillors who take action to help families across the city, support universal childcare spaces, $10/day, and fair wages! 💪🏾
We need more childcare spaces in all schools across the city, so I’m puzzled that Victoria Jung (Van Liberal Council hopeful) voted against every opportunity we have had to advance childcare.👇🏾
This week, VSB Chair Victoria Jung moved a motion to LIMIT universal childcare for families accessing childcare on school grounds! Total non sense that I do not support. I believe in universality, b/c a public good that is good for some kids & families should be accessible to all kids & families👇🏾
Build more. We need to be acting on what our city should be 10, 20, 30 years from now.
And we need to be innovative. Look at @reddyforchange.bsky.social's efforts to provide after school care in existing space, using existing staff (who often are on part-time contracts and want more hours).
He gets it
Thank you for fighting for Carleton and for your strong advocacy to keep school lands in the public domain.
Schools are the heart of the community and the soul of the neighbourhood.
@reddyforchange.bsky.social #bced #vanpoli
I commit to continuing my support of the Carleton and wider community. I hope you’ll join me in voting these trustees out come October 2026. We all deserve better.
For now, we mourn the loss. We heard one Green trustee say that “land has no value unless it is sold”. I could not disagree more. The land that this school sits on and the school itself is valuable beyond dollars, to the community and future generations of kids & families.👇🏾
I tried, along with my ally Suzie Mah, to stave off this decision & hold this land in trust for generations, to support the #saveCarleton community, but other ABC&Green trustees voted to create the conditions for disposing of the school. They would rather pass the buck than protect a public asset.👇🏾
- to students and their families who came to tell us that this school matters, to the neighbourhood that has relied on this space to gather and play, and to the whole district that will undoubtedly lose this large parcel of public land.👇🏾
I am disappointed that Carleton Elementary School has been permanently closed, and now sits in wait for potential sale. This is a huge loss…👇🏾
We worked with @lucymaloney.bsky.social on a motion coming to council on December 10 to ban right turns on red at high-risk intersections. This is a low-cost, common-sense measure that will save lives. We need your help to tell council this matters!
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Join me to hear from members of the Joyce-Collingwood community - they have organized their own Public Forum on December 10th at 6:30pm at Collingwood Neighbourhood House. Please make sure the VSB knows what you think about the future of Carleton Elementary.
The decision on the future of Carleton Elementary is coming back fast, join us in person Dec 17th 5pm at 1580 w Broadway - show up to support neighbourhood schools and transparent decision making. Your voice matters!
I thank folks for speaking up. I support community members and believe that they deserve to be part of their neighbourhood and city decisions. Their voices are important.
Thank you to @adriandix.bsky.social and Don Davies for speaking up alongside residents!
It’s not over yet.
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📣for their neighbourhood school back
📣to be able to walk/roll to school and childcare in their community
📣for a meeting about Carleton in their neighbourhood so that community members can talk more
📣open* and accurate data that reflects the density and transit-oriented development in the area
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Earlier this week the VSB held a meeting to hear from community members about the permanent closure of Carleton Elementary (6-acres of school land at Joyce/Kingsway). The school has been closed for 9 years…
Parents, grandparents, community members, and graduates asked:
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It’s easy to support William because he is already doing the work! Learn more about William: www.williamforvancouver.ca
Exciting news - I’m seeking the mayoral nomination with @OneCityVan! 1 / 5 youtu.be/2MTf7QmcEpc
It took reporter @kehyslop.bsky.social 21 months of FOI requests and pursuing a formal review of the VPD's denial for info to get the police to release the names of officers who currently staff Vancouver schools. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
OneCity has its first mayoral candidate for their primary: William Azaroff, the CEO of Brightside Community Homes Foundation, and board member of The Tyee, VIFF, and a bunch of other community endeavours.
His campaign video launch, here:
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Trustee @reddyforchange.bsky.social, a labour council group and a parents' rep are disappointed after requests to improve Vancouver school board transparency resulted in... private meetings and deletion of meeting recordings. #vanpoli
Reporting by @kehyslop.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Rebecca Bligh voted to slash wages for workers, to block rental housing in wealthy neighbourhoods, and to oppose common sense tools to properly fund our schools.
We need a progressive mayor on the ballot to deliver the change Vancouver needs. And we’ll get one. More soon.
Bligh has a decent amount of support from the province and feds (more than Sim or Allam at this point), which could help.
But her 6 years being a supporter of Ken Sim, and getting elected under both the NPA and ABC banners, means it’ll be difficult to get support from local left-wing parties.
👎🏾A complicated process to sign up to speak at meetings
👎🏾Members of the public being discouraged from from speaking on the public record at meetings
Join us and hold your school board accountable! Kids, families, teachers, support staff, building service workers, and more deserve our support!
👎🏾Too many private sessions where the public is not welcome and cannot participate
👎🏾Reduced time for the public or stakeholder groups to comment at meetings
👎🏾Removal of the “personnel committee”, which was the only meeting dedicated to discussing the issues affecting staff
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