Announcing the Panelists for the Our City Hall Forum: Council Candidates Debate
The Our City Hall Forum: Council Candidates Debate is right around the corner, and we are counting down the days.
Venue? The Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre at SFU. ✅
Moderator? Michelle Cyca, award-winning journalist and editor from The Narwhal. ✅
Panelists?
We’re excited to officially check this off our list and share with you the panelists line-up for the Our City Hall Forum!
12 candidates from 6 major political parties* will be speaking at our moderated panel on the key community priorities identified through the Our City Hall campaign:
Annette Reilly (Green Party of Vancouver), Amanda Boggan (TEAM), Bhavna Solecki (Vote Vancouver), Chloe Leslie (COPE), Iona Bonamis (OneCity), Jessica Walton (Vancouver Liberals), Kathleen Larson (TEAM), Lucy Maloney (OneCity), Dr. Moira Stilwell (Vancouver Liberals), Rebecca Hasdell (Vote Vancouver), Sean Orr (COPE), and Stephanie Smith (Green Party of Vancouver).
We’re looking forward to hearing how these panelists will work to ensure Vancouver is a city where everyone belongs, if elected.
The event will also include time to mingle and meet with the candidates.
*A major political party is a party that is running a full slate for council, park, and school board. The major political parties invited were: ABC, COPE, Green Party of Vancouver, OneCity, TEAM, Vancouver Liberals, and Vote Vancouver. Due to format restrictions, we will not be able to accommodate independent candidates in the debate, but they are encouraged to attend and mingle with attendees. We will have alternative ways for independent candidates to engage with the Our City Hall campaign.
Learn More about the Our City Hall forum Panelists
We have provided more information about the panelists including their bios and party platforms. Parties are listed in alphabetical order:
Guest moderator for the our city hall forum
In case you missed it, our guest moderator for the forum is Michelle Cyca.
Michelle is an award-winning freelance journalist and an editor for The Narwhal, a digital publication focused on investigative journalism about the natural world.
Outside of work, you can often find her organizing literary events with Upstart & Crow on Granville Island, running the trails in Pacific Spirit Park, or mapping baby change tables across the city.
She is a lifelong Vancouver resident and a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6.
