OUR CITY HALL CAMPAIGN
Transforming community priorities into council action
Same campaign, new name! Our City Hall (formerly known as the Hot Pink Paper Campaign) is the new name of our grassroots campaign for the 2026 municipal election.
Do you live, work, study, or access services in Vancouver? We want to hear from you! Help shape the policy pledges we’ll share with Mayor and Council candidates in Vancouver’s 2026 municipal election.
Take the Our City Hall Survey to shape WTC’s election priorities!
What is the Our City Hall Campaign?
Our City Hall is Women Transforming Cities’ campaign for courageous local policies that work for everyone—especially the communities too often left out of party platforms and council chambers.
Since 2014, we’ve amplified underrepresented voices in Vancouver elections on issues like housing and homelessness, childcare, gender-based violence, and climate justice, turning community priorities into real council action.
Formerly known as the Hot Pink Paper Campaign, Our City Hall is relaunching for the 2026 election with a vision of a city where every resident belongs, participates, and thrives—and where elected officials are held accountable at every step.
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Timeline
Current stage!
Fall 2025–Summer 2026
Community Engagement
In the year leading up to the October 2026 municipal election, we bring together and listen to residents and organizations across the city to understand their most pressing issues. This community engagement shapes the policy pledge we share with candidates.
September–October 2026
Candidate Commitments
We ask candidates for mayor and council to pledge to implement equity-centred policies that were shaped by our community engagement if they are elected. We publicly share candidate commitments ahead of election day.
Fall 2026–2030
Council Accountability
After the election, we meet with new council members to understand how they plan to implement their policy commitments. Over the four-year term, we mobilize our members to push for action during policy windows. We hold mayor and council accountable to their Our City Hall pledge through regular public progress reports on their voting record.
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Our public survey is live! Take the Our City Hall survey to share what you need from the next mayor and council. Your responses will directly shape our policy priorities.
We will also gather input through "Shape Your City" workshops in partnership with community organizations, tabling at community events, training volunteers to conduct outreach, analyzing community-driven reports, and meeting directly with front-line organizations. To help us hear from as many voices as possible, sign up to volunteer or get in touch about tabling and workshop opportunities. -
We hope that for the first time in the 2026 elections, the Our City Hall campaign will expand beyond Vancouver in partnership with local residents. We’re having conversations with community leaders about what this campaign could look like in their city. If you live outside Vancouver and are interested in being involved in these conversations, reach out to clara@womentransformingcities.org.
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Effective campaigns adapt and evolve. Our City Hall is the next iteration of the Hot Pink Paper Campaign, and will build on past successes, learnings, and relationships established through conducting this campaign for over a decade. The new name reflects our mission to build cities where everyone belongs, participates, and thrives. What hasn’t changed is our commitment to amplifying the voices of those often not heard in party platforms and council chambers.
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The Our City Hall campaign is supported through a grant from the McConnell Foundation, as well as funding from the BC Law Foundation, CUPE BC, Vancity Community Foundation, Union Gospel Mission (UGM), and the Vancouver & District Labour Council (VDLC). We are also sustained by one-time tax-deductible gifts, monthly donors, and WTC membership fees.
Successful campaigns require sustained resources. The more donations we receive, the higher impact and larger reach we can have through this campaign, so please become a donor if you have capacity.
Our City Hall is a grassroots campaign—and it can’t happen without community support.
join our movement
Effective community engagement and consistently holding council accountable requires sustained resources. Your donations allow us to build a high-impact campaign.
Help us build a stronger campaign by getting directly involved in community outreach, data analysis, and policy research.
WTC members are the first to know campaign updates and opportunities to get involved.
Fill out our survey and help shape the policy pledges we’ll share with Mayor and Council candidates in Vancouver’s 2026 municipal election. Your responses will directly inform the policy asks we put to candidates in the upcoming election.
Latest News
Looking Back at the Hot Pink Paper Campaign
We’ve run this campaign for over a decade under the Hot Pink Paper Campaign name. Learn about past iterations of the campaign, including policy asks that candidates pledged to implement if elected and accountability reports that tracked their equity commitments.
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