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.
Policy Asks
70+ organizations representing labour, seniors, Indigenous people, newcomers, people with disabilities, youth, and more have endorsed one or more policy asks.
Click each policy ask to learn more.
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Aboriginal Front Door Society
Aboriginal Housing Management Association
Pin-Up Posse
BC Policy Solutions
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
BIPOC Women’s Society
Build Local Communities
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, BC Committee
Carnegie Housing Project
Centre for Family Equity
CityHive
Coordinated Community Response Network (CCRN)
CUPE 2950 Executive
CUPE 391
Disability Alliance BC
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House
Environmental Youth Alliance
Filipino BC
Hastings Crossing BIA
Food Stash Foundation
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Dreamstill Technologies
Little Mountain Gallery
Good Night Out Vancouver
Grandview Woodland Area Council
Health Initiative for Men
Hey Neighbour Collective
hua foundation
LET’S (Live Educate Transform Society)
MakeWay Charitable Society - Binners’ Project
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
Flavours of Hope
Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
PACE Society
Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)
Pride in Art Society (Queer Arts Festival + SUM gallery)
RainCity Housing
Research and Action for Healthy Cities (REACH-Cities)
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
Sher Pride (Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society)
South Vancouver Family Place
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
Tawaw Strategies
The Birdhouse
The Kettle Friendship Society
UNITE HERE Local 40
Vancouver & District Labour Council
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
Vancouver Food Runners
Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks
Vantage Point
YWCA British Columbia
CUPE BC
WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network
Worker Solidarity Network
Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice
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A Better Life Foundation
Aboriginal Front Door Society
Aboriginal Housing Management Association
BC Policy Solutions
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
BIPOC Women’s Society
Build Local Communities
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, BC Committee
Carnegie Housing Project
Centre for Family Equity
CityHive
Climate Reality Project Canada
Coordinated Community Response Network (CCRN)
CUPE 2950 Executive
CUPE 391
Disability Alliance BC
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House
Environmental Youth Alliance
Vancouver Food Policy Council
Filipino BC
Food Stash Foundation
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Good Night Out Vancouver
Grandview Woodland Area Council
Health Initiative for Men
hua foundation
LET’S (Live Educate Transform Society)
MakeWay Charitable Society - Binners’ Project
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
Flavours of Hope
Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
PACE Society
Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)
Pride in Art Society (Queer Arts Festival + SUM gallery)
RainCity Housing
Research and Action for Healthy Cities (REACH-Cities)
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
Sher Pride (Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society)
South Vancouver Family Place
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
Tawaw Strategies
The Birdhouse
The Kettle Friendship Society
Union Gospel Mission
UNITE HERE Local 40
Vancouver & District Labour Council
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
Vancouver Food Runners
Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks
Vantage Point
WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network
Worker Solidarity Network
Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice
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Aboriginal Front Door Society
Aboriginal Housing Management Association
BC Policy Solutions
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
BIPOC Women’s Society
Build Local Communities
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, BC Committee
Carnegie Housing Project
Centre for Family Equity
CityHive
Coordinated Community Response Network (CCRN)
CUPE 2950 Executive
CUPE 391
Disability Alliance BC
Mount Pleasant BIA
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House
Environmental Youth Alliance
Filipino BC
First United
Hastings Crossing BIA
Food Stash Foundation
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Good Night Out Vancouver
AESHA Project
CARE Study
Grandview Woodland Area Council
Health Initiative for Men
hua foundation
LET’S (Live Educate Transform Society)
MakeWay Charitable Society - Binners’ Project
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
PACE Society
Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)
Pride in Art Society (Queer Arts Festival + SUM gallery)
RainCity Housing
Research and Action for Healthy Cities (REACH-Cities)
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
Sher Pride (Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society)
South Vancouver Family Place
Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST Mobility)
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
Tawaw Strategies
The Birdhouse
The Kettle Friendship Society
Union Gospel Mission
UNITE HERE Local 40
Vancouver & District Labour Council
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
Vancouver Food Runners
Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks
Vantage Point
YWCA British Columbia
West Coast LEAF
WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network
Worker Solidarity Network
Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice
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Aboriginal Front Door Society
Aboriginal Housing Management Association
Pin-Up Posse
BC Policy Solutions
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
BIPOC Women’s Society
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, BC Committee
Carnegie Housing Project
Centre for Family Equity
CityHive
Coordinated Community Response Network (CCRN)
CUPE 2950 Executive
CUPE 391
Disability Alliance BC
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House
Environmental Youth Alliance
SWAN Vancouver
Filipino BC
Food Stash Foundation
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Good Night Out Vancouver
AESHA Project
CARE Study
Grandview Woodland Area Council
Health Initiative for Men
hua foundation
LET’S (Live Educate Transform Society)
MakeWay Charitable Society - Binners’ Project
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
Flavours of Hope
Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
PACE Society
Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)
Pride in Art Society (Queer Arts Festival + SUM gallery)
RainCity Housing
Research and Action for Healthy Cities (REACH-Cities)
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
Sher Pride (Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society)
South Vancouver Family Place
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
Tawaw Strategies
The Birdhouse
The Kettle Friendship Society
Union Gospel Mission
UNITE HERE Local 40
Vancouver & District Labour Council
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
Vancouver Food Runners
Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks
Vantage Point
YWCA British Columbia
West Coast LEAF
WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network
Worker Solidarity Network
Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice
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Aboriginal Front Door Society
Aboriginal Housing Management Association
BC Policy Solutions
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
BIPOC Women’s Society
Build Local Communities
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, BC Committee
Carnegie Housing Project
CityHive
Climate Reality Project Canada
Coordinated Community Response Network (CCRN)
CUPE 2950 Executive
CUPE 391
Vision Zero Vancouver
Disability Alliance BC
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House
Environmental Youth Alliance
Filipino BC
Food Stash Foundation
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Good Night Out Vancouver
Grandview Woodland Area Council
Health Initiative for Men
hua foundation
LET’S (Live Educate Transform Society)
MakeWay Charitable Society - Binners’ Project
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
Flavours of Hope
Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
PACE Society
Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)
Pride in Art Society (Queer Arts Festival + SUM gallery)
RainCity Housing
Research and Action for Healthy Cities (REACH-Cities)
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
SFU Renewable Cities
Sher Pride (Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society)
South Vancouver Family Place
Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST Mobility)
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
Tawaw Strategies
The Birdhouse
The Kettle Friendship Society
UNITE HERE Local 40
Vancouver & District Labour Council
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
Vancouver Food Runners
Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks
Vantage Point
West Coast Climate Action Network
YWCA British Columbia
West Coast LEAF
WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network
Worker Solidarity Network
Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice
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A Better Life Foundation
Aboriginal Front Door Society
Aboriginal Housing Management Association
Abundant Housing Vancouver
BC Non-Profit Housing Association
BC Policy Solutions
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition
BIPOC Women’s Society
Build Local Communities
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, BC Committee
Carnegie Housing Project
Centre for Family Equity
CityHive
Climate Reality Project Canada
Coordinated Community Response Network (CCRN)
CUPE 2950 Executive
CUPE 391
Disability Alliance BC
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House
Environmental Youth Alliance
Filipino BC First United
Food Stash Foundation
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Good Night Out Vancouver
Grandview Woodland Area Council
Health Initiative for Men
Hey Neighbour Collective
hua foundation
LET’S (Live Educate Transform Society)
MakeWay Charitable Society - Binners’ Project
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders
PACE Society
Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS)
Pride in Art Society (Queer Arts Festival + SUM gallery)
RainCity Housing
Research and Action for Healthy Cities (REACH-Cities)
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
SFU Renewable Cities
Sher Pride (Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society)
South Vancouver Family Place
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
Stand.earth
Tawaw Strategies
Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre (TRAC)
The Birdhouse
The Kettle Friendship Society
Union Gospel Mission
UNITE HERE Local 40
Vancouver & District Labour Council
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
Vancouver Food Runners
Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks
Vantage Point
West Coast Climate Action Network
West Coast LEAF
WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network
Worker Solidarity Network
Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice
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.
Sign up to our newsletter to get campaign updates.
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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There are plenty of ways to get involved. One way is to attend our upcoming, free events. On Sept. 1st, we’ll be officially launching the Our City Hall campaign at the Helena Gutteridge Plaza at Vancouver City Hall. On Sept. 16th, we’ll be hosting our flagship event, the Our City Hall Forum: Council Candidates Debate at the Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre at SFU Woodwards.
We are looking for a few more event volunteers to support at these events. If you’re interested, reach out to Alexa here.
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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.
Celebrate the official launch of the Our City Hall campaign on Sept. 1 and get to know some city council candidates on Sept. 16th at the Our City Hall Forum!
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.