Alisha Masongsong, ballot number 303 for School Board in Vancouver, Green Party of Vancouver. Profile focus: School and community services, and student access.
Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
No action yetPush for fully funded public education and a budget that meets school needsEducation funding · Own promise
In her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire of September 22, 2026, Masongsong listed fully funded public education as her first priority if elected: a budget that meets the needs of students, teachers and support staff, and schools that are safe, ready for climate change, within their capacity and well equipped.
“A budget that meets the needs of students, teachers, support staff, and schools that are safe, climate resilient, meet capacity and well equipped to learn in.”
No action yetFunded mental health supports, with counsellors in every schoolStudent well-being · Own promise
In the same answer of September 22, 2026, Masongsong wrote that one of her top priorities is meeting every student's needs, which she said means properly funded mental health supports, such as counsellors in every school.
“All students’ needs are met, this means properly funded mental health supports, like counselors available in every school.”
No action yetPrograms, teacher training and enough education assistants for students who need themStudent support · Own promise
In the same answer of September 22, 2026, Masongsong listed making sure there are programs, training for teachers and enough education assistants for students with accessibility needs and different learning needs.
“Ensuring there are programs, training for teachers and enough Educational Assistants for students with accessibility and various learning needs to thrive.”
No action yetA stronger voice for students at the School BoardOpen governance at the School Board · Own promise
In the same answer of September 22, 2026, Masongsong listed giving students a stronger voice at the Vancouver School Board, so they can say what each school needs.
“Empowering students to have a stronger voice at the VSB and share what their specific needs are at each school.”
No action yetNutritious food programs at every school, for every studentFood security · Own promise
In the same answer of September 22, 2026, Masongsong listed food security as a top priority: more food support, so that every school has nutritious food programs open to every student.
“Expanding food security supports to ensure there are accessible, nutritious food programs available at every school for every student”
No action yetA place for every child at the school in their catchment areaSchool planning · Own promise
In the same answer of September 22, 2026, Masongsong wrote that schools are over capacity with long waiting lists, and that she is committed to doing as much as she can so that all children in Vancouver can attend the school in their catchment area.
No action yetPause AI chatbots in schools for a review and consultationEducation and technology · Own promise
In her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire of September 28, 2026, Masongsong wrote that as a trustee she would ask for student use of AI chatbots in schools to stop and stay paused while district staff consult teachers, students and parents. During the pause she would ask for a review of effects on the local environment, student mental health and learning, safety and ethics. After it, she would ask staff to write AI policies, guidelines and training advice, and make sure parents, students and teachers can comment before they are final. Her running mate Julie Strilesky's answer on the same page uses much of the same wording and says the two candidates agree on this issue.
“As a school trustee, I would request that the use of AI Chatbots in schools be stopped, and put on pause so that the VSB staff can meaningfully engage with educators, students and parents on the pros and cons of AI use first.”
No action yetQuick fixes for crowded schools, with longer-term planningSchool planning · Own promise
Asked by The Griffins' Nest how she would deal with crowded schools, Masongsong wrote on October 16, 2026 that she would push for practical, immediate solutions together with long-term planning. At Eric Hamber Secondary, she wrote, this means working directly with students, teachers and administrators on crowded common areas, pressure on classrooms and access to learning space. She named the Green platform's promises on enrolment forecasts and multi-year planning of staff and buildings.
“As a Vancouver Green School Board candidate, I will advocate for practical, immediate solutions alongside long-term planning.”
No action yetPut crowding at King George Secondary and Carr Elementary firstSchool planning · Own promise
In the same answer of October 16, 2026, Masongsong wrote that the Greens give priority to the space problems at King George Secondary and Carr Elementary.
“We also specifically prioritize capacity challenges at King George Secondary and Carr Elementary, while advocating for provincial capital funding and better coordination with the City to ensure housing growth is matched by school infrastructure.”
No action yetPress for provincial building money and City planning so schools keep up with new housingSchool planning · Own promise
In the same answer of October 16, 2026, Masongsong wrote that the Greens will press for provincial money for school buildings and closer work with the City, so that school buildings keep up with new housing.
“We also specifically prioritize capacity challenges at King George Secondary and Carr Elementary, while advocating for provincial capital funding and better coordination with the City to ensure housing growth is matched by school infrastructure.”
No action yetKeep school land public, and decide on it with evidence and public consultationSchool lands · Own promise
In the same answer of October 16, 2026, Masongsong wrote that public school land must stay public and be protected for future school and community needs, and that decisions on school property, redevelopment or closures must be open, based on evidence and shaped by real community consultation.
“Importantly, public school lands must remain public assets, protected for future educational and community needs.”
No action yetSupport and expand SOGI 123, with training for educators and help from community groupsEquity · Own promise
In an Instagram post of October 5, 2026, shared with the Green Party's account, Masongsong wrote that she will work to make every Vancouver school inclusive and safe, with the right supports for trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ students. She wrote that she and fellow trustee candidate Julie Strilesky are committed to supporting and expanding SOGI 123 programs, giving educators ongoing training and resources, and working with the community groups Queer Momentum and Qmunity on these supports. The post calls this a pledge and does not say which group wrote it.
“I am very dedicated to this pledge and will put in the work to ensure all schools in Vancouver are inclusive, safe and have the appropriate supports for trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ students.”
No action yetStronger prevention of bullying and harassment, and a stronger response to itSchool safety · Own promise
In the same Instagram post of October 5, 2026, Masongsong listed stronger prevention of bullying and harassment, and a stronger response when it happens, among the commitments she and Julie Strilesky made to 2SLGBTQIA+ students.
No action yetPress for library books, lessons and school spaces that include 2SLGBTQIA+ familiesEquity · Own promise
In the same Instagram post of October 5, 2026, Masongsong listed pressing for library collections, curriculum and school spaces that reflect 2SLGBTQIA+ students and families. The Province sets the curriculum, so on that part the Board can only ask.
No action yetAccess to school counsellors and gender and sexuality alliance groupsStudent well-being · Own promise
In the same Instagram post of October 5, 2026, Masongsong listed making sure 2SLGBTQIA+ students can reach school counsellors and gender and sexuality alliance support groups.
No action yetMonitor the Education Plan and student achievement gapsSchools · Party platform
Green trustees would track the Education Plan using both system data and qualitative feedback, to assess student success and identify and close achievement gaps.
No action yetParty platform: press for stable, multi-year provincial fundingEducation funding · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will work with other school districts, education partners, unions, parents and community groups to press the Province for a stable, multi-year funding model that keeps up with inflation and the real cost of public education in Vancouver, including the real cost of enough staff.
No action yetParty platform: publish the gap between provincial funding and the cost of servicesEducation funding · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will publish clear estimates of the difference between the money the Province gives and the cost of keeping existing services, and make the effect of funding shortfalls clear to educators, parents and the public during budget consultations.
No action yetParty platform: press for more money for inclusion, mental health and foodEducation funding · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will press for stronger targeted funding for inclusive education, student mental health, food programs and other areas where student needs are growing.
No action yetParty platform: ask the Province for predictable money for school buildingsSchool facilities · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will ask the Province for predictable capital funding, the money for building and renewing schools, so that upgrades and renewals can be planned years ahead. The Tyee reported that the Greens would lobby the Province for long-term, stable capital funding.
No action yetParty platform: find other sources of money for schoolsEducation funding · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will look for other ways to raise money for buildings and operations, given limited provincial funding: grants, partnerships, donations, putting the Board's property to use (the platform calls this activating capital assets), and other added funding, where these help public education and keep it open to all and accountable to the public.
No action yetParty platform: press for enough space and climate-ready design in new schoolsSchool facilities · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will keep pressing the Ministry on its area standards, the rules that set how much space a new school is funded for, so that new schools have enough space and are designed for a changing climate.
No action yetParty platform: press for more funding for students with diverse learning needsStudent support · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will press for more funding for students with diverse learning needs, and for provincial funding that matches the real cost of inclusive education. It says the Ministry's current amount, which the Vancouver School Board adds to, is not enough.
No action yetParty platform: ask the Province to fund a living wage for school district workersEducation funding · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will seek a commitment from the Province to fund a living wage for all employees and contracts of BC school districts.
No action yetParty platform: independent audits and financial reports the public can understandGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will keep strong financial oversight and independent audits, and make audited financial information easier for the public to understand.
No action yetParty platform: track whether big spending decisions give the promised resultsGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will track major initiatives against clear goals, and track whether major spending decisions produce the results trustees were told to expect. It also says the party will strengthen long-term planning for the Board's buildings and other assets.
No action yetParty platform: use evidence to decide which programs to grow, fix or rethinkSchool programs · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will use evidence to find the programs that should be expanded, improved or reconsidered.
No action yetParty platform: protect school property for long-term public useProtect public school land · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will protect public school property for long-term benefit to education and the community.
No action yetParty platform: review Board policies regularlyGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will review Board policies regularly to check that they are still relevant, work and are easy to use.
No action yetParty platform: put teachers and other student-facing staff first in budgetsEducation funding · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will put student learning and frontline supports at the centre of budget decisions, and give priority to teachers, education assistants, counsellors, support workers and other staff who work with students.
No action yetParty platform: keep targeted money for the students it is meant forStudent support · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will protect targeted funding so it reaches the students and services it is meant to support.
No action yetParty platform: budgets in plain language, with reasons for program changesOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will publish budgets in clear, easy language so families can see where education money goes, and explain clearly when programs are expanded, reduced or changed.
No action yetParty platform: review middle and upper management salariesGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will carry out a review of the salaries of middle and upper managers at the School Board.
No action yetParty platform: better long-term forecasts of enrolment, staff and building costsSchool planning · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will improve long-term forecasts of enrolment, staffing, buildings and other large costs.
No action yetParty platform: multi-year staffing plansEducation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will write multi-year staffing plans that prepare for changes in enrolment, retirements and jobs that are hard to fill, and plan the workforce over the long term.
No action yetParty platform: recruit through colleges and universities, and train and mentor staffEducation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will strengthen recruitment partnerships with universities, colleges and training schools, and make sure educators get a range of professional development, mentoring and career paths that help keep experienced staff and attract new staff.
No action yetParty platform: an on-call list large enough to cover every classroom absenceEducation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will keep a strong on-call list of teachers and support staff so that every classroom absence is covered.
No action yetParty platform: regular, planned meetings between trustees and employee groupsGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will work regularly with employee groups to find problems with recruitment, keeping staff, workload and workplace safety early, set up regular, planned talks between trustees and employee representatives, and give employee groups planned chances to raise problems with trustees.
No action yetParty platform: publish more on vacancies, hiring and staff turnoverOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will be more open about workforce trends that are not confidential, such as vacancies, recruitment and keeping staff.
No action yetParty platform: review school fees and costs that keep students outEducation access for every family · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will review school fees and other school costs to find the ones that stop students from taking full part.
No action yetParty platform: required learning materials at no cost to familiesEducation access for every family · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will protect access to required learning materials at no extra cost to families, make the Board's hardship policies better known and easier to use, and work to make class, arts, trades and enrichment activities open to students whatever their family income.
No action yetParty platform: look again at the cuts to vice-principals, music teachers and librariansSchool programs · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will assess the decisions that led to fewer vice-principals, music teachers and librarians.
No action yetParty platform: enough support and education assistants for students who need themStudent support · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will give priority to enough support for students with diverse learning needs, and give students better access to education assistants and other support staff according to their needs.
No action yetParty platform: reverse the five-year fall in reading and math resultsEducation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will address the five-year fall in reading and math results across every group of students, with a focus on grade 10.
No action yetParty platform: more accessible schools, programs and materialsAccessibility · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will make school buildings, programs, communications and learning materials more accessible, find the gaps that keep students with disabilities or diverse learning needs out of school life, think about accessibility earlier in decisions on buildings, programs and policy, and make accessibility improvements part of every major school renewal. The Tyee reported that the Greens would improve physical accessibility in all new school builds.
No action yetParty platform: carry on with the Board's accessibility plan and committeeAccessibility · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will keep carrying out the Accessibility Act at the Board, through its Accessibility Plan and Accessibility Committee, and act on the feedback they receive.
No action yetParty platform: keep a student's support in place when they change grades or schoolsStudent support · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will work with families, students, educators and specialists so that a student's support continues when they move to a new grade or school.
No action yetParty platform: more school food programs, with fresh and local foodFood security · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will expand access to nutritious school food programs, work with community groups and other partners to add food programs and cooking, and give priority to fresh, nutritious and local food where it is practical and affordable.
No action yetParty platform: less food waste in schools, through food recovery and compostFood · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will reduce food waste that can be avoided, through food recovery and composting.
No action yetParty platform: press for more counsellors and mental health help in schoolsStudent well-being · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will press for more mental health resources in schools, including counsellors and support staff, so students and families can find help more easily. The Tyee reported that the Greens would lobby the education ministry for more per-student funding for mental health and disability supports.
No action yetParty platform: closer links between schools and health and social servicesStudent well-being · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will strengthen partnerships with health authorities, community groups and service providers, and improve coordination between education, health and social supports where their duties overlap.
No action yetParty platform: stronger prevention and early help, including a review of SACYStudent well-being · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will strengthen prevention and early help programs that are based on evidence, so students feel safe asking for help before problems grow, evaluate programs on substance use and other risks to young people, and review ways to strengthen the Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) program and similar prevention work.
No action yetParty platform: more programs on equity, anti-oppression and belongingEquity · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will expand programs that build equity, anti-oppression, belonging, social connection and resilience.
No action yetParty platform: keep SOGI 123 and keep LGBTQ2S+ students safe and welcomeEquity · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will keep supporting SOGI 123, the resources on sexual orientation and gender identity used in BC schools, and make sure students of every sexual orientation and gender identity feel safe, supported and welcome in Vancouver schools.
No action yetParty platform: support for English learners and newcomer familiesStudent support · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will press every level of government to support English language learners, multicultural liaison workers, Settlement Workers in Schools and family support programs, and make sure the district works with others to support new immigrant and refugee families.
No action yetParty platform: school safety policies that cover wellbeing as well as physical safetySchool safety · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will make sure school safety policies cover both physical safety and student wellbeing, keep clear safety approaches and emergency procedures, and make sure they respect the needs and experiences of students from diverse communities.
No action yetParty platform: more climate and sustainability learningCurriculum · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will expand chances for students to learn about climate and sustainability, in line with the provincial curriculum.
No action yetParty platform: more trades training and career paths, with outside partnersSchool programs · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will partner with trades organizations to expand skilled trades programs and links to apprenticeships, build stronger paths into careers in clean energy, construction, electrification and other key fields, and work with colleges, universities, employers and community groups to expand hands-on learning outside the classroom.
No action yetParty platform: ask students before major decisions that affect themGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will seek student input before major decisions on the school experience, buildings or programs, especially from students of under-represented communities, and strengthen consultation with students before such decisions.
No action yetParty platform: more chances for students to speak to the BoardOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will expand chances for students to speak directly to the Board on policies that affect them.
No action yetParty platform: fair access to clubs, sports, arts and leadership activitiesSchool programs · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will expand fair access to activities outside class, such as leadership, arts, sports and enrichment.
No action yetParty platform: keep seismic safety at the top of the capital listSchool facilities · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will keep seismic safety, the work that makes school buildings safe in an earthquake, at the top of Vancouver's capital priorities, and press the Province to approve and fund the seismic projects still waiting. The platform says 43 of the Board's 106 buildings are still at high seismic risk. The Tyee reported the same promise.
No action yetParty platform: fix small building problems early and report on building conditionSchool facilities · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will give priority to maintenance that stops small building problems from becoming costly failures, and improve long-term public reporting on the condition of school buildings. The Tyee reported that the Greens would publicly report maintenance and capital needs.
No action yetParty platform: plan school space with neighbourhood growth, with the City and ProvinceSchool planning · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will match capital planning to expected neighbourhood growth and enrolment changes, and work with the City and the Province so that new neighbourhood growth comes with enough school space.
No action yetParty platform: put King George Secondary and Carr Elementary first for spaceSchool planning · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will give priority to King George Secondary, which it says is at 166 percent of capacity, and Carr Elementary, which it says is over capacity and using portables.
No action yetParty platform: prepare schools for heat, smoke, floods and power outagesSchool facilities · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will prepare schools for extreme heat, wildfire smoke, flooding, power outages and other risks, consider climate risk in long-term building and maintenance decisions, and put the most at-risk schools first when retrofit money is limited, including schools at most risk from extreme heat that need cooling and better air.
No action yetParty platform: cut energy use and emissions in school buildingsClimate · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will reduce energy use and emissions from Vancouver School Board buildings where this is possible in technical and financial terms, and seek dedicated provincial capital money for climate and energy upgrades, including heat pumps and ventilation when buildings are renewed.
No action yetParty platform: natural areas, shade and rain retention in school-ground plansEnvironment · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will include natural areas, water retention, shade and plant and animal life in the planning of school grounds.
No action yetParty platform: a shade inventory for key schools to guide tree plantingPlant more trees against heat · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will create a shade inventory for key schools and use it to decide where to plant trees first. The party's release of September 25, 2026 describes the same School Board platform item.
No action yetParty platform: Miyawaki forest pilots with the Park BoardEnvironment · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will develop pilot Miyawaki forests, small, densely planted forests that grow fast, in partnership with the Park Board.
No action yetParty platform: emergency plans with the City and health authoritiesSchool safety · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will make sure enough emergency planning is in place with the City of Vancouver, health authorities, nearby community facilities and other partners.
No action yetParty platform: ask for a pause on AI chatbots in schools and review the rulesEducation and technology · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will ask for a pause on the use of AI chatbots in schools so that students, parents and educators can be properly consulted, and carry out a full review of policy and procedures, including ethics and effects on thinking and learning. In a statement printed by PACES Vancouver, the party said it supports a pause and a full review of generative AI in Vancouver schools.
No action yetParty platform: review the school liaison officer program on evidenceSchool safety · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will evaluate the role and structure of any school liaison officer program or other police partnership, based on student safety, evidence, community input and the Board's education mandate.
No action yetParty platform: more licensed child care on school propertyChildcare · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will expand chances for licensed child care on school property, find the schools and sites with room for more, include child care in plans for major renewals and new schools, and remove needless barriers for community child care providers that want to use school space.
No action yetParty platform: more before- and after-school care, with governments and providersChildcare · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will work with governments and licensed providers to increase before-school and after-school care, and coordinate with the City, the Province and community partners so that child care grows where neighbourhoods need it.
No action yetParty platform: more community use of school gyms, fields, libraries and kitchensPublic facilities · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will expand community use of school gyms, fields, libraries, kitchens and other spaces outside class hours where it is suitable, review the barriers that keep community groups out, and publish better information on what school spaces are available, with student learning, safety and school operations kept first.
No action yetParty platform: stronger partnerships with neighbourhood houses, arts and recreation groupsSchools · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will build stronger partnerships with neighbourhood houses, nonprofits, community centres, arts and cultural groups and recreation providers, and work with arts and recreation groups to give students more opportunities.
No action yetParty platform: safer walking, rolling and cycling routes to schoolsActive transport · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will work with City Council and the Park Board to improve walking, rolling and cycling links to schools, press for traffic calming near schools where it is needed, and coordinate changes on school sites with the City's work on dangerous crossings, missing sidewalks and gaps in cycling routes. The City, which controls the streets, has the final say on those street changes.
No action yetParty platform: better secure bike parking at schoolsActive transport · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will improve secure parking for bicycles and mobility devices on school sites where possible.
No action yetParty platform: invite City Council to meet the School Board on shared issuesGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will coordinate more closely with members of City Council and the Park Board on issues that cross their areas of control, and invite City Council to meet with the School Board on common issues.
No action yetParty platform: publish major reports early enough for public reviewOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will publish major reports and recommendations early enough for real public review wherever possible.
No action yetParty platform: plain-language summaries and reasons for major decisionsOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will provide plain-language summaries of major decisions and explain clearly the reasons for important policy and budget choices.
No action yetParty platform: public progress measures and reports after major decisionsOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will publish easy-to-find performance measures that track progress and corrective steps for the Board's major priorities, and improve public reporting on how major initiatives are carried out after the Board approves them, so that announcements lead to results that can be measured.
No action yetParty platform: more openness about what is discussed in closed meetingsOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will improve openness about the matters discussed in closed Board meetings, while respecting legal privacy and confidentiality rules.
No action yetParty platform: more ways for the public to take part, beyond evening meetingsOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will make it easier for the public to understand how and when they can take part, expand their chances to take part, and use new and varied forms of engagement so that taking part does not depend on being able to attend evening meetings.
No action yetParty platform: better engagement with parents and stronger PACs and DPACGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will improve engagement with parents and caregivers, respect and strengthen the role of Parent Advisory Councils and the District Parent Advisory Council, and improve engagement before major changes to catchments, programs or schools.
No action yetParty platform: explain how public input changed each final decisionOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will explain how input from the public and from groups with a stake in a decision affected the final decision.
No action yetParty platform: ongoing relationships with the Host Nations and the Indigenous Education CouncilReconciliation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will build respectful, ongoing relationships with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and work closely with the Indigenous Education Council and respect the duties the law gives it.
No action yetParty platform: more Indigenous worldviews, histories and perspectives in learningReconciliation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will strengthen the place of Indigenous worldviews, histories and perspectives in learning, in line with the provincial curriculum and local partnerships. The platform gives the district's five-year graduation rate for Indigenous students as 49 percent, marked as approximate, and says it is falling.
No action yetParty platform: review buying and partnerships that could support Indigenous businessesReconciliation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will review purchasing and partnership opportunities that could support Indigenous businesses and organizations.
No action yetParty platform: turn reconciliation commitments into measured, public actionsReconciliation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will make sure its reconciliation commitments show up as actions that are measured and reported to the public.
No action yetParty platform: support Strong Start, Ready Set Learn, Welcome to Kindergarten and adult educationSchool programs · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will work to offer learning through every stage of life by supporting preschool programs such as Strong Start, Ready Set Learn and Welcome to Kindergarten, and adult education. The Tyee reported that the Greens support these lifelong learning programs.
No action yetParty platform: look at more practicum places and student-teacher partnershipsEducation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will examine ways to expand practicum placements and student-teacher partnerships that help train new educators.
No action yetParty platform: more equipment lending, and support for bursariesEducation access for every family · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will explore larger equipment-lending programs for items students need to take part in school activities, and support bursaries and other help for students.
No action yetParty platform: school gardens and hands-on learning about food and natureFood and gardens · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will support school gardens and other hands-on chances for students to learn about food, and hands-on learning through school gardens, habitat restoration and other environmental projects.
No action yetParty platform: encourage student leadership and student democracy in schoolsSchools · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will encourage schools to strengthen student leadership and students' part in democratic decisions.
No action yetParty platform: explore joint-use agreements with the City and the Park BoardPublic facilities · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will explore agreements with the City, the Park Board and other public bodies to share the use of school facilities.
No action yetParty platform: respect bargaining with staff and set up joint working groupsGovernance · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will respect collective bargaining and existing agreements with staff, and encourage working groups in which the district and its staff deal with problems that affect the whole district.
No action yetParty platform: better school results for Indigenous studentsReconciliation · Party platform
The Green Party's 2026 platform, in its School Board section, says the party will support better educational results for Indigenous students. It gives the district's five-year graduation rate for Indigenous students as 49 percent, marked as approximate, and says it is falling and below the provincial average.
This record covers Alisha Masongsong, ballot number 303, running for Vancouver School Board trustee with the Green Party of Vancouver in the October 17, 2026 election. Her positions come from the party candidate page, repeated on her VoteMate profile as candidate-submitted text. City of Vancouver records from 2020, a 2021 letter filed with Toronto City Council, The Tyee and Daily Hive confirm her earlier community work, her City job and her candidacy.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 3, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Schools and student support2/10
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A position in the candidate’s own words
“As a parent, she understands the importance of schools that are safe, inclusive, accessible, and properly resourced so that every child can succeed.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on schools: 5 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, sets catchment boundaries and approves the district budget. Teacher pay and the provincial funding formula are set by the province.
“She is committed to working collaboratively with parents, teachers, support staff, and administrators to support student learning, well-being, and belonging.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education approves the school district’s operating and capital budgets. The Province sets the funding formula and the school tax.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education sets safety policies for its schools and decides whether police liaison officers work in them. Policing itself is the Vancouver Police Department’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Green Party of Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Green Party of Vancouver’s platform on child care: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education decides how school buildings and land are used, including child care on school sites. Licensing and operating funding are provincial.
Search log for Alisha Masongsong: 7 of 7 steps done. Every point links to the source it was read in. Report an error through the corrections form.
Public schedule / Through election day
Where can you hear Alisha Masongsong?
No public forum for School Board candidates between October 3 and October 17, 2026 was found in the sources checked on October 3, 2026: the CityHallWatch forum list and the Green Party events page. The calendar shows the official voting days only. An event being scheduled does not mean this candidate will attend. Attendance is marked separately.
Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Alisha Masongsong
Alisha Masongsong appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 303. The City records the affiliation as Green Party of Vancouver.
The Green Party of Vancouver candidate page says Masongsong works as a social planner in community economic development at the City of Vancouver, and has spent more than ten years working in Vancouver communities in non-profit and public sector roles covering housing, health care and community development. A letter filed with Toronto City Council on February 1, 2021 is signed by Alisha Masongsong as Social Planner II in the City of Vancouver's community economic development team, and The Tyee named Masongsong a City of Vancouver social planner in an August 11, 2026 report on where the parties stand on artificial intelligence in schools.
The party's own board of directors page, in copies saved by the Internet Archive, lists her as Alisha Rodriguez-Masongsong: an executive member at large in September 2023 and deputy chairperson from July 2024 to April 2025. She is not on the list saved in June 2025. The same party pages say she volunteers with Kitsilano Neighbourhood House and previously worked for Exchange Inner City, a Downtown Eastside community economic development group.
City of Vancouver records show Alisha Masongsong, acting director of Exchange Inner City, presenting six recovery recommendations to Council's COVID-19 Recovery Committee on June 17, 2020. She also signed an August 2019 letter to the Vancouver Courier as the group's acting director.
The City's candidate list links her Instagram account, alisha_forschools, and a LinkedIn profile under the name Alisha Rodriguez-Masongsong. The ballot name is Alisha Masongsong.
The candidate page says Masongsong holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology from Wilfrid Laurier University and a post graduate certificate in community economic development from Simon Fraser University. Neither was checked with the universities.
The Green Party nominated Masongsong as a school board candidate on June 8, 2026, describing the candidate as a mother, community advocate and social planner.
Daily Hive lists Masongsong at ballot position 303 as a Green Party candidate for school trustee.
The biography on the Green Party candidate page also appears on Masongsong's VoteMate profile, where the site labels it as submitted by the candidate or their team, word for word the same text. voche.me checked it against running mate Julie Strilesky's separate candidate page and found different, individually written text there, so this is treated as the candidate's own account rather than a shared party template.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
10 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
Schools that are safe, inclusive, accessible and funded
The candidate page says Masongsong understands the importance of schools that are safe, inclusive, accessible and properly resourced so that every child can succeed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The wording is from the Green Party candidate page, also submitted by the candidate on VoteMate. It names no funding figure, no building and no programme. A CityHallWatch review of the party published on September 2, 2026 set out Green priorities on climate, housing, transport and governance and covered no school board policy.
What still needs checking
What Masongsong counts as properly resourced, and which schools fall short today.
Work with parents, teachers, staff and administrators
The candidate page says Masongsong is committed to working collaboratively with parents, teachers, support staff and administrators to support student learning, well-being and belonging.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The wording is from the party candidate page, also submitted by the candidate on VoteMate. It describes an approach rather than a specific change to how the board works.
What still needs checking
What consultation practice Masongsong would introduce or change.
The candidate page says Masongsong believes the arts, music and access to nature are essential to a child's learning, creativity and development, and wants every Vancouver student to have opportunities to learn, grow and thrive.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The commitment comes from the party candidate page, also submitted by the candidate on VoteMate. No programme, school or cost is named.
What still needs checking
Which programmes would be added and what they would cost.
The candidate page describes Masongsong as a City of Vancouver social planner with more than ten years of non-profit and public sector work on housing, health care and community development, and says she previously served on the Green Party of Vancouver board of directors and volunteers with Kitsilano Neighbourhood House.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page, repeated on the candidate's VoteMate profile, which VoteMate labels as submitted by the candidate or their team. The Tyee independently named Masongsong a City of Vancouver social planner on August 11, 2026. No source confirms the specific non-profit employer, the university degrees, the party board term dates or the volunteering.
What still needs checking
Confirm the professional roles, the degrees and the party board term with the employer, the universities and the party.
Party platform: pause AI chatbots in schools for a review
The Green Party's 2026 platform says its School Board trustees would ask for a pause on AI chatbots in schools while students, parents and teachers are consulted and the Board's rules are reviewed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text. The platform shows Masongsong's name and photo as one of the party's two School Board candidates, but she is not quoted and the page does not name her as the person who will act. It gives no date and no cost.
What still needs checking
Whether Masongsong would move the pause herself, and what the review would cover.
Party platform: budgets in clear language and a review of management salaries
The platform says Green trustees would publish School Board budgets in clear, accessible language and review the salaries of middle and upper management at the Board.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text with no quote from Masongsong. It names no savings figure and no date.
Party platform: more child care and after-school care in school buildings
The platform says Green trustees would make schools into community resilience hubs, with more child care, after-school care and shared community use of school spaces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text with no quote from Masongsong. It gives no number of spaces, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How many child care or after-school spaces, and at which schools.
Bring back the ban on gas heating in new buildings
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Masongsong says she is against gas connections in new buildings and wants City Hall to bring back the bylaw that banned them.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These are her own written answers to a third-party climate guide, read on October 3, 2026. The page shows no date. Building rules are made by City Council, so this sits outside the School Board's powers.
What still needs checking
Whether Masongsong would apply the same rule to new and rebuilt schools.
Restore full funding for the City's Sustainability Office
Asked whether she would vote to restore full funding for the City's Sustainability Office, Masongsong answers yes in her Vote4Tomorrow answers, and says the office develops the City's plans to lower its carbon emissions and protect the urban forest.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The City budget is set by Council, so this sits outside the School Board's powers. She names no dollar figure.
What still needs checking
Whether she sees a role for the School Board in working with the office.
Rules for large AI data centres, without a moratorium
In her Vote4Tomorrow answers, Masongsong says she does not support a moratorium on AI data centres, and says the City should write new rules that place large data centres away from homes and hold them to ethical, safety and climate standards.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Zoning and bylaws are City Council decisions, outside the School Board's powers. She names no specific rule or date.
What still needs checking
Which standards she would expect large data centres to meet.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
Filed with Toronto City Council under agenda item EX20.7
Letter to Toronto City Council on community benefit agreements
As Social Planner II in the City of Vancouver's community economic development team, Masongsong signed a letter supporting Toronto's Community Benefits Framework. It describes how Vancouver's team ran its community benefit agreement policy, which asks large developers to hire locally and buy from local suppliers.
Scope, limits and sources
This is work done as a City employee, on a City Council matter. It falls outside the School Board's duties and earns no score point here.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Letter to the Vancouver Courier on the Downtown Eastside
Signed as acting director of Exchange Inner City, the letter describes the group's work with a tour bus company to give tourists a positive account of the Downtown Eastside that still names its problems. The work produced an audio recording and a guidebook made with local residents.
Presentation to Vancouver Council's COVID-19 Recovery Committee
As acting director of Exchange Inner City, she presented six recommendations to the committee. They included faster use of the City's policy of buying from social enterprises, agreements on all new developments that require local hiring and local purchasing, and support for peer employment programs. The City's agenda and minutes list her as a guest speaker, and her written letter is linked from the agenda.
The Strathcona Community Policing Centre posted a 27 minute interview with her as a representative of Exchange Inner City. The video description says it covers social purchasing and community economic development in the Downtown Eastside, homelessness and encampments in Strathcona, and a network of East Vancouver groups formed during COVID-19. voche.me read the description and did not transcribe the video.
Joint Instagram post with two other Green candidates
A joint post with council candidate Annette Reilly, Park Board candidate Breanne Smart and the party, listing her account as a co-author, describes three mothers running at once. It says Masongsong brings community development, housing and public service to the School Board race.
Instagram post after a Hogan's Alley Society event
On her campaign account she wrote that people she spoke with at the event asked for stronger anti-Black racism and anti-bullying policies and training in Vancouver schools, and for school tours and lessons on the history of Hogan's Alley. The post reports what she heard and makes no promise of her own.
Masongsong marked herself supportive of all 17 policy statements in the guide, from building electrification to tree planting and safe bike networks. In written answers she said she is against gas connections in new buildings, would restore full funding for the City's Sustainability Office, does not support a moratorium on AI data centres but wants rules for large ones, and said new housing should come with schools, parks and other services. Most of the questions concern City Council decisions. The page shows no date, so this date is the day voche.me read it.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Daily Hive
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
Kenneth Chan set out the full ballot for October 17, 2026. Masongsong appears at number 303 among 31 school trustee candidates, listed with the Green Party of Vancouver.
The Tyee named Masongsong, a City of Vancouver social planner, as one of two Green Party candidates running for Vancouver School Board in 2026, alongside Julie Strilesky. The party's campaign manager answered the reporter's questions about AI chatbots in schools; Masongsong is not quoted in the article.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No news report or interview from the 2026 campaign that quotes Masongsong was found. The independent reporting that names her in 2026 is Daily Hive's ballot listing and The Tyee's August 11, 2026 report, where the party's campaign manager answered the questions and Masongsong is not quoted. No School Board all-candidates forum between October 3 and 17 was found, and no source shows whether she spoke at the Great East End Town Hall for School Board and Park Board candidates on September 28. The only third-party questionnaire with her answers that was found is the Vote4Tomorrow climate guide, which asks mostly about City Council matters; the Women Transforming Cities pledge and Vote Palestine Vancouver covered Mayor and Council candidates only. Her two degrees and her volunteering at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House rest on party pages and were not confirmed with the universities or the neighbourhood house. Her start date at the City and her dates at Exchange Inner City were not found. Her LinkedIn profile and a Facebook page could not be read without signing in. VoteMate now lists Green platform lines under her profile, labelled as Green promises; none of them is in her own words. A September 26, 2026 video post on her Instagram account has no caption and was not transcribed. voche.me has not sent Masongsong the candidate questionnaire.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the candidate's own page on the party site, the party's events and news pages, the party's 2026 platform, Internet Archive copies of the party's board page from 2023 to 2025, her VoteMate profile, her answers to the Vote4Tomorrow climate voter guide, the City's school trustee candidate list, her public Instagram posts, City of Vancouver committee records from June 2020, a February 2021 City of Toronto record, an August 2019 Vancouver Courier letter and the CityHallWatch forum list. Daily Hive's ballot listing and The Tyee's report were read on September 26, 2026.
3 stated positions on schools and governance in her own words, 3 positions on City Council matters from a voter guide, 3 party platform positions and 1 background item are recorded here, each checked against the page it came from. City records from 2020 and 2021 are tied to her by the party's own description of her as a City social planner who previously worked for Exchange Inner City.
Checks still to do: confirm the degrees and the volunteering with the universities and the neighbourhood house; send the candidate the voche.me questionnaire.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account. Where an independent source confirms a detail, this record says so.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2021 to 2026
Social planner, community economic development, City of Vancouver
The party candidate page gives this as her current job. A letter she signed as Social Planner II, filed with Toronto City Council on February 1, 2021, shows her in the role at that date. The start date was not confirmed with the City of Vancouver.
The party page says this work lasted more than ten years and covered housing, health care and community development, with community engagement, partnerships and programme development. The candidate page names no organisation.
The City of Vancouver's agenda and minutes for June 17, 2020 list her as acting director of Exchange Inner City, and she signed an August 2019 letter to the Vancouver Courier with the same title. Start and end dates were not found.
Board member and deputy chair, Green Party of Vancouver
The party's board page lists her as an executive member at large in a copy saved in September 2023 and as deputy chairperson in copies saved from July 2024 to April 2025. A copy saved in June 2025 no longer lists her. The 2024 page also names her the party's volunteer coordinator.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which community partnerships would improve student support without shifting core public responsibilities away from the district?
No response has been submitted.
How would you balance student learning support, facilities and staffing within the district’s available funding?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Alisha Masongsong's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Alisha Masongsong do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?
Alisha Masongsong was elected to School Board with 62,757 votes, 7th of 31 in the preliminary count. The City of Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
Is this an official page for Alisha Masongsong?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Alisha Masongsong's own campaign.
What is Alisha Masongsong's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Alisha Masongsong is number 303 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for School Board.
What party did Alisha Masongsong run with?
Alisha Masongsong ran for School Board with Green Party of Vancouver.
Does Alisha Masongsong currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Alisha Masongsong.
How many sources does this Alisha Masongsong profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Alisha Masongsong filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Alisha Masongsong. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Alisha Masongsong's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Alisha Masongsong in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Alisha Masongsong ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the School Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Added City records of earlier work, a voter guide, the party platform and campaign posts; corrected dates
Added a June 17, 2020 City Council committee record and an August 2019 newspaper letter showing Masongsong as acting director of Exchange Inner City, a February 2021 letter to Toronto City Council signed by her as a City of Vancouver social planner, and the party's own board pages from 2023 to 2025. The party board pages name Exchange Inner City as her former employer, which tied these records to the candidate; the 2020 Strathcona Community Policing Centre interview is now on the record for the same reason. Added her answers to the Vote4Tomorrow climate voter guide, with three positions on City Council matters marked as outside the School Board's powers, two Instagram posts, and three School Board positions from the party platform released on September 29, 2026, marked as party text. Corrected the experience dates: the non-profit work had been dated 2016 to 2026 with no source for the start year, and the party board seat had no dates. Removed the September 28, 2026 Great East End Town Hall from the calendar: the event has passed and no source found on October 3 shows whether she attended. Corrected the research gap note, which said VoteMate lists no promises for her: VoteMate now lists party platform lines under her profile, none of them in her own words.
Tagged the dossier for scoring and added independent sources
Removed one commitment that did not match any sentence on the page it cited and merged three duplicate commitments into the originals they repeated. Tagged the three remaining position statements and one background item against the five issues the School Board is scored on: two on schools and one on governance carry the candidate's own words, confirmed as candidate-submitted by a matching VoteMate profile and checked against running mate Julie Strilesky's separate page to rule out a shared template. Added The Tyee's independent report naming Masongsong a City of Vancouver social planner and the party's June 8, 2026 nomination release. No independent record of a dated action, and no personal campaign website, was found.
