Brynja Marshall, ballot number 224 for Park Board, Independent Parks Party. Profile focus: a campaign biography and one short video answer naming transparency and community engagement as her first priority.
This record covers Brynja Marshall, an Independent Parks Party candidate for Park Board commissioner at ballot number 224. The party's campaign flyer, posted on its Bluesky account on September 16, 2026, holds the only written biography of her found: it says she is a recent graduate in environmental engineering from UBC with experience on public water infrastructure. In a 52-second video the party posted on September 11, 2026, she says her first priority as a commissioner would be transparency and engaging with the community. She names no specific measure. No news report, questionnaire answer or forum appearance by her was found.
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.
Parks and recreation1/10
1/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Independent Parks Party publishes 9 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Independent Parks Party’s platform on parks: 9 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver is the only major city in Canada with a separately elected park board. Its seven commissioners control parks, community centres, pools, rinks and beaches.
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. Independent Parks Party publishes 4 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Independent Parks Party’s platform on taxes and budget: 4 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board sets its own fees and approves its budget request. Council approves the City budget that funds it and the capital plan that pays for park buildings.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Independent Parks Party publishes 7 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Independent Parks Party’s platform on climate: 7 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board manages trees, natural areas and the shoreline inside parks, and its own community centres, pools and rinks. The City’s building bylaw is Council’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Independent Parks Party publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Independent Parks Party’s platform on public safety: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board makes the bylaws and rules for parks and beaches and runs the park rangers. Policing is the Vancouver Police Department’s, and Council approves its budget.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Independent Parks Party publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Independent Parks Party’s platform on transport: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Park Board decides the roads, paths and parking inside parks, including Stanley Park Drive. City streets and bike lanes outside parks are Council’s.
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 Brynja Marshall
Brynja Marshall appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 224. The City records the affiliation as Independent Parks Party.
The Independent Parks Party is running five Park Board candidates: Leonard Vanderstar at number 202, Cam Rothery at 213, Marshall at 224, Michael Robert Caditz at 226 and Niknaz Alemi at 231. The party is not running candidates for city council.
The Independent Parks Party was registered in 2026, is led by Michael Robert Caditz, and describes its approach as bottom up governance and good governance. It has no elected members.
The party website names Michael Robert Caditz as its authorised representative and names the Association for the Promotion of Science in Governance, a British Columbia non-profit organisation, as its parent organisation.
The party's campaign flyer, posted on its Bluesky account on September 16, 2026, holds the only written biography of Marshall found. It says she is a recent graduate in environmental engineering from UBC, with experience working on public infrastructure through Metro Vancouver and Environment and Climate Change Canada on projects related to drinking water and hydrologic infrastructure.
The party's Bluesky account posted a 52-second video introducing Marshall on September 11, 2026. In it she introduces herself as the party's newest candidate. Asked in the video what her most important task as a new commissioner would be, she names transparency and engaging with the community, and says many residents do not know what is happening at the Park Board.
The City's candidate list gives three links for her: the party's Instagram account, the party website, and a LinkedIn account at linkedin.com/in/brynja-marshall. The LinkedIn page shows a sign-in wall to every automated request, so voche.me has not read it and uses nothing from it.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
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.
3 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · Identity verification followed by individual park proposalsCampaign pledge
Identity verification followed by individual park proposals
The City's candidate list gives a LinkedIn account as one of Marshall's links. voche.me has not been able to read it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page returns a sign-in wall to every automated request voche.me made, so it was never read. An earlier version of this record wrongly said the page “suggests engineering-related experience”; that claim is removed. See updates.
What still needs checking
What does the LinkedIn account the City lists for Marshall show, once a person can open it?
Background: environmental engineering and public water infrastructure work
The party's campaign flyer says Marshall is a recent graduate in environmental engineering from UBC and has worked on public infrastructure through Metro Vancouver and Environment and Climate Change Canada on projects related to drinking water and hydrologic infrastructure.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Background from a campaign flyer the party posted as an image on its Bluesky account. It names no Park Board bylaw, program, cost or date, so it earns no point on any scored issue.
What still needs checking
What is her graduation year, and has UBC, Metro Vancouver or the federal government independently confirmed this record?
In the party's video, Marshall says the most important thing to her as a new commissioner would be transparency and engaging with the community, so that residents know what is happening at the Park Board.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her own answer in a party video, read from the captions printed on the picture. It names no Board policy, meeting rule, cost, number or date.
What still needs checking
Which Park Board meeting rule, reporting step or consultation method would she change, and by when?
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
Recent appearances / Read and watch
Talks, interviews & statements
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Party video introduces Marshall as its fifth Park Board nominee
The party's Bluesky account announced Marshall as its fifth Park Board nominee with a 52-second video. In it she introduces herself as the newest candidate. Asked what her most important task as a commissioner would be, she names transparency and engaging with the community, and says many residents do not know what is happening at the Park Board.
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
Listed all 35 Park Board candidates in ballot order, with Marshall at number 224 for the Independent Parks Party.
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 personal website or social media account of Marshall's own was found. The City's candidate list gives three links for her: the party's Instagram account, a LinkedIn account and the party website. The Instagram account's public embed page returned an error page on October 3, 2026, so no Instagram post was read. The LinkedIn page shows a sign-in wall to every automated request and has never been read; nothing from it is used. The party's home page holds no candidate pages, and its 33-point platform names no individual commissioner, so none of it is tagged as Marshall's own words. Her only statement found is one answer in the party's September 11 video, which names a priority and no measure, cost, number or date. She is not among the 13 candidate answer pages on the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey index, not on the Kerrisdale Community Centre's list of 23 confirmed speakers for its September 29 forum, and not named in the party answers The West End Journal published on October 1, which are given in Michael Robert Caditz's name. VoteMate still shows no profile from her. A data-broker listing (ZoomInfo) for a same-named UBC research assistant and Metro Vancouver research assistant could not be opened and is not merged with this record. No news report other than the Daily Hive ballot list, and no interview, was found.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22, September 26 and October 3, 2026: the City's ballot listing, the party's home page and platform page, her VoteMate profile, the party's Bluesky and Vimeo accounts, the Vancouver Public Space Network's Park Board survey, community centre forum listings and The West End Journal's party answers.
Her only statement found is one answer in the party's September 11 video: transparency and engaging with the community. The party's 33-point platform names no individual commissioner, so none of it is tagged as Marshall's own words.
The City's candidate list gives a LinkedIn account as one of her links. It returns a sign-in wall to every automated request and has never been read. A data-broker listing for a same-named UBC and Metro Vancouver research assistant could not be opened and is not merged with this record.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the party's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
03 / Background
Experience & community
As of 2026
Public infrastructure work
The party's campaign flyer says Marshall has worked on public infrastructure through Metro Vancouver and Environment and Climate Change Canada, on projects related to drinking water and hydrologic infrastructure. No employer dates, job title or independent source was found.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
What is your professional background, and which three Park Board decisions would you prioritize?
No response has been submitted.
How would you divide funding between existing-facility maintenance, affordable access and new construction?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Brynja Marshall directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Brynja Marshall's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Brynja Marshall?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Brynja Marshall's own campaign.
What is Brynja Marshall's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Brynja Marshall is number 224 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
What party did Brynja Marshall run with?
Brynja Marshall ran for Park Board with Independent Parks Party.
Does Brynja Marshall currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Brynja Marshall.
How many sources does this Brynja Marshall profile cite?
This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Brynja Marshall filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Brynja Marshall. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Brynja Marshall's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Brynja Marshall 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 Brynja Marshall ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Video answer read, portrait and forum added
This profile said the party's September 11 video of Marshall had no caption and could not be read. That was wrong: the captions are printed on the video picture. On October 3, 2026 voche.me read them frame by frame, and the biography, priorities, commitments and research notes now include her answer on transparency. Also added on this date: a portrait taken from a still frame of the same video, the City's candidate list entry read through a reader service, which gives the LinkedIn account as one of her links, and the October 3 Park Board forum in the West End as an unconfirmed event. No calendar entries dated before October 3 were in the record, so none were changed or removed.
Corrected an unread source and added the party's own biography
The earlier record treated a LinkedIn profile as if it had been read and said it “suggests engineering-related experience.” That page returns a sign-in wall to every automated request voche.me made and was never actually opened, so the claim is removed. This update adds the Independent Parks Party's own campaign flyer, posted on its Bluesky account on September 16, 2026, which names Marshall individually and describes her as a recent graduate in environmental engineering from UBC with experience on public water infrastructure.
