ABC Vancouver candidate for the Park Board, ballot number 232.
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Cheryl Grant, ballot number 232 for Park Board in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Capital priorities and public consultation.
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Cheryl Grant is the ABC Vancouver candidate for Park Board at ballot number 232 in the October 17, 2026 election. This record covers the campaign biography, her independently reported work as a Kitsilano Coalition spokesperson in 2022 and 2023, her role at Vitality Products Inc. as shown in the company's own releases, and the parks positions ABC Vancouver published from July to September 2026.
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.
“improve parks and recreation facilities, support accessible and vibrant community centres”
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Candidate page for Cheryl GrantNo instrument the office controls is named.
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The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on parks: 5 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.
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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.
Every Park Board candidate on governance, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
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No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 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.
Every Park Board candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
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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. ABC Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
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No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 5 commitments, at least one 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.
Every Park Board candidate on public safety, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. ABC Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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No dated public action on this issue found.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
ABC Vancouver’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.
Every Park Board candidate on transport, scored the same way
Search log for Cheryl Grant: 7 of 7 steps done. Every point links to the source it was read in. Report an error through the corrections form.
No upcoming public appearance by Cheryl Grant is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.
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.
Cheryl Grant appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 232. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The ABC Vancouver campaign page says Grant became known through her work with the Kitsilano Coalition, representing residents at public hearings, in media interviews and in legal proceedings about neighbourhood planning and public safety. The same page says she argued for keeping the Jericho Pier.
The ABC Vancouver campaign page says Grant holds a double major bachelor's degree in English literature and urban studies from the University of British Columbia, and completed executive education in corporate responsibility at the University of California, Berkeley.
The ABC Vancouver campaign page says Grant is president of VITALITY Supplements, a Vancouver natural health company. News releases from Vitality Products Inc., a Vancouver vitamin and supplement company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, name Cheryl A. Grant as its President and CEO. A July 17, 2018 release says the board appointed her to that role, and that she had been the company's vice president, chief financial officer and secretary since 2015. A September 29, 2026 release quotes her as President and CEO.
Vancouver Is Awesome reported in October 2022 that Kitsilano Coalition member Cheryl Grant spoke to city council on the last night of the public hearing on a 129 unit social housing tower at Seventh and Eighth avenues and Arbutus Street, and presented a video with a five storey alternative design.
Grant spoke for the Kitsilano Coalition in 2022 and 2023. A coalition media release dated July 27, 2022 quotes her as a spokesperson after council approved the Arbutus Street project. Storeys quoted her in July 2022 as a volunteer spokesperson for the coalition, and Vancouver Is Awesome quoted her in April 2023 after the provincial government announced a law change so the project could go ahead while the coalition's court case was open.
The ABC Vancouver campaign page says Grant was previously community relations manager at Best Buy Canada, has served on the boards of Volunteer Canada and the Boys and Girls Clubs, and worked to preserve Jericho Pier.
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.
voche.me reviewed this record again on September 26, 2026 for the Park Board scoring project, reading the candidate page, two ABC Vancouver news releases, an ABC Vancouver post on X naming Grant as a Park Board candidate, the VoteMate profile, and independent reporting on the 2022 Kitsilano Coalition hearing and on Grant's company role.
voche.me reviewed this record again on October 3, 2026. It reread the ABC candidate page and VoteMate profile, read the City's Park Board candidate list through a reader service, ABC Vancouver's September 28 platform release, The West End Journal's party answers and forum notice, the Kerrisdale Community Centre list of confirmed forum speakers, two Vitality Products news releases, a Kitsilano Coalition media release, and reporting by Storeys and Vancouver Is Awesome that quotes Grant.
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.
12 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
Grant says the aim is to work with other commissioners to improve parks and recreation facilities and to support accessible community centres.
Grant says the aim is to expand opportunities for youth and families in Vancouver's parks and recreation system.
Grant says Vancouver's parks should stay safe and welcoming for coming generations.
ABC Vancouver announced on July 13, 2026 that it will no longer seek to dissolve the Park Board and will instead run candidates for it.
ABC's July 13, 2026 announcement commits the party to free swimming lessons, affordable recreation programs and restoring drop-in access at public pools by ending reservation systems and time limits left over from the pandemic.
ABC's platform published on September 21, 2026 describes a $400 million investment in community centres across the city, with priority renewal at Dunbar, Kerrisdale, Hastings, Roundhouse and Kensington, and commits to delivering the River District Community Centre. ABC's September 28 release calls the $400 million Council's existing investment and promises a second round of community centre spending in the upcoming capital plan.
ABC's September 21, 2026 platform says the party will remove paid parking at Jericho Beach, Spanish Banks and community centres.
ABC's September 21, 2026 platform commits to a permanent repair of the Stanley Park train and continued investment in parks, playgrounds, pools and rinks.
ABC's September 21, 2026 platform says the Park Board will work with City Council and the School Board so the three bodies stop working in separate silos.
ABC's promise list on VoteMate says the party will rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 50 metre pool within the budget already set. The West End Journal reports that ABC first told it the approved project has a 25 metre pool and that a new 50 metre pool was being studied elsewhere, then announced on September 29 that the new Aquatic Centre would include a 50 metre pool.
ABC's September 28, 2026 Raising Vancouver release says the party will create a Playground Improvement Fund to improve playgrounds and other community spaces, double the designated dog park and off-leash areas, and give children aged 3 to 12 free access to the first three levels of the Learn-to-Swim program.
ABC Vancouver's August 28, 2026 post on X names Grant as one of three new Park Board candidates and says they will focus on cleaning up parks, keeping them safe, modernizing booking systems and reducing wait times.
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A Kitsilano Coalition media release quotes Grant, as a coalition spokesperson, calling BC Housing's proposal a failed model and saying council chose to accept it when it could have sent it back to City staff.
Storeys quoted Grant, a volunteer spokesperson for the Kitsilano Coalition, saying more than 80 percent of respondents to BC Housing's consultation opposed the rezoning, and arguing for smaller housing spread across several sites in place of one large building.
Vancouver Is Awesome quoted Grant, as a Kitsilano Coalition spokesperson, criticizing the provincial government's plan to change the law so the Arbutus Street project could go ahead while the coalition's court case was open. She said she had learned of the decision through the media.
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Mike Howell reported the Kitsilano Coalition's petition for a judicial review of council's July 26, 2022 approval of the Arbutus Street social housing tower, and quoted coalition member Cheryl Grant on the alternative design presented at the hearing.
An opinion column reporting that ABC members were not scheduled to attend a council candidates debate organised by Women Transforming Cities, and that the party did not answer questions about it. The column does not name individual Park Board candidates.
Kenneth Chan set out ABC's platform. The Park Board part promises new aquatic centres in Sunset and Marpole with a 50-metre lap pool, an end to paid parking at Jericho Beach, Spanish Banks and community centres, double the number of dog parks, permanent repair of the Stanley Park Train, and open access at Kitsilano Pool. These are the party's commitments.
Justin McElroy reported that Mayor Ken Sim will not try to eliminate the Park Board if re-elected and will instead run a slate of candidates for it. The report does not name Grant.
A report on the debate over the Arbutus Street social housing proposal that quotes Grant as a volunteer spokesperson for the Kitsilano Coalition.
Mike Howell reported the provincial government's plan to change the law so the City could approve the Arbutus Street project, and quoted Grant as the Kitsilano Coalition's spokesperson.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
City of Vancouver
City of Vancouver
City of Vancouver
Vitality Products Inc. (company news release, via Cision Newswire) · July 17, 2018
Vitality Products Inc. (company news release, via Cision Newswire) · September 29, 2026
ABC Vancouver
ABC Vancouver · July 13, 2026
ABC Vancouver · September 21, 2026
ABC Vancouver (X account @Vote4ABC) · August 28, 2026
VoteMate
Kitsilano Coalition (the group's own media release) · July 27, 2022
ABC Vancouver · September 28, 2026
Vancouver Is Awesome · October 13, 2022
The Georgia Straight · August 13, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
CBC News, republished by Yahoo News Canada · July 13, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Storeys · July 25, 2022
Vancouver Is Awesome · April 18, 2023
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
Kerrisdale Community Centre
Kerrisdale Community Centre · September 23, 2026
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition
The West End Journal · October 1, 2026
Vancouver Food Justice Coalition, on Eventbrite
No independent source was found for the UBC double major, the Berkeley executive education, the Best Buy Canada role, the United Way recognition, the Volunteer Canada and Boys and Girls Clubs board seats, or the Jericho Pier work. Those items come from the ABC candidate page. The Park Board minutes of September 11, 2023 on the Jericho Pier record six speakers without names. No 2026 interview, speech or questionnaire answer by Grant on parks was found, and no personal campaign website or social media account was found; the City's candidate list shows none. The Vancouver Public Space Network Park Board survey has no entry for Grant. Kerrisdale Community Centre listed Grant on September 23, 2026 among 23 candidates confirmed for its September 29 Park Board meeting, but no record of the meeting itself was found, so this page does not say she took part. The court cases over the Arbutus project were brought by the Kitsilano Coalition society, and the sources read do not name Grant as a party.
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the ABC Vancouver candidate page, the VoteMate profile, the City's Park Board candidate list, ABC Vancouver's July 13, September 21 and September 28 releases, an ABC Vancouver post on X naming Grant as a Park Board candidate, The West End Journal's party answers and forum notice, the Kerrisdale Community Centre list of confirmed forum speakers, Vitality Products news releases from 2018, 2021 and 2026, a 2022 Kitsilano Coalition media release, and reporting by Vancouver Is Awesome, Storeys, CBC News and Daily Hive.
11 commitments are recorded here: 3 stated by Grant herself on the ABC candidate page, and 8 that are ABC Vancouver party positions where Grant is not personally quoted. This site blocks automated requests, so every quotation from abcvancouver.ca was read through a fetching tool, twice where a quote is used.
Checks still to do: no personal Grant website, social media account, 2026 interview or speech on parks was found. The UBC degree, the Berkeley executive education, the Best Buy Canada role, the United Way recognition, the Volunteer Canada and Boys and Girls Clubs board seats, and the Jericho Pier work rest on the ABC candidate page alone and have no independent confirmation.
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 and has not been confirmed by an independent source, except where a source other than the campaign is named.
A Vitality Products Inc. news release dated July 17, 2018 says the board appointed Cheryl A. Grant as President and CEO that day. Later company releases, the most recent dated September 29, 2026, name her in the same role. The ABC campaign page describes the same role in 2026.
Vitality Appoints Cheryl A. Grant as President & CEO, Holds AGM and Announces Exercise of Stock OptionsThe company's July 17, 2018 news release says Grant held these three roles from 2015 until the board made her President and CEO.
Vitality Appoints Cheryl A. Grant as President & CEO, Holds AGM and Announces Exercise of Stock OptionsVancouver Is Awesome named Grant as a coalition member who spoke at the council public hearing on the Arbutus Street social housing rezoning in 2022 and offered an alternative five storey design. The coalition later asked the court to review council's approval. A coalition release in July 2022 and Vancouver Is Awesome in April 2023 quote her as the coalition's spokesperson.
B.C. circumvents legal action to push build of controversial Arbutus housing projectProposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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Cheryl Grant is number 232 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for Park Board.
Cheryl Grant ran for Park Board with ABC Vancouver.
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the Park Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
Grant's role at Vitality Products was listed from 2021. The company's July 17, 2018 news release shows the board appointed her President and CEO in 2018, after three years as vice president, chief financial officer and secretary, so the dates were corrected. The community centre commitment said ABC's platform sets aside $400 million for five named centres. The platform describes a $400 million investment across the city with five centres named for priority renewal, and ABC's September 28 release calls it Council's existing investment, so the wording was corrected. Two biography paragraphs that repeated other paragraphs were merged. Three statements Grant made as a Kitsilano Coalition spokesperson in 2022 and 2023 were added, with Storeys and Vancouver Is Awesome reporting. Three more ABC party commitments were added. The September 29 Kerrisdale Community Centre meeting was removed from the calendar: the centre listed Grant as a confirmed speaker on September 23, but no source read shows the meeting took place with her, so it was not turned into a record of what she said. Two upcoming events open to Park Board candidates were added, with attendance unconfirmed.
Read the updateThe commitment "Improve parks and community centres" duplicated statements already captured under two other commitments drawn from the same sentence on the ABC candidate page, so it was removed. ABC Vancouver party commitments Grant has not personally stated, including the plan to keep the Park Board elected and the September 2026 platform's community centre and parking commitments, were added from ABC Vancouver's own pages. The citation for Grant's role at Vitality Products was corrected to link the actual July 2021 news release instead of the ABC candidate page.
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