This record covers Darren Boidman, ballot number 300, running for Vancouver School Board trustee with the Vancouver Liberals in the October 17, 2026 election. It draws on the City's candidate list, the party's candidate page, press releases and October 1, 2026 platform, Boidman's own candidate profile and issue answers on VoteMate, the ACTRA Toronto agents directory and a 2006 newspaper profile.
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 support4/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“He wants to ensure that arts programs are supported and strengthened, and not viewed as expendable during difficult budget decisions.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on schools: 1 commitment, none 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.
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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on taxes and budget: 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 approves the school district’s operating and capital budgets. The Province sets the funding formula and the school tax.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’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.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
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.
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Public schedule / Through election day
Where can you hear Darren Boidman?
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 dates below are voting days. An empty day does not mean the candidate has no public activity.
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 Darren Boidman
Darren Boidman appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 300. The City records the affiliation as Vancouver Liberals.
The Vancouver Liberals candidate page says Boidman has worked as a talent manager in the film and television industry for three decades.
The same page says Boidman holds a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from McGill University and an MBA in finance from the Daniels College of Business. Neither degree was checked against the universities.
ACTRA Toronto, the union for professional performers, lists Darren Boidman as one of two agents at Carrier Talent Management Inc. in its public agents directory. A June 2006 business profile in the Jewish Independent, written from an interview with him, described him as managing partner of Carrier Talent and said he had earlier worked as a financial analyst at Nortel Networks. That profile also named the McGill degree and the Daniels College MBA, so the education on the party page matches what he said in 2006. Neither school has confirmed the degrees to voche.me.
The party's candidates page describes Boidman as bringing business experience, financial literacy and accountability to the Vancouver School Board.
On October 1, 2026 the Vancouver Liberals published a 49-page platform with a School Board section. Boidman appears on its list of the party's five School Board candidates. The School Board commitments are written in the party's voice, and none is tied to him by name.
Daily Hive lists Boidman at ballot position 300 as a Vancouver Liberals candidate for school trustee.
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.
27 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
Strengthen arts education in Vancouver schools
The candidate page says Boidman's main reason for running is to strengthen arts programs in Vancouver schools, on the argument that arts education builds confidence and creativity in young people.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The claim appears on the Vancouver Liberals candidate page. It names no programme, school or budget figure.
What still needs checking
Which arts programmes Boidman would add or restore, and what they would cost the district.
The candidate page says Boidman would maintain the School Liaison Officer programme, which places Vancouver police officers in schools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page states the commitment. A party press release dated September 22, 2026 sets out the same commitment and says the programme was brought back in 2023 and produced 1,117 reports between September 2023 and June 2025. Boidman is not quoted in that release.
What still needs checking
Whether Boidman has said anything about how the programme should be reviewed or measured.
The candidate page says Boidman would pursue childcare projects and expand the use of school buildings and grounds to support families.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page states the aim. No target number of childcare spaces and no timeline are given, and the party issues page does not cover childcare. A CityHallWatch review published on September 9, 2026 recorded that the Vancouver Liberals had said their full 2026 platform was still being written as of September 4, 2026.
What still needs checking
How many childcare spaces Boidman is aiming for and which buildings would host them.
Business experience and accountability on the board
Boidman says he is running to bring practical business experience, strong financial oversight and accountability to the Vancouver School Board.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The claim appears in Boidman's own reason for running on VoteMate, and in similar words on the Vancouver Liberals candidate page. Neither page names a specific board policy, meeting rule or reporting change.
What still needs checking
Which board decisions or reporting practices Boidman would change.
Boidman's VoteMate answers on AI in schools say generative AI should be allowed in schools with safeguards, and students must learn to spot inaccurate or biased AI content.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate's own answers on VoteMate. They name no specific safeguard, policy or date.
What still needs checking
What safeguard or policy Boidman would bring to a board vote.
Boidman's VoteMate answer on bullying says schools should be safe and inclusive, with no room for bullying or bigotry.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate's own answer on VoteMate. It names no policy beyond continuing the School Liaison Officer program, which is recorded as its own commitment.
What still needs checking
What policy change, beyond the existing programs, Boidman would bring to the board.
Boidman's VoteMate answer on the city's mental health crisis says Vancouver needs more resources and cross-sector attention on the issue.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a general statement about a city-wide mental health crisis. The Board of Education does not fund or run citywide mental health services, so this entry is not tied to a scored School Board issue.
What still needs checking
Whether Boidman connects this to a specific school board decision.
Boidman's VoteMate answer on the causes of crime says income disparity in Vancouver adds to the stress that leads some people to crime.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a general statement about city-wide crime prevention. Policing and income supports are the City's and the Province's, not the Board of Education's, so this sits outside the office.
What still needs checking
What Boidman thinks a school trustee could do about this, if anything.
Boidman's VoteMate answer on media literacy says schools should teach students to use AI ethically and well while making sure they can still think for themselves and question what they are given.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate's own answer on VoteMate. It names no course, board policy, grade or date.
What still needs checking
Which board policy or program Boidman would bring forward to do this.
Party platform: seismic safety first in the capital plan
The Vancouver Liberals platform says the party would put the 43 Vancouver schools still at high seismic risk at the top of the board's capital plan and press the Province to fund them on a firm timeline.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
From the Vancouver Liberals platform published on October 1, 2026. It is written in the party's voice and does not name Boidman as the person who will act, so it is recorded as a party position. It names no cost and no date for any school.
What still needs checking
Which schools Boidman would put first, and by when.
The platform says the party would protect catchments and rule out a return to mass school closures, and would press for the King George Secondary replacement and for expansion at the next most crowded schools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
From the Vancouver Liberals platform published on October 1, 2026. It is written in the party's voice and does not name Boidman as the person who will act, so it is recorded as a party position. It gives no count of schools and no date.
What still needs checking
Whether Boidman would vote against any school closure the board considers in the term.
Party platform: before and after school care on school grounds
The platform says the party would open before and after school care at every school site that can host it and attach a childcare plan to every seismic rebuild.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
From the Vancouver Liberals platform published on October 1, 2026. It is written in the party's voice and does not name Boidman as the person who will act, so it is recorded as a party position. It gives no number of sites or spaces and no cost.
What still needs checking
How many school sites Boidman expects could host care, and by when.
The platform says the party would hold school district land for schools, childcare, playing fields and public partners, and would keep it out of private hands.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
From the Vancouver Liberals platform published on October 1, 2026. It is written in the party's voice and does not name Boidman as the person who will act, so it is recorded as a party position. It names no site or lease.
What still needs checking
Whether this rules out long-term leases of school land to private builders.
Party platform: keep the reformed School Liaison Officer program
The platform says the party would keep the reformed School Liaison Officer program, which places police officers in schools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
From the Vancouver Liberals platform published on October 1, 2026. It is written in the party's voice and does not name Boidman as the person who will act, so it is recorded as a party position. It gives no measure for judging the program.
What still needs checking
How the program's results would be reported to the board.
Party platform: protect mental health and special education in the budget
The platform says the party would make counsellors and student wellbeing a top budget priority and protect special education and inclusion supports from cuts when the board sets its budget.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
From the Vancouver Liberals platform published on October 1, 2026. It is written in the party's voice and does not name Boidman as the person who will act, so it is recorded as a party position. It names no dollar figure or staffing number.
What still needs checking
How much of the budget Boidman would move to these services, and from where.
Party platform: renew the Indigenous Education Enhancement Agreement
The platform says the party would negotiate a new Indigenous Education Enhancement Agreement with Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh and with urban Indigenous families in the first year of the term, with yearly public reports on graduation and completion.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
From the Vancouver Liberals platform published on October 1, 2026. It is written in the party's voice and does not name Boidman as the person who will act, so it is recorded as a party position. It names no cost.
What still needs checking
Whether Boidman supports the first-year timeline in his own words.
The platform says the party would set district rules for AI in class, in line with the Province and the BC Teachers' Federation, with age limits on chatbot access, privacy standards for any tool used with students, and teacher training before new tools reach a classroom.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
From the Vancouver Liberals platform published on October 1, 2026. It is written in the party's voice and does not name Boidman as the person who will act, so it is recorded as a party position. It names no date or cost.
What still needs checking
How these rules fit Boidman's own VoteMate answers on AI.
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 its School Board candidates
The Vancouver Liberals posted a 117-second YouTube video titled "The Vancouver Liberals Announce School Board Candidates" on August 25, 2026. Its description names Boidman with the four other School Board candidates, and the party's page for Boidman shows it as his launch video. voche.me could not read a transcript, so nothing he says in it is recorded here.
On his VoteMate profile, in text the site marks as submitted by the candidate or his team, Boidman answered questions on mental health in schools, police officers in schools, AI in schools, media literacy, bullying, Indigenous schooling, neurodivergent students and student involvement. He said he would continue the School Liaison Officer program and that students must learn to recognize false, biased and made-up AI content. The page shows no date; voche.me first read the answers on September 26, 2026 and found them unchanged on October 3, 2026.
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
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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 the October 17, 2026 Vancouver election. Boidman appears at number 300, the first of the 31 school trustee candidates, listed with the Vancouver Liberals.
Rory Richards' business column profiled Boidman as managing partner of Carrier Talent, a Vancouver talent agency with more than 85 actors on its list. The question and answer piece covers his education, an earlier job as a financial analyst at Nortel Networks and his approach to the business. It was published 20 years before his candidacy and does not discuss schools.
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 campaign website was found. The City's candidate list links the Vancouver Liberals candidate page, an Instagram account and an X account named darrenb4vsb, and a LinkedIn profile. The Instagram account's public embed page returned no posts on October 3, 2026, the X account refused automated reads, and LinkedIn requires a sign-in, so no post from these accounts is recorded. The party's August 25, 2026 launch video is on YouTube, but its automatic captions could not be read, so nothing Boidman says in it is recorded. His career in talent management is confirmed by ACTRA Toronto's agents directory and by the contact pages of three actors who name him as their agent at Carrier Talent. His McGill degree and Daniels College MBA were not checked with either school. No 2026 news report, interview or debate account about Boidman was found beyond the Daily Hive ballot list. The party's press releases since September 22, 2026 do not name him. Vote4Tomorrow's climate questionnaire lists no Vancouver Liberals School Board candidate, and the Women Transforming Cities pledge covered only mayor and council candidates. The party's School Board platform of October 1, 2026 is recorded as party positions, because it does not name him as the person who will act. The September 28, 2026 Great East End town hall for School Board and Park Board candidates was removed from the calendar, because no source shows whether he took part. No record was found of Boidman running for office before 2026. Nomination papers are linked on the City's list and have not been reviewed.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's school trustee candidate list, the Vancouver Liberals candidate page, press releases and October 1, 2026 platform, Boidman's own VoteMate candidate profile, the ACTRA Toronto agents directory and a 2006 Jewish Independent profile.
18 stated positions tied to a school board issue, 8 party platform positions and 1 background item outside those issues are recorded here. Each of Boidman's own positions is checked against a quotation from the page that carries it.
Checks still to do: confirm the McGill degree and the Daniels College MBA with the schools themselves, and ask Boidman for a number, a cost or a date on any of the positions above.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the candidate's or the party's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source unless the text says so.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Three decades to 2026, by the party's account
Talent manager, film and television
The party page says Boidman has spent thirty years managing and developing talent in film and television. The page names no company or client, so the work could not be checked elsewhere.
ACTRA Toronto's public agents directory, read on October 3, 2026, lists Boidman as one of two agents at Carrier Talent Management Inc., an agency for actors in film, television, commercials, theatre and voice work.
A Jewish Independent business profile published on June 30, 2006, based on an interview with Boidman, described him as managing partner of Carrier Talent and said he had moved to Vancouver for the work seven years before.
The same 2006 profile says Boidman worked as a financial analyst at Nortel Networks after his MBA. This is his own account in an interview and was not checked with the company.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
How would you protect arts programming during budget reductions, and what trade-offs would you make?
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 Darren Boidman's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Darren Boidman?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Darren Boidman's own campaign.
What is Darren Boidman's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Darren Boidman is number 300 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for School Board.
What party did Darren Boidman run with?
Darren Boidman ran for School Board with Vancouver Liberals.
Does Darren Boidman currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Darren Boidman.
How many sources does this Darren Boidman profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Darren Boidman filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Darren Boidman. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Darren Boidman's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Darren Boidman 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 Darren Boidman 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
Party platform, career sources and calendar added
Added the School Board commitments from the Vancouver Liberals platform of October 1, 2026 as party positions, Boidman's VoteMate answer on media literacy, the party's August 25 launch video, the ACTRA Toronto agents directory and a 2006 Jewish Independent profile. Corrections: a biography paragraph that repeated the next two was removed; the experience period no longer guesses a start year; the School Liaison Officer evidence now gives the press release's figure of 1,117 reports exactly. The September 28 Great East End town hall was removed from the calendar because no source shows whether he took part.
