Vancouver Liberals candidate for the School Board, ballot number 326.
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Ishi Dinim, ballot number 326 for School Board in Vancouver, Vancouver Liberals. Profile focus: Public school assets and parent involvement.
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This record covers Ishi Dinim, ballot number 326 for the Vancouver School Board with the Vancouver Liberals. Most of it comes from the party's candidate page and from his own answers to a student newspaper questionnaire, and both are recorded as his or the party's account. Vancouver School Board committee records independently confirm his role as a District Parent Advisory Council representative.
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 4, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
“Ishi believes in strong, thriving public education in Vancouver as the knowledge students learn now becomes a tool in their futures.”
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Ishi Dinim candidate pageNo instrument the office controls is named.
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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.
Every School Board candidate on schools, scored the same way
“I would bring my experience working with PACs, DPAC, students, families, and the broader community to the Vancouver School Board, with an emphasis on collaboration and finding common ground.”
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Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningNo instrument the office controls is named.
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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.
Every School Board candidate on governance, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vancouver Liberals publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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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.
Every School Board candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vancouver Liberals publishes 2 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.
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.
Every School Board candidate on public safety, scored the same way
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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.
Every School Board candidate on child care, scored the same way
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No upcoming public appearance by Ishi Dinim is confirmed in the sources checked on October 4, 2026.
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Ishi Dinim appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 326. The City records the affiliation as Vancouver Liberals.
The page says Dinim completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography at Emily Carr University. The page says Dinim has spent most of a working career in camera jobs in the motion picture industry. The page says Dinim has been a member of the Vancouver School Board District Parental Advisory Council for close to 10 years.
Dinim appears at ballot number 326 in the School Board race as a Vancouver Liberals candidate, in the ballot order Daily Hive published on September 22, 2026.
The Wikipedia page for the 2026 Vancouver municipal election lists Dinim among the five Vancouver Liberals School Board candidates.
The party candidate page says Dinim was born in Vancouver and attended Henry Hudson Elementary and Kitsilano Secondary.
The party candidate page says Dinim holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from Emily Carr University and works as a camera operator in the film industry.
The party candidate page says Dinim was elected as a student representative on the Emily Carr University Board of Governors. No university record confirming this was opened.
The party candidate page says Dinim spent close to ten years with the Vancouver School Board District Parent Advisory Council, six years as a general member and three as an executive member at large.
Vancouver School Board committee records list Ishi Dinim as a District Parent Advisory Council representative or alternate from at least October 2023 through February 2026. These official records confirm the DPAC role the party page describes.
In his own answers to a questionnaire published by The Griffins' Nest, the Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper, on September 22, 2026, Dinim says he spent nearly 10 years involved in school parent advisory councils, served six years as a DPAC representative, and has been a Member at Large of the Vancouver DPAC executive for the past three years. He writes that experiences of racism, antisemitism and hatred in Vancouver schools first drew him into this work.
In the same answers he says he was elected to his student union at Emily Carr University and served as one of two student representatives on its Board of Governors. No university record confirming this was opened.
The party's candidate listing describes Dinim as bringing decades of local advocacy experience.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, Vancouver School Board records, a student newspaper questionnaire and the campaign material linked under Sources. voche.me has not contacted the campaign, and nothing on this page was sent to voche.me by the candidate.
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The party candidate page says Dinim would work to keep public education strong, on the reasoning that what students learn now becomes a tool they use later.
The party candidate page says Dinim wants every learner to feel safe enough to be their whole self at school.
The party candidate page says Dinim would protect and improve school land and public assets so they remain available to future generations.
The party candidate page says Dinim would push for schools to have enough staff, resources and supports for the range of learning needs in Vancouver classrooms.
The party candidate page says Dinim is drawn to the Vancouver Liberals because they welcome people with different political perspectives, and that he believes collaborative work is essential to finding solutions in a city with residents of so many varied backgrounds.
The Vancouver Liberals platform says the School Liaison Officer Program should stay in place, and credits it under School Board Chair Victoria Jung with supporting safer schools and better relationships between students, families and local officers. The party platform of October 1, 2026 says the party would keep the reformed program and that whether officers work in schools is the Board's decision.
The Vancouver Liberals issues page says students already use AI tools, and that the party would align with the position of the Province and the BC Teachers' Federation on providing students with AI chatbot accounts. The party platform of October 1, 2026 adds that the party would set district guidelines with age limits on chatbot access, privacy and data standards for any tool used with students, and teacher training before new technology reaches a classroom.
The page says Dinim wants the city to protect and improve school land and other public assets for future generations.
The page says Dinim would work to give schools the staff, resources and supports that match the learning needs of every student.
The page says Dinim wants every student to feel safe enough at school to be themselves.
The Vancouver Liberals' promises listed on Dinim's own VoteMate page say the party would cancel what it calls Ken Sim's $800 million Second City Hall project and reinvest the money in services, and would hire 400 new unionized front-line workers for garbage pickup, roads, parks and libraries.
Dinim wrote that he would work to make sure schools have the supports students need, including counselling and other mental health services, and access to school food programs.
Dinim wrote that one of his priorities is reducing wait times for assessments students need, including psycho-educational assessments, which test how a student learns so the school can give the right learning supports.
Dinim wrote that the district needs to make sure there is enough school space for growing enrolment while also meeting current needs.
Dinim wrote that a school rebuilt or upgraded for earthquake safety should hold the same number of students as the school it replaces, or more.
Dinim wrote that he would bring his experience with school parent advisory councils, the District Parent Advisory Council, students, families and the wider community to the Board, with a focus on working together and finding common ground.
Dinim wrote that experiences of racism, antisemitism and hatred in Vancouver schools first drew him into parent council work, and that some of these situations could have been dealt with earlier and more actively.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The platform says the party would grow and protect school meal and nutrition programs with the Province and community partners.
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.
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In answers published by the Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper, Dinim said he is running because he believes in public education and wants schools to be more inclusive. He wrote that experiences of racism, antisemitism and hatred in Vancouver schools first drew him into parent council work. He named four priorities: student wellbeing, including counselling, mental health services and school food; shorter waits for student assessments; protecting school land and making sure seismic rebuilds keep at least the same number of student places; and working with parents, students and staff.
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The published ballot order lists Dinim at number 326 for school board trustee, running for the Vancouver Liberals.
Sources checked October 4, 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
Vancouver School Board · February 11, 2026
Vancouver School Board · April 24, 2024
City of Vancouver
Vancouver School Board · October 30, 2023
Vancouver Liberals
Vancouver Liberals
VoteMate
Vancouver Liberals · October 1, 2026
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper) · September 22, 2026
The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper) · September 28, 2026
For Our Kids Vancouver and PACES Vancouver · September 25, 2026
Women Transforming Cities · September 17, 2026
No personal campaign website was found. The City's candidate list names an Instagram account (@ishidinim), a Facebook page and a LinkedIn profile. The six most recent Instagram posts, read on October 4, 2026, carry no policy text; one video posted on October 1 is captioned only "Global News this morning:", and voche.me found no Global News report naming Dinim. The Facebook page shows only a short introduction, and LinkedIn returned a browser check page with no profile text. Dinim did not answer The Griffins' Nest questionnaire on generative AI of September 28, 2026, which lists him among the candidates who did not respond by the deadline. The Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association list of October 2, 2026 and the Vancouver and District Labour Council list of June 25, 2026 do not name him. Vancouver School Board committee records from October 2023 to February 2026 name him as a District Parent Advisory Council representative or alternate. None of the records found shows him moving a motion, voting or writing a report, so no dated action earns the record point. No news report, interview or forum report naming him was found. Film-industry database entries and a page on a yoga centre's website carry the same name; neither is used here, because the first could not be read and the second is about private life. A person named Ishi Dinim who works for the City of Vancouver, Washington, is a different person. The party's child care commitment is recorded as party text, and no statement on child care in his own words was found.
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the Vancouver Liberals candidate page, the party's Platform & Issues page and its full platform of October 1, 2026, Dinim's VoteMate profile, the City's candidate list, his answers to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire, and Vancouver School Board committee records that name him as a District Parent Advisory Council representative.
Each position below is marked as his own words or as party text. Every position marked as his own words was checked against a quotation from the page that carries it.
Checks still to do: ask Dinim for a number, a cost or a date on any of the positions above, and confirm the exact start and end years of his District Parent Advisory Council terms.
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 unless the text says so.
The party page says six years as a general member and three years as an executive member at large. The page gives no start or end year.
Ishi Dinim candidate pageVancouver School Board records list Dinim as the District Parent Advisory Council representative or alternate on the Policy and Governance, Facilities Planning and Education Plan committees. The earliest record found is the Policy and Governance Committee meeting of October 11, 2023, and the latest is that committee's agenda for February 11, 2026.
Vancouver School Board · Policy and Governance Committee agenda, February 11, 2026The party page says Dinim was elected to this position while studying. In his questionnaire answers he says he was elected to the student union and served as one of two student representatives on the Board of Governors. Neither source gives years.
Ishi Dinim candidate pageThe party page says Dinim works as a professional artist and camera operator in the motion picture industry.
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Ishi Dinim is number 326 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for School Board.
Ishi Dinim ran for School Board with Vancouver Liberals.
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the School Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
Added his answers to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire of September 22, 2026, six positions in his own words taken from them (counselling and school food, assessment wait times, school space, seismic rebuild capacity, working with parents and staff, and earlier action on racism and hate), seven positions from the Vancouver Liberals platform of October 1, 2026 recorded as party text, his social media links from the City's list, a Vancouver School Board record from October 2023 that moves the earliest record of his DPAC role back to that month, and an online forum on October 6. Corrections: the party position on AI said the party would give students official AI chatbot accounts; the party's own pages say it would align with the Province and the BC Teachers' Federation on providing such accounts, and the entry now says so. The party position on cancelling the Second City Hall is a City budget matter, so it is now marked as outside the School Board's powers. The period of his DPAC experience used a vague word in front of the number; it now uses the party's own words, nearly 10 years. Removed the all candidates meeting run by the Grandview Woodland Area Council (dated September 29 by Women Transforming Cities and September 28 by CityHallWatch), because no source shows that Dinim took part, and the October 3 advance voting day, because both dates are before this review.
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