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School Board · Vancouver 2026
# Julie Strilesky
Candidate for the Vancouver School Board.
Julie Strilesky, ballot number 330 for School Board in Vancouver, Green Party of Vancouver. Profile focus: School infrastructure and transparent decisions.
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Green Party of Vancouver2026
*Julie StrileskySchool BoardBallot no.330*
[Image: Green Party of Vancouver campaign](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky)
Candidate research / September 22, 2026
This record covers Julie Strilesky, a Green Party of Vancouver candidate for the Vancouver School Board in the October 17, 2026 election. Almost everything published about this campaign comes from the party's own pages, so those items are written as party claims. Two older independent pages name Strilesky in earlier work roles.
**5**Commitments **1**News articles **7**Sources
Public schedule / Through election day
## Where can you hear Julie Strilesky?
1 upcoming public event were found in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. An event being scheduled does not mean this candidate will attend. Attendance is marked separately.
Checked September 22, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
- [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
- [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
View every date through Oct 17
1. Sep 22No appearance confirmed
2. Sep 23No appearance confirmed
3. Sep 24No appearance confirmed
4. Sep 25No appearance confirmed
5. Sep 26No appearance confirmed
6. Sep 27No appearance confirmed
7. Sep 28No appearance confirmed
8. Sep 29Event; attendance unconfirmed
9. Sep 30No appearance confirmed
10. Oct 1No appearance confirmed
11. Oct 2No appearance confirmed
12. Oct 3Voting day
13. Oct 4No appearance confirmed
14. Oct 5No appearance confirmed
15. Oct 6No appearance confirmed
16. Oct 7Voting day
17. Oct 8No appearance confirmed
18. Oct 9No appearance confirmed
19. Oct 10Voting day
20. Oct 11No appearance confirmed
21. Oct 12No appearance confirmed
22. Oct 13Voting day
23. Oct 14No appearance confirmed
24. Oct 15No appearance confirmed
25. Oct 16No appearance confirmed
26. Oct 17Voting day
### Public forums and announcements
Attendance is identified for each event. Unconfirmed listings are not confirmed candidate appearances.
Sep 296 to 9 pm
Public forumAttendance unconfirmed
#### Grandview Woodland park board and school board all candidates meeting
Britannia Community Services Centre, Gym D
**The listing names the school board race but does not name individual candidates, and no Green Party page says Strilesky will attend.**
A free meeting for park board and school board candidates, organised by the Grandview Woodland Area Council and listed by Women Transforming Cities.
- [Candidate debates happening in Vancouver](https://www.womentransformingcities.org/blog/candidate-debates-happening-in-vancouver)Event listing · Women Transforming Cities
### Voting dates
- Oct 3Advance voting
- Oct 7Advance voting
- Oct 10Advance voting
- Oct 13Advance voting
- Oct 17Election day
8 am to 8 pm at official Vancouver voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://voche.me/where-to-vote)
- [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
- [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
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 Julie Strilesky
Julie Strilesky appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 330. The City records the affiliation as Green Party of Vancouver.
The page says Strilesky has worked with the governments of British Columbia and Ontario on policies, regulations and plans. The page says Strilesky's work experience includes lululemon, HSBC Canada and two clean technology startups. The page says Strilesky has a master's degree in Political Economy from the London School of Economics.
The Green Party of Vancouver candidate page says Strilesky was born in Vancouver and has more than 20 years of work across the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
The party page says Strilesky holds a bachelor's degree in international development and English from Queen's University and a master's degree in political economy from the London School of Economics. A board listing for Plastic Oceans Canada, reproduced on a third party site, names the same two schools and subjects.
The party page says Strilesky worked with the British Columbia and Ontario governments on environmental, social and governance policy, including climate mitigation and climate resilience.
The party page says Strilesky held roles at lululemon and HSBC Canada and at two clean technology startups.
The party page says Strilesky secured close to $2 million in funding for climate innovation work and for equity and inclusion programs. No independent record of that figure was found.
A June 2019 media release from the Pembina Institute quotes Strilesky as director of government affairs at Portable Electric, one of 40 companies that asked the British Columbia premier to act on clean economy opportunities.
Green Party members selected Strilesky and Alisha Masongsong as the party's two school board nominees on June 8, 2026.
Strilesky appears on the Vancouver school board ballot at number 330 as a Green Party candidate. Nine trustee seats are being filled.
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.
Read the sources
Promises / Commitments and evidence
## Commitments and the available evidence.
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.
5 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
### More open school board decisions
Strilesky says the priority is to strengthen the public school system by making board decision making more open.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- The party candidate page and the VoteMate profile both carry this line. Neither page names a board practice that would change or a process that would be added.
- What still needs checking
- Which school board practices Strilesky would change, and how the change would be measured.
- [Julie Strilesky candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
- [Julie Strilesky candidate profile](https://votemate.org/bc2026/candidates/13394?riding=794)Campaign · VoteMate
2026 · Public landCampaign pledge
### Public land used for community benefit
Strilesky says public land should benefit the communities around it.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- The party candidate page states this as a priority in one line. The page does not say which sites this covers or what a board decision on a site would look like.
- What still needs checking
- Whether this applies to school district sites that are not used for teaching, and what Strilesky would do with them.
- [Julie Strilesky candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
### Changes to how the education system works
Strilesky says the current system is not working and calls for changes to the education system rather than smaller adjustments.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- The VoteMate profile and the party page carry this statement. Neither names a specific change, a cost, or a body that would have to approve it. VoteMate records that this candidate had not submitted policy answers to its questionnaire.
- What still needs checking
- Which specific changes Strilesky would bring to the board, and which of them a trustee can decide.
- [Julie Strilesky candidate profile](https://votemate.org/bc2026/candidates/13394?riding=794)Campaign · VoteMate
- [Julie Strilesky candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
2026 · Open school board decisionsCampaign pledge
### Open school board decisions
The page says Strilesky would strengthen the public school system by making decisions open to the public.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
- What still needs checking
- What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- [Julie Strilesky candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
2026 · Public land benefits communitiesCampaign pledge
### Public land benefits communities
The page says Strilesky wants public land to benefit communities, and calls for changes to how the system works.
Evidence & next checks
- Evidence reviewed
- Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
- What still needs checking
- What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- [Julie Strilesky candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky)Campaign · Green Party of Vancouver
City programs / Scope and delivery
## Policies, budgets & programs
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.
Jun 20Statement
### Quoted in a clean economy business coalition launch
In a Pembina Institute media release announcing that 40 companies had written to the British Columbia premier, Strilesky spoke for Portable Electric and said clean technology protects health and the planet and also makes the economy more efficient.
- [40 companies ask B.C. premier to capitalize on clean economic opportunity](https://www.pembina.org/media-release/business-coalition-launch)Reporting · Pembina Institute
Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
## Controversies & public scrutiny
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.
September 22, 2026Reporting
Daily Hive
### Vancouver 2026 civic election candidates and ballot order
A list of every candidate and ballot number for the October 17, 2026 vote. Strilesky is listed at number 330 for school board as a Green Party candidate. The article does not discuss the campaign.
- [Vancouver 2026 civic election candidates and ballot order](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2026-civic-election-candidates-ballot-order)Reporting · Daily Hive
Research / 7 linked sources
## Check the evidence
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 2 sources
- Election dates and voting information
City of Vancouver
- Where to vote
City of Vancouver
Campaign 2 sources
- Julie Strilesky candidate page
Green Party of Vancouver · May 26, 2026
- Julie Strilesky candidate profile
VoteMate
Reporting 2 sources
- Vancouver 2026 civic election candidates and ballot order
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
- 40 companies ask B.C. premier to capitalize on clean economic opportunity
Pembina Institute · June 20, 2019
Event listing 1 sources
- Candidate debates happening in Vancouver
Women Transforming Cities
No news interview, profile or debate report about this campaign was found. The Tyee, Daily Hive, CityHallWatch and Vancouver is Awesome searches returned nothing beyond the ballot list. The party page gives no years for the lululemon, HSBC Canada, government or startup roles, and names neither clean technology startup. The figure of close to $2 million in funding secured comes only from the party page and was not confirmed anywhere else. The Plastic Oceans Canada board listing was read on a third party site that copies the organisation's own text, and it shows no date, so the years of that board role are unknown. VoteMate records that Strilesky had not submitted policy answers, so there is no questionnaire record of positions on school closures, budgets or staffing. No record was found of Strilesky standing in an earlier Vancouver election. Attendance at any candidate forum is unconfirmed. Note also that a general web search quota was exhausted during this research, so the search was run through a smaller index and through direct site searches.
Research status
## What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 2 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Verify professional claims and the evidence behind proposed financial or environmental savings.
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.
03 / Background
## Experience & community
2019
### Director of government affairs, Portable Electric
The Pembina Institute media release of June 20, 2019 gives this title and company for Strilesky, and quotes Strilesky on why the company joined a business coalition on clean technology.
[40 companies ask B.C. premier to capitalize on clean economic opportunity](https://www.pembina.org/media-release/business-coalition-launch)
Dates not stated
### Member of the board of directors, Plastic Oceans Canada
A board listing reproduced on a third party site names Strilesky as a director of Plastic Oceans Canada and describes sustainability work at lululemon and with the British Columbia and Ontario governments. The page shows no dates.
Dates not stated
### Policy and sustainability roles in government and business
The party page lists work with the British Columbia and Ontario governments on environmental, social and governance policy, and roles at lululemon, HSBC Canada and two clean technology startups. The page gives no years for any of these roles.
[Julie Strilesky candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky)
2026
### Green Party candidate for Vancouver School Board
Nominated by party members on June 8, 2026 and listed on the ballot at number 330 for the October 17, 2026 election.
[Vancouver 2026 civic election candidates and ballot order](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2026-civic-election-candidates-ballot-order)
04 / Questions & answers
## Questions for the candidate
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which school infrastructure changes offer the best combination of student benefit and long-term cost savings?
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.
05 / Candidate contributions
## Space for campaign updates
### No campaign updates yet
Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added.
## Sources & transparency
- [City of Vancouver · official school trustee candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidates-school-trustee.aspx)Checked September 22, 2026
- [Green Party of Vancouver · candidate page ](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky)Checked September 22, 2026
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Campaign contact
## Campaign links & contact.
Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information.
[Green Party of Vancouver · candidate page](https://www.vangreens.ca/julie_strilesky) [Green Party of Vancouver official website](https://www.vangreens.ca/)
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