This record covers Kathleen Larsen's planning career as described by the TEAM campaign, a directorship at the Vancouver Heritage Foundation that the foundation's own board page confirms, the 2022 Park Board result, and the 2026 council candidacy with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. Larsen appears at ballot number 123.
No public appearance by this candidate was confirmed in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. The voting dates below apply to every voter. An empty day is a gap in the research, not proof that nothing is happening.
Checked September 22, 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 Kathleen Larsen
Kathleen Larsen appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 123. The City records the affiliation as TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
The campaign says Larsen worked for 26 years as a municipal planner in the Lower Mainland, in community and heritage planning. The page says Larsen completed a master's program at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC and a Certificate in Urban Design at SFU in 2011. The page says Vancouver City Council appointed Larsen in 2021 as a Director at the Vancouver Heritage Foundation.
The Vancouver Heritage Foundation lists Kathleen Larsen as a voting director of its board, described as a community and heritage planner. The foundation's page says all its directors are appointed by Vancouver's mayor and council for two-year terms and may be reappointed.
The TEAM campaign page says Vancouver City Council made that appointment in 2021.
Larsen ran for Park Board with TEAM in the 2022 civic election and took 21,418 votes, or 12.49 percent, which was not enough to win one of the seven seats. ABC Vancouver took six of those seats and the Green Party took one.
The campaign page says Larsen was born in Vancouver, raised in Victoria, and returned to Vancouver after a bachelor's degree from the University of Victoria with a double major in urban geography and psychology.
The campaign page says Larsen completed a master's programme at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC and earned a certificate in urban design from Simon Fraser University in 2011.
The campaign page says Larsen has 26 years of municipal planning work in the Lower Mainland as a community and heritage planner, and that from 2017 to 2020 Larsen lived in Toronto and was appointed by Toronto City Council to the Committee of Adjustment for downtown Toronto.
The campaign page says Larsen has been a TEAM member for four years. TEAM's candidate list names Larsen as one of its council candidates for 2026, with Colleen Hardwick as the party's mayoral candidate.
Daily Hive's ballot list of September 22, 2026 places Larsen at number 123 for council.
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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.
6 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · PlanningCampaign pledge
A planning-based approach with more resident input
Larsen says the way to run the city is through community representation and a planning-based approach, and that council needs to hear what residents are saying rather than only listen.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is stated on Larsen's own campaign page, which also says Larsen wants to use professional planning experience to advance the TEAM platform. The page names no specific council procedure or consultation rule that would change.
What still needs checking
What consultation step Larsen would add to the city's rezoning and permit process.
Neighbourhood plans in place of the city-wide plan
TEAM's platform commits the party to replacing the Official Development Plan with what it calls a Respect for Neighbourhoods plan, and to planning growth with local residents and businesses at a scale that fits each neighbourhood. The party names the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans as sources of complaint.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published position. Larsen's page says Larsen is running to advance the TEAM platform and does not set out these items personally.
What still needs checking
What happens to housing approvals already granted under the current plan.
TEAM's platform commits the party to stopping demoviction by protecting older rental buildings from demolition, setting up a renters office, reinstating minimum parking requirements for new buildings, and giving priority to co-op housing for families.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published position, stated on TEAM's planning and affordability page. Larsen is not quoted on any of these items.
What still needs checking
How the party would protect older rentals while also adding homes on the same sites.
TEAM's platform commits the party to opposing provincial Bills 44, 46 and 47 and to asking for changes to what it calls one-size-fits-all provincial rules.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published position. The page does not say what a city council can do about provincial law beyond asking for amendments, and Larsen is not quoted on the point.
What still needs checking
What a Vancouver council can legally change while those provincial bills remain in force.
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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
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Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses
Controversies & public scrutiny
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News coverage / Original publishers
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Reporting
Daily Hive
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
Published the confirmed ballot, placing Larsen at number 123 for council.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No news article, interview or debate record naming Larsen was found. TEAM's own news page carries three items dated September 18 to September 22, 2026 and none of them mention Larsen. TEAM's events page describes a tour of 22 neighbourhoods and says the party will attend community events until October, but lists no dated event and names no candidate, so no upcoming appearance could be confirmed. The Vancouver Heritage Foundation board page confirms the directorship but does not give the year Larsen joined, so the 2021 date rests on the campaign page alone. The campaign page says Larsen completed a master's programme at UBC without naming the degree awarded. The 26 years of planning work, the employers behind it, and the Toronto Committee of Adjustment appointment were not independently confirmed. Women Transforming Cities lists Colleen Hardwick as TEAM's City Hall Pledge signatory and does not list Larsen.
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: Confirm planning roles and request examples of the policy trade-offs this candidate would make.
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
Dates not stated
Community and heritage planner, Lower Mainland
The campaign page says this covers 26 years of municipal planning work in the Lower Mainland. The Vancouver Heritage Foundation board page also gives the job title as community and heritage planner. Neither page names the employers or gives years.
The foundation's board page lists Larsen as a voting director. Directors are appointed by Vancouver's mayor and council for two-year terms. The campaign page gives 2021 as the year of appointment.
