Candidate for the Vancouver School Board.
Maria Kritikos, ballot number 311 for School Board in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Language learning and school resources.
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This record covers what ABC Vancouver publishes about school board candidate Maria Kritikos, the party platform items that touch on schools, and the two published news reports that name Kritikos as a 2026 candidate. It also notes two older news items that confirm one community role.
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.
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Maria Kritikos appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 311. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver.
The page says Kritikos started a career teaching French and Spanish to secondary students with the Vancouver School Board. The page says the candidate founded CREO College of English for international students and newcomers, and later co-founded Canaglobe TESL Centre, which trained English teachers. The page says Kritikos holds a Bachelor of Education in Secondary Education and a Bachelor of Arts in French and Spanish from the University of British Columbia.
ABC Vancouver's candidate page says Kritikos holds a Bachelor of Education in Secondary Education and a Bachelor of Arts in French and Spanish, both from the University of British Columbia.
The party page says Kritikos taught French and Spanish to secondary students as a teacher with the Vancouver School Board. No independent record of that employment was found.
The party page says Kritikos founded CREO College of English, which it describes as an English-as-a-second-language college for international students and newcomers, and co-founded Canaglobe TESL Centre, which trains teachers.
The party page says Kritikos has run a real estate business and links that work to housing, affordability, density and neighbourhood change in Vancouver.
Daily Hive named Kritikos as the founder of Ladies Who Lunch in a December 2017 photo report on a Dress for Success fundraiser, and a 2014 BCBusiness photo caption listed Kritikos as "Ladies Who Lunch founder and CEO". These are the two independent records found for that role.
The party page says Kritikos wrote a book called Girl With A Plan, is involved with The Hellenic Initiative Canada, and volunteers with programs that support people facing homelessness and food insecurity.
Daily Hive reported on August 27, 2026 that ABC Vancouver named Kritikos to its school board slate alongside Rob Nijjar, Lina Vargas, Shirley Sio and Matt Kroeker, joining sitting trustees Alfred Chien and Preeti Faridkot.
Kritikos appears on the Vancouver ballot as number 311 for school board trustee, according to the candidate list published on September 22, 2026.
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ABC Vancouver's 2026 platform says the party will bring swimming lessons into the school day.
The party platform says ABC will fight to ensure the provincial school tax collected in Vancouver goes to Vancouver schools.
The party platform says ABC will keep extracurricular activities available and expand after-school programming.
The party platform says ABC will increase investment in teaching assistance.
The party platform says ABC will double childcare spaces from a base of 2,000.
The candidate page says Kritikos would bring classroom experience, problem solving from running businesses, and fiscal responsibility to the board.
The campaign describes previous VSB teaching, language-education businesses and real-estate work.
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The article lists ABC Vancouver's school board slate for 2026 and names Kritikos among the five new trustee candidates. It carries no separate profile of Kritikos.
The published ballot order lists Kritikos at number 311 for school board trustee, running for ABC Vancouver.
A photo report on a Holt Renfrew fundraiser for Dress for Success that names Kritikos as the founder of Ladies Who Lunch.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
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Daily Hive · August 27, 2026
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Daily Hive · December 19, 2017
No interview, debate appearance or campaign event naming Kritikos was found. ABC Vancouver has not published a separate school board platform, so every policy item above is the party's council platform. The Tyee reported on August 11, 2026 that ABC did not answer its questions about AI chatbot accounts in schools, and that article was published before ABC named its school board slate, so it says nothing about Kritikos. The claims about CREO College of English, Canaglobe TESL Centre, the book Girl With A Plan, The Hellenic Initiative Canada and the Vancouver School Board teaching role come only from the party page and were not confirmed anywhere else. No record of a 2022 or earlier run for office was found.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 0 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently.
Checks still to do: Verify teaching and business roles and request specific funding and conflict-management commitments.
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.
The party page says the role involved teaching French and Spanish to secondary students.
Maria Kritikos candidate pageThe party page describes the college as serving international students and newcomers who are learning English.
Maria Kritikos candidate pageBCBusiness listed Kritikos as founder and CEO of the network in a May 2014 event photo caption, and Daily Hive named Kritikos as its founder in December 2017. The party page describes it as a network created to connect women.
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