Candidate for the Vancouver Park Board.
Mayeli Alvarez, ballot number 219 for Park Board in Vancouver, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. Profile focus: Facility renovation and lifecycle costs.
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Mayeli Alvarez is the TEAM for a Livable Vancouver candidate for Park Board at ballot number 219 in the October 17, 2026 election. This record covers the campaign biography, the court case over the Vancouver Aquatic Centre brought by the society Alvarez directs, and TEAM's published parks platform.
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.
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Kerrisdale Community Centre, 5851 West Boulevard
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A meeting for Park Board candidates in a non-partisan format, moderated by writer and journalist Jarryd Jager.
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Mayeli Alvarez appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 219. The City records the affiliation as TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
The campaign says Alvarez studied Environmental Design at UBC and then earned a Master of Science in Architectural Conservation from the University of Edinburgh. The page says Alvarez is a director of Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society and has worked on transparency in the Vancouver Aquatic Centre decision.
The TEAM candidate page says Alvarez studied Environmental Design at the University of British Columbia and holds a Master of Science in Architectural Conservation from the University of Edinburgh.
The TEAM candidate page says Alvarez is a Leisure Access Pass holder, a community centre user, a former competitive swimmer and a cyclist.
The TEAM candidate page says Alvarez is a director of the Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society and has pressed for transparency in city decision-making.
The society's own website names Alvarez and Jon Girard as the two people who took the City of Vancouver and the Park Board to the Supreme Court of British Columbia over the Aquatic Centre replacement.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver announced Alvarez as a Park Board candidate on August 27, 2026, alongside Jon Girard and Allan Fawley.
Daily Hive listed Alvarez at ballot number 219 for Park Board on September 22, 2026.
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TEAM's parks platform of August 17, 2026 commits the party to retaining a 50-metre pool at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. TEAM's announcement of August 27, 2026 describes Alvarez as a leading advocate for that pool.
The TEAM candidate page says Alvarez holds that maintaining and retrofitting existing buildings lowers a city's carbon footprint.
The TEAM candidate page says Alvarez treats parks and recreation facilities as tools for preventative mental and physical health care.
The TEAM candidate page says Alvarez holds that democratic voices have been shut out of recent city decisions and that procurement misconduct damages civic accountability.
TEAM's parks platform of August 17, 2026 commits at least $739 million over four years for parks, recreation and public spaces, and says more than 70 per cent of recreation facilities are in poor condition.
TEAM's platform commits to increasing neighbourhood park space by at least 20 per cent toward a target of 1.1 hectares per 1,000 residents, and to giving permanent legal protection to the 18 per cent of Vancouver parkland that lacks it.
TEAM's platform commits to protecting the separately elected Park Board and keeping park assets in public ownership.
TEAM's platform commits to cutting parking fees at Spanish Banks and Jericho Beach and to a designated dog park within walking distance of every neighbourhood.
The campaign says Alvarez would bring a focus on keeping and upgrading buildings, which the page says lowers the amount of carbon a city produces.
The page says Alvarez wants residents to be able to reach natural places with mature trees and to buy healthy food.
The page says Alvarez sees parks and recreation facilities as the main way to prevent mental and physical health problems.
The campaign says Alvarez is running with TEAM because of its commitment to community involvement, protecting green spaces and keeping access to recreation facilities.
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Global News reported the Park Board voted to rebuild the Vancouver Aquatic Centre with a 25-metre lap pool in place of the current 50-metre pool, plus a hot pool and a leisure and lesson pool. Staff advised that a 50-metre pool built to current standards was not feasible on the site without raising cost and time and putting the funding at risk. The vote included an amendment committing the city to deliver a new 50-metre pool elsewhere in Vancouver within ten years.
This is the decision Alvarez has campaigned against. Global News reported broad community and sports group opposition at the meeting and did not name how each commissioner voted.
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Alvarez is a director of the Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society, which asked the Supreme Court of British Columbia to review the decision to replace the Vancouver Aquatic Centre's 50-metre pool with a 25-metre pool. The society's website names Alvarez and Jon Girard as the two people who brought the case.
The society's website says it is weighing an appeal and that it wants voters to get the 50-metre, 10-lane pool they approved. No separate published statement by Alvarez about the ruling was found.
The society's website says Justice Giaschi dismissed the petition on September 16, 2026. Daily Hive reported on September 15, 2026 that the court had dismissed the challenge and that demolition would begin in early October. The two sources give different dates for the ruling.
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Daily Hive reported TEAM's parks platform, including the $739 million commitment, the 20 per cent park space increase and the promise to keep a 50-metre pool at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. Alvarez is not named in the article.
Daily Hive reported that the B.C. Supreme Court dismissed the Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society's challenge and that demolition would begin in early October. The article describes the society, which Alvarez directs, but does not name Alvarez.
Daily Hive published the full ballot order and placed Alvarez at number 219 among 35 Park Board candidates.
Sources checked September 22, 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
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · August 27, 2026
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · August 17, 2026
Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society
Daily Hive · August 17, 2026
Daily Hive · September 15, 2026
Global News · April 1, 2025
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Kerrisdale Community Centre
No news report opened for this record names Alvarez. The identification of Alvarez as one of the two petitioners in the Aquatic Centre court case comes from the society's own website. The society's site and Daily Hive give different dates for the ruling, September 16 and September 15, 2026, and the court decision itself was not opened. The candidate page carries a short quote from Alvarez about the Aquatic Centre process but shows no date, so it is not recorded as a dated statement here. No interview with Alvarez was found, and no record of Alvarez running for office before 2026 was found. The claim on the candidate page about procurement misconduct names no specific finding and no independent finding was located.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 4 stated positions and 2 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Verify project roles and use original procurement and court records for disputed process claims.
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 society's website names Alvarez as a director and as one of the two people who brought the court case against the City of Vancouver and the Park Board. The TEAM candidate page describes the role as advocating for transparency and accountability in city decisions.
Mayeli Alvarez for Park Board candidate pageTEAM's August 27, 2026 announcement describes Alvarez's background as environmental design and architectural conservation. No employer is named on either party page.
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