This record covers Rebecca Hasdell, candidate number 114 for Vancouver City Council with Vote Vancouver. It draws on the campaign pages, one news report of the party's candidate announcement, and institutional profiles of a public health research career.
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 Rebecca Hasdell
Rebecca Hasdell appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 114. The City records the affiliation as Vote Vancouver.
The party page says Hasdell is a leader at the BC Centre for Disease Control. The page says Hasdell has more than 15 years of experience in public policy, health promotion, and community development. The page says Hasdell holds a Master of Public Health and a PhD.
The Vote Vancouver candidate page describes Hasdell as a public health researcher with more than 15 years in public policy, health promotion and community development, and says the current work is a leadership role at the BC Centre for Disease Control.
The Conversation's author profile lists Hasdell as lead for determinants of health and health equity in population and public health at the BC Centre for Disease Control, an affiliate scientist with the UBC Centre for Disease Control, and adjunct faculty in UBC's Northern Medical Program.
The same profile says Hasdell holds a PhD and a Master of Public Health in social and behavioural sciences from the University of Toronto and a BA from the University of Calgary.
Stanford University's Basic Income Lab lists Hasdell as a former research advisor and postdoctoral fellow who led a review of global evidence on cash transfer programs, and describes earlier work with local governments and non-profits on poverty reduction, food access and environmental health.
Hasdell has two co-authored articles on The Conversation, a defence of Canada's Food Guide published February 1, 2019 and a 2020 piece on an anti-poverty tax credit in the United States.
Daily Hive reported on May 25, 2026 that Vote Vancouver had endorsed its first nine candidates, with Hasdell among four council candidates, described as a public health scientist with the BC Centre for Disease Control and a UBC adjunct professor.
Daily Hive published the full ballot order on September 22, 2026, listing Hasdell at number 114 for council with Vote Vancouver.
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.
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.
7 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · Public servicesCampaign pledge
Open city spaces for services and recreation
Open up city-owned spaces so more services and recreation happen inside neighbourhoods.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Stated on the personal campaign site and echoed on the party candidate page. Neither page names a building, a service or a cost.
What still needs checking
Which city spaces Hasdell has in mind and what services would go in them.
Vote Vancouver, the party Hasdell is running with, says it will work with community land trusts on public land, connect supportive housing residents to mental health, addiction and employment services, use public land for permanently affordable middle-income homes with non-profit childcare, and replace single-room occupancy buildings with supportive housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's published housing platform. No separate statement by Hasdell on these items was found, and the platform page carries no numeric targets or dates.
What still needs checking
Whether Hasdell states a position on each of these items during the campaign.
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.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
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.
Reporting
Daily Hive
Vote Vancouver party announces first nine candidates to run in civic election
Vote Vancouver endorsed a mayoral candidate and eight others, with Hasdell among four council candidates. The article describes the party as big-tent and centrist and quotes party founder Rebecca Bligh on the team.
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 interview, speech, forum appearance or news story about the Hasdell council campaign was found beyond the party announcement in May 2026 and the ballot list in September 2026. The BC Centre for Disease Control staff profile page returned only site navigation and could not be read, so the job title used here comes from The Conversation and from the campaign. No start dates were found for any of the roles. Hasdell has not held elected office, so there is no voting record to report. The campaign site lists no events.
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 the current professional title and distinguish research findings from campaign proposals.
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
As of 2026
Lead, determinants of health and health equity, BC Centre for Disease Control
The Conversation's author profile lists this role within population and public health at the centre, and the campaign page describes it as a leadership role there.
Listed on both The Conversation profile and Stanford's Basic Income Lab page.
Earlier
Research advisor and postdoctoral fellow, Basic Income Lab, Stanford University
Stanford's page says the work at the lab was a review of global evidence on cash transfer programs, looking at outcomes across different settings and populations.
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 city-controlled housing or food-security measure would you implement first, and how would you evaluate it?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
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.
