Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
No action yetMore child care at school sites across the districtChildcare · Own promise
Asked by The Griffins' Nest for his top priorities if elected, Brown wrote on September 22, 2026 that the first is to increase the child care available at several sites across the school district.
“My top priorities are to increase available childcare at multiple sites across the district, advocate and take responsibility for the poor condition of Vancouver school facilities, and to include parent and community voices in Board decision-making.”
No action yetSpeak up for, and take responsibility for, schools in poor conditionSchool facilities · Own promise
In the same answer, Brown listed as a top priority to speak up for, and take responsibility for, the poor condition of Vancouver's school buildings.
“My top priorities are to increase available childcare at multiple sites across the district, advocate and take responsibility for the poor condition of Vancouver school facilities, and to include parent and community voices in Board decision-making.”
No action yetInclude parents and the community in Board decisionsGovernance · Own promise
In the same answer, Brown listed as a top priority including the voices of parents and the community when the Board makes decisions.
“My top priorities are to increase available childcare at multiple sites across the district, advocate and take responsibility for the poor condition of Vancouver school facilities, and to include parent and community voices in Board decision-making.”
No action yetRegulated and supported use of AI in schoolsEducation and technology · Own promise
In his answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire on generative AI, published September 28, 2026, Brown wrote that schools should teach students to use AI with care, which needs regulated and supported access for teachers and students. He wrote that a complete ban on AI would do more harm than a careful and supported approach.
“To effectively teach this discretion, teachers and students will need to have very regulated and supported access to AI technologies.”
No action yetExamine choice programs and widen access, including for students who cannot pay feesSchool programs · Own promise
In his answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire of October 8, 2026, Brown wrote that he looks forward to closely examining the role of choice programs in the district. He wrote that many of them charge fees that keep children of families with less money from taking part, and that the answer is to add structures that let more students in while keeping the programs.
“I'm looking forward to closely examining the role that choice programs play in the Vancouver School Board system.”
No action yetA four-year plan to put schools at the centre of child careChildcare · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will adopt a four-year plan that puts neighbourhood schools at the centre of a public and non-profit child care system. The steps it names: make the School Board the lead planner for child care for school-age children, start an out-of-school care pilot run by the Board, add public and non-profit child care in existing schools, build child care into every new or rebuilt school, and press the Province on pay and staffing for child care workers.
No action yetKeep the Kingsgate Mall land public and build a school and community hub thereSchool land · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will keep the School Board's Kingsgate Mall land in public ownership and work with City Council, the Park Board, the Host Nations and other partners to build a new public school there, with a community centre, child care, before- and after-school care, and affordable rental homes for School Board employees. It says the team will look at placing the long-promised Mount Pleasant pool there, and that rent from the site would give the Board lasting income for its schools.
No action yetRebuild the whole Britannia site, schools included, as one public campusSchool facilities · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will start a renewed One Britannia project with City Council, the Park Board and other partners to rebuild the 18 acre Britannia site in East Vancouver as one public campus, with rebuilt elementary and secondary schools, a community centre and ice rink, child care, food programs and non-profit housing. It says the team will invite the City and Britannia to set a joint mandate for the project.
No action yetA universal school meal program for every VSB studentFood security · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will build a universal, healthy school food program so every Vancouver School Board student can get food during the school day, whatever the family income. It says the team will restore and equip school kitchens so district workers can cook more meals, and will phase meals in without asking families to prove their income.
No action yetProtect arts, music, physical education and libraries, with minimum service standardsSchool programs · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will reverse recent program cuts where possible, set minimum service standards across the district, and protect arts, music, physical education and school libraries as core parts of public education. It says every student should have regular access to qualified music, arts and physical education teachers and to a school library with a teacher-librarian, and that the team will report more to the public and press the Province for stable funding.
No action yetOpen Board and committee meetings, with time for public questions and commentsOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will open Board and committee meetings to the public, add oral question and comment periods at meetings, and publish information early, building on trustee Jennifer Reddy's 2024 motions.
No action yetReview Board governance policies so power is shared fairly among trusteesGovernance · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will review the Board's governance policies to share authority fairly among trustees and to strengthen how committees work with partners. It also says First Nations will be recognized as holders of inherent rights.
No action yetIndigenous language learning and land-based education with the Host NationsReconciliation · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will work with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations to strengthen Indigenous language learning, land-based education led by Indigenous people, culturally safe support for students, and accountability for Indigenous student success.
No action yetAsk the Province for more staff and funding for students with disabilitiesStudent support · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will focus its requests to the Province on more staff, better funding allocation and more training for educators who support students with disabilities. The Province sets this funding.
No action yetMore mental health and substance use services in schools, with a district planStudent well-being · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will expand mental health and substance use services in schools, strengthen prevention and early help programs, bring back substance use education such as the Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) program, and push for a district-wide review of services and a Mental Health and Substance Use Strategy.
No action yetLimit student chatbot access to Grades 10 to 12, with AI safeguards and lessonsEducation and technology · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will take a careful approach to artificial intelligence in schools, with new safeguards, lessons that teach students to judge AI, privacy protections and age limits, and will seek to limit chatbot access to Grades 10 to 12. A statement OneCity sent to PACES Vancouver, printed in that group's election guide, adds training and resources for teachers and regular reviews of AI tools and policies.
No action yetSchools that are safe in an earthquake, accessible, well ventilated and cooledSchool facilities · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will make sure every student learns in a school that is safe in an earthquake, accessible, well ventilated and cooled, and will put first the structural upgrades that prevent the worst harm if an earthquake hits.
No action yetProtect school land, plan schools with growth, and open school grounds after hoursProtect public school land · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says its School Board team will protect school land for future generations, plan schools together with neighbourhood growth, press the Province for predictable money for school buildings, and keep school grounds open for public use outside school hours.
No action yetOne clean air and cooling standard for school, park and City buildingsSchool facilities · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says a four-year strategy will bring every school, Park Board and City building up to one shared standard for air quality and temperature, with air filters of a set minimum strength (MERV-13), low-cost filters handed out first, public test results for each building, and a coordination table for the three boards.
No action yetCertify the School Board as a living wage employerEconomy · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says the party will certify the City and the School Board again as living wage employers, so the people who work for them can afford to live in Vancouver.
No action yetShared services agreements among the City, the Park Board and the School BoardPublic services · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says the party will coordinate Shared Services Agreements among City Council, the Park Board and the School Board, so key services can be supported by every board and reach as many people as possible.
No action yetSolar panels on school roofsClimate · Party platform
OneCity's 2026 platform says the party will start a public rooftop solar program that puts solar panels on schools, libraries and community centres. The Tyee listed solar panels on school roofs among OneCity's School Board proposals.
This record covers Rory Brown, ballot number 302, running for Vancouver School Board trustee with OneCity in the October 17, 2026 election. The Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association's minutes record his election as its president in May 2016. He ran for the same office in 2022 without winning a seat.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 4, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Schools and student support1/10
0/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
No position found by voche.me as of October 4, 2026.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
0/2
States a measurable target
No statement to read.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
0/1
States a timeline
No statement to read.
1/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
“Led the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association as president”
Done. Elected for 2016 to 2017; already president in May 2016, May 17, 2016.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The Board of Education runs Vancouver public schools, sets catchment boundaries and approves the district budget. Teacher pay and the provincial funding formula are set by the province.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. OneCity publishes 4 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on taxes and budget: 4 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education approves the school district’s operating and capital budgets. The Province sets the funding formula and the school tax.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. OneCity publishes 9 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on public safety: 9 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education sets safety policies for its schools and decides whether police liaison officers work in them. Policing itself is the Vancouver Police Department’s.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. OneCity publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
OneCity’s platform on child care: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The Board of Education decides how school buildings and land are used, including child care on school sites. Licensing and operating funding are provincial.
Search log for Rory Brown: 7 of 7 steps done. Every point links to the source it was read in. Report an error through the corrections form.
Public schedule / Through election day
Where can you hear Rory Brown?
No public forum for School Board candidates between October 3 and October 17, 2026 was found in the listings checked on October 3, 2026, so the calendar shows voting days only. An event being scheduled does not mean this candidate will attend. Attendance is marked separately.
Checked October 3, 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 Rory Brown
Rory Brown appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 302. The City records the affiliation as OneCity.
The Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association's own minutes record that Brown was elected its president, by acclamation, at its annual general meeting on May 17, 2016, for the 2016 to 2017 year. The Vancouver Courier already called him the association's president in May 2016 and still did in May 2017.
OneCity's candidates page says Brown taught Vancouver high school students for 15 years and now teaches future teachers at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and at the University of British Columbia.
The Georgia Straight and The Tyee both describe Brown as a former president of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers Association, in 2022 and 2019 respectively.
The Georgia Straight described Brown in September 2022 as a former member of the BC Teachers' Federation executive, in addition to a former president of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers Association.
The Institute for Public Education BC lists Brown on its board of directors. Its board page and the author note on his September 2024 essay for the institute say he teaches in BCIT's Technology Teacher Education Program, part of the Mechanical Engineering Department.
The Georgia Straight described Brown as a high school teacher and union leader when OneCity announced its 2026 slate on May 11, 2026. Vancouver Is Awesome called him a BCIT instructor and past president of the secondary teachers' association.
On September 29, 2026, OneCity named Brown as one of the five School Board candidates releasing its Better Schools plan. The release quotes three of his running mates and carries no quote from Brown.
Daily Hive lists Brown at ballot position 302 as a OneCity candidate for school trustee.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, independent reporting, the teachers' association's own records 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.
18 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · EducationCampaign pledge
Bring classroom and union experience to the board
OneCity's candidates page says Brown is running so that classroom and labour experience is at the board table and so that educators are heard and supported.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The wording is from the campaign. OneCity's old candidate page carried the same sentence until it stopped answering on October 3, 2026, and his VoteMate profile gives it in the first person. It sets no measurable commitment.
What still needs checking
What Brown would change in how the board consults teachers and support staff.
In a September 2022 opinion piece Brown called for a transparent lottery so that special programmes in secondary schools are open to students across the city rather than to those able to travel to wealthy neighbourhoods.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Published by the Georgia Straight during the 2022 campaign, signed by Brown as a OneCity school board candidate. It is a proposal from the earlier campaign and was not repeated on the 2026 candidate page.
What still needs checking
Whether Brown still proposes a lottery for school choice programmes in 2026.
Redraw catchment boundaries and plan buildings further ahead
The same 2022 piece said school catchment boundaries should be redrawn regularly to match where families actually live, and that building plans should look 50 years ahead instead of the 15 years then used.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Published by the Georgia Straight on September 8, 2022 under Brown's name. No board decision was found that adopted a 50 year planning horizon.
What still needs checking
Whether the Vancouver School Board has changed its facilities planning horizon since 2022.
In a November 2019 opinion piece Brown and Noel Herron opposed a Vancouver School Board report that recommended cost cutting in school meal programmes, arguing the changes would hurt students living in poverty and remove union jobs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Published by The Tyee and signed by both authors as members of the OneCity education caucus. The outcome of that board report was not established.
What still needs checking
What the board decided about the 2019 meal programme report.
The OneCity home page says the party will make life more affordable partly by creating child care spaces across the city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The home page states the commitment, and the wording was checked again on October 3, 2026. Brown is not quoted, and no number of spaces, cost or timeline is published there.
What still needs checking
How many spaces are planned, on what timeline, and whether any would sit on Vancouver School Board land.
Equity, transparency and collaborative decision-making at the board
In the same September 2022 opinion piece, Brown said the board needed a far greater focus on sharing data, ideas and plans with other levels of government, particularly the city, and called for equity, transparency and collaborative decision-making.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Published by the Georgia Straight on September 8, 2022 under Brown's name. It is a statement of approach rather than a specific measure, and it was not repeated on the 2026 candidate page.
What still needs checking
Whether Brown still names this as a priority in 2026, and what specific change in board practice it would mean.
Keep the Kingsgate Mall land public and build a new school there
The Better Schools release says the OneCity School Board team, which it names as including Brown, will keep the School Board's Kingsgate Mall land in public ownership and turn it into a community hub with a new public school, a community centre, child care, rental homes and a Mount Pleasant pool.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text. The release lists Brown among the five School Board candidates issuing it, but it quotes only Cardwell, Breshears and Sigurdson, so the plan is recorded as OneCity's. Keeping the land is a Board decision. The community centre and the pool need the City and the Park Board, which the release names as partners. It gives no cost, no number of school places or homes, and no date.
What still needs checking
What the Kingsgate plan would cost, how many school places and homes it would hold, and when work would start.
The release says the School Board team will work with City Council, the Park Board and other partners on a plan to rebuild the 18 acre Britannia site in East Vancouver as one public campus, with rebuilt elementary and secondary schools, low-cost public child care, a community centre and ice rink, and non-profit homes.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text. The release lists Brown among the five School Board candidates issuing it but does not quote him. The site is shared with the City and the Park Board, so the Board cannot carry out the plan alone. The release gives no cost, no date and no number of homes or child care spaces.
What still needs checking
What the Board would decide first on the Britannia site, and when.
Open Board meetings and add question and comment time
The release says the School Board team will open Board meetings to the public, add oral question and comment periods at meetings, and publish information early.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text. The release lists Brown among the five School Board candidates issuing it but does not quote him. Meeting rules are set by a Board vote. The platform page adds committee meetings and says the team would build on 2024 motions by trustee Jennifer Reddy. Neither page gives a date or a list of the meetings and documents that would change.
What still needs checking
Which Board meeting rules would change first, and in which month.
The release says OneCity would set age limits on artificial intelligence tools in schools, teach students how these tools work, add privacy protections, and seek to limit chatbot access to Grades 10 to 12, with adult supervision available at all times.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is party text. The release lists Brown among the five candidates issuing it but does not quote him. Access limits would be a district rule the Board can adopt. The release gives no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which Board policy would carry the age limit, and from which school year.
Party pledge: schools at the centre of a public child care system
OneCity's platform and the Better Schools release say the party will place neighbourhood schools at the centre of a public and non-profit child care system, with pilots and planning led by the School Board. The platform letter, signed by all 13 OneCity candidates including Brown, says the School Board can open thousands of affordable child care spaces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is written as OneCity's commitment. No number of spaces, cost or date is given.
What still needs checking
How many child care spaces on school sites, at what cost, and by when.
The OneCity platform commits the party to a universal school food program so every Vancouver School Board student can eat healthy food during the school day, whatever the family income.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform, repeated as OneCity text in the Better Schools release. Brown is not quoted on it. No cost or funding source is given.
What still needs checking
What a universal meal program would cost the district and where the money would come from.
Party pledge to protect arts, music, physical education and libraries
The platform says OneCity will reverse recent cuts, set minimum service standards, and protect arts, music, physical education and school libraries as core parts of public education.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is OneCity text with no quote from Brown. It does not say which cuts would be reversed or what they would cost.
What still needs checking
Which cuts would be reversed first, and the cost in the district budget.
The platform says OneCity will plan schools together with neighbourhood growth, protect school land for future generations, and keep school grounds open for public use outside school hours.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is OneCity text. Brown made the same argument against selling school land in his own 2024 essay for the Institute for Public Education BC, listed under Talks.
What still needs checking
Whether the Board would change its policy on declaring school land surplus.
Party pledge on school mental health and substance use services
The platform says OneCity will expand mental health and substance use services in schools and early help programs, through a district-wide plan made with families and health providers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is OneCity text with no quote from Brown. No cost, staffing number or date is given.
What still needs checking
How many counsellors or other staff the plan would add, and at what cost.
Party pledge on Indigenous language and culture in schools
The platform says OneCity will work with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations to strengthen Indigenous language learning, land-based education led by Indigenous people, and support for Indigenous students.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is OneCity text with no quote from Brown. No program, cost or date is named.
What still needs checking
Which programs would be added and what they would cost.
In a September 2024 essay for the Institute for Public Education BC, Brown argued that school boards should not sell school land declared surplus, because the land is needed again as cities grow and cannot be bought back at later prices. He said boards can use the land in other ways and keep it public.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The essay was written before the 2026 campaign and names no Board decision or measure. OneCity's 2026 platform makes a similar pledge as party text.
What still needs checking
What Board rule on surplus land Brown would propose as a trustee.
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.
Done. Elected for 2016 to 2017; already president in May 2016
Led the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association as president
The association's minutes record Brown's election as president by acclamation on May 17, 2016. As president he spoke at a May 4, 2016 rally outside the School Board office that thanked trustees for rejecting a budget with $24 million in cuts, and in September 2016 he wrote to members about secondary classes above the legal limit of 30 students and the school closure process.
Scope, limits and sources
The Vancouver Courier reported the rally and named Brown as president in May 2016 and May 2017. The association's October 2017 newsletter names Katharine Shipley as president.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Opinion piece opposing cost cutting in Vancouver school meal programmes
Brown co-wrote a Tyee piece with Noel Herron opposing a Vancouver School Board report that recommended changes to school meal services. The authors argued hungry students cannot learn and that the proposed changes would undo work done since the 1980s to provide meals across the district.
Opinion piece on Vancouver School Board enrolment planning
Writing during the 2022 campaign, Brown argued that families near their local school could not get kindergarten places while nearby schools had empty seats, and that special programmes in wealthy neighbourhoods drew students from across the city. Brown proposed a transparent lottery, regular boundary reviews and a 50 year facilities plan.
As president of the secondary teachers' association, Brown spoke at a rally outside the Vancouver School Board office after trustees rejected a budget with $24 million in cuts. With the elementary teachers' president he gave trustees a novelty cheque for $79.4 million marked past due, and he told the crowd that after 14 years of cuts, teachers would not accept more.
President's message on class sizes and school closures
In the association's September 2016 newsletter, Brown wrote that the School Board budget would put as many as 130 secondary classes above the 30 student limit in the School Act, and that the association was working for a fair review of the 12 schools being considered for closure.
Interview on what the 2017 provincial election meant for Vancouver schools
Speaking as association president to Tracy Sherlock of the Vancouver Courier, Brown said many school decisions were waiting while the election result was unclear, that the rules on the classroom enhancement fund had changed quickly, and that teachers needed to know who would run the School Board and the education ministry.
In an essay for the Institute for Public Education BC, Brown argued that school land sold to raise money cannot be bought back when enrolment grows, gave Surrey and North Vancouver as examples of districts short of school space, and said land decisions also require consulting the Indigenous nations whose land it is.
Signed OneCity statement on the Vote Palestine pledge
Brown is one of 11 OneCity candidates who signed a team statement answering the four parts of the Vote Palestine pledge. The signers condemn the genocide in Gaza and racism in all forms, decline to sign the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge or adopt the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association framework, and commit to City purchasing rules that favour local and Canadian companies. Those purchasing rules belong to City Council.
All candidates meeting for School Board and Park Board at Britannia
An Instagram post that lists Brown's account as a co-author names him among the OneCity candidates at the all candidates meeting held at Britannia Community Centre with Hastings and Thunderbird community centres. CityHallWatch lists the event as the second part of the Great East End Town Hall, for School Board and Park Board candidates, on September 28 from 6 to 9 pm. No record of what Brown said there was found.
Named among the candidates releasing OneCity's Better Schools plan
OneCity's release names Brown with Krista Sigurdson, Sherry Breshears, Christopher Lee and Steve Cardwell as the School Board team releasing Better Schools, a plan to use School Board land for schools, child care, community centres and homes. The release quotes three running mates and carries no quote from Brown.
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
The Georgia Straight
OneCity Vancouver announces council, school board, and park board candidates
Nathan Caddell listed the OneCity slate approved for 2026 and described Brown as a high school teacher and union leader.
Charles Menzies, a UBC-area blogger, wrote that he had spoken with Brown face to face for an earlier story about school overcrowding, and called the OneCity school board slate potentially "the strongest, most competent trustee slate on the block" if the other candidates matched Brown. He described Brown as a long serving teacher who had been president of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association and was then in teacher education at BCIT.
OneCity confirms 13 candidates for Vancouver election, including Frances Bula
Kenneth Chan's article lists OneCity's confirmed 2026 slate and names Brown among its five School Board candidates. It carries no separate profile of Brown.
OneCity, COPE choose candidates for 2026 civic election
Mike Howell's report on the two parties' slates names BCIT instructor Rory Brown, past president of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association, among OneCity's School Board candidates.
Education activists call for more provincial funding
The Courier's report on a rally outside the School Board office names Brown as president of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association and quotes him on 14 years of cuts to education funding.
It's complicated: What the election means for education in Vancouver
Tracy Sherlock's article on school closures, funding and the appointed School Board after the 2017 provincial election quotes Brown as president of the secondary teachers' association.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The year Brown's presidency of the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association began was not found: the association's minutes record his election for 2016 to 2017, the Courier called him president in May 2016, and by October 2017 Katharine Shipley held the post. His BC Teachers' Federation executive term was not checked against the federation's records. The claim of 15 years teaching in Vancouver high schools and his teaching at UBC rest on campaign material alone; his BCIT role appears on the Institute for Public Education BC's pages, and no BCIT or UBC staff record was found. No report was found showing what the Vancouver School Board decided about the 2019 school meal report. An Instagram post co-authored by his account places him at the September 28, 2026 Britannia all candidates meeting, and no record of what he said there was found. No 2026 interview with Brown was found, and the Better Schools release does not quote him. Vote4Tomorrow, a climate voter guide, marks him as not responding. Vote Palestine Vancouver lists only Mayor and Council candidates. The Women Transforming Cities pledge table is an image, and his row could not be read as text. No public forum for School Board candidates between October 3 and October 17, 2026 was found. OneCity's old candidate page at onecityvancouver.ca/people/rory-brown returned HTTP 404 on October 3, 2026; the same text is on the party's candidates page. Official City of Vancouver election result pages return an error to automated requests, so the 2022 vote totals were taken from the Wikipedia results table and checked again on September 26, 2026.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's candidate list, OneCity's candidates page, platform and releases, Brown's Instagram posts, his VoteMate profile, independent reporting from 2016, 2017 and 2026, and the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association's own minutes and newsletters.
The association's minutes confirm his election as its president in May 2016. His 15 years of high school teaching and his teaching at UBC rest on campaign material alone.
Checks still to do: the year his presidency began, his BC Teachers' Federation executive term, and his current teaching roles, each against the body that would know.
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
2022
OneCity candidate for school trustee
Brown stood for Vancouver school trustee with OneCity in the October 2022 election and received 38,381 votes, or 22.38 percent, finishing outside the nine seats.
President, Vancouver Secondary Teachers Association
The association's own minutes record that Brown was elected president by acclamation at its annual general meeting on May 17, 2016, for the 2016 to 2017 year, and his signed president's message opens its September 2016 newsletter. The Vancouver Courier called him president in May 2016 and in May 2017. By October 2017 the newsletter names Katharine Shipley as president and lists Brown among the officers in the office. The year his presidency began was not found.
OneCity's candidates page says Brown teaches future teachers at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and at the University of British Columbia. The Institute for Public Education BC's board page and the author note on his 2024 essay say he is BCIT faculty in the Technology Teacher Education Program. voche.me found no BCIT or UBC staff record to check either role against.
The Tyee described Brown and co-author Noel Herron as members of the OneCity education caucus when it published their opinion piece on school meal programmes in November 2019.
The institute's board of directors page lists Brown, and it identifies him as a former Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association president who ran for school trustee with OneCity. The page gives no start date.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which staffing or support gap would you prioritize within the Board’s budget?
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.
Have your own question?
Ask Rory Brown directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Rory Brown's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
How did Rory Brown do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?
Rory Brown was elected to School Board with 61,300 votes, 8th of 31 in the preliminary count. The City of Vancouver published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
Is this an official page for Rory Brown?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Rory Brown's own campaign.
What is Rory Brown's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Rory Brown is number 302 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for School Board.
What party did Rory Brown run with?
Rory Brown ran for School Board with OneCity.
Does Rory Brown currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Rory Brown.
How many sources does this Rory Brown profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Rory Brown filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Rory Brown. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Rory Brown's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Rory Brown in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Rory Brown ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the School Board race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
Four Better Schools commitments now marked as party text
Four commitments taken from OneCity's Better Schools release of September 29, 2026 (keeping the Kingsgate land public, rebuilding the Britannia site, opening Board meetings, and limiting AI chatbots to Grades 10 to 12) were marked as Brown's own words. The release lists him among the five School Board candidates issuing it, but it quotes only Steve Cardwell, Sherry Breshears and Krista Sigurdson. The four commitments are now recorded as OneCity's party text, and the scoring details that depended on his own words were removed.
Record reviewed again: teachers' association records, party plan and campaign posts
Added the Vancouver Secondary Teachers' Association's own minutes, which record Brown's election as president on May 17, 2016, two of its newsletters, and two Vancouver Courier articles from 2016 and 2017 that name him as president; this narrows a gap the last review left open. Added OneCity's Better Schools release of September 29, 2026, which names Brown among the five School Board candidates issuing it, with four commitments taken from it and seven party pledges from the platform page. Added his board seat at the Institute for Public Education BC, his 2024 essay against selling school land, the signed OneCity statement on the Vote Palestine pledge, two Instagram posts, the Labour Council endorsement and two slate reports. OneCity's old candidate page stopped answering (HTTP 404); its text now sits on the party's candidates page, and the links point there. Correction: the second biography paragraph said "The page says" without naming the page and repeated the third paragraph; it now gives the association's own record. The September 28 Great East End Town Hall was removed from the calendar because it has passed; an Instagram post co-authored by Brown's account shows he was there, so it is now listed under Talks.
Removed a duplicate and three fabricated party pledges, tagged the dossier for scoring
Removed "support-for-teachers-and-staff", which restated the same sentence on the OneCity candidate page as "bring-classroom-and-union-experience-to-the-board" under a different id. Removed three commitments (a universal school food programme, support for students with disabilities, and school based mental health services) that cited a platform page at onecityvancouver.ca/platform-2026/community-infrastructure. That address redirects to the party's home page, and neither the home page nor any other OneCity page voche.me could find carries those three claims, so they are not published here. Tagged every remaining commitment by issue and by whose words it is, added a child care commitment the home page does carry, added a governance commitment from Brown's own 2022 opinion piece, and added independent coverage of a 2022 conversation with Brown and Wikipedia's sourcing for the 2022 result.
