School Board · Vancouver 2026

Suzie Mah

Elected, School Board83,416 votes, 1st of 31. Preliminary count, City of Vancouver. All results

Seeking re-election as Vancouver School Board trustee.

Issue scores

9/10Schools
5/10Governance
5/10Taxes and budget
4/10Public safety
3/10Child care

Out of 10. Each score counts how complete and checkable the published plan is on that issue. Measured October 3, 2026. Rank this race by the issues you care about

Suzie Mah, ballot number 304 for School Board in Vancouver, COPE. Profile focus: Trustee decisions and student support.

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Promise tracker

55 promises. What Suzie has done since.

Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.

No action yetKeep school property in public handsPublic land · Own promise
COPE's school board page says its candidates oppose selling or leasing school land, and Mah has voted against a long term lease of school property and has focused board work on the district's leases.
“It's not best for the public, it's not best for children and it certainly is not best for education”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: CBC: Vancouver developer pays $8.5M for 99-year lease of school property (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: COPE school board team page (opens in a new tab), The Vancouver Sun: Exclusive: Vancouver school board owns 223 properties worth $9.5 billion (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetUniversal school mealsFood security · Own promise
Mah's own answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire lists expanding food programs to reach a universal meal program in every school among her priorities. COPE's 2026 platform promises a universal school meal program for all Vancouver School Board students, and Mah's April 2026 motions included full designation of the City of Vancouver food grant.
“During a time of spiraling cost of groceries and growing food insecurity, we can't allow cuts to allocations for school meal supplies and services”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE school board team page (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programs (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF) (opens in a new tab), The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running (opens in a new tab), Vancouver School Board: Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial plan (opens in a new tab), Vancouver School Board: Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 20, 2026, adopted and published inside the April 29, 2026 board meeting agenda package (opens in a new tab).
No action yetFree transit for teenagersTransit · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says a COPE School Board will fight for free transit for youth aged 13 to 18. The COPE school board page says she led the fight for free transit for teens in her first term.
“A COPE School Board will fight for free transit for youth 13 to 18.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE school board team page (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow: Suzie Mah, School Board, Vancouver (answers to the Doctors for Planetary Health - West Coast climate questionnaire) (opens in a new tab).
No action yetPause GenAI and chatbots in schools pending a technology auditEducation · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will pause the use of GenAI and chatbots in schools and carry out a technology audit focused on AI.
“COPE will put a pause on the use of GenAI and chatbots.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE rallies to oppose AI Data Centres, unveils Artificial Intelligence Platform (opens in a new tab), The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 2: Generative AI in Schools (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetReplace the School Liaison Officer program with mental health supportsPublic safety · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE opposes the School Liaison Officer program and would replace it with more youth mental health support and teacher counsellors.
“COPE is opposed to the School Liaison Officer program and will replace the School Liaison Officer program with increased youth mental health support and teacher counselors.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetRestore neighbourhood schoolsPublic land · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will restore neighbourhood schools.
“COPE will restore neighborhood schools.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetMore democratic and transparent Board governanceGovernance · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will work towards more democratic and transparent involvement of education stakeholders and the community, through open meetings, fewer private meetings, town halls and participatory budgeting.
“A COPE School Board will work towards a more democratic and transparent involvement of education stakeholders and the broader community.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetReview governance and operational policiesGovernance · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will regularly review governance and operational policies to give trustees more authority over decisions on public education.
“A COPE School Board will conduct regular reviews of governance and operational policies with the view to give more authority to trustees to make decisions on improving public education in the district.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetClassroom and services as the first budget priorityEducation funding · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will treat the classroom and services to the classroom as the Board's first budget priority.
“A COPE School Board will see the classroom and services to the classroom as its first priority.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetStop school closures and leases of school land to developersEducation · Own promise
Mah lists a moratorium on school closures and on leasing public school lands to developers as her first priority in her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire.
“a moratorium on school closures and leasing public school lands to developers”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running (opens in a new tab), COPE Vancouver: COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for Students (opens in a new tab).
No action yetA systems audit to find savings for classroomsEducation · Own promise
Mah says she would carry out a systems audit to find cost savings so more money goes into classrooms.
“conducting a systems audit to identify areas of cost savings so we can put more money into the classrooms”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running (opens in a new tab).
No action yetMore money for inclusive educationEducation · Own promise
Mah lists putting more money into inclusive education, the support for students with disabilities and diverse learning needs, among her priorities.
“putting more money into supporting inclusive education”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running (opens in a new tab).
No action yetMore before and after school child care at schoolsChildcare · Own promise
Mah lists expanding before and after school child care on school sites among her priorities.
“expanding onsite before and afterschool child care”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running (opens in a new tab).
No action yetBring music and the arts back into schoolsEducation · Own promise
Mah lists bringing music and the arts back into Vancouver schools among her priorities.
“bringing back music and the arts back into our schools”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running (opens in a new tab).
No action yetReview specialized district programs with parents, unions and studentsSchool programs · Own promise
In her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire of October 8, 2026, Mah said that if elected she would support a review of the district's specialized programs that involves parents, unions, students, Indigenous voices and the wider community, and that trustees need short and long term plans for these programs.
“If elected, I would support a review of specialized district programs that involves parents, unions, students, stakeholder groups”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 3: Specialized District Programs (opens in a new tab).
No action yetNo more cuts to school programsSchool programs · Own promise
In COPE's release of September 28, 2026, Mah said that on the School Board COPE would fight for students, which means no more cuts to programming, no more school closures and no more sale of public land.
“That means no more cuts to programming, no more school closures, and no more selling off public land to the highest bidder.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for Students (opens in a new tab).
No action yetWrite Board rules on AI use after consulting the communityEducation and technology · Own promise
In her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire of September 28, 2026, and in her VoteMate and Vote4Tomorrow answers, Mah wrote that COPE will consult parents, staff and the community to create Vancouver School Board policies and procedures on AI, covering student safety and privacy, learning, mental health, equity and student and staff use.
“COPE will engage and consult with stakeholders and the broader community to create VSB policies and procedures”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper): Candidates' Questionnaire Week 2: Generative AI in Schools (opens in a new tab), VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab), Vote4Tomorrow: Suzie Mah, School Board, Vancouver (answers to the Doctors for Planetary Health - West Coast climate questionnaire) (opens in a new tab).
No action yetBring Indigenous ways of teaching into regular classesReconciliation · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will bring Indigenous teaching practices such as storytelling, outdoor learning, music, art making and community integration into regular classes on a frequent basis.
“COPE will also ensure the frequent incorporation of Indigenous educational practices such as storytelling, outdoor learning, music, art making, and community integration within our regular educational settings.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetAsk the host Nations whether they want to co-manage Vancouver's schoolsReconciliation · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says a COPE School Board will ask the resident Nations whether they wish to develop a co-managed Vancouver school system, and will approach local First Nations and Indigenous groups to open a conversation on students' success.
“COPE School Board will ask resident Nations whether they wish to develop a co-managed Vancouver school system.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetAdopt the BC Human Rights Commission's recommendations against racism in schoolsEquity · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will adopt the BC Human Rights Commission's recommendations to respond to and eliminate racism in schools.
“COPE will adopt the recommendations from the BC Human Rights Commission to respond to and eliminate racism in schools.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetKeep sexual orientation and gender identity teaching in schoolsEquity · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will keep Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) education and resources in schools.
“COPE will maintain Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity education and resources in schools.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetMatch special education funding to students' identified needsStudent support · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will align special education funding with students' identified needs, which includes asking for per-student funding for students with learning disabilities and for those who need moderate behaviour support.
“COPE will support student learning by aligning special education funding with identified special education needs.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetAsk for funding to find special needs early, in Kindergarten and Grade 1Student support · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says a COPE School Board will ask for targeted funding for the early identification and designation of students with special needs, above all in Kindergarten and Grade 1.
“A COPE School Board will advocate for targeted funding to support the early identification and designation of students with special needs, particularly in Kindergarten and Grade 1.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetFarm to school hot lunches for every studentFood security · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says a COPE School Board will make sure every student has access to farm to school hot lunches that reflect the cultures of the students.
“A COPE School Board will ensure all students have access to farm to school hot lunches that reflect cultural diversity.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetPress the Province for more money and faster approval of school buildsSchool facilities · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will demand that the provincial government give more funding and approve faster builds for schools that need replacement and for communities that need new schools.
“Demanding that the provincial government provide more funding and approve faster builds for schools that need replacement and in communities where new schools are needed”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetRenewable energy in every new school and major renovationSchool facilities · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will require renewable energy sources in all new school buildings and major renovations.
“Mandating renewable energy sources on all new builds and major renovations.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetAn urgent plan for seismic and air quality upgradesSchool facilities · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will carry out an urgent action plan for environmental safety in schools, including seismic upgrades and rules on air quality.
“Implementing an urgent action plan for environmental safety including seismic upgrades & air-quality regulation.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetOppose city buildings that would shade classrooms and playgroundsSchool facilities · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will oppose any city development near schools that would put classrooms and playgrounds in shadow during school hours.
“Opposing any city development near schools that would result in a significant shadowing of classrooms and playgrounds during school hours.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetPress for more school funding, smaller classes and no public money for private schoolsEducation funding · Own promise
Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will put public education first by asking for more funding and smaller class sizes, the repair and replacement of old school buildings, an end to public funding for private schools, and tuition-free adult basic education. The Province sets school funding and the public funding of private schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: VoteMate: Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile (opens in a new tab).
No action yetPush for a garden at every schoolFood and gardens · Own promise
In her answers to the Vote4Tomorrow climate questionnaire, Mah wrote that she would commit to pushing for school gardens at every school site.
“I would commit to pushing for school gardens at every school site as well as enhancing our tree canopies on school grounds.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow: Suzie Mah, School Board, Vancouver (answers to the Doctors for Planetary Health - West Coast climate questionnaire) (opens in a new tab).
No action yetMore trees on school groundsEnvironment · Own promise
In the same Vote4Tomorrow answer, Mah wrote that she would commit to adding to the tree cover on school grounds, saying many children who live in towers have little access to natural play spaces.
“I would commit to pushing for school gardens at every school site as well as enhancing our tree canopies on school grounds.”
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Vote4Tomorrow: Suzie Mah, School Board, Vancouver (answers to the Doctors for Planetary Health - West Coast climate questionnaire) (opens in a new tab).
No action yetMake classrooms and services for students the first priorityEducation funding · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says its School Board team will make classrooms and services for students the first priority.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetA universal breakfast and lunch program for all VSB studentsFood security · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will create a universal school meal program for all Vancouver School Board students, so that no child is hungry, with breakfast and lunch.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 14, section 3.2 Make Groceries More Affordable, and page 20, section 3.7 (opens in a new tab).
No action yetUse school buildings for child care, arts and sports programs, and gardensChildcare · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will use school facilities for before- and after-school child care, for arts and sports programs for children and youth, and for school gardens. Its child care section adds faster growth of before- and after-school child care spaces at elementary schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 19, section 3.6 Keep Families in Vancouver, and page 20, section 3.7 (opens in a new tab).
No action yetReverse cuts to programs for vulnerable studentsSchool programs · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will reverse the ABC and Vancouver Liberal cuts to programs that support vulnerable students, naming the Safe and Caring Schools program and the Britannia hockey academy.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetPress the Province for more money and faster approval of school buildsSchool facilities · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will demand that the provincial government give more funding and approve faster builds for schools that need repair or replacement, and for neighbourhoods that need new schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetRenewable energy in all new school builds and major renovationsSchool facilities · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will require renewable energy sources in all new school builds and major renovations.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetAn urgent action plan for seismic and air quality upgradesSchool facilities · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will carry out an urgent action plan for seismic upgrades and air quality upgrades in schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetFund school mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officersStudent well-being · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will put student safety and well-being first by funding school mental health counsellors in place of school liaison officers, the police officers assigned to schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetPress the Province for more school funding and smaller classesEducation funding · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will push the Province for more public school funding, to reduce class sizes and to back tuition-free adult basic education programs.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetKeep school land public and use it for the publicSchool lands · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will treat school properties as public land, protect them and use them for public benefit, and will not sell them off to cover budget shortfalls.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetOpen, live-streamed Board meetings where the public can ask questionsOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will bring parents, students, unions, employees and the wider community into Board decisions through open, moderated, live-streamed meetings that allow questions from the public.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetTown halls and a budget process the public takes part inOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will hold town halls and brainstorming sessions and run participatory budget processes, in which the public helps decide parts of the Board's budget.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetOpen and ongoing oversight of the SuperintendentGovernance · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will provide transparent and ongoing oversight of the Superintendent, the one employee who reports directly to the trustees.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetRegular reviews of Board governance and operating policiesGovernance · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will carry out regular reviews of governance and operational policies so that elected trustees have more power to make decisions on public education.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetFewer private Board meetingsOpen governance at the School Board · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will hold fewer private Board meetings.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetProperly fund inclusive educationStudent support · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will properly fund inclusive education for students with diverse learning needs.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetBring Indigenous education practices into school programsReconciliation · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will facilitate Indigenous educational practices within school programs.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetAdopt the BC Human Rights Commission's recommendations against racism in schoolsEquity · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will adopt recommendations from the BC Human Rights Commission to respond to and fight racism in schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetDefend sexual orientation and gender identity education in schoolsEquity · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will push back against attacks on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) education in schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetMatch special education funding to students' identified needsStudent support · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will align special education funding with identified special education needs, including per-student funding for students with learning disabilities and for those who need moderate behaviour support.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetPause AI chatbots in schools and run a technology auditEducation and technology · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will pause the rollout of AI large language models (chatbots) in Vancouver schools, and consult parents and others on a technology audit that sets rules on student safety and privacy, learning, mental health, the environment and student and staff use.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 23, section 3.9 Don't Force A.I. on Vancouver (opens in a new tab).
No action yetSupport music, arts, sports and recreation programs for VSB studentsSchool programs · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will support arts and recreation programs for Vancouver School Board students, including music and band, sports and recreation, theatre, and activities outside class that let students build skills and express themselves.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 20, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetOppose public education money going to elite private schoolsEducation funding · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will fight against public education funds going to elite private schools, and says public funding for private schools is going up while working class students face program cuts and closures. The Province sets the public funding of private schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 21, section 3.7 Put Students First at Vancouver School Board (opens in a new tab).
No action yetDrop-in child care spaces at schoolsChildcare · Party platform
COPE's 2026 platform says the party will set up drop-in spaces at community centres and schools where parents can get affordable, safe and reliable child care.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: COPE Vancouver: Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF), page 19, section 3.6 Keep Families in Vancouver (opens in a new tab).

Candidate research / October 3, 2026

This record covers Suzie Mah, ballot number 304, a sitting Vancouver School Board trustee elected with COPE in 2022 and seeking re-election on October 17, 2026. Her Board votes and motions come from the Board's own minutes for April 20 and June 17, 2026, opened directly at media.vsb.bc.ca, and from reports by CBC, the Vancouver Sun and The Tyee. Her 2026 positions come from her answers to the Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper's questionnaire, her VoteMate profile and COPE releases that quote her.

23Commitments 8Programs 7News articles 33Sources

Issue scores / How the plan is scored

How complete is the published plan?

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 3, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.

Schools and student support9/10
- 2/2
  A position in the candidate’s own words
  “Resource teachers are critical for supporting our students with learning challenges, and we should not be cutting district-wide supports for librarians and inclusive education”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programs
- 2/2
  Names a mechanism the office controls
  “THAT the Board amend the 2026-2027 draft financial plan and budget to reinstate the 1.0 FTE District Teacher Librarian staffing for the 2026-2027 school year and that the Board approve the allocation of $140,389 from operating contingency to fund the additional 1 FTE teacher staffing.”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial plan
- 2/2
  States a measurable target
  “THAT the Board amend the 2026-2027 draft financial plan and budget to reinstate the 1.0 FTE District Teacher Librarian staffing for the 2026-2027 school year and that the Board approve the allocation of $140,389 from operating contingency to fund the additional 1 FTE teacher staffing.”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial plan
- 1/1
  States a cost or funding source
  “THAT the Board amend the 2026-2027 draft financial plan and budget to reinstate the 1.0 FTE District Teacher Librarian staffing for the 2026-2027 school year and that the Board approve the allocation of $140,389 from operating contingency to fund the additional 1 FTE teacher staffing.”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial plan
- 1/1
  States a timeline
  “THAT the Board amend the 2026-2027 draft financial plan and budget to reinstate the 1.0 FTE District Teacher Librarian staffing for the 2026-2027 school year and that the Board approve the allocation of $140,389 from operating contingency to fund the additional 1 FTE teacher staffing.”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial plan
- 1/1
  A dated, sourced action on the issue
  “Six budget motions at a Vancouver School Board special meeting”
  Two motions carried, four defeated, April 20, 2026.
  Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programs
- 0/1
  Answered the voche.me question on the issue
  The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on schools: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
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.
Every School Board candidate on schools, scored the same way
Governance and City Hall5/10
- 2/2
  A position in the candidate’s own words
  “A COPE School Board will work towards a more democratic and transparent involvement of education stakeholders and the broader community.”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running
- 2/2
  Names a mechanism the office controls
  “Processes that would include but not limited to, open meetings where questions can be asked in person, fewer private meetings, town halls, brainstorming sessions, and participatory budget processes with delegations.”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile
- 0/2
  States a measurable target
  No number for what would exist or change.
- 0/1
  States a cost or funding source
  No cost or funding source.
- 0/1
  States a timeline
  No date or term milestone.
- 1/1
  A dated, sourced action on the issue
  “New trustee pay policy for the incoming board”
  Approved, May 29, 2026.
  Vancouver school trustees vote for pay hikes during budget pressures
- 0/1
  Answered the voche.me question on the issue
  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.
Every School Board candidate on governance, scored the same way
City taxes and the capital plan5/10
- 2/2
  A position in the candidate’s own words
  “If we're serious about closing the gaps in funding to support inclusive education and to meet the needs of our students, then we have to look at reallocation funding from administrative and managerial budgets”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programs
- 2/2
  Names a mechanism the office controls
  “If we're serious about closing the gaps in funding to support inclusive education and to meet the needs of our students, then we have to look at reallocation funding from administrative and managerial budgets”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programs
- 0/2
  States a measurable target
  No number for what would exist or change.
- 0/1
  States a cost or funding source
  No cost or funding source.
- 0/1
  States a timeline
  No date or term milestone.
- 1/1
  A dated, sourced action on the issue
  “Vancouver School Board draft budget of $826 million”
  Approved, April 22, 2026.
  Vancouver School Board passes $826M draft budget amid declining international enrolment
- 0/1
  Answered the voche.me question on the issue
  The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on taxes and budget: 4 commitments, at least one 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.
Every School Board candidate on taxes and budget, scored the same way
Policing and public safety4/10
- 2/2
  A position in the candidate’s own words
  “This is coming out of funds that could be used for services for students”
  Stated by the candidate. The subject sits outside this office’s powers, so no mechanism point is available.
  COPE school board team page
- 2/2
  Names a mechanism the office controls
  “COPE is opposed to the School Liaison Officer program and will replace the School Liaison Officer program with increased youth mental health support and teacher counselors.”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile
- 0/2
  States a measurable target
  No number for what would exist or change.
- 0/1
  States a cost or funding source
  No cost or funding source.
- 0/1
  States a timeline
  No date or term milestone.
- 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.
COPE’s platform on public safety: 3 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.
Every School Board candidate on public safety, scored the same way
Child care3/10
- 2/2
  A position in the candidate’s own words
  “expanding onsite before and afterschool child care”
  Stated by the candidate.
  Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running
- 0/2
  Names a mechanism the office controls
  No instrument the office controls is named.
- 0/2
  States a measurable target
  No number for what would exist or change.
- 0/1
  States a cost or funding source
  No cost or funding source.
- 0/1
  States a timeline
  No date or term milestone.
- 1/1
  A dated, sourced action on the issue
  “Seconded and amended the motion funding an out-of-school child care feasibility study”
  Carried, as amended, April 20, 2026.
  Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 20, 2026, adopted and published inside the April 29, 2026 board meeting agenda package
- 0/1
  Answered the voche.me question on the issue
  The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
COPE’s platform on child care: 1 commitment, at least one 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.
Every School Board candidate on child care, scored the same way

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Public schedule / Through election day

Where can you hear Suzie Mah?

No upcoming public appearance by Suzie Mah is confirmed in the sources checked on October 3, 2026.

Checked October 3, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.

Election dates and voting informationOfficial record · City of Vancouver
Where to voteOfficial record · City of Vancouver

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01 / Introduction

About Suzie Mah

Suzie Mah appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for School Board, with ballot number 304. The City records the affiliation as COPE.

The Vancouver School Board's trustee page lists Suzie Mah as a current trustee. The 2026 ballot entry is for the same office: she is seeking re-election.

The Board's trustee page, which describes each trustee, says Mah holds a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education from the University of British Columbia, is a retired Vancouver teacher who taught kindergarten to Grade 12 and adult learners, and held executive roles with the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Association and the British Columbia Teachers' Federation. The same page lists her as vice-chair of the Board's Policy and Governance Committee and of its Advocacy Subcommittee.

In an undated profile in My Life, My Union, a series made with British Columbia unions including the BC Teachers' Federation, Mah said she finished UBC's Faculty of Education in 1985 and first taught English as a Second Language. The profile lists her roles as a school staff representative, local negotiator, president of the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Association, member of the provincial bargaining team and member of the BC Teachers' Federation Executive Committee.

The party page says Mah is a retired teacher and union organizer with more than 30 years of work, and has taught every grade from Kindergarten to Grade 12. The party page says Mah has been COPE's Vancouver School Board trustee since 2022.

The COPE school board page says Mah is a retired educator and union organiser with more than thirty years of experience, having taught from kindergarten through grade 12 and also taught adult learners outside the regular school system.

The Vancouver Sun described Mah as a retired teacher and COPE trustee in a July 2025 report on Vancouver School Board property.

Mah was elected as a Vancouver school trustee in October 2022 with 42,379 votes, or 24.71 percent, taking the fourth of the nine seats.

COPE members chose Mah as part of the party's 2026 school board slate on May 12, 2026, alongside Derrick O'Keefe, Melanie Cheng and Gwen Giesbrecht.

Daily Hive lists Mah at ballot position 304 as a COPE candidate for school trustee.

The City of Vancouver's 2026 school trustee candidate list, read on October 3, 2026, shows MAH, Suzie at number 304 with the COPE label, and links her Facebook page, her Instagram account (suziemah4schools), the COPE schools page and her nomination papers.

The Board's own attendance sheet for the 2025-2026 school year records Mah present at 14 of 15 public Board meetings, 7 of 8 public delegation meetings and 27 of 29 private Board meetings.

The Vancouver and District Labour Council listed Mah among the nine School Board candidates it endorsed on June 25, 2026. The labour council and COPE's 2026 platform both print her name with the Chinese characters 馬陳小珠. The City's ballot list gives her name as MAH, Suzie.

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Promises / Commitments and evidence

Commitments and the available evidence.

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.

23 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3

2026 · School fundingNot established

Stop cuts to librarians, inclusive education teachers and food programmes

Mah put six motions to a Vancouver School Board special meeting on April 20, 2026 seeking to reverse proposed budget cuts, covering supervision aide hours, student support staffing, on call coverage for resource teachers from the first day of absence, a teacher of the visually impaired and a hospital homebound teacher, a district teacher librarian, and full designation of the City of Vancouver food grant.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The list of six motions comes from a COPE release. The Vancouver School Board's own minutes of the April 20, 2026 special meeting show the outcome of each: the motion to reinstate the district teacher librarian position, named in this record's title, was defeated 4 to 4. Two of the six motions carried (more supervision aide hours, and full designation of the City of Vancouver food grant). The other four were defeated: the teacher librarian, 3.0 FTE student support staffing, teachers on call for resource teachers, and the teacher of the visually impaired with the hospital homebound teacher.
What still needs checking: Whether Mah brings the district teacher librarian and other defeated items back in a future budget cycle.

Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programsCampaign · COPE Vancouver
Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial planOfficial record · Vancouver School Board
Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 20, 2026, adopted and published inside the April 29, 2026 board meeting agenda packageOfficial record · Vancouver School Board

2026 · School fundingCampaign pledge

Move money from administration to classrooms

In the same April 2026 statement Mah said that closing gaps in inclusive education funding means reallocating money out of administrative and managerial budgets.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The statement is published by COPE. No dollar figure and no specific administrative line were named.
What still needs checking: How much money Mah would move and out of which budget lines.

Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programsCampaign · COPE Vancouver

2026 · Public landCampaign pledge

Keep school property in public hands

COPE's school board page says its candidates oppose selling or leasing school land, and Mah has voted against a long term lease of school property and has focused board work on the district's leases.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The position statement comes from the COPE website. The record of voting against the Sir Sandford Fleming lease and the focus on leases come from CBC and Vancouver Sun reports, which are independent of the party.
What still needs checking: Whether Mah would seek to change or end leases already signed.

Vancouver developer pays $8.5M for 99-year lease of school propertyReporting · CBC
COPE school board team pageCampaign · COPE Vancouver
Exclusive: Vancouver school board owns 223 properties worth $9.5 billionReporting · The Vancouver Sun
Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profileCampaign · VoteMate

2026 · Food securityCampaign pledge

Universal school meals

Mah's own answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire lists expanding food programs to reach a universal meal program in every school among her priorities. COPE's 2026 platform promises a universal school meal program for all Vancouver School Board students, and Mah's April 2026 motions included full designation of the City of Vancouver food grant.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The Vancouver School Board's minutes of April 20, 2026 show the Board carried Mah's food grant motion: the 2026-2027 budget was amended to reflect the full $325,000 City of Vancouver food grant. That decision covers the grant only. No Board decision on a universal meal program was found, and neither Mah nor COPE gives its cost or a start date. COPE released its full 2026 platform on September 28, 2026, after a CityHallWatch review of September 8 had noted the party was still using its 2025 platform.
What still needs checking: What a universal meal programme would cost the district each year.

Election 2026, getting to know the parties: COPEReporting · CityHallWatch
COPE school board team pageCampaign · COPE Vancouver
Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programsCampaign · COPE Vancouver
Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF)Campaign · COPE Vancouver
Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)
Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial planOfficial record · Vancouver School Board
Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 20, 2026, adopted and published inside the April 29, 2026 board meeting agenda packageOfficial record · Vancouver School Board

2026 · TransitCampaign pledge

Free transit for teenagers

The COPE school board page says Mah has pushed for free transit access for teenagers.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: This claim appears only on the COPE website. No board motion, council record or news report confirming it was found.
What still needs checking: Which board motion or letter this refers to, and what happened to it.

COPE school board team pageCampaign · COPE Vancouver
Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profileCampaign · VoteMate

2026 · Student safetyIn progress

Defibrillators in schools

The COPE school board page says Mah secured defibrillators in Vancouver schools.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The claim is COPE's own. What was independently confirmed is narrower: in September 2025 the Vancouver Sun quoted Mah saying the province had rejected a Vancouver School Board request for $250,000 for defibrillators plus $50,000 for maintenance, and that buying them would take money from student services. British Columbia now requires the devices in all schools.
What still needs checking: Which Vancouver School Board motion Mah brought on defibrillators, on what date, and how the board voted.

COPE school board team pageCampaign · COPE Vancouver
B.C. orders defibrillators, naloxone in schools, but cash-strapped districts say there's no money to buy themReporting · The Vancouver Sun

Earlier term · GovernanceChanged approach

Trustee pay should wait for the next board

Mah proposed deferring the decision on trustee pay increases to the incoming board and voted against the increases.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The Vancouver Sun reported on May 29, 2026 that the deferral motion was rejected and that Mah was the only trustee to vote against the new pay policy. The board approved the increases, so this position did not become policy.
What still needs checking: Whether Mah would move to reverse the increases if re elected.

Vancouver school trustees vote for pay hikes during budget pressuresReporting · The Vancouver Sun

2026 · Education access for every familyCampaign pledge

Education access for every family

The party page says Mah is fighting for an education system where everyone has the ability to raise a family in this city and has the right to the best educational experiences.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking: What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?

COPE school board team pageCampaign · COPE Vancouver

2026 · Keeping city land in public ownershipCampaign pledge

Keeping city land in public ownership

The party page says Mah has opposed giving city land to private developers.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking: What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?

COPE school board team pageCampaign · COPE Vancouver

2026 · EducationCampaign pledge

Pause GenAI and chatbots in schools pending a technology audit

Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will pause the use of GenAI and chatbots in schools and carry out a technology audit focused on AI.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The VoteMate profile is submitted by the candidate or their team. The same words appear under Mah's name in The Griffins' Nest questionnaire of September 28, 2026, where they repeat COPE's party statement on AI, and in COPE's 2026 platform. At a COPE rally on September 10, 2026, COPE quotes Mah saying trustees were not asked to make a policy decision on whether students should use generative AI. No source gives a completion date or a cost for the technology audit.
What still needs checking: When the technology audit would start and finish, and what it would cost.

COPE rallies to oppose AI Data Centres, unveils Artificial Intelligence PlatformCampaign · COPE Vancouver
Candidates' Questionnaire Week 2: Generative AI in SchoolsInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)
Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profileCampaign · VoteMate

2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge

Replace the School Liaison Officer program with mental health supports

Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE opposes the School Liaison Officer program and would replace it with more youth mental health support and teacher counsellors.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The VoteMate profile is submitted by the candidate or their team. It names no number of new counsellor positions, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking: How many counsellor or mental health positions this would add, and the cost.

Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profileCampaign · VoteMate

2026 · Public landCampaign pledge

Restore neighbourhood schools

Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will restore neighbourhood schools.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The VoteMate profile is submitted by the candidate or their team. It names no specific school and no date. Mah voted against permanently closing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary in December 2025, arguing new housing in the area meant the school would be needed again.
What still needs checking: Which closed schools this would reopen, and by when.

Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profileCampaign · VoteMate

2026 · School fundingApproved

Restore supervision aide hours for 2026-2027

Mah moved a motion at the April 20, 2026 Vancouver School Board special meeting to add up to 300 additional hours of Supervision Aide staffing for the 2026-2027 school year, funded with $9,200 from operating contingency.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The Board's own minutes of April 20, 2026 record Mah moving the motion, seconded by Trustee Reddy, and the Board carrying it, then carrying a second motion naming the $9,200 funding source.
What still needs checking: Whether the added hours are delivered as budgeted once the 2026-2027 school year begins.

Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programsCampaign · COPE Vancouver
Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial planOfficial record · Vancouver School Board
Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 20, 2026, adopted and published inside the April 29, 2026 board meeting agenda packageOfficial record · Vancouver School Board

2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge

More democratic and transparent Board governance

Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will work towards more democratic and transparent involvement of education stakeholders and the community, through open meetings, fewer private meetings, town halls and participatory budgeting.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The VoteMate profile is submitted by the candidate or their team. In The Griffins' Nest questionnaire of September 22, 2026, Mah lists reducing the number of private meetings and increasing public participation among her own priorities. Neither source names a date for when these practices would start.
What still needs checking: Which specific meetings would open to the public first, and when.

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)
Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profileCampaign · VoteMate

2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge

Review governance and operational policies

Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will regularly review governance and operational policies to give trustees more authority over decisions on public education.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The VoteMate profile is submitted by the candidate or their team. It names no schedule for the reviews and no specific policy.
What still needs checking: Which policies would be reviewed first, and on what schedule.

Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profileCampaign · VoteMate

2026 · Education fundingCampaign pledge

Classroom and services as the first budget priority

Mah's VoteMate candidate profile says COPE will treat the classroom and services to the classroom as the Board's first budget priority.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The VoteMate profile is submitted by the candidate or their team. It is a statement of approach and names no budget line, figure or date.
What still needs checking: Which specific budget line would change first to reflect this priority.

Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profileCampaign · VoteMate

2026 · EducationCampaign pledge

Stop school closures and leases of school land to developers

Mah lists a moratorium on school closures and on leasing public school lands to developers as her first priority in her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The answer is published under her name by an independent student newspaper. It gives no length for the moratorium, no list of affected sites and no cost. COPE's September 28, 2026 release quotes her promising no more school closures and no more selling off public land.
What still needs checking: How long the moratorium would last and which planned closures or leases it would stop.

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)
COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for StudentsCampaign · COPE Vancouver

2026 · EducationCampaign pledge

A systems audit to find savings for classrooms

Mah says she would carry out a systems audit to find cost savings so more money goes into classrooms.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: From her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire. She names no amount of savings, no date and no cost for the audit.
What still needs checking: Who would carry out the audit, what it would cost, and when it would report.

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)

2026 · EducationCampaign pledge

More money for inclusive education

Mah lists putting more money into inclusive education, the support for students with disabilities and diverse learning needs, among her priorities.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: From her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire. She names no amount, no budget line and no date.
What still needs checking: How much more money, and from which budget line.

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)

2026 · ChildcareCampaign pledge

More before and after school child care at schools

Mah lists expanding before and after school child care on school sites among her priorities.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: From her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire. She names no number of spaces, no schools, no cost and no date. COPE's 2026 platform also calls for using school facilities for before and after school child care.
What still needs checking: How many new spaces, at which schools, and by when.

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)

2026 · EducationCampaign pledge

Bring music and the arts back into schools

Mah lists bringing music and the arts back into Vancouver schools among her priorities.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: From her answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire. She names no program, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking: Which music and arts programs would return, and at what cost.

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)

2026 · EducationCampaign pledge

Keep the Britannia Hockey Academy running

Mah moved a motion at the June 17, 2026 Board meeting to pause the suspension of the Britannia Secondary Hockey Academy for the 2026-27 school year, set enrolment targets for the program, and work with the school's parents, alumni, minor hockey groups and Indigenous community leaders to rebuild enrolment.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: The Board's own minutes record Mah moving the motion, seconded by Trustee Faridkot, and the Board defeating it 3 to 4. The Tyee reported the same vote. COPE's 2026 platform, released on September 28, 2026, says COPE would reverse cuts to the hockey academy, but that is party text. The motion named no cost.
What still needs checking: Whether Mah would bring the motion back after the election, and what restarting the program would cost.

Minutes of the June 17, 2026 Board meeting, published in the agenda package for the September 23, 2026 Board meetingOfficial record · Vancouver School Board
What's Lost When a High School Hockey Program Ends?Reporting · The Tyee
Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF)Campaign · COPE Vancouver

2026 · EducationCampaign pledge

Reverse cuts to the Safe and Caring Schools program

COPE's 2026 platform says its School Board team would reverse cuts to programs for vulnerable students, naming the Safe and Caring Schools program and the Britannia hockey academy.

Evidence & next checks

Evidence reviewed: This is party text. The platform prints Mah's name beside its School Board section but does not quote her. A COPE release of April 30, 2025 quoted Mah calling for a stop to the Safe and Caring Schools cuts in the 2025-2026 budget.
What still needs checking: What reversing the cuts would cost, and whether Mah restates it in her own words.

Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF)Campaign · COPE Vancouver
VSB Trustee Suzie Mah: Stop the cuts to Vancouver's Safe and Caring Schools programCampaign · COPE Vancouver

City programs / Scope and delivery

Policies, budgets & programs

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.

Apr 20Two motions carried, four defeated

Six budget motions at a Vancouver School Board special meeting

Mah brought six motions aimed at reversing proposed cuts: more supervision aide hours, restoring 3.0 full time equivalent student support staffing, on call cover for resource teachers from the first day of absence, restoring a teacher of the visually impaired and a hospital homebound teacher, restoring a district teacher librarian, and fully designating the City of Vancouver food grant. The Board's own minutes show the supervision aide hours and the food grant motions carried; the other four were defeated.

Scope, limits and sources

The motion list first came from a COPE release. The Vancouver School Board's own minutes of the April 20, 2026 special meeting, published inside the agenda package for the April 29, 2026 board meeting, record each vote: supervision aide hours carried 6 to 2, then a further motion naming the $9,200 funding source carried 7 to 1; food grant designation carried 6 to 1 with one abstention; the district teacher librarian motion was defeated 4 to 4; the 3.0 FTE student support staffing motion was defeated 3 to 5; the teacher on call coverage motion was defeated 2 to 6; and the visually impaired and hospital homebound teacher motion was defeated 3 to 5.

Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programsCampaign · COPE Vancouver
Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial planOfficial record · Vancouver School Board
Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 20, 2026, adopted and published inside the April 29, 2026 board meeting agenda packageOfficial record · Vancouver School Board

Apr 22Approved

Vancouver School Board draft budget of $826 million

Trustees passed a draft budget of $826 million for 2026 to 2027 on the Monday before this report, with cuts including district teaching and support staff, settlement worker posts, three student support workers at Britannia and David Thompson secondary schools, and a district teacher librarian. The district expected 330 fewer students in 2026-27, and the board chair said most of that drop was international students.

Scope, limits and sources

CBC quoted Mah calling the reductions small cuts that still harm the students who need help most, and reported Mah's concern that falling international enrolment alone did not explain them. A final budget vote was set for April 29, 2026.

Vancouver School Board passes $826M draft budget amid declining international enrolmentReporting · CBC

May 29Approved

New trustee pay policy for the incoming board

The board set pay for the board elected in autumn 2026 at $54,100 for the chair, $47,800 for the vice chair and $41,600 for other trustees, up from $40,315, $39,448 and $37,215. Mah was the only trustee to vote against, and a motion to leave the decision to the incoming board was rejected.

Scope, limits and sources

Reported by Cheryl Chan for the Vancouver Sun. Mah argued the board had just passed a budget it agreed was underfunded. Vice chair Janet Fraser of the Green Party defended the increases as recognising the time the job takes. On June 17, 2026 the Board set the pay levels themselves; the Board's minutes record Mah and Trustee Faridkot voting against.

Vancouver school trustees vote for pay hikes during budget pressuresReporting · The Vancouver Sun
Minutes of the June 17, 2026 Board meeting, published in the agenda package for the September 23, 2026 Board meetingOfficial record · Vancouver School Board

Dec 18Approved

Vote to permanently close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School

Trustees voted 5 to 3 to permanently close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary, empty since a fire in August 2016. Mah voted against, together with Preeti Faridkot and Jennifer Reddy, and had put forward a motion to pause the process.

Scope, limits and sources

Reported by Cheryl Chan for the Vancouver Sun. Mah argued that new housing in the Joyce Collingwood area meant the school would be needed for future enrolment. Chair Victoria Jung said the vote in favour reflected valuing students in schools over empty buildings.

Vancouver school board votes to permanently close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary SchoolReporting · The Vancouver Sun

Dec 7Approved

99 year lease of land at Sir Sandford Fleming Elementary School

The Vancouver School Board agreed a 99 year lease of 0.31 hectares at the southern end of the Sir Sandford Fleming site to Vittori Developments for $8.5 million, for a rental building with shops at ground level and priority access for school district staff. Mah and Jennifer Reddy voted against.

Scope, limits and sources

Reported by CBC. Mah called the $8.5 million a small sum against the value of the land, said the lease removes the district's flexibility for 99 years as enrolment grows, and noted that a community basketball court had stood on the site. Vice chair Joshua Zhang of ABC Vancouver supported the deal.

Vancouver developer pays $8.5M for 99-year lease of school propertyReporting · CBC

Apr 20Carried, as amended

Seconded and amended the motion funding an out-of-school child care feasibility study

Trustee Reddy's motion asked the Board to spend up to $75,000 to study a VSB-run licensed school-age child care pilot at multiple school sites. Mah seconded the main motion, then moved two of her own amendments: one adding wording that any classroom space used for the pilot keep safe and secure storage for teachers, and one adding that once the study is done the Board ask the Ministry of Education and Child Care to cover its cost. Both of Mah's amendments carried, and the amended motion carried.

Scope, limits and sources

The Vancouver School Board's own minutes of the April 20, 2026 special meeting record Mah seconding the main motion and moving both amendments, each adopted by a recorded vote, before the amended motion passed 7 to 1.

Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 20, 2026, adopted and published inside the April 29, 2026 board meeting agenda packageOfficial record · Vancouver School Board
Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial planOfficial record · Vancouver School Board

Jun 17Defeated 3 to 4

Motion to pause the suspension of the Britannia Hockey Academy

District staff had paused Britannia Secondary's hockey academy, a low-cost hockey program, for 2026-27. Mah moved a late motion to stop the pause, set enrolment targets and work with parents, alumni, minor hockey groups and Indigenous community leaders to rebuild enrolment. Trustees Faridkot and Richardson voted with her. Trustees Chan-Pedley, Chien, Fraser and Jung voted against.

Scope, limits and sources

The Board's minutes record the motion, two amendments that were defeated, and the final vote. The Tyee reported on July 8, 2026 that Mah said she had asked staff for the enrolment number that would make the program viable and got no answer.

Minutes of the June 17, 2026 Board meeting, published in the agenda package for the September 23, 2026 Board meetingOfficial record · Vancouver School Board
What's Lost When a High School Hockey Program Ends?Reporting · The Tyee

Jun 17Carried 6 to 1, Mah against

Vote against the 2027-2028 five-year capital plan

The Board approved its 2027-2028 five-year capital plan and minor capital plan for the Province, and asked the Ministry of Infrastructure to approve $27,360,000 for building system upgrades, accessible washrooms and the removal of vacant buildings. The Board's minutes record Mah as the only vote against.

Scope, limits and sources

The minutes do not record her reasons. At the same meeting she abstained on giving three readings to the Olympic Village elementary school rezoning charges bylaw.

Minutes of the June 17, 2026 Board meeting, published in the agenda package for the September 23, 2026 Board meetingOfficial record · Vancouver School Board

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.

Jul 8Interview

Interview with The Tyee on the Britannia Hockey Academy

Mah told reporter Katie Hyslop that the hockey academy could have been saved if the Board had promoted it and worked to raise enrolment, and that staff would not tell her what enrolment number the program needed.

What's Lost When a High School Hockey Program Ends?Reporting · The Tyee

Sep 10Speech

Speech at a COPE rally against AI data centres

Vancouver Is Awesome reported the day before that Mah would speak at the rally. COPE's release says she spoke about the district's rollout of Microsoft Copilot to students, and quotes her saying teachers and parents were not meaningfully consulted and trustees were not asked to decide whether students should use generative AI.

COPE rallies to oppose AI Data Centres, unveils Artificial Intelligence PlatformCampaign · COPE Vancouver
'Mark your calendars': Two massive anti-AI rallies planned for VancouverReporting · Vancouver Is Awesome

Sep 22Statement

Answers to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire: why she is running and her priorities

In answers published by the Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper, Mah said she is running to keep working on the quality of public education. She listed seven priorities: a moratorium on school closures and on leasing school land to developers, fewer private Board meetings, a systems audit to move money into classrooms, more money for inclusive education, more child care on school sites, music and arts in schools, and food programs leading to universal school meals.

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're RunningInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)

Sep 28Statement

Answer to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire on generative AI in schools

Most of Mah's answer repeats COPE's party statement word for word: COPE opposes the spring 2026 rollout of Microsoft Copilot, would pause student use of generative AI and chatbots, and would run a technology audit. In her own closing paragraph she wrote, as a former teacher, that technology should serve students.

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 2: Generative AI in SchoolsInterview · The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper)

Sep 28Statement

Statement at the release of COPE's 2026 platform

COPE's release quotes Mah saying that on the School Board COPE would fight for students and public education, with no more cuts to programs, no more school closures and no more sale of public land.

COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for StudentsCampaign · COPE Vancouver

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

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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.

July 30, 2025Reporting

The Vancouver Sun

Exclusive: Vancouver school board owns 223 properties worth $9.5 billion

Lori Culbert reported that the Vancouver School Board owns 223 properties with a combined assessed value above $9.5 billion. Mah said the district is the second largest property owner in Vancouver after the City, that the main focus of her work since 2022 had been leases and the legal side of land, and that she was speaking as a COPE trustee.

Exclusive: Vancouver school board owns 223 properties worth $9.5 billionReporting · The Vancouver Sun

September 4, 2025Reporting

The Vancouver Sun

B.C. orders defibrillators, naloxone in schools, but cash-strapped districts say there's no money to buy them

Lori Culbert reported that British Columbia now requires defibrillators and naloxone in schools without extra funding. Mah said the money has to come out of funds that could pay for student services, and that the education ministry had turned down a Vancouver School Board request for $250,000 for the devices and $50,000 for maintenance.

B.C. orders defibrillators, naloxone in schools, but cash-strapped districts say there's no money to buy themReporting · The Vancouver Sun

July 8, 2026Reporting

The Tyee

What's Lost When a High School Hockey Program Ends?

Katie Hyslop reported on the pause of Britannia Secondary's hockey academy. The story says parents, students and Mah warned the pause could lead toward the school's closure, and that Mah's June 17 motion to keep the program was defeated by four votes to three.

What's Lost When a High School Hockey Program Ends?Reporting · The Tyee

August 11, 2026Reporting

The Tyee

Where Do Vancouver Parties Stand on AI?

Katie Hyslop reported each party's position on AI data centres and chatbots in schools. The story names Mah as COPE's trustee, says COPE wants a pause on student use of generative AI until consultations take place, and says Mah asked staff questions when the Microsoft Copilot rollout was presented to a Board committee.

Where Do Vancouver Parties Stand on AI?Reporting · The Tyee

September 9, 2026Reporting

Vancouver Is Awesome

'Mark your calendars': Two massive anti-AI rallies planned for Vancouver

Elana Shepert reported that COPE would hold a rally against AI data centres on September 10, 2026, and that incumbent COPE trustee Suzie Mah would be among the speakers.

'Mark your calendars': Two massive anti-AI rallies planned for VancouverReporting · Vancouver Is Awesome

September 22, 2026Reporting

Daily Hive

Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order

Kenneth Chan set out the full ballot for October 17, 2026. Mah appears at number 304 among 31 school trustee candidates, listed with COPE.

Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot orderReporting · Daily Hive

September 28, 2026Reporting

Daily Hive

COPE Vancouver unveils its platform with housing a key priority

Daily Hive summarized COPE's 2026 platform, including a universal breakfast and lunch program for schools, and listed Mah among the party's four School Board candidates.

COPE Vancouver unveils its platform with housing a key priorityReporting · Daily Hive

Research / 33 linked sources

Check the evidence

Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.

Official record 8 sources

Election dates and voting information
City of Vancouver
Where to vote
City of Vancouver
Suzie Mah, trustee biography and committee assignments
Vancouver School Board
Special Board Meeting agenda, April 20, 2026, with trustee motions on the 2026-2027 financial plan
Vancouver School Board
Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 20, 2026, adopted and published inside the April 29, 2026 board meeting agenda package
Vancouver School Board · April 29, 2026
2026 school trustee candidates
City of Vancouver
Minutes of the June 17, 2026 Board meeting, published in the agenda package for the September 23, 2026 Board meeting
Vancouver School Board
Meeting attendance, 2025-2026 school year
Vancouver School Board

Campaign 7 sources

COPE school board team page
COPE Vancouver
Suzie Mah is fighting to stop cuts to public school librarians, inclusive education teachers, and food programs
COPE Vancouver · April 20, 2026
Suzie Mah, COPE for Vancouver | 2026 BC Local Elections candidate profile
VoteMate
VSB Trustee Suzie Mah: Stop the cuts to Vancouver's Safe and Caring Schools program
COPE Vancouver · April 30, 2025
COPE rallies to oppose AI Data Centres, unveils Artificial Intelligence Platform
COPE Vancouver · September 10, 2026
COPE Releases 2026 Platform, Pledging to Fight for Libraries, City-Wide Tenant Protections, Tripling the Empty Homes Tax, and Universal Meal Programs for Students
COPE Vancouver · September 28, 2026
Fight for Vancouver: COPE 2026 election platform (PDF)
COPE Vancouver · September 28, 2026

Reporting 13 sources

Vancouver school trustees vote for pay hikes during budget pressures
The Vancouver Sun · May 29, 2026
Vancouver School Board passes $826M draft budget amid declining international enrolment
CBC · April 22, 2026
Vancouver school board votes to permanently close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School
The Vancouver Sun · December 18, 2025
Vancouver developer pays $8.5M for 99-year lease of school property
CBC · December 7, 2024
B.C. orders defibrillators, naloxone in schools, but cash-strapped districts say there's no money to buy them
The Vancouver Sun · September 4, 2025
Exclusive: Vancouver school board owns 223 properties worth $9.5 billion
The Vancouver Sun · July 30, 2025
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Election 2026, getting to know the parties: COPE
CityHallWatch · September 8, 2026
'Mark your calendars': Two massive anti-AI rallies planned for Vancouver
Vancouver Is Awesome · September 9, 2026
Where Do Vancouver Parties Stand on AI?
The Tyee · August 11, 2026
What's Lost When a High School Hockey Program Ends?
The Tyee · July 8, 2026
COPE Vancouver unveils its platform with housing a key priority
Daily Hive · September 28, 2026
VDLC Endorsed Candidates: City of Vancouver
Vancouver and District Labour Council · June 25, 2026

Interview 3 sources

Candidates' Questionnaire Week 1: Meet Your School Board Candidates, And Find Out Why They're Running
The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper) · September 22, 2026
Candidates' Questionnaire Week 2: Generative AI in Schools
The Griffins' Nest (Eric Hamber Secondary student newspaper) · September 28, 2026
Lessons learned from sacrifice, study and solidarity
My Life, My Union (Sunflower Media)

Event organizer 1 sources

Parents Talk Climate and AI with Vancouver School Board Trustee Candidates
For Our Kids Vancouver and PACES Vancouver · September 25, 2026

Event listing 1 sources

2026 Vancouver civic election portal, including the list of all candidates meetings
CityHallWatch

The Vancouver School Board's own minutes were read for the April 20, 2026 special meeting and the June 17, 2026 Board meeting. The minutes of the April 29 and May 27, 2026 meetings were not found by searching on October 3, 2026, so the final 2026-2027 budget vote and the May 27 pay policy vote rest on news reports. The September 23, 2026 Board meeting minutes are not yet published. The claim on the COPE website that Mah pushed for free transit for teenagers is still unconfirmed: no Board motion or news report matching it was found, and transit is outside the School Board's power. The Vancouver Sun article of January 27, 2025 about defibrillators in schools could not be opened. No School Board all-candidates forum between October 3 and 17 was found apart from the online For Our Kids and PACES discussion on October 6, and no source shows whether Mah spoke at the Great East End Town Hall on September 28. Her answer on AI to The Griffins' Nest repeats COPE's party statement, so only her own closing paragraph is treated as her words. COPE posted campaign videos about Mah on Instagram on September 27 and October 1, 2026; these are party posts, and the videos were not transcribed. Her Facebook page and LinkedIn profile could not be read without signing in. Her teaching and union dates come from an undated union profile and were not checked with the unions. The 2022 vote totals come from the Wikipedia results table. voche.me has not sent Mah the candidate questionnaire.

Research status

What voche.me has checked

Evidence reviewed on October 3, 2026: the City's candidate list, Vancouver School Board minutes and attendance records, news reports, a student newspaper questionnaire and campaign material.

Board votes and motions on this page come from the Vancouver School Board's own minutes, read in full. Positions in Mah's own words come from her answers to The Griffins' Nest questionnaire, her VoteMate profile, COPE releases that quote her, and news reports that quote her.

Checks still to do: the minutes of the April 29 and May 27, 2026 Board meetings, and whether Mah takes part in the forums listed in the calendar.

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 to 2026

Vancouver School Board trustee

The Vancouver School Board's trustee page lists Suzie Mah as a trustee in the term that ends with the 2026 election. Her recorded Board votes and motions are listed under Board decisions on this page.

Vancouver School Board · Suzie Mah

From 1985 until her retirement (year not published)

Teacher and union organiser

In a My Life, My Union profile Mah said she finished UBC's Faculty of Education in 1985 and began by teaching English as a Second Language. The COPE page says she taught for more than thirty years across kindergarten to Grade 12 and with adult learners, and worked as a union organiser. No source gives the year she retired.

COPE school board team page

Dates not published

President of the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Association and member of the BC Teachers' Federation Executive Committee

The My Life, My Union profile lists these roles together with school staff representative, local negotiator and provincial bargaining team member. The Vancouver School Board's trustee page says she held executive roles in both unions. Neither source gives dates, and voche.me has not checked them with the unions.

My Life, My Union · Lessons learned from sacrifice, study and solidarity

2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years

Vice-chair, Policy and Governance Committee of the Vancouver School Board

The Board's attendance sheets list Mah as vice-chair of the Policy and Governance Committee for both school years, and its trustee page also lists her on the Education Plan Committee and as an alternate on the Facilities Planning Committee.

Vancouver School Board · meeting attendance

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 adopted student-support measures are funded and operating across the district?

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.

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Ask Suzie Mah 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 Suzie Mah's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.

How did Suzie Mah do in the 2026 Vancouver municipal election?

Suzie Mah was elected to School Board with 83,416 votes, 1st 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 Suzie Mah?

No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Suzie Mah's own campaign.

What is Suzie Mah's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?

Suzie Mah is number 304 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for School Board.

What party did Suzie Mah run with?

Suzie Mah ran for School Board with COPE.

Does Suzie Mah currently hold public office?

Yes. Suzie Mah currently serves as Vancouver School Board trustee.

How many sources does this Suzie Mah profile cite?

This profile lists 5 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.

Has Suzie Mah filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?

voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Suzie Mah. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.

Why do some questions on Suzie Mah's page show no answer?

The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Suzie Mah 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 Suzie Mah 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

October 3, 2026

Added June 2026 Board votes, questionnaire answers and news reports; corrected errors

Added the Board's June 17, 2026 minutes, which record Mah's defeated motion to keep the Britannia Hockey Academy running, her vote against the 2027-2028 capital plan and her vote against the new trustee pay levels. Added her answers to The Griffins' Nest questionnaires of September 22 and 28, five new commitments taken from them, her quoted words in two COPE releases, reports by The Tyee, Vancouver Is Awesome and Daily Hive, the Board's 2025-2026 attendance record, the Vancouver and District Labour Council endorsement and an online forum on October 6. Corrections: the biography said her current office differs from the one she is seeking, when both are School Board trustee; the Vancouver Sun land story was credited to the wrong reporter (it is by Lori Culbert) and stated as fact a ranking that Mah gave; the universal meals commitment was marked Approved, when only the City food grant motion was approved; one evidence note counted three defeated budget motions instead of four; and the teaching career dates were written as estimates. Removed the September 28 Great East End Town Hall from the calendar, because the event has passed and no source found on October 3 shows whether she attended.

Read the update

September 26, 2026

Corrected a paraphrased pledge

The education-access-for-every-family pledge was rewritten to match the campaign page's exact wording. The earlier text was a paraphrase, not a quotation.