Candidate for the Vancouver Park Board.
Tamiko Suzuki, ballot number 206 for Park Board in Vancouver, COPE. Profile focus: Urban ecology and accessible recreation.
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This record covers Tamiko Suzuki, ballot number 206, running for Vancouver Park Board with COPE. The available material is COPE's announcement of the candidacy and COPE's parks page.
1 upcoming public event were found in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. An event being scheduled does not mean this candidate will attend. Attendance is marked separately.
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Mount Pleasant Community Centre, 1 Kingsway
The organisers list one Park Board candidate per party and record COPE's Park Board seat as to be announced, so no named candidate is confirmed.
Organised by the Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association and the Strathcona Community Centre Association. COPE's council representative is listed as Devyani Singh.
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Tamiko Suzuki appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for Park Board, with ballot number 206. The City records the affiliation as COPE.
The party page says Suzuki has worked in healthcare at BC Children's Hospital. The party page says Suzuki has a history of environmental activism, including opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.
COPE says Suzuki has worked in healthcare at BC Children's Hospital.
COPE's announcement says Suzuki took part in protests against the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion in 2014 and was arrested during them. This account comes from the party.
COPE announced Suzuki as its fourth Park Board candidate on August 8, 2026, joining Cease Wyss, Sacia Burton and Jamie Han.
Suzuki appears at ballot number 206 on the Park Board ballot, listed with COPE.
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Suzuki says the aim is to upgrade parks that have been left without maintenance.
Suzuki says the tree canopy should be expanded so that neighbourhoods are protected from extreme heat.
Suzuki says the aim is to restore natural ecosystems and grow the amount of green space in the city, and describes access to nature as essential rather than a luxury.
COPE's parks page says Suzuki will work to improve accessibility in parks for families and seniors.
COPE opposes removing the elected Park Board and says the province should not change the Vancouver Charter to abolish it without the consent of Vancouver voters.
The party page says Suzuki would upgrade parks that have been left without care.
The party page says Suzuki would grow the number of city trees so neighbourhoods stay cooler during extreme heat.
The party page says Suzuki would bring back natural ecosystems and add green space in the city.
The party page says Suzuki would make the city easier to use for families and for older people.
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In COPE's announcement Suzuki set out four aims: upgrading neglected parks, expanding the tree canopy against extreme heat, restoring natural ecosystems, and growing green space. Suzuki described access to nature as essential and linked ecosystems to the city's ability to cope with climate change. COPE co-chair Sam Smart also commented in the same release.
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COPE Vancouver · August 8, 2026
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Mount Pleasant Community Centre Association
No independent reporting naming Suzuki was opened. Business in Vancouver and Vancouver Is Awesome both return HTTP 403 to automated requests. The 2014 arrest is reported by COPE only; no court record, police record or news report about it was opened, and whether any charge followed is unestablished. Suzuki's job title at BC Children's Hospital and the years worked there are unestablished. No individual campaign page or interview was found.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 4 stated positions and 2 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
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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.
COPE's announcement and its parks page both say Suzuki has worked in healthcare at BC Children's Hospital. Neither page names a job title or a start date.
COPE Announces Tamiko Suzuki as fourth Park Board CandidateProposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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