Victoria Jung, ballot number 107 for City Council, Vancouver Liberals. Profile focus: Coordination between the School Board and the City, and childcare.
This record covers Victoria Jung's four years as a Vancouver school trustee and board chair, the 2024 departure from ABC Vancouver, and the 2026 council campaign with the Vancouver Liberals. Sources are dated up to October 3, 2026.
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.
Housing supply and rental rules1/10
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A position in the candidate’s own words
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vancouver Liberals publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on housing: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vancouver Liberals publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on public safety: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on transport: 1 commitment, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on taxes and budget: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. Vancouver Liberals publishes 1 commitment on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on climate: 1 commitment, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
Vancouver Liberals’s platform on culture: 2 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
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No statement to read.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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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 issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
“Victoria wants to give young people and families a voice in the big decisions shaping our future: on housing, affordability, transportation, and community services.”
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.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Victoria Jung
Victoria Jung appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 107. The City records the affiliation as Vancouver Liberals.
The official roster for the current term lists Victoria Jung as a Vancouver School Board trustee. That is a separate office from the one on this 2026 ballot entry.
The party page says Jung is the current chair of the Vancouver School Board and has held the chair position for four years, working with members from four parties and independent trustees. The Board's own November 2025 release confirms the four one-year terms as chair.
Jung was elected to the Vancouver School Board in the 2022 municipal election. The Board's release of November 26, 2025 says trustees re-elected her as chair for the coming year, that she has served as chair since that election, and quotes her calling it her fourth term as chair.
The school board page lists a Bachelor of Science in biology from Acadia University and a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Institute of Business, and says Jung works in transportation infrastructure consulting.
Daily Hive reported professional experience in marketing, business development, procurement and transportation infrastructure consulting.
The campaign page says Jung came to Vancouver as a young person and is a renter.
Business in Vancouver interviewed Jung before her January 28, 2026 announcement. She said she joined the Vancouver Liberals because of Kareem Allam's leadership and because she sees the party as inclusive, and that her work as a trustee and board chair has taught her how one level of government works.
The Vancouver Liberals were registered on July 3, 2025 by Kareem Allam, who was chief of staff to Mayor Ken Sim until February 2023. Allam is the party's candidate for mayor.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
10 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · ChildcareCampaign pledge
Childcare spaces inside school buildings
Jung says public school facilities are the best opportunity to add childcare spaces, and wants the school board's mandate widened to cover childcare because schools already have the buildings and the space.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Daily Hive quoted Jung on January 28, 2026 saying that families leave Vancouver because they cannot find appropriate childcare. It also quoted her: "We know that there’s a need for approximately 20,000 spaces in the city." That figure comes from Jung and voche.me did not check it against a City or Province count. In an interview published by Business in Vancouver the same day, she said years of falling enrolment have left room in schools to add childcare spots, and called more childcare space a top priority for her as a councillor. Neither source names a number of new spaces she would add, a cost or a date. The Vancouver School Board's own page, dated September 16, 2025, says child care programs already run in most of its elementary schools and that future growth will be supported by provincial child care capital funding, contributions from the City of Vancouver and neighbourhood learning spaces in new schools. Childcare in school buildings involves the school board and the Province as well as the City. As a trustee she moved two Board motions on January 28, 2026 asking the Province, through the BC School Trustees Association, to review $10 a Day child care and to change capital rules for before and after school care, and on April 20, 2026 her amendment on who would pay for a child care pilot study was defeated. Those votes are listed in the record entries.
What still needs checking
Where the 20,000 figure comes from, and what a councillor can do to open childcare rooms in buildings the school board controls.
The campaign page says Jung is driven to support the services of the Vancouver Public Library, which the page says lets people learn, gather and reach education and community programs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This comes from the party's own candidate page. No funding level, branch or opening hours target is named. The Vancouver School Board's page for Jung, dated February 1, 2025, lists the Vancouver Public Library Board among her civic committees. Her own liaison report on the library board meeting of January 25, 2023, published in the School Board's agenda package, says the School Board's representative is not a voting member of the library board. The Board's 2026 appointment list does not include the library board. No library vote or motion by Jung was found by voche.me.
What still needs checking
What library budget or service level Jung would vote for on council.
The campaign page says Jung wants to give young people and families a voice in decisions on housing, affordability, transportation and community services, and names the lack of affordable housing and well-paying jobs as the reasons young people leave.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is stated on the party's candidate page as a set of priorities. It names no housing or transport measure and no step for hearing young people and families, such as a committee or a survey. It is tagged as a governance statement because it concerns who is heard in City decisions.
What still needs checking
Which housing or transport decisions Jung would vote differently on.
Investment in parks, community centres and frontline services
The campaign page says Jung wants all Vancouverites to be taken care of, with investments in childcare, libraries, public parks, community centres and frontline services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Stated on the party's candidate page without a dollar figure, a named facility or a date. It is a general statement about spending, so it is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points. The childcare and library parts appear as their own entries.
What still needs checking
Which facilities and which budget lines Jung has in mind.
2026 · Childcare inside public school buildingsCampaign pledge
Childcare inside public school buildings
The page says Jung wants the Vancouver School Board mandate widened to cover childcare, using school buildings to add spaces.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found. This entry restates the first childcare entry from the party's candidate page.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
2026 · Keep public libraries open and staffedCampaign pledge
Keep public libraries open and staffed
The page says Victoria knows the Vancouver Liberals will make sure libraries are supported to stay open and properly staffed.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. The page gives this as what the party will do. No funding level or opening hours are named, and no independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
The page says Jung wants young people and families to have a voice in decisions on housing, affordability, transportation, and community services.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found. The same statement is recorded in the entry on keeping young people and families in Vancouver.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
The Vancouver Liberals' September 22, 2026 release says the party will keep the School Liaison Officer program, which places Vancouver Police Department officers in schools. The release says the program was re-implemented by Jung as School Board chair.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party's text, and the release quotes only Kareem Allam. The party's full platform of October 1, 2026 repeats the promise to keep the reformed program in its School Board section. The Board's minutes of November 28, 2022 show that Trustee Preeti Faridkot moved the motion to ask the police for a revised program and that Jung, as chair, voted for it in the 5 to 4 vote. The Board's August 31, 2023 release quotes Jung, as chair, welcoming the program's return. The release gives no cost or date for keeping the program.
What still needs checking
What a City Council member could do about a program run by the school board and the Vancouver Police Department.
HUB Cycling platform: safer local streets and closing bike route gaps
HUB Cycling, a regional cycling charity, asked candidates whether they support three asks. Its published Vancouver answers record Jung as answering yes to all three: 30 km/h speeds on local streets with traffic calming on routes to school, doing this safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and joining local bike routes to the regional network with lanes separated from traffic. In her own words she names one gap: riding north over the Burrard Bridge, the bike lane ends before Davie Street and riders must use the road until St. Paul's.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The asks are HUB Cycling's wording, so they earn no mechanism, target, cost or timeline point. Her written comments add the Burrard Street gap and a sentence on safe routes for young people. The answers carry no date and name no cost or year.
What still needs checking
Whether Jung would vote to fund the Burrard Street connection, and in which budget year.
Women Transforming Cities, a Vancouver charity that campaigns on City policy, asked every candidate for mayor and council to commit to six policy asks if elected. Its results table for the Vancouver Liberals marks Jung as committing to all six: housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces, food security, public washrooms and gender safety.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The results table is an image with no text version, which voche.me read by eye on October 3, 2026 and described in the archived copy of the page. The wording of each ask belongs to Women Transforming Cities, and no sentence from Jung appears on the page, so this entry is tagged as not her own words and earns no points.
What still needs checking
Which of the six asks Jung would bring to a council vote first.
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.
Board motion carried 7 to 1; votes recorded in the Board's minutes
Voted for a study of school-age child care at school sites and moved an amendment on who pays
At a special Board meeting on April 20, 2026, Trustee Jennifer Reddy moved that the Vancouver School Board pay for a study of a Board-run pilot of licensed school-age child care at several school sites. The motion carried 7 to 1, and the minutes list Jung among the seven who voted for it. Jung, who was chairing the meeting, handed the role of chair to the vice-chair for that item and moved an amendment (a change to the wording of the motion) that had the Board ask the provincial Ministry of Education and Child Care to provide the funding, up to $75,000, instead of the Board allocating it. That amendment was defeated, with 3 votes for and 5 against. The Board's 2026-2027 financial plan records the approved study as up to $75,000 from the operating contingency, which is the Board's reserve for unplanned costs.
Scope, limits and sources
Source: the minutes of the April 20, 2026 special meeting, as circulated in the Board's April 29, 2026 agenda package, which lists their adoption on that agenda. The approved motion pays for a study of whether such a pilot could work. The minutes name no number of spaces and no opening date.
Board votes recorded in the Board's minutes; adoption on April 29, 2026 reported by the Board
Voted on nine proposed changes to the draft 2026-2027 school district budget and moved the funding for one of them
At the special Board meeting on April 20, 2026, trustees voted on nine written motions to change the draft 2026-2027 financial plan and budget. The minutes show how she voted on eight of them: against six and for two (the child care study and a motion on the City of Vancouver food grant). The ninth carried unanimously. After she voted against adding 300 hours of supervision aide staffing, she moved that the $9,200 cost come from the operating contingency. That motion carried 7 to 1. The Board's release says it approved the balanced $826-million budget on April 29, 2026, and quotes Jung as chair.
Scope, limits and sources
The minutes are those circulated in the April 29, 2026 agenda package. The April 29 minutes were not in that package, so her vote on the final adoption of the budget is not confirmed here. This is the school district's budget. The City of Vancouver's budget is a separate decision of City Council.
Referral to committee carried unanimously; recorded in the Board's minutes
Moved a motion to limit student phone use in schools
On February 25, 2026 Jung handed the chair to the vice-chair and moved that the Board send to its Education Plan Committee a motion directing the Superintendent to update school codes of conduct by September 1, 2026, so that students from kindergarten to grade 12 keep personal devices silent and out of sight for the school day unless an educator allows them. The referral carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
Source: the minutes of February 25, 2026, as circulated in the Board's April 29, 2026 agenda package. voche.me did not find the committee's decision. School rules are a School Board matter, so this entry is tagged to no issue scored for City Council.
Both motions carried; votes recorded in the Board's minutes
Moved two Board motions asking the Province to review child care rules
On January 28, 2026 Jung moved motions for the School Board to send to the BC School Trustees Association's 2026 annual meeting. The first asks the Province to complete, within 12 months, a review of the $10 a Day Child Care Program so that spaces go first to the families most in need; it carried 7 to 2. The second asks the Province to change its capital rules so that new schools and major additions can include before and after school care spaces. Trustee Suzie Mah's amendment to add existing school spaces passed 6 to 3, with Jung voting against it, and the amended motion then carried unanimously.
Scope, limits and sources
Source: the minutes of January 28, 2026, as circulated in the Board's February 25, 2026 agenda package, and the notices of motion in the January 28 package. Both motions ask another government to act. voche.me did not find whether the trustees' association adopted them.
Closure bylaw adopted 5 to 3; votes recorded in the Board's minutes
Voted to close Sir Guy Carleton Elementary and moved the bylaw's final reading
At a special meeting on December 17, 2025, the Board gave first and second readings to a bylaw closing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School in East Vancouver, which had stood empty after a 2016 fire. The minutes record Jung among the five trustees in favour and give her reasons: the school's long disuse, safety concerns, the cost of keeping it open, failed efforts to get money for repairs, and a wish to spend on classrooms. On December 18 she moved the third reading, which carried 5 to 3. CBC News quoted her: "I will be voting in favour of closing, because I put more value on students in schools than empty buildings."
Scope, limits and sources
Source: the minutes of the December 17 and 18, 2025 special meetings, as circulated in the Board's January 28, 2026 agenda package, and CBC News. School closures are a School Board decision, so this entry is tagged to no issue scored for City Council.
Quoted as Board chair on Henry Hudson Elementary, completed with a child care centre on its top floor
The Province's release of December 12, 2025 says the rebuilt and expanded Henry Hudson Elementary in Kitsilano is complete. It says the top floor holds a new child care centre and that the first floor has a neighbourhood learning centre with before- and after-school care. It says the City of Vancouver contributed nearly $10 million for 65 child care spaces for newborns to age five and 30 after-school care spaces, run in partnership with the Vancouver School District. The release quotes Jung, as Board chair, saying the school provides modern learning spaces and much-needed child care.
Scope, limits and sources
The release records Jung's statement as Board chair. voche.me has not opened Board minutes for the project's approval, and the City's own release on the child care centre returned HTTP 403.
Board motions carried 6 to 1; votes recorded in the Board's minutes
Voted to adopt the Board's new rules for its meetings and committees
On October 29, 2025 the School Board adopted Policy 7, Board Operations, and Policy 8, Board Committees, which set how board meetings, public delegations and committee meetings run. The minutes list Jung among the six trustees who voted for both, with Trustee Jennifer Reddy voting against. Jung also voted against two amendments from Reddy: one on how often a person may speak to the Board on the same topic, and one on notice for trustees who join a meeting online. The Tyee reported that the adopted rules keep the Board's power to meet in private on matters it chooses, require 48 hours' notice for a trustee to attend online, and delete public recordings of meetings after one year, and that agendas must now be published a week ahead.
Scope, limits and sources
Source: the minutes of October 29, 2025, as circulated in the Board's November 26, 2025 agenda package, and The Tyee's report of November 6, 2025. These are School Board rules. City Council sets its own meeting rules by bylaw.
Board program delivered; Jung quoted as chair in the Board's release
Board chair when the School Liaison Officer program returned to Vancouver schools
The Vancouver School Board's release of August 31, 2023 says the School Liaison Officer program, which places Vancouver Police Department officers in schools, returned that September with 15 officers, after a Board motion in November 2022. The release quotes Jung, as chair, saying she was pleased to see the program return. The Board's own page of June 30, 2026 says revisions began in 2023 and that an independent third party reviewed the program, with a report dated April 2026. CBC reported on June 9, 2026 that Jung, as chair, said the program is reviewed and revised with the Vancouver Police Department every year.
Scope, limits and sources
The Board's minutes of November 28, 2022, read on October 3, 2026, record Jung's vote for the motion to ask the police for a revised program; that vote is its own entry. The Vancouver Liberals' release credits Jung with re-implementing the program, which is the party's claim. The minutes show that Trustee Preeti Faridkot moved the motion.
Board motion carried 5 to 4; votes recorded in the Board's minutes
Voted to ask the police for a revised School Liaison Officer program
At the Board meeting of November 28, 2022, Trustee Preeti Faridkot moved that the Board write to the Vancouver Police Department and the Vancouver Police Board to ask for a revised School Liaison Officer program, working by September 2023. The minutes list Jung, who chaired the meeting, among the five trustees who voted for it. She also voted against a motion to send it to a committee, against a motion to wait for legal advice on human rights complaints, and against an amendment to add consultation with First Nations and with Black and Indigenous students. All three of those were defeated.
Scope, limits and sources
Source: the minutes of the November 28, 2022 meeting, as adopted in the Board's January 30, 2023 agenda package. Officers returned to schools in September 2023, as the separate entry on the program shows.
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Statement
Answers to HUB Cycling's election survey
Jung answered yes to all three of HUB Cycling's asks: 30 km/h local streets with traffic calming, safety work in underserved neighbourhoods first, and closing gaps in the protected cycling network. She wrote about the gap in the bike lane north of the Burrard Bridge between Davie Street and St. Paul's. The answers carry no date, so this date is the day voche.me read them.
Daily Hive quoted Jung, in a statement, saying public school facilities are the best opportunity to increase childcare spaces. It also quoted her saying that families leave Vancouver because they cannot find appropriate childcare. Daily Hive reported that she has indicated expanding childcare will be one of her key priorities as a councillor.
Interview with Business in Vancouver on joining the Vancouver Liberals
Jung told Business in Vancouver that she joined the party because of Kareem Allam's leadership and because it is inclusive, and said leaving ABC Vancouver in 2024 was an easy decision for her. She said voters should trust her because she already knows how one level of government works, and pointed to four years as board chair. She said more child care space would be a top priority and that falling enrolment has left room in schools to add it. Business in Vancouver reported her as saying she managed a $1-billion budget with trustees from different parties; the Board's own figure for its 2026-2027 budget is $826 million.
Statement at the Board meeting on closing Sir Guy Carleton Elementary
Before the vote, Jung said she would vote to close the school because she values students in schools over empty buildings, and argued that a formal closure gives the Board more options for the site.
Interview with The Tyee on the Board's new meeting rules
The Tyee reported that at the October 29, 2025 meeting Jung called some comments about stakeholder input disrespectful to the groups that took part. In an interview on November 5 she said not every group's feedback was reflected because the groups held competing views, and that she had attended 17 meetings on the policies.
Jung announced a departure from ABC Vancouver and said the reason was a difference in values with the party leadership over openness and transparency. Jung described the integrity commissioner matter as a line that would not be crossed, said the working relationship with Mayor Ken Sim was not strong, and said an attempt was made to reach the mayor before the announcement.
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.
Policy dispute
Resignation from ABC Vancouver over the integrity commissioner
In August 2024 the ABC majority on Vancouver city council called a special meeting to review the scope of the integrity commissioner's office, which would have suspended pending investigations. Jung, who was a school trustee and not a council member, left the ABC party over it. Jung had no vote on the council decision.
Candidate or party response
Jung said the events questioning the integrity commissioner's office prompted a reflection on core values, and said those values of openness and transparency did not line up with the party leadership's.
Verified status and limits
Jung remained Vancouver School Board chair as an independent trustee, and joined the Vancouver Liberals in January 2026 to run for council.
Criticism of public access to School Board meetings during her time as chair
The Tyee reported in March 2025 that parents and the unions for teachers and support staff had complained for years about closed meetings and limits on public input at the School Board. It reported that at the January 27, 2025 meeting Jung, as chair, asked a former parent council chair several times to stop filming on his phone, that the meeting moved to another room, and that staff called the police. In November 2025 it reported that the Vancouver District Labour Council said the new meeting rules, which Jung voted for, run counter to the goals of the transparency motion that started the review.
Candidate or party response
A district spokesperson told The Tyee that the chair is responsible for keeping order at meetings. Jung told The Tyee that not every group's feedback could be reflected because the groups disagreed, and said: "Often, if things don’t go the way people want, they say that their voice hasn’t been heard."
Verified status and limits
The Board adopted the new rules on October 29, 2025 by a vote of 6 to 1. No regulator or court finding on the matter was found by voche.me.
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Reporting
The Tyee
As Classroom Pressures Grow, VSB's Increase in Management Staff Sparks Criticism
The Tyee reported criticism of growth in the district's senior staff and quoted Jung at the April 29, 2026 budget meeting calling the budget process the worst part of the job. It reported that in 2025, when anonymous posters listed senior staff salaries, Jung denied the figures were accurate and called the sharing of that information bullying.
School Board chair to run for Vancouver City Council in civic election
Daily Hive reported that Jung joined the Vancouver Liberals and would seek the party's council nomination, set out Jung's background and childcare priority, and quoted party founder Kareem Allam pointing to Jung's defence of the integrity commissioner's office.
Vancouver Liberals add second ex-ABC politician to campaign roster
Mike Howell reported Jung's move to the Vancouver Liberals alongside Park Board commissioner Scott Jensen, quoting her on why she joined, why voters should trust her, and child care space in schools.
Closed Door Meetings, a Police Call, a Stalled Motion
The Tyee reported on Trustee Reddy's transparency motion, the number of private Board meetings, and the January 2025 meeting at which Jung asked a parent to stop filming and staff called the police.
Vancouver School Board chair leaves ABC party to sit as independent
Global News reported Jung's resignation from ABC Vancouver and set it against the council majority's special meeting to review the scope of the integrity commissioner's office, a move that would have paused pending investigations. The report quotes Jung on values and leadership, and notes Jung stayed on as board chair.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The Board's minutes for the 2025-2026 budget, including the April 2025 decision that ended its living wage certification, were not opened, so her votes on that budget are not recorded here. Her vote on the final adoption of the 2026-2027 budget on April 29, 2026 is not confirmed, because those minutes were not yet published in an agenda package that voche.me read. voche.me did not find whether the BC School Trustees Association adopted her two child care motions. The Vancouver Public Library Board's pages could not be opened (HTTP 403 on September 25, 2026), so library records come only from her own 2023 report to the School Board. The figure of 20,000 childcare spaces, which Jung gave as the need in the city, comes from Jung and was not checked against a City or Province count. No forum or debate appearance by Jung was confirmed by an organizer or the campaign for October 3 to 17, 2026. Vote Palestine Vancouver lists no response from her to its survey.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Reviewed again on October 3, 2026: the party pages and platform, VoteMate, HUB Cycling, Women Transforming Cities, The Tyee, CBC News, Business in Vancouver and School Board minutes from 2022 to 2026.
Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration.
Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 3 stated positions and 2 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
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
Current term
Vancouver School Board trustee
The official roster lists Victoria Jung in this office during the term that ends with the 2026 election. Votes read in the Board's published minutes are listed in the record entries on this page.
The board page lists roles as Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee, member of the Facilities Planning Committee, alternate on the Advocacy Subcommittee and the Education Plan Committee, alternate to the BCSTA Provincial Council, representative to the BC Public School Employers' Association, and a seat on the Vancouver Public Library Board. Jung is also listed as liaison to a set of elementary schools, secondary schools and adult education programs. Her own liaison report to the Board on the library board meeting of January 25, 2023 says the School Board's representative there is not a voting member.
Co-chair, City of Vancouver and VSB Elected Officials Group
The School Board's list of 2026 trustee appointments, which the Board approved on January 28, 2026 on her motion, names Jung as co-chair of this group of City and School Board elected officials, and as the Board's representative to the BC Public School Employers' Association. The list does not include the Vancouver Public Library Board.
Daily Hive reported in January 2026 that Jung joined the newly formed Vancouver Liberals and would seek the party's nomination for city council. The party's candidate page lists Jung on the council slate.
The school board page names this as Jung's work outside the board. The board page also lists past board experience with the Environmental Managers Association of BC.
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Which childcare projects need joint City and School Board action, and who would fund them?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
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What is Victoria Jung's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Victoria Jung is number 107 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Victoria Jung run with?
Victoria Jung ran for City Council with Vancouver Liberals.
Does Victoria Jung currently hold public office?
Yes. Victoria Jung currently serves as Vancouver School Board trustee.
How many sources does this Victoria Jung profile cite?
This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
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When was the election Victoria Jung ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
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Record reviewed again, with School Board minutes and new sources
The biography repeated the ballot entry in two paragraphs, so the repeat was removed. It said the Board recorded her re-election as chair for 2024 to 2025; the Board's November 26, 2025 release shows a fourth term as chair, and the paragraph now says so. The experience entry for the current term said no votes had been reviewed, which was no longer true, and now points to the record entries. The library board entries now cite her own 2023 report, which says the School Board's representative does not vote there. Her vote for the November 28, 2022 school liaison officer motion is now confirmed from the Board's minutes, and the commitment that said it was not confirmed was corrected. Added: the Business in Vancouver interview, Board votes on meeting rules, a school closure, child care motions and phone rules, Tyee and CBC reporting, her HUB Cycling answers, the Women Transforming Cities pledge table and an October 13 online town hall. No calendar event before October 3 needed to be removed.
Commitment wording checked against the sources
Each commitment was compared with the page it cites, and five wordings changed. The library entry said Jung will support library services, and the page says she is driven to support them. The entry on keeping libraries open said Jung would work to keep them open, and the page gives that as what the Vancouver Liberals will do. The entry on young people and families said job availability, and the page says well-paying jobs. The childcare entry said Jung told Daily Hive and put the shortfall at 20,000 spaces, and Daily Hive quotes a statement in which she gives 20,000 spaces as the need in the city. The entry on parks and community centres said Jung would push for investment, and the page says she wants all Vancouverites to be taken care of with investments in those services.
Library board seat, Daily Hive item and research gaps corrected
The record said Jung sits on the library board as a school board appointee. The School Board's page lists the library board among her civic committees and the library's own pages could not be opened, so the record now says only that. The talk entry called the January 28, 2026 Daily Hive item an interview and said Jung told Daily Hive. The article says the first quotation came in a statement and describes no interview, so the entry now says statement. The research gaps note said the Board's minutes were not reachable. The minutes for February 23 to April 20, 2026 were opened, and the record now uses them.
