Safety and well-being
In her Know Your Vote T.O. answers she lists protecting the supports that keep children safe and improving safety zones in the community.
Know Your Vote T.O. · Jennifer Volk, TDSB Ward 501 / Introduction
About Jennifer Volk
Jennifer Volk appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Toronto District School Board in Ward 5. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 20, 2026 and a campaign website, jennifervolk.ca.
The Toronto and York Region Labour Council’s page about her, dated September 5, 2026, describes her as a long-time advocate for public education who has held roles on school councils, led letter-writing campaigns and organized rallies and Save Our Pool campaigns, and who worked with Trustee Sara Ehrhardt to build networks including the Toronto Education Advocacy Network. Her own website and her Know Your Vote T.O. answers say the same about her school council work and rallies, and she says in those answers that she has served on parent councils at every level for 14 years. Those are her and the council’s descriptions. voche.me did not check them with the groups named.
Her website lists endorsements from the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, the Campaign for Public Education, CUPE Local 4400 (Toronto Education Workers) and Progress Toronto. voche.me confirmed only the Labour Council’s endorsement, from the council’s own page.
In her Know Your Vote T.O. answers she names three priorities: safety and well-being, equity and inclusion (including school meals), and transparency and accountability. She says that she would support publishing public data on who gets into specialized programs by race, income and geography.
TDSB wards changed for 2026. Ward 5 covers City wards 10 (Spadina-Fort York) and 14 (Toronto-Danforth). The City Clerk’s declaration of results for October 24, 2022 shows Alexis Dawson elected in the old Ward 9 and Sara Ehrhardt elected in the old Ward 15, and the TDSB’s trustee list for 2018 to 2022 names the old Ward 9 as Davenport and Spadina-Fort York and the old Ward 15 as Toronto-Danforth. Those results belong to the old wards and are not treated as results for the new Ward 5. The TDSB’s trustee wards page says that during provincial supervision the powers of trustees rest with the provincially appointed Supervisor, that trustees have no official duties with the board at this time, and that this also applies to trustees elected in October 2026.
02 / The issues
Priorities & positions
Campaign-source summarySummarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
Equity and inclusion
In her answers she lists championing programs such as school meals, and says access to special programs often depends on postal code, so she wants public data on who gets in.
Know Your Vote T.O. · Jennifer Volk, TDSB Ward 5Transparency and accountability
In her answers she lists open, consultative decisions and publicly reported climate surveys, funding for prevention and attention to response times when incidents occur.
Know Your Vote T.O. · Jennifer Volk, TDSB Ward 5End supervision and fund schools
Her website says she would advocate to end supervision of the board, bring community voice back into decisions and properly fund schools.
Jennifer Volk campaign websiteResearch status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, two pages of her campaign website, her Know Your Vote T.O. page, the Labour Council’s page about her, the TDSB’s trustee wards page, the City Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results and the TDSB’s 2018 to 2022 trustee list. A campaign never verifies itself, so her background is attributed to her website, her own answers and the Labour Council, which has its own stake as an endorser.
Gaps. Her website links an Instagram account, elect_jenvolk, and a Facebook page. The Instagram page opened as a login page showing only the account title, and the Facebook page was not opened, so nothing from them is used. A Toronto Life article about her reaction to the provincial takeover of the board came up in a search and refused the page request (HTTP 403), so nothing from it is used. She holds no public role on record, so no board minutes were searched. The questionnaire has not been sent.
City of Toronto · list of certified candidatesJennifer Volk campaign websiteJennifer Volk campaign website · Meet JenKnow Your Vote T.O. · Jennifer Volk, TDSB Ward 5Toronto and York Region Labour Council · Jennifer Volk, Spadina-Fort York and Toronto-DanforthTDSB · Trustee WardsCity Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal electionTDSB · Trustees, 2018-2022
03 / Background
Experience & community
School council roles and public education advocacy
Her website and the Labour Council’s page say she has held roles on school councils and organized rallies and Save Our Pool campaigns. In her Know Your Vote T.O. answers she says she has served on parent councils for 14 years. voche.me did not check it with the schools.
Toronto and York Region Labour Council · Jennifer Volk, Spadina-Fort York and Toronto-DanforthEducation advocacy networks with Trustee Sara Ehrhardt
The Labour Council’s page says she worked closely with Trustee Sara Ehrhardt to build networks such as the Toronto Education Advocacy Network. Her Meet Jen page says the same and names East End Parents for Public Education.
Toronto and York Region Labour Council · Jennifer Volk, Spadina-Fort York and Toronto-Danforth04 / Questions & answers
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Jennifer Volk?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Jennifer Volk's own campaign.
Does Jennifer Volk currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Jennifer Volk.
How many sources does this Jennifer Volk profile cite?
This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Jennifer Volk's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Jennifer Volk 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 is the election Jennifer Volk is running in?
The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Toronto District School Board race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
No campaign updates yet
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Sources & transparency
- City of Toronto · list of certified candidates Checked
- Jennifer Volk campaign website Checked
- Jennifer Volk campaign website · Meet Jen Checked
- Know Your Vote T.O. · Jennifer Volk, TDSB Ward 5 Checked
- Toronto and York Region Labour Council · Jennifer Volk, Spadina-Fort York and Toronto-Danforth Checked
- TDSB · Trustee Wards Checked
- City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election Checked
- TDSB · Trustees, 2018-2022 Checked
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