Shauna Sylvester
| Shauna Sylvester | |
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| Born | May 8, 1964 (age 60) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | ShaunaSylvester.ca |
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Shauna Sylvester is a Canadian entrepreneur who is currently running as an Independent to become the mayor of Vancouver, Canada.
Biography[edit]
Sylvester was born in Nelson BC, grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia and graduated from St. Patrick’s Regional High School. She is a graduate of McGill University and Simon Fraser University. She founded IMPACS (Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society) in 1997 and serves as the Executive Director.[1] Her early work was related to the peace movement during the Cold War nuclear arms race.[2]
Sylvester has worked at the International Development Education Research Association (IDERA), Cuso International, and Canada World Youth. She has served on Vancouvers Task Force on Affordable Housing.[3] She is currently the Executive Director of Simon Fraser University’s Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue and Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of SFU Public Square.[4]
In 2003, she was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in The Globe and Mail and received a similar award from Business in Vancouver Magazine in 2000.[1][5]
On Thursday, April 5, 2018 Shauna Sylvester announced her candidacy to be the next Mayor of Vancouver and is running as an independent.[3][4][6] If elected, she would become Vancouver's first female mayor.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Top forty under forty". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "Fellow Profile: Shauna Sylvester, Changemaker - Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue - Simon Fraser University". www.sfu.ca. Simon Frasier University. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SFU's Shauna Sylvester to run as independent in Vancouver mayoral bid". CKNW. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Shauna Sylvester wants to become mayor of Vancouver. Here's what she needs to have happen | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "Business in Vancouver's Forty under 40 winners". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "Shauna Sylvester's challenging run for mayor of Vancouver". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ Garr, Allen. "Could Shauna Sylvester be Vancouver's first female mayor?". Vancouver Courier. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ "Vancouver mayoral candidate wants policy talk to trump gender vitriol". Vancouver Sun. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
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