Shauna Sylvester
| Shauna Sylvester | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 8, 1964 (age 62) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | ShaunaSylvester.ca |
Shauna Sylvester is a Canadian entrepreneur who is currently running as an Independent to become the mayor of Vancouver, Canada.
Biography
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 Vancouver’s 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
- ↑ 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 Fraser 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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