17 Things about Colleen Hardwick #4: Equality was worth fighting for. youtu.be/ROcJFrW_SP8

17 Things about Colleen Hardwick #3: Determination and leadership marked her out from the start youtu.be/7aT1N7Cgnmo

17 Things about Colleen Hardwick: #2: Family Tradition was a weight - and an inspiration youtu.be/Ff7WfT7yXU8

17 Things about Colleen Hardwick: #1: Protests are in her DNA. youtu.be/egaRMtc5ZBE

17 Things About Colleen Hardwick: Introduction youtu.be/Mk6LkgaYPXQ

The Local Democracy Project: Civic Government, Corporate, Consultative or Participatory? youtu.be/PpkUZenI8w4

My latest for @thetyee.ca is an interview with @colleenhardwick.bsky.social, mayoral candidate for TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. A former city councillor, this is Hardwick's second run at the mayor's chair. thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...

"...city staff failed to track whether $6m in community amenity contributions..." "City of Vancouver's response to scathing land-sales audit report a 'smokescreen,' whistleblower says" told by Joanne Lee-Young via @vancouversun.bsky.social #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/news/city-of...

Where did it go? Is there a systemic monitoring of CACs in the CoV? "Auditor casts doubt on $6M in promised public amenities for downtown Vancouver tower" as told by Mike Howell via @bivnews.bsky.social #vanpoli #vanre www.biv.com/news/economy...

Tell City Council: Not another giveaway! Reject Parq Casino gambling expansion On Tues, Feb 17, Council will hold a public hearing to decide whether Parq Casino’s can the slots by 50% - effectively adding another casino downtown. #vanpoli #vanre actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell City Council: Not another giveaway! Reject Parq Casino gambling expansion On Tues, Feb 17, Council will hold a public hearing to decide whether Parq Casino’s can the slots by 50% - effectively adding another casino downtown. #vanpoli #vanre actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

*PLEASE* sign up to speak against an expansion of predatory gambling in Vancouver. A vast majority of Vancouverites opposed & defeated this in 2011 but Ken Sim & ABC Van are paving the way to quietly undo all that. Hearing is this Tues: please sign up! In person or by phone (& email) #vanvpoli

Happy Canada Day!

Many thanks to Uncle Will for his endorsement. Our friendship goes back over decades of extended family relationships. Willie is a member of the Squamish Nation and a long-time aboriginal cultural educator. I am grateful for the wisdom and insight he has shared over our time together.

If elected, TEAM will ensure every effort is made to retain a 50-metre pool at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. We strongly believe in the importance of sufficient and appropriate aquatic facilities to meet the needs of Vancouver residents. www.voteteam.ca/post/team-su...

Trust in government is at an all-time low. Trust in media is at a historically low level. Digital trust is under assault. This is why Patrick Cormier's endorsement means so much. Innovating in the area of digital identity is the antidote for much of what is ailing our democracy.

Don McBrearty and I worked together when I was Secretary-Treasurer of the Directors Guild of Canada - National. During our shared tenure we established a retirement savings plan for the membership and other key organizational improvements. His endorsement is much appreciated.

Legendary former City of Vancouver Director of Planning, Ray Spaxman, has endorsed my candidacy for City Council. While his leadership of the planning department ended in 1989, his thoughtful legacy and staff choices led the department into the millennium.

"In Canada, 'housing nationalism' shouldn't be a dirty word" as told by @douglastodd.bsky.social via @vancouversun.bsky.social #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

Who should we vote for in the Vancouver by-election April 5, 2025? Here’s some analysis. (Advance voting Apr 1) (updated today with revamped scorecard & rationale) #vanelxn25 #vanpoli wp.me/p18o1P-qb3

When I was working toward establishing an independent Auditor General for the City of Vancouver, the Canadian Audit & Accountability Foundation helped guide me through the process. At the time, Carol Bellringer, FCPA, ICD.D was the President and CEO. Her endorsement is enormously appreciated.

A new paper from Josh Gordon, David Ley, and myself on the accusations of moral panic + "housing nationalism" in #vanre "Crafting the narrative: wealth migration, growth machines and the politics of housing affordability in Vancouver, Canada" #vanpoli www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join me for a very important public meeting on Sunday March 30 at 1:30 pm regarding the future of #Kitsilano, Point Grey & #Vancouver! Hear speakers, a video & ask questions on the enormous Jericho Lands luxury high-rise tower development & UBC-X before the city council hearing April 16!

Big crowd out Sunday at St. James Community Centre to protest the massive Jericho Lands luxury high-rise development! Saying NO to 49-storey towers, 13,000 units! #Vancouver #vanpoli #bcpoli @JerichoCoalition

Speakers at Sunday rally against massive Jericho Lands concrete towers plan - MC Frank Heinzelmann, TEAM council candidate Theodore Abbott, ex-urban planner & developer Arny Wise, TEAM candidate Colleen Hardwick & architect Brian Palmquist #vanpoli #Vancouver @JerichoCoalition

Thanks for the endorsement Mark Angus. Blue and I have known each other since we worked on "April Fool's Day" back in 1985. Our association has ranged from the film and television industry to Vancouver politics over decades.

Very much appreciate the endorsement of Brian Palmquist, who has been actively involved in shaping the City of Vancouver since he was the Managing Architect of the $2 billion Concord Pacific Place (Expo 86 Lands) Community Plan 1986-1988.

Heartfelt thanks to Judy Graves for her endorsement. An extraordinary force for positive change, a pioneer and leader working to end homelessness, Judy was awarded the Freedom of the City award in 2014. Her work is respected by citizens across Canada.

Many thanks to Tom Adair, long time Executive Director of the BC Council of film unions, for his endorsement. Tom and I worked together over many years, beginning in the early '90s, building the foundation of the BC Film Industry.

In the end, cities are not merely shaped by concrete and policy. They are shaped by who we empower to lead them—and by what those leaders are empowered to know. spacing.ca/vancouver/20...

This isn’t exactly democracy, but it is Vancouver city hall. The Snookering of False Creek South via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Theodore Abbott and I are running for Vancouver City Council in the By-election. Check out his latest podcast. Vote TEAM! onsitereport.podbean.com/e/2025-update/

Thank you to Dr. David Ley, professor emeritus, former Geography department head, Order of Canada, for your endorsement.

Thank you to accomplished architect and best-selling author, David Wong for your endorsement and ongoing support. David is a no-nonesense advovate for local issues.

VOTE for Colleen HARDWICK on April 5th in the City of Vancouver civic By-election. VOTE for Theodore ABBOTT. VOTE for CHANGE! @voteteam.bsky.social youtu.be/3LGDQAYkDtU

Vancouver's most expensive publicly subsidized dogwalk? "U.S. developer snags $611,000 property tax break for creating Vancouver 'dog park'" as told by @DouglasTodd via @VancouverSun #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...

People are upset? No f*cking kidding. Unreal that the head of Metro Van, Jerry Dobrovolny, is paid $700,000!! 🤯 How is this not a scandal in itself? dailyhive.com/vancouver/me...

An information session at #KitsNeighbourhoodHouse on the #BroadwayPlan, sponsored by @vote4team. Overflow, packed house. #vanpoli

The 2025 By-election is a referendum on Ken Sim and ABC. VOTE TEAM! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Attending the @vote4team nomination meeting at Kits Neighbourhood House, the room now packed, TEAM Vancouver by-election candidates Theodore Abbott and former Vancouver City Councillor Colleen Hardwick are currently rallying those gathered. #vanpoli

TEAM For A Livable #Vancouver council by-election candidates Colleen Hardwick & Theodore Abbott at nomination meeting Saturday with 200 in attendance angry at ABC Vancouver, Greens & One City support for #BroadwayPlan #vanpoli #bcpoli ⁦

Like snake oil, the supply doctrine can never address our housing problems. It never has. Unfortunately, such is its iron grip on public discourse there is little cause for optimism other than to wait for the next inevitable property crash... open.substack.com/pub/rethinki...