Colleen Hardwick

At City Hall, working for residents

• Had a motion passed requiring speakers to City Council to state whether they are Vancouver residents
• Was instrumental in bringing about an independent auditor for Vancouver
• Has repeatedly called for data underlying staff proposals
• Continues to raise awareness of the impact of rezonings on affordability
• Tabled a motion that, if passed, would have seen Vancouver electors vote on making a 2030 Olympic bid

In Her Community

• Appointed to the Mayor’s Task Force on Housing Affordability in 2012
• Served from 2005 to 2008 on Vancouver’s Development Permit Board Advisory Panel
• Served on the Board of Trustees of the Vancouver Maritime Museum
• Served on the Board of the Urbanarium Society

Career-wise

• Bachelor's degree in geography from UBC
• Produced dozens of film and television projects throughout the 1990s and was named one of the thirteen most powerful people in the BC film industry in 1993
• Founded three companies including two tech startups: MovieSet in the digital media space and PlaceSpeak, an award-winning citizen engagement platform
• Was recognized with an Influential Women in Business award by BIV in 2009
• Has returned to UBC working toward a PhD in Applied Innovation

Below: Campaigning with her father in 1970; attending the 1984 Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention with her daughter; accepting TEAM mayoral nomination in 2022.

There's More to Life

• Third-generation elected representative of the City - her grandmother was the first woman Park Board Commissioner and her father was a three-term Alderman
• Married to BC Entertainment Hall of Fame actor Garry Chalk
• Has two grown daughters and two young grandchildren
• Lifetime member of Fairview Baptist Church in Kitsilano
• Can be found rollerblading the sea wall on sunny days when Council duties permit

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