This is VANCOLOUR

ProVancouver is an upstart political party in the upcoming 2018 civic election in the City of Vancouver. David Chen is their mayoral candidate and Raza Mirza is one of their city council candidates.

Shauna Sylvester is an independent mayoral candidate in Vancouver's upcoming civic election. She was the Executive Director of Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue and the founding director of the Institute for Media, Policy, and Civil Society. She also sat on the boards of the Vancouver Folk Festival, VanCity Capital Corporation and VanCity Credit Union, and Mountain Equipment Cooperative.

Christine Boyle is is a community organizer, climate justice activist, and United Church Minister. She is running for City Council with OneCity Vancouver, a civic party to which she is a founding member.

Barbie Bent is a Lululemon Ambassador and the founder of LAGREE WEST, the only provider of the Lagree Fitness Model in Vancouver across its three studios in Gastown, North Vancouver, and most recently in Kitsilano.

Born and raised in South Vancouver, Ken Sim is a homegrown, self-made entrepreneur and one of the leading candidates to become the next Mayor of Vancouver. He is the founder of Nurse Next Door and Rosemary Rocksalt, and now he is representing Vancouver's oldest civic party, the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), in the upcoming municipal election. He addresses housing affordability, city congestion (yes, bike lanes!), running a business in Vancouver, the Downtown Eastside, seniors, and the media's racialization of politics.

Dress for Success Vancouver (est. 1999) is a registered charity and affiliate of the worldwide organization, Dress for Success. DFS Vancouver empowers women back into the workforce by providing them with professional attire, career services, and skills development programs. YES! Vancouver (est. 2007) is a volunteer arm of DFS Vancouver that creates awareness in the community for DFS Vancouver through networking events and fundraises for DFS Vancouver's programs. Jennifer Halinda is the Executive Director of Dress for Success Vancouver. Marissa Ledding is the Marketing, Events, and Annual Campaigns Manager of Dress for Success Vancouver & an Events Committee Members for YES! Vancouver.

Carey Dillen is the President of YYOGA - one of Metro Vancouver's most prominent wellness companies offering yoga-centric fitness across 12 locations. With a community of over 50,000 yogis, she leads YYOGA in their vision of making the world a better place.

David Vertesi is the co-founder of Create Vancouver Society, a non-profit group that promotes art and culture which provides meaningful art and culture experiences with tangible outcomes. One of Create Vancouver Society's most high-profile projects is The Vancouver Mural Festival, which is Vancouver's largest annual free public art celebration. He's also the bassist for the indie-pop band, Hey Ocean! In 2017, VanMag listed him as one of the 50 Most Powerful People in Vancouver.

Juno Award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, Ivan Decker, chats about his journey, Vancouver's comedy scene, rebooting Becker, being an alien of extraordinary ability, Bumble, and how social media and the Internet has changed the entertainment landscape. You've seen him on Conan, you've heard his comedy album "I Wanted To Be a Dinosaur", you'll be streaming him on Netflix very soon, and now, he's on This is VANCOLOUR for a fun and insightful interview.

Kennedy Stewart may be the most high-profile and experienced mayoral candidate in Vancouver. Scholastically, he completed his Masters in urban politics and policy at Simon Fraser University and his PhD on world cities at the London School of Economics. He has advised governments and the United Nations about cities and housing. In 2011, as part of NDP's monumental Orange Wave, he was elected as a Member of Parliament where he was appointed as official opposition critic for science and technology. A vocal opponent of the Kinder Morgan export-only pipeline while in office, he actively participated in demonstrations against the pipeline in 2018. His signature issues as a Member of Parliament were stopping the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline and advocating for affordable housing in cities. In May 2018, he resigned from office and announced his candidacy to be the Mayor of Vancouver and unite the city's progressives.