How will you vote on October 18, 2010?
ERC does not endorse individual candidates. We do, however, believe that it is critical for community members to educate themselves about their local candidates and to ensure that inclusion is an important issue in their conversations with candidates. Make your voice, and your vote, count.
We encourage everyone to become involved in their local School Board elections this fall. Which candidate best reflects your values when it comes to inclusive education?
We'll try to upload completed questionnaires for your information. If you have any completed questionnaires to share please contact us by email to arrange sharing on this site.
Have we missed important information? Please let us know by email if you have additional information about regional school district elections.
City of Edmonton: Detailed maps and voting information are available at www.edmonton.ca/election; find your ward using the online tool Get a complete list of Edmonton Catholic and Edmonton Public trustee candidates and their contact information: http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/edmonton-elections.aspx Edmonton Public Schools' website http://www.epsb.ca/trustees/elections/events_resources.shtml has links to a number of resources, including surveys and questionnaires sent to candidates by other organizations. Not all questionnaires were fully accessible at the time of this posting, but at least one survey (Edmonton Public Teachers Local 37) contains a question about inclusive education. Video segments with all EPS candidates are accessible on this site. There is also information about some community-based forums. Edmonton Catholic School District website http://www.ecsd.net/trustees/election.html has candidate contact information and video segments. These videos include candidates addressing answering a question about their position on inclusive education and support for students with special needs. St. Albert (public and separate): City of St. Albert website candidate information (less contact info than some other sources) St. Albert Gazette articles about Trustee elections, candidate profiles and candidate contact information http://www.stalbertgazette.com/section/SAG1715 Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools: contact information for candidates in St. Albert, Morinville, and Legal Elk Island Public Schools: link to candidate lists and contact information Elk Island Catholic Schools: link to candidate lists (contact information not listed on site) Black Gold Regional Schools: Home page has link to Trustee nominations (contact information not listed on site) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unfortunately, it would appear that there will not be EPSB or ECSD School Board Trustee candidate forums for this election. According to a City of Edmonton ad in the Edmonton Journal, "In lieu of School Board Trustee candidate forums, voters can view taped interviews with all Public and Catholic Separate School District candidates on the school board websites at www.epsb.ca, www.ecsd.net, or through www.edmonton.ca/election". Candidate responses to ERC's "Trustee Questionnaire". What do the candidates in your riding have to say? The questionnaire was sent by email to all Edmonton Public, Edmonton Catholic, St. Albert Catholic, St. Albert Protestant, and Elk Island Public candidates who had provided email contact information. In addition, in districts where email info was available for most candidates, attempts were made to gather it by phone for all candidates. Email contact information couldn't be found for Black Gold or Elk Island Catholic candidates. Edmonton Public: Ward A: Koopmans, Rory J. (page 1); Warner, Kevan (page 1) Ward B: Beisiegel, Amanda (page 1) Ward C: Spencer, Christopher (page 1) Ward D: Ward E: MacDonald, Neil (page 1); MacKenzie, Heather (page 1); Soroka, Ken (pages 1, 2) Ward F: Rozmus, Joanna (page 1); Sawyer, Bev (page 1) Ward G: Hoffman, Sarah (page 1) Ward H: Ripley, Catherine (page 1) Ward I: Jardine, Tina (page 1) Edmonton Catholic: Ward 71: Kallal, Becky (page 1) Ward 72: Smiley, Carla (page 1) Ward 73: Chahal, Jennifer (page 1); Olsen, Cindy (page 1) Ward 74: Engel, Debbie (page 1) Ward 75: Friesen, Lauri (page 1) Ward 76: Ward 77: Kinal, Danny (page 1) St. Albert Catholic: Caron, Dave (page 1) Cooke, Christopher (page 1) Hansen, Jacqueline (pages 1, 2) St. Albert Protestant: Demko, Joe (pages 1, 2) Dumont, Cheryl (page 1) Elk Island Public: Brower, Lisa - Sherwood Park (page 1) McGowan, Carole - Fort Saskatchewan (page 1) Zago, Chelsea - Lamont (pages 1, 2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Below is a list of forums being sponsored by organizations other than the school districts. If information about any other forums becomes available let us know and we'll make every attempt to post it. Try checking at Edmonton Public's "Events and Resources" for additional forum information. Edmonton Public - Ward B Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010 Time: 7pm-8:30pm Location: Belmont Elementary School, 3310 - 132A Avenue Organizer: Association for Responsive Trusteeship in Edmonton Schools (ARTES) Edmonton Public Ward C and Edmonton Catholic Ward 75 Date: Tuesday October 5, 2010 Time: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Location: North Glenora Community Hall, 13535 109A Ave. Organizers: North Glenora Community League with support from Association for Responsive Trusteeship in Edmonton Schools (ARTES) Note: This event will also include debates for ECSD Ward 75, City Council Ward 6 Edmonton Public Ward F McKernan and Queen Alexandra Community Leagues Ward F Trustee Candidates Forum Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7 to 9 p.m. (doors open 6:45pm) McKernan Community Hall, 11341-78 Ave |
School Board Trustee Elections 2010 |
