David Chen
Party: Independent
Shauna Sylvester
Party: Independent
Hector Bremner
Party: Independent
Ken Sim
Party: Non-Partisan Association
PS: Ken Sim will only join us for the networking part of the event
Moderator
The moderator for this event will be Mario Canseco.
Mario Canseco is the President of Research Co. He has analyzed and conducted public opinion research for more than 15 years, designing and managing research projects for clients across the private and public sectors, as well as non-profit organizations and associations. Mario is a sought-after commentator on political and sociological issues, and his articles have appeared in Business in Vancouver, the Vancouver Sun, the National Observer and the Globe and Mail.
From 2013 to 2017, Mario established Insights West’s electoral forecasting program, issuing 23 correct predictions of democratic processes in Canada and the United States, including the 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite, the 2015 Alberta provincial election, the 2016 United States presidential election, and the 2017 British Columbia provincial election.
Throughout his career, Mario coordinated research teams for a global public opinion firm that operated in Canada, the United States and Britain, worked as an editorial researcher for Peter C. Newman’s books “The Secret Mulroney Tapes” and “Here Be Dragons”; as a research and communications specialist for the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC; and in various journalistic roles around the world.
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