Dalia Al-Hussaini
Dalia Al-Hussaini (she/her) is a parent, a renter, and professional facilitator focused on building networks of support between neighbours, so people feel connected and able to rely on each other when it matters. As a mother, she understands the stress of trying to make ends meet when childcare is either impossible to find or costs more than an entire paycheque. It’s the reason so much of her work in municipal research and public engagement has focused on affordable housing, childcare, and making communities more inclusive.
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Kane Tse
Kane Tse (he/him) is a parent, healthcare worker, and president of the Queensborough Residents Association. Neighbours know him as someone who steps in when things go sideways, like during a long winter power outage, when he helped connect residents with warm meals and safe places to go. Kane has spent over 20 years working at BC Cancer, including work on DNA sequencing to support patient care. He has also served as president of the Health Sciences Association, one of the Province's largest unions. These experiences have taught him how to explain complicated topics in straightforward ways, so everyone is included in the thinking behind key strategies.
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Peter Jorgensen
Peter Jorgensen (he/him) is a parent, small business owner, theatre artist, and dog-lover – known to many through a popular local chocolate shop. New Westies may know him as an educator who has shared his passion for the arts with local teens through a summer youth program running for over 20 years, or as the co-founder of a theatre company that has produced several shows at the Anvil Centre. As president of the Downtown Business Improvement Association, he has been exploring ways to better support and stabilize small businesses, including reforms to leases, levies, and commercial spaces.
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Bereket Kebede
Bereket Kebede በረከት ከበደ (he/him) is a father, team builder and volunteer who brings people together by hosting joyful cultural events. He’s known for his efforts to inspire more civic engagement amongst youth, particularly in the African diaspora communities. Currently, Bereket is the chair of the Douglas College Board, president of the African Sports and Cultural Alliance, and a board member of the Hogan's Alley Society.
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Tasha Henderson
As an urban planner, Tasha Henderson (she/her) understands how cities work and how to get things done. But her neighbours know her best as Moose’s regular walking partner at Hume Park, or as the co-organizer of the Sapperton Easter egg hunt. On Council, Tasha has prioritized decisions that protect renters from renovictions and extreme heat, expand affordable housing, increase childcare spaces, and improve road safety around schools. In a second term, she plans to continue supporting small businesses and increasing public amenities in the downtown core.
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Jaimie McEvoy
First elected to Council in 2008, Jaimie McEvoy (he/him) has spent nearly two decades working on some of the city’s most complex challenges. In the community, New Westies know him as an animal lover whose efforts helped deliver a new animal shelter, a longtime advocate for those in need through his work with the food bank at Shiloh-Sixth Avenue United Church, and a local historian who has written about the city’s early hospitals.
Jaimie’s work on Council has consistently focused on housing, accessibility, and community well-being. Drawing on his background in heritage preservation, he has been a strong advocate for protecting existing rental housing, including pushing for renoviction and demolition bylaws to protect tenants.
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