Mayoral Mixer: A Conversation with the Candidates

They want to run Vancouver. First, they have to get through us.

Join The Tyee and SFU Public Square for the Mayoral Mixer, a lively election event where politics podcaster Mo Amir and Tyee city reporter Jen St. Denis put the mayoral candidates on center stage. Expect sharp questions on housing and development, public safety, drug policy, AI data centres, infrastructure costs and city finances.

Confirmed candidates: Greens, TEAM, Vote Vancouver and Vancouver Liberals (more to be announced).

Moderators: Mo Amir (This Is Vancolour, CHEK News) and Jen St. Denis (The Tyee)

📍Where: Milton and Fei Wong Theatre, SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

🗓️ When: Monday, Oct. 5, 2026 — doors 6:30 p.m., program starts 7 p.m.

🎟️ Tickets: Free for Tyee Builders / $5 general public

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This event is co-presented by The Tyee and SFU Public Square.

The Tyee is an independent, reader-supported online news magazine from B.C. We’re devoted to fact-driven stories, reporting and analysis that informs and enlivens our democratic conversation.

SFU Public Square holds space for Simon Fraser University and its communities to learn together and work towards equitable and sustainable solutions to our world's complex challenges. They work across all of SFU’s campuses, supporting faculty, students, staff, alumni and diverse communities to convene accessible, innovative and inclusive programming that brings people together to find ways to meaningfully contribute to the issues that affect our lives.

Accessibility Information

The event will be hosted at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, located on the B2 level of SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (GCA). The SFU GCA is accessible at street level on the Hastings side or via a ramp on the Cordova Street Courtyard side. There are 2 ramp entry points, one is located against the building, near the entrance to the Woodward’s Westbank Atrium (which houses Nesters) and one is located against the building, beside the alley. Both the Hastings doors and the Cordova Coutryard doors can be operated by accessibility buttons located beside the doorways.

Washrooms

• Public washrooms are available on the B2, 2, 3 and 4 levels. All public washrooms are equipped with wheelchair accessible stalls.

• A Gender Neutral washroom is available on the B2 level.

Parking

Several EasyPark lots are located near GCA (click the links below for daily rates and directions for each lot):

• Lot 31 - 160 Water Street - directly north of Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, entrance on water street

• Lot 126 - 151 West Cordova Street - also directly north of Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, entrance on Cordova Street

• Lot 2 - 150 West Pender - lot on Pender and Cambie, which is only a few minutes’ walk from Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

Please note that other parking options are available around Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, including street parking and other parking lots.

Bus and skytrain

SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts is accessible by multiple bus routes. The centre is also a walkable distance from the Waterfront and Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain Stations.

Cycling

Public bike racks are located near the Cordova entrance of Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.