Waterloo Region District School Board (English Public) - Kitchener

Results

• (Winner) Joanne Weston: 9302 votes.
• (Winner) Mike Ramsay: 9238 votes.
• (Winner) Meena Waseem: 9104 votes.
• (Winner) Maedith Radlein: 7693 votes.
• Laurie Tremble: 7159 votes.
• Barb Chrysler: 6539 votes.
• Julia Dunham: 5801 votes.
• Natasha Miklos: 5083 votes.
• Ahmed Kassad: 4979 votes.
• David Kuhn: 4272 votes.
• Tara Ross: 3427 votes.
• Jeff Musgrave: 2973 votes.
• Rachel Liley: 2232 votes.
• Christina Meekison: 1609 votes.
• Natasha Rolleman: 1556 votes.
• Stephen Adaran: 1215 votes.
• Claus Dérisma: 1079 votes.

Candidates

(Elect 4; vote for up to 4)

• Stephen Adaran: 519-896-9082, adaran595@gmail.com, LinkedIn
• Barb Chrysler: Website, barb@barbchrysler.com, LinkedIn
• Julia Dunham: Website, 226-792-4097, me@juliadunham.ca, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Claus Dérisma: Website, 519-807-2652, therigchef@gmail.com, Twitter, Instagram
• Ahmed Kassad: Website, 416-854-4091, kassad.ahmed@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• David Kuhn: Website, david@davidkuhn.ca, Facebook, Twitter
• Rachel Liley: 416-505-6054, rachel@sgp.media, Facebook, LinkedIn
• Christina Meekison: 519-588-4542, meekison2000@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter
• Natasha Miklos: Website, natasha4trustee@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter
• Jeff Musgrave: Website, jeff@musgrave.ca, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Maedith Radlein: Website, electmaedith@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
• Mike Ramsay: Website, 519-502-8449, mramsay5668@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Natasha Rolleman: Website, rollemannatasha@gmail.com
• Tara Ross: Website, 519-505-2252, tarafortrustee2022@gmail.com, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Laurie Tremble: Website, tremblefortrustee@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn
• Meena Waseem: Website, meenaforschools@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn
• Joanne Weston: Website, joanneweston2022@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn

Meeting Recordings

• WRDSB Kitchener Public School Trustee Candidates Meeting – Oct 15, 2022, Cherry Park Neighbourhood Association and Victoria Park Neighbourhood Association, October 15, 2022.

Questionnaires, Surveys, and Endorsement Lists

• In their words: Candidates for Waterloo region public school board trustees give top reasons for running, CBC, October 23, 2022.
• GroundUpWR endorsement summary, GroundUpWR, October 14, 2022.
• Black Parent Council KW Endorsements, Black Parent Council KW, October 8, 2022.

• Vote Against Woke Endorsements (WRDSB), Vote Against Woke, October 4, 2022.
• Campaign for Life Coalition Endorsements, Campaign for Life Coalition, October 1, 2022.
• Results of 2SLGBTQIA+ Questionnaire for Waterloo Region Municipal Candidates, SPECTRUM and OK2BME, September 26, 2022.
• Know Your WRDSB Trustees website/candidate classification, Know your Waterloo Region school board trustees, September 23, 2022.
• Here are just a few of the candidates that we support., ReallocateWR, September 22, 2022.
• Kitchener Endorsements, Know your Waterloo Region school board trustees, September 13, 2022.
• Waterloo Region Endorsements, Waterloo Regional Labour Council, September 6, 2022.

News Items

• ‘The culture wars will continue in the years to come’ at Waterloo Region’s public board, Waterloo Region Record, October 27, 2022.
• Fresh faces ready to join Waterloo Region District School Board, Cambridge Today, October 25, 2022.
• Voters elect six new faces to WRDSB trustee positions, CTV Kitchener, October 25, 2022.

• Public school board election results are in, and current chair is ready for productive ‘disagreements’, Waterloo Region Record, October 24, 2022.
• Waterloo Region District School Board chair Scott Piatkowski among re-elected trustees, CBC, October 24, 2022.
• Longtime school board trustee resigns ahead of election, calls out political division on Waterloo Region board, Waterloo Region Record, October 20, 2022.
• Local campaigns under investigation for violating Elections Act, Cambridge Today, October 20, 2022.
• 'The latest battleground in culture wars': School board trustee vote taking a political tone, CTV Kitchener, October 19, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Jeff Musgrave, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 18, 2022.
• Website grouping school board trustee beliefs by political stances under investigation, Waterloo Region Record, October 17, 2022.
• Politics front and centre in contentious school board election, Cambridge Today, October 17, 2022.
• ‘The Waterloo public board is really at the centre of the current culture war in Canadian education systems’, Waterloo Region Record, October 15, 2022.
• Do your homework on who's running for school board trustees, say researchers and candidates, CBC, October 15, 2022.
• Complaint suggests website seeking to sway local trustee race, CityNews, October 14, 2022.
• Why a Waterloo, Ont., school board has emerged as a battleground for ideological politics, The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Joanne Weston, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 8, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Meena Waseem, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Laurie Tremble, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Tara Ross, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Natasha Rolleman, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Mike Ramsay, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Maedith Radlein, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Christina Meekison, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: David Kuhn, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Julia Dunham, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Claus Dérisma, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• KITCHENER VOTES: Barb Chrysler, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate , Waterloo Region Record, October 7, 2022.
• WRDSB 'weaponizing' code of conduct to quiet criticism: Trustee, CTV Kitchener, October 4, 2022.
• 2SLGBTQ+ month a time for celebration and action in Cambridge, Cambridge Today, October 3, 2022.
• Ahmed Kassad - Speaking Moistly - School Board Trustee Series, CanadaPoli, September 28, 2022.

Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts

• WRDSB, Reddit, October 25, 2022.
• WRDSB candidates, Reddit, October 24, 2022.
• The far-right is trying to stack school boards. Vote for schools that are safe for all kids (/r/kitchener), Reddit, October 13, 2022.

• The far-right is trying to stack school boards. Vote for schools that are safe for all kids (/r/waterloo), Reddit, October 13, 2022.
• WRDS Trustees summary - those that support "parental values" are in green (ie, banning LGBT books, fighting against imaginary CRT in elementary school); those that support acknowledging LGBT people exist in yellow. Please vote, Reddit, October 11, 2022.
• Election Day is Near!, Citified, October 7, 2022.
• If you're voting in the election, you should know why many School Board candidates are campaigning about "age-appropriate" content in schools (and what they mean by that), Reddit, September 16, 2022.