Posts Tagged ‘ canvassing ’

Recap: The Kate Sellar Campaign in Toronto Centre

What a ride!

Working with the Kate Sellar campaign this spring has been an incredibly educational experience — exactly as it should have been. The Toronto Centre campaign served as excellent fertile training ground for myself as a VCO and for many others who were involved with the campaign efforts.

Now that it’s over, I finally have the chance to reflect and recap.

I'm holding the final poll sheets for TorCen, marking the end of my VCO work -- for now!

I’m holding the final poll sheets for TorCen, marking the end of my VCO work — for now!

We started as soon as the writ dropped, and we hit the ground running.

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Meeting Tom Mulcair: Don’t let me faint!

This happened today.

We slid a plate underneath the shirt to keep the canvass flat. :D

We slid a plate underneath the shirt to keep the canvass flat. 😀

Want to hear the story? Yes, of course you do!

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An update on the political climate in Toronto!

It’s heating up here in Toronto Centre!
And no, I don’t mean the weather. 😉

First of all, my goodness, I haven’t updated in nearly two weeks. Sorry.

My excuse? The race for the nomination, of course! Between participating in street canvasses, campaign kick-offs, press releases, exec meetings, meetings, and more meetings, I’ve barely had time to work 30-35 hours a week at my actual paying job… and my daily swim has been reduced to every-other-day as well.

But I believe it’ll all be worth it, once all the planning comes together!

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Never a dull moment.

This past week has been madness.

I mean, sure, my life is always a bit of madness, but this week particularly so.

I only had a day and a half after coming back from New York to get settled… and found myself with over 160 missed emails. And I was hired at a second job. And I started taking up swimming, which has done wonders for my breathing, for my fitness, for the pains associated with the bad health that I’ve posted about in the past.

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