Thanks, Next Assembly and Door Knocking!

Jillian Maguire

04 Feb 2026 — 1 min read

Thanks to all who attended the January mini-assembly. We had a full house at the Mount Pleasant Community Centre, despite the weather. At this assembly, we introduced a sample deliberation in the second half, which we had a fair bit of positive feedback on. We are learning and aim to improve engagement in our next mini-assembly which will be held on Tuesday, February 17 at 7 PM at one of our members’ co-op meeting room near Science World. If you have not attended an assembly and want to come, please send an email to assemblevancouver@proton.me and let us know you can make it. If you have already attended an assembly, stay tuned – we will be having some exciting deliberation sessions in the coming months!

If you would like to volunteer to help with facilitation, organizing, social media, fundraising or flyering/door knocking, also let us know.

This evening (Wednesday) we will be having our first door-knocking and flyering session. I will be giving a short training session then we will be knocking on doors in Strathcona. We'll go from 6-730 and then head to a local establishment for some refreshments. Send an email to assemblevancouver@proton.me to confirm your attendance. We will be meeting on Keefer and Jackson at 6 pm!

You can also help us by passing on our website to all of your friends. We would love to have another full house on the 17th.

https://www.assemblevancouver.org
Again, thanks for your interest in democracy. Times are dark right now, but people power will get us through!

Take care and see you soon!

Jillian

Correction

I sent a recent update suggesting that you can register for the February 17 7 pm mini-assembly by replying to the email – this is incorrect. You have to send an email to assemblevancouver@proton.me. Once I receive your registration email, I will send you the address. Sorry for the

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