Hi everyone, my name is Spenser Sproul, and I'm running for the position of trustee for the Burnaby Board of Education. As a born and raised Burnaby local, it's an honour to run for the position of trustee - to give back to the city in which I grew up, to the schooling system that instilled a love of learning in me, and to the community which taught me about resilience and perseverance.

When I look at the world today, I recognize that it has changed, that the challenges I faced growing up have shifted. Today’s students and their families face complex challenges that our schools and teachers, with the support of Parents’ Advisory Councils are wanting to address. As an educator from a family of educators with a deep love of learning, as your Trustee, I will ensure that our decision-making processes and policies remain true to our community values while also reflecting our changing world and the new voices around us.

Those values which hold true:

-a commitment to equity, access, and inclusion

-recognizing the strength of our local diversity, and

-the importance of helping our students be their best selves.

Armed with those values, and as we face those new and complex challenges, it’s important to:

listen to the voices in our communities, 

re-engage with students, families, and industry leaders,

take bold action to support our students when they need it most.

I am happy to be a voice for the citizens of Burnaby, that speaks in service to the community that raised me, and focuses on tackling the challenges of tomorrow.

I work as a Risk Management Professional with VanCity, and hold a BA from McGill and an MA from Ritsumeikan University in Japan.