Paul Romein (he/him) cares deeply about funding pressures on schools and families. It’s an issue that comes up at District Parent Advisory Council meetings, where he’s Skwo:wech Elementary’s representative. As Trustee, he plans to press the provincial government for more teachers and resource staff so kids have all the support they need.

Paul has owned a small business for 23 years and taught at BCIT for 13 years. He has deep roots in community organizing as the former vice-president of the Downtown Business Improvement Association (BIA) where he helped start Fridays on Front. He is the current co-president of the Sapperton Business Collective, and a member of multiple city advisory committees over the last decade.