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Every Candidate is a wildly aspirational project to explore what the 485 individuals running for the position of councillor or school trustee in Toronto's upcoming municipal election tell us about the city they seek to represent. Who are they? What is their background? What does their campaign material have to say? What do public records reveal?

There are all kinds of questions that this project aspires to answer -- some quirky, some hopelessly esoteric -- but, at the same time, we hope that this project asks questions that also interest you, as a resident of Toronto. Whether you are a concerned citizen or a parent, Every Candidate hopes that we can help play a small part in your election-day research.

For more information, [read our launch September 22nd, 2014 launch announcement](/2014/09/22/introducing-everycandidate-toronto/).

<h2 id="team">Team</h2>

[<NAME>](https://twitter.com/timmgroves) is a Toronto-based investigative researcher and reporter whose work has been published in the Guardian, the Toronto Star, and on CBC. 

[<NAME>](https://twitter.com/phillipadsmith) is a Toronto-loving muckraker who has a passion for open data and local politics.

The Every Candidate logo was developed by the fine folks at [Ethical UX](http://ethicalux.com/).

The image used when you share Every Candidate on Facebook was taken by [<NAME> on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnath/6876795286/in/photolist-dkJyJo-Kx33L-bF7TSB-a1tTAu-9zDhKF-oncwQ-btFnDY-7dEjM).

(If you can lend a hand, we would like to <a href="mailto:<EMAIL>">hear from you</a>.)

<h2 id="contact">Contact</h2>

The easiest way to contact the project is to drop us an e-mail <a href="mailto:<EMAIL>">here</a>. We'll get back to you ASAP.

Otherwise, you can send us a 140 character note on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/EveryCandidate).

You can also subscribe for updates as they are published [here](http://eepurl.com/3PqEv).

<h2 id="contributors">Contributors</h2>

People have [helped out](/get-involved) by sending us tips, information, or flyers:

* Your Name Here! [Find out how you can help](/get-involved).
* Thanks to Carol for our first contribution of missing information for [<NAME>](http://everycandidate.org/toronto-city-council/niranjan-balachandran-1998/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for providing her phone number.
* HUGE thanks to [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/sboulton) for updating the list of Twitter handles for council candidates. That list is getting close to complete.
* Thanks to <NAME> for the update to [<NAME>'s information](/toronto-city-council/josh-matlow-1952/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for pointing out that the candidate names on the ward page were not sorting alphabetically by last name. Fixed!
* Thanks to Jacob at Team Farrow for providing an update to [Jane Farrow's information](/toronto-city-council/jane-farrow-2166/).
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to [<NAME>'s info](/toronto-city-council/matthew-bielaski-2410/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for providing an update to [Kristian Chartier info](/toronto-school-board/kristian-chartier-2473/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for providing an update to [<NAME>'s info](/toronto-city-council/paula-fletcher-2279/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for providing an update on, well, [Tanya Hostler](/toronto-city-council/tanya-hostler-2421/).
* Thanks to <NAME> for proviing an update on <NAME>.
* Thanks to <NAME> for providing an update on <NAME>.
* Thanks to <NAME> for udpates to <NAME> & <NAME>'s information.
* Thanks to <NAME> for contributing a write-up for [Ward 42](/toronto-ward/scarborough-rouge-river-42/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to <NAME>'s information.
* Thanks to <NAME> for pointing us to her [Toronto Star Op-Ed on school trustees](http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/09/19/theres_no_excuse_for_ignoring_school_board_election.html).
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to <NAME>'s information.
* Thanks to <NAME> for updates to the Alejandra Bravo profile.
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to the Don Stuart page.
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to the Gaye Dale page.
* Thanks to <NAME> for some great web site improvement ideas.
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
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* Thanks again to <NAME> for helping to track down school trustee candidate e-mail addresses
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* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to Alonzo Bartley profile
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layout: page
title: About
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Every Candidate is a wildly aspirational project to explore what the 485 individuals running for the position of councillor or school trustee in Toronto's upcoming municipal election tell us about the city they seek to represent. Who are they? What is their background? What does their campaign material have to say? What do public records reveal?

There are all kinds of questions that this project aspires to answer -- some quirky, some hopelessly esoteric -- but, at the same time, we hope that this project asks questions that also interest you, as a resident of Toronto. Whether you are a concerned citizen or a parent, Every Candidate hopes that we can help play a small part in your election-day research.

For more information, [read our launch September 22nd, 2014 launch announcement](/2014/09/22/introducing-everycandidate-toronto/).

<h2 id="team">Team</h2>

[<NAME>](https://twitter.com/timmgroves) is a Toronto-based investigative researcher and reporter whose work has been published in the Guardian, the Toronto Star, and on CBC. 

[<NAME>](https://twitter.com/phillipadsmith) is a Toronto-loving muckraker who has a passion for open data and local politics.

The Every Candidate logo was developed by the fine folks at [Ethical UX](http://ethicalux.com/).

The image used when you share Every Candidate on Facebook was taken by [<NAME> on Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnath/6876795286/in/photolist-dkJyJo-Kx33L-bF7TSB-a1tTAu-9zDhKF-oncwQ-btFnDY-7dEjM).

(If you can lend a hand, we would like to <a href="mailto:<EMAIL>">hear from you</a>.)

<h2 id="contact">Contact</h2>

The easiest way to contact the project is to drop us an e-mail <a href="mailto:<EMAIL>">here</a>. We'll get back to you ASAP.

Otherwise, you can send us a 140 character note on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/EveryCandidate).

You can also subscribe for updates as they are published [here](http://eepurl.com/3PqEv).

<h2 id="contributors">Contributors</h2>

People have [helped out](/get-involved) by sending us tips, information, or flyers:

* Your Name Here! [Find out how you can help](/get-involved).
* Thanks to Carol for our first contribution of missing information for [Balachandran, Niranjan](http://everycandidate.org/toronto-city-council/niranjan-balachandran-1998/)
* Thanks to Mary-<NAME> for providing her phone number.
* HUGE thanks to [<NAME>](https://twitter.com/sboulton) for updating the list of Twitter handles for council candidates. That list is getting close to complete.
* Thanks to <NAME> for the update to [J<NAME>low's information](/toronto-city-council/josh-matlow-1952/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for pointing out that the candidate names on the ward page were not sorting alphabetically by last name. Fixed!
* Thanks to Jacob at Team Farrow for providing an update to [Jane Farrow's information](/toronto-city-council/jane-farrow-2166/).
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to [<NAME>'s info](/toronto-city-council/matthew-bielaski-2410/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for providing an update to [Kristian Chartier info](/toronto-school-board/kristian-chartier-2473/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for providing an update to [<NAME>'s info](/toronto-city-council/paula-fletcher-2279/)
* Thanks to Tanya Hostler for providing an update on, well, [Tanya Hostler](/toronto-city-council/tanya-hostler-2421/).
* Thanks to <NAME> for proviing an update on <NAME>.
* Thanks to <NAME> for providing an update on Kristian Chartier.
* Thanks to <NAME> for udpates to <NAME> & <NAME>'s information.
* Thanks to <NAME> for contributing a write-up for [Ward 42](/toronto-ward/scarborough-rouge-river-42/)
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to <NAME>-Tam's information.
* Thanks to <NAME> for pointing us to her [Toronto Star Op-Ed on school trustees](http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/09/19/theres_no_excuse_for_ignoring_school_board_election.html).
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to <NAME>'s information.
* Thanks to <NAME> for updates to the Alejandra Bravo profile.
* Thanks to Don Stuart for an update to the Don Stuart page.
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to the Gaye Dale page.
* Thanks to <NAME> for some great web site improvement ideas.
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks again to Mary Cruden for helping to track down school trustee candidate e-mail addresses
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update 
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* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to S<NAME>'s profile
* Thanks to Derek Power for an update to Derek Power
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks to candidate <NAME> for an update
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to Alonzo Bartley profile
* Thanks to <NAME> for an update to Terri Chu's profile
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* Thanks to Kayla for an update to <NAME>'s info
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* Thanks to <NAME> & <NAME> for sending in several flyers
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