Yvonne Hanson

SFYOU: Alumna Yvonne Hanson takes her environmental and humanitarian activism to the federal campaign

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate  Name: Yvonne Hanson  Pronouns: She/her/hers Department Affiliation: BA, Political Science Hometown: Squamish, BC  Occupation: NDP candidate for Vancouver-Granville, portrait photographer, customer service worker at a garden store.  Only one year after graduating with her bachelor’s degree from SFU, Yvonne Hanson became Vancouver-Granville’s NDP candidate. If elected this October, Hanson would be the youngest female MP in Ottawa. When Hanson walked across the convocation stage, she had no idea she was going to be running for office this October. Although she had been involved in previous campaigns as a volunteer, she had intended to gain…

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