Jim Strachan
Candidate for School Trustee
Background
Jim Strachan is a recently retired physics and engineering teacher who taught for 34 years at Kelowna Secondary School (KSS), and who spent more than 45 years in the School District No. 23 (SD23) system as a student, teacher, parent, coach, and mentor. He is a KSS graduate.
- jimstrachan.ca https://www.jimstrachan.ca
He has received the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence, the Canadian Association of Physicists High School Teaching Award, and the Gordon Gore Prize for STEM education.
- jimstrachan.ca https://www.jimstrachan.ca
2026 Campaign
Strachan is running for one of the four school-trustee seats on the Kelowna ballot. His tagline is "Experience. Integrity. Students First.", and his campaign website is jimstrachan.ca, with Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.
His stated priorities are responsive leadership that listens to parents, educators, and staff; building student resilience through academics, athletics, arts, and applied skills; and fiscal responsibility — he writes that trustees should "respect taxpayers by demanding responsible, transparent and sustainable use of public funds."
- jimstrachan.ca https://www.jimstrachan.ca
Questionnaire responses
Did not respond to the Kelowna Elections questionnaire (deadline October 2, 2026).
Registered campaign links
From the official candidate registration record; presence here is not an endorsement.
Financial agent: Self