By Richard Bell
The contest for the District 2 seat now held by Councillor David Hendsbee has drawn a second challenger, Shelley Fashan, born in Cherry Brook and a resident of Lake Echo for the last 30 years. Her African-Canadian family roots go back to the 1700s.
Fashan has never run for elected office before, but she has had a long portfolio mixing her love for music and film with the successful founding of several non-profit arts initiatives, coupled with appointments to a number of government boards and advisory panels dealing with the arts and arts funding. Running through all her work is her commitment to finding ways to bring young people to careers in the arts.
Fashan is not shy about her willingness to tackle problems. “I’m not one to sit back and just throw out opinions on Facebook,” she said in a recent interview. “I want to be involved. That’s been my mantra.”
July 07, 2016
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