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Jackie DaSilva

Former Director of Mobilizing at the Green Party of Ontario

Jackie DaSilva, former Director of Mobilizing with the Ontario Green Party, is a campaign strategist with expertise in digital campaigns, grassroots movements, and progressive political campaigns. Jackie holds a degree in Political Management from Carleton University's Riddell Program. Her track record includes managing several political campaigns at all three levels of government, including the historic winning campaigns of federal and provincial Greens in Kitchener Centre (MP Mike Morrice - 2021; MPP Aislinn Clancy - 2023).

She has experience implementing campaign tech infrastructure from her previous roles at NationBuilder and New/Mode; and experience training old school sales teams to implement new digital tools when she worked at LinkedIn. Currently, she’s a strategist on a climate campaign working alongside several environmental groups and Indigenous land defenders.

11:05 AM - 12:05 PM

Thursday Jan 15th, 2026

(Breakout Session by Equal Voice) Ask Her (or Them) to Run: How One Conversation Can Change Canadian Politics

Political careers don’t only start with ambition. They start with being asked. This interactive Equal Voice session will be a mix of sharing how:
  • Women want to be invited into political life. There isn’t one approach or linear career approach. We will explore key factors like different life stages, cultural and communities’ backgrounds, and lived experiences.
  • Why encouragement from personal connections matters, and
  • How campaigns and parties can find and engage these everyday leaders.
After a short presentation of the research, candid feedback and trend analysis, three political party insiders will explore why “the ask” still matters, pull back the curtain on how parties build their candidate pipelines and what we can all do to help recruit more women, in all their diversity, to consider running for public office.

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Thursday Jan 15th, 2026

Data, Organizing & Strategy: The Future of Modern Campaigns

A forward-looking session on how data, digital organizing, and strategic planning are shaping modern campaigns. Panelists explore tools, insights, and approaches that enable campaigns to run smarter, faster, and more effectively.