About Mayor Sam Sullivan

Sam has been an important part of bringing the 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games to Vancouver. From the original discussions in 1996 to the final decisions on funding, venues, city management and the Athletes Village in Southeast False Creek - the largest and greenest housing development in North America.

Sam broke his neck while skiing at the age of 19 and is a quadriplegic. He is the founder of six non-profit organizations that have improved the lives of thousands of North Americans with disabilities. He is a recipient of Canada's highest honour - the Order of Canada - for community service on behalf of marginalized people. He has received the Terry Fox Award for national excellence and the Christopher Reeve Award for outstanding contributions to the community of people with spinal cord injury and other physical disabilities.

During his term as Mayor, Vancouver introduced innovative policies to reduce the City's impact on the environment, increase affordability of housing and improve the vitality of neighbourhoods through high quality densification (EcoDensity). He championed the completion of rapid transit to UBC and return of a Downtown Streetcar network.

To reduce crime and homelessness on Vancouver streets, Sam introduced Project Civil City to ensure a social legacy for the 2010 Games. The result is historic investments in social housing, double digit reductions in crime and expanded social services for people suffering from drug addiction and mental illness. He successfully advocated for the reopening of the Riverview mental health facility and the use of vacant city-owned land for social housing.

During his term, Sam also worked to reduce taxes on small business, increase investment for arts and culture and introduce a 311 information service to replace 550 municipal phone numbers with one that offers multilingual services 24 hours/day.

Sam obtained a Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University and has taught himself the basics of several languages including Cantonese, Italian, French, Mandarin and Punjabi. He is an avid sailor and enjoys hiking.

A documentary of his 2005 Vancouver Mayoral campaign was nominated for a 2008 Gemini Award (Citizen Sam).

Sam Sullivan Biography

苏利文简歷

自从在1993年首度当选温哥华市议员，苏利文已经在市议会服务了12年。他是在2005年11月当选為温哥华市长。在2006年的意大利都灵冬季奥运会闭幕式上接過奥运会旗之后，他已经成為全世界知名度最高的市长之一。

担任市长之后，他领导温哥华市筹备2010年冬季奥运和残疾人奥运的工作。其中之一是在温哥华福溪（False Creek）东南岸建设预算超过1亿加元的奥运场馆和选手村，这项计划亦是北美洲最大型、最环保的房屋发展工程个案。市长苏利文还提出了「生态密度宪章草案」（EcoDensity），这是一个创新的政策，目的是减少都市发展对环境的冲击，在追求高质素密度发展的同时，还能增加可负担得起的房屋住宅数量，并改善社区的活力。他还提出通往不列颠哥伦比亚省大学的捷运路线计划，以及重建温市中心轻轨电车（Streetcar）网络。

在降低温哥华街头犯罪和无家可归人士等问题方面，市长苏利文提出了「文明城市计划」（Project Civil City）以确保2010年冬奥能留下珍贵的社会遗產。这项政策开啟了创新纪录的社会住宅投资计画、增聘超过100名警察人员、扩大对癖癮和精神病人的社会福利范围等。市长苏利文在重开Riverview精神医疗院和使用市政府土地兴建社会住宅等工作上，亦扮演领导的角色。

在市长任内，市长苏利文还致力推动降低小型企业的赋税、增加艺术和文化的投资、推行311资讯服务热线，市民只要拨打一个电话号码，就能够取代550个不同的市政服务电话号码，311资讯服务热线是一星期7天，每天24小时，以多种语言提供服务。

市长苏利文曾荣获加拿大最高荣誉 ─ 加拿大勋章（the Order of Canada），表扬他对社会边缘人士的社会服务贡献。他还荣获其他多项奖章，包括他以全国卓越成就而获得泰瑞．福克斯（Terry Fox）奖，以及克里斯多福．李维（Christopher Reeve）奖，褒扬他為脊椎神经受伤人士和身体残疾人争取福利的社区贡献。

苏利文拥有西门菲沙大学商业管理学位，他还自修学习多种语言，包括广东话、意大利语和旁遮普语。

苏利文在19岁时因滑雪意外导致颈部受伤而四肢麻痺。他创立6个非牟利组织，為北美洲数以千计的残疾人改善生活素质，包括在北美洲拥有30个分会的Tetra协会（Tetra Society），该协会聘用具有特殊技能的义工，為残疾人设计辅助设备，以及残疾人航海协会（Disabled Sailing Association），这个协会在北美洲有20个分会，专门為残疾人提供航海活动。苏利文本身亦热中航海活动，而且亦热爱登山，他还协助共同发明了一种专门辅助残疾人享受登山乐趣的设备，英文名称是「TrailRider」，这是一种单轮车，让残疾人在参加登山及露营活动时作為交通工具使用，在北美洲普遍被残疾人使用。