Mark Hillman, Joshua Doyle, and Rozalia Janiszewska participated in a candidate forum organized by LCCMedia on Saturday, October 3, 2025.

During the event, the Papastew ward candidates addressed key local issues, including infill and housing affordability, homelessness response, bike lanes and street design, property taxes, transparency, and communication with Edmontonians.

Here are the candidates for ward Papastew. The incumbent Councillor, Micheal Janz, sent us an email ; whilst thanking us for our work, he declined to attend.

Mark Hillman

Mark Hillman brings a strong financial background and a passion for community service to his campaign for City Council.

Background & Experience

• Mark has built a career as a financial consultant, specializing in working with large real-estate construction and development firms.

• His work also includes helping nonprofit organizations across Canada become more efficient and impactful with limited resources.

• He earned a degree in Business Management (emphasis in Supply Chain Management) from Brigham Young University.

Platform & Vision

• Mark believes Edmonton is at a pivotal moment. He frames his campaign around the idea that city leadership must act to ensure Edmonton remains affordable, family-friendly, and forward-thinking.

• His guiding principle is drawn from this motto:

  “Wherever your lives may be cast, make the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it.” — Edward William

• He positions himself as someone who could bring practical financial and project management skills to City Hall, bridging the gap between budgeting, infrastructure, and community outcomes.

 

Joshua Doyle

Background & Experience

• Joshua (Josh) Doyle is a Power Engineer with over 10 years of experience.
• His campaign positions him as a “hands-on problem solver” who understands how systems break and how to fix them.
• He appears on the Better Edmonton slate (or is associated with it) as a Ward Papastew candidate.

Platform & Priorities

From his campaign site and statements, some of his key themes include:

• Safe Streets & Community Safety — he references the opioid crisis, noting that he lost a brother to fentanyl, which seems to motivate his desire for stronger community and safety measures.
• Tax & Spending Discipline — he highlights major property tax increases recently and Edmonton’s debt as concerns that need smarter spending.
• Infrastructure & Development — he uses phrases like “Build it Better” and emphasizes sustainable infrastructure and improving how the city operates.
• He also mentions a desire to “pull back and reassess how we build our city,” suggesting more cautious or community-centered growth.

Rozalia Janiszewska

Background & Experience

• Rozalia Janiszewska has a public profile as a community volunteer and organizer; she maintains a campaign site and a resume page. Her resume lists involvement in volunteer and grassroots organizations:
  • Church council member at Mill Woods United Church (2016–2018)
  • Co-founder/member of Food Not Bombs YEG, a food security and political organization (ongoing)
  • Member of the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism (2018–2020)
• Her working history includes roles as a community support worker, working for organizations like E4C and Boyle Street Community Services, and other frontline positions.
• Her campaign emphasizes empathy, accessible transit, and accountability, especially in relation to homelessness and policing. On her social media she states:
  

  “I believe in empathy for homeless people, affordable transit, and more accountability for the police.”

Platform & Priorities

Based on her public statements and campaign site, her key themes include:

• Social equity & supports — she emphasizes empathy for unhoused individuals and stronger social supports over punitive measures.
• Transit access — making transit more affordable and accessible is among her stated priorities.
• Police accountability — she advocates for more accountability in policing and better oversight.
• She also speaks inclusively, saying she wants to serve everyone in the ward: “for the workers, for the homeless, for the queer people, for the transit riders.

 

Here is the candidate forum from yesterday: