Amy Voz
Amy Voz is running for Council in Ward 11 in Greater Sudbury.
Amy Voz (she/her) is a lifelong Minnow Lake resident, working professional, community advocate, and parent raising her daughter in the same neighbourhood where she grew up. With a background in social services, housing, addictions, and education, Amy has built her career around supporting people and strengthening communities. She has spent the last three years serving as Vice President of the East End Playground Association, helping revitalize community spaces, expand free programming, and create new opportunities for local youth. Amy is running to bring present, responsive, and community-rooted leadership to City Hall.
Why are you running for this position?
I’m running because, at some point, I realized I needed to stop waiting for someone who looked like me, lived like me, and understood the realities of everyday families to step forward.
I’m a working woman. I’m raising a daughter. I’ve spent years balancing work, family, bills, volunteering and community responsibilities—and still finding the time to show up when something in my neighbourhood needs to get done.
I didn’t come into this through politics. I came into it through community.
I’ve spent years doing the work without a title: advocating, organizing, rebuilding community spaces, creating opportunities for young people, and working directly with people navigating housing, addiction and some of the hardest moments of their lives.
And somewhere along the way, I realized that the experiences women bring to leadership—the juggling, problem-solving, caregiving, advocating and figuring-it-out-because-someone-has-to—belong at the decision-making table too.
I’m the only woman running in Ward 11 this election. I don’t believe that means anyone should vote for me simply because I’m a woman.
But I do believe representation matters.
I want my daughter—and other girls watching—to see women put their names forward, take up space, ask difficult questions and believe they belong in rooms where decisions are being made.
I’m running because I’ve already been doing the work.
Now I’m asking for the opportunity to do it where those decisions are made.
What do you love most about your community?
What I love most is that Minnow Lake still feels like a community. I’ve lived here my entire life, and I’m now raising my daughter here. I’ve seen what happens when neighbours actually know one another, when kids have places to belong, and when people are willing to step up and help. Through my work with the East End Playground, I’ve watched a community space come back to life simply because people cared enough to make it happen. That sense of connection is something I want to protect as our community grows.
How do you approach working with people who disagree with you?
I don’t need someone to agree with me to work with them. In fact, some of the most productive conversations I’ve had have been with people who see an issue completely differently than I do. My approach is to listen, ask questions, explain where I’m coming from, and look for the piece we can agree on. I’m also comfortable changing my position when someone brings me better information. Local government requires twelve councillors and a mayor to work together, and if we only work with people who agree with us, very little gets accomplished.
What does having more women in local leadership change?
It changes who is in the room when decisions are being made. Women aren’t a monolith and we won’t all agree, but different lived experiences influence the questions that get asked and the issues that receive attention. As a working woman raising a daughter while balancing a career and years of community involvement, I know how often women are already leading—in families, workplaces, schools and neighbourhood organizations—without necessarily holding the title. I want more women to see municipal leadership as a place where they belong. Representation matters, particularly when younger girls are watching who gets to sit at those tables.
What is something about you that you would like voters to know that they might not learn from your campaign platform?
I think people might be surprised by how much of this started long before I ever considered running for office. Some of the community projects I’m proudest of started incredibly small—including an event where literally one person showed up. We kept going. That work eventually grew into free community events, a revitalized playground association and opportunities for young people to take leadership themselves. I’m not particularly interested in whether something looks impressive when it starts; I care whether it can become something meaningful. That probably says more about how I would approach this job than anything written in my platform.
Where can people find you?
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1FbHDM33f9/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Website: amyvozward11.nationbuilder.com/
