Speaker Bio - MArika ALbert

Marika Albert is the Policy Director at BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA), where she leads research and advocacy efforts such as the Canadian Rental Housing Index and the organization’s professional development and education programs.

Prior to joining BCNPHA in 2018, Marika was Executive Director of the Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria, pioneering collaborative community development initiatives and research on housing affordability and homelessness, poverty prevention and reduction strategies. Her nearly 20 years of advocacy work in poverty reduction has also included working as a Research Analyst with BC Stats and as a youth worker engaging with street-involved young people in downtown Vancouver.

Marika completed her Master of Arts in Sociology at Simon Fraser University in 2006. In 2018 she was recognized with an Honorary Citizen Award from the City of Victoria for her work on housing and homelessness research.