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Alexa Volkov

Senior Research Analyst, Housing Policy

Policy

As a Senior Housing Policy and Research Analyst, Alexa conducts literature reviews and environmental scans, and identifies, gathers, and analyzes demographic, economic, financial, market or industry data or information in order to inform or evaluate public policy initiatives and monitor key trends. Alexa further works across all three practice areas at SHS, supporting business innovation projects for housing sector clients and participating in affordable housing development projects in a land use planning capacity.

Alexa is a Registered Professional Planner, with land use planning experience supporting residential, commercial, and industrial development in Southern Ontario. She further brings her background in student life engagement and research in Housing Economics and Psychology.

Alexa is passionate about affordable housing, civic engagement, accessible design, and other forms of equitable social policy, and often volunteers with campaigns or local groups which support the same.

Current Work

Alexa is working on a number of housing needs assessments and policy reviews.

Education

Master of Planning (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Bachelor of Science (University of Toronto)

Read about the impact Alexa has had in these case studies:

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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Systemic Barriers to the Creation of Affordable Housing
2022

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Toronto ON
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Toronto ON
M5S 1M2

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At SHS we acknowledge the lands we are on are the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples and are now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that the location of our office in Toronto is covered by Treaty 13. In our work, we strive to continually reflect on our relationship to the land we are currently inhabiting and how our role as actors in the housing system can support the reconciliation process.