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Magda Barrera

Senior Analyst, Housing Economics and Real Estate

Policy

Magda is a Senior Analyst, Housing Economics and Real Estate at SHS. She has over 10 years’ experience in policy, research, and stakeholder engagement. Before joining SHS, Magda led housing policy analysis and research at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO), developing policy recommendations for municipal and provincial governments and leading research on housing needs and evidence-based solutions across Ontario. Magda has led multi-disciplinary research and impact measurement at the UCLA World Policy Analysis Center, and managed data reporting and analysis of performance metrics for over 50 cities worldwide at the World Council on City Data. She has built collaborations with government, academic institutions, civil society, and community organizations.

Magda’s work focuses on financial modeling and policy research to evaluate housing initiatives, forecast demographic and financial trends, and support innovative policy solutions.

Current Work

Education

Master of Urban Planning, School of Urban Planning (McGill University)

Master of Arts in International Affairs, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Carleton University)

Bachelor of Arts, Economics (Williams College)

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77 Bloor St. W., Suite 600
Toronto, ON
M5S 1M2

77 Bloor St. W., Suite 600
Toronto, ON
M5S 1M2

905-763-7555

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.