Alyssa Brierley

Alyssa Brierley is the Executive Director of the National Institute on Ageing, Canada's leading think tank focused on developing public policy solutions for addressing the challenges and opportunities related to ageing in Canada. She is a lawyer and public policy professional with more than a decade of experience in public policy, legal service, and organizational management.



Prior to joining the NIA, she served as the Executive Director at the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights, (CCHR, formerly CERA), Canada’s leading non-profit organization focused on advancing the right to housing, the health, social, justice and labour policy advisor to the President of the Treasury Board of Ontario, and Director of Policy to the Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure. Alyssa has also worked as a legal research and communications advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, a lawyer and policy analyst at the Ontario College of Teachers and a Lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University. She completed her articles at Torys LLP.

Alyssa holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo, a Master’s degree in Political Science from York University, a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School, and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Georgetown University.