Dalia Al-Hussaini (she/her) is a parent, a renter, and professional facilitator focused on building networks of support between neighbours, so people feel connected and able to rely on each other when it matters.

As a mother, she understands the stress of trying to make ends meet when childcare is either impossible to find or costs more than an entire paycheque. It’s the reason so much of her work in municipal research and public engagement has focused on affordable housing, childcare, and making communities more inclusive.

Dalia has spent her career building bridges between Indigenous, immigrant, and settler communities and between policy and people. She’s seen how decision-making stalls when people talk past each other. “I want a community culture where disagreement is productive, where everyone feels genuinely heard, and where our unique differences are resources instead of barriers.”

“I want New Westminster to be a city where you don't have to struggle to belong. Where your neighbour – whoever they are, wherever they're from – feels like they have a real stake in this place.”

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