Alexa MacKie
About Alexa MacKie
Alexa MacKie (she/her) is a freelance journalist entering her fourth year studying journalism and law at Carleton University. She is the 2025/26 Arts Editor at the Charlatan, previously serving as the 2024/25 Managing Editor. She is also a fact-checking intern with Maisonneuve Magazine. With bylines in the Ottawa Citizen, Intermission Magazine, Apartment 613 and more, Alexa’s reporting has tackled election night, music and theatre festivals, housing and transportation beats. She is most drawn to human interest stories with intersectional perspectives.
Can Canada build homes away from flood zones?
With the push to build more homes amidst the housing affordability crisis, municipalities may not be equipped to build homes out of harms way from flood zones. And with the threat of increased flooding from climate change on the horizon, new homeowners may be the ones paying the price.
How energy-efficient, affordable homes could help Canadian renters and manufacturers alike
Some of Canada's local leaders are calling for the federal government to build two million affordable, energy-efficient homes. Experts say their benefits could extend beyond just a reduced carbon footprint.
Young voters engaged in election, but ‘disenchanted’ by parties, experts say
As many as 80 per cent of young voters are aware that a national election is underway, but there is 'a sense of dysfunctional government' that is driving them to engage in politics outside of the traditional party structures.