Chrissy Brett, a woman who advocated for housing for Greater Victoria’s most vulnerable people and who often served as a spokesperson for tent city encampments in Saanich, Victoria and Vancouver, has passed away.
Brett became the face for a series of camps for unhoused people in Saanich and Victoria before she moved to Vancouver, where she became a key organizer for camps in the city’s Downtown Eastside.
Camp residents in all three communities say she was a tireless advocate for the homeless.
Fiona York, who advocated with Brett for three years, described her as a “warrior.”
“Advocating for individuals a lot around reconciliation and against colonialism,” she told CBC News Vancouver.
Volunteers like Patricia Nkin say Brett inspired them.
“The stigma and injustice against, in particular, homeless people who are Indigenous is worse and she just stood up with so much power,” said Nkin.
Family members have not confirmed why Brett passed away.
Brett was from the Nuxalk Nation on B.C.’s Central Coast. She was 45 years old.
With files from CBC News.
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