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Kristi Mahy

Kristi Mahy is a former straw baler and natural plasterer, and now sits on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Natural Building Coalition. Her passions include vegetable gardening, good food, canoe tripping, jogging in the woods and learning new things with her little boy. She is also involved in […]

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Paul Baines

Paul Baines is the Education & Outreach coordinator for the Great Lakes Commons initiative — a bioregional effort working across boundaries, cultures, and issues protecting the waters as a shared and sacred commons. Paul is also the founder and director of the Great Lakes Commons Map — a collaborative story-mapping […]

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Katie Kish

Katie Kish is a postdoctoral fellow for the Economics for the Anthropocene project at McGill University and lecturer at the University of British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii Institute. Kaitlin’s background is in systems thinking, ecological economics, and complexity science which she applies to her current research on exploring radical and disruptive […]

Peter Victor

Ecological economist Peter A. Victor is a professor in Environmental Studies at York University. He has worked for nearly 50 years in Canada and abroad on economy and environment as an academic, consultant and public servant.

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Ed Jernigan

Ed Jernigan is professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo Among many other accomplishments, Jernigan is founding director of Waterloo Unlimited, and founding director of the University of Waterloo’s Bachelor of Knowledge Integration program. From 1984 to 2015 Ed served as the program director for the Shad Valley summer enrichment […]

Emily Walsh

Emily Walsh works with the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance, raising awareness for the disease and educating audiences about the dangers of asbestos.

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Editorial partnership between Alternatives Journal and Environmental Defence Canada. We will be sharing insights, research and actionable steps that we can all use to make our world healthier and more sustainable.

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Victoria Foote

Victoria Foote is director of communications and fund development with the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. Visiting project sites in Democratic Republic of Congo, she has seen first-hand what a difference the campaigns like Cycle My Cell can make.

Jasman Sahota

Jasman Sahota is a student at Laurentian University in the Science Communication post-graduate degree program. She is an intern at A\J and aspires to become a science journalist to combine her passion for writing with her educational background in science.