I want to make the world a better place to live and eat.

As a lawyer for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, I use my passion for policy and deep understanding of the food industry to help keep the Canadian food supply safe.

Before becoming a member of Canada’s legal team, I worked for the Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada and ran the McGill Food Law Society and the Food and Agriculture Law Clinic, which offered students hands-on opportunities to address food systems challenges.

I am also a Director at Mazon Canada, a grassroots community foundation that feeds Canadians in need by supporting front-line food projects across the country.

I began my career as a food-obsessed journalist: I was the founding editor of Taste Talks, a media curator for Facebook, and a reporter for outlets like VICE Munchies, Forbes and Lucky Peach. I also hosted and produced podcasts for Heritage Radio Network, the only radio station in the world dedicated to food.

I’m also the founder of the Montreal Lunch Club, an amateur embroiderer and abstract painter, and the proud mom of two kids and a rescue dog.

Photo by Kim Hurley