Gabrielle’s life mission is to promote regenerative land management as a way to mitigate climate change and foster healthy food systems. This passion arose while obtaining her Master’s degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Harvard University, completed in 2016, where she realized that soil regeneration presents the greatest opportunity to simultaneously alleviate the food, climate, water and biodiversity crises.

Interested in diving in deeper in the practical aspects of permaculture, Gabrielle did an apprenticeship on Ben Falk’s Whole Systems Design farm in Vermont in 2015 and focused her Master’s thesis on the economic viability of permaculture-inspired farms in Quebec.

Prior to her graduate studies, she obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing at HEC Montréal and gathered years of work experience in communications, project management and event planning.

Gabrielle led the team that launched the Living Soils Symposium Montreal in 2017 and founded Regeneration Canada.

Antonious Petro is a biologist and a certified permaculture designer whose vision of an ideal society would be a symbiotic collaboration of permaculture principles, circular economy and social justice. He has a Bachelor's degree in Biology From Minia University, Egypt and a graduate degree in Community Economic Development from Concordia University. He is passionate about soil regeneration, social innovation and bike mechanics. Since his arrival in Montreal in 2013, he has gathered a vast experience in project coordination in sustainability, food security, business development and ecological land management. At Regeneration Canada, Antonious coordinates the soil education program and is the administrative assistant.

Sarah is a trained lawyer and holds Bachelor degrees in both International Studies and in Law. For several years, she practiced as a lawyer in the non-profit sector. When she realized the urgency of the state of our planet, she knew she had to work towards finding solutions to combat climate change. She has always been passionate about cooking and sustainable food systems and first started to get involved by volunteering with organisations whose missions relate to food security and sustainable agriculture.

After traveling the world and working on a farm in Italy that integrated many regenerative practices, Sarah joined Regeneration Canada in October 2018 as the Network Coordinator. Sarah helped launch the organization’s membership program and is in charge of managing the community of members, creating partnerships as well as expanding its network of leaders in soil regeneration across sectors. Sarah was appointed Assistant Director in July 2019 and continues to develop relationships with leaders in the regenerative movement across the country, as well as leads and develops many of the organization's projects.

Ananda Lynn Fitzsimmons is an out-of-the-box thinker, visionary and environmentalist, with a passion for soil and growing food. She has had lifelong interest in sustainable food production and land management as well as social change and personal empowerment. She spent many years experimenting with microbial potions based on naturally occurring microbes extracted from plants, composts and soil. In 2008, she teamed up with Dr. Margaret Bywater Ekegard and they founded Inocucor Technologies. The company, now called Concentric, commercializes products for agriculture based on consortia of naturally occurring beneficial microorganisms. She now works as a consultant promoting soil health and regenerative land management practices.

Alix is a farmer and organizer. With a B.A in Political Science and a Graduate Diploma in Community Economic Development from Concordia University, she is passionate about activating social change through food and regenerative farming. Prior to joining the Regeneration Canada team, she was coordinating an organic transition program at Canadian Organic Growers. She has a background in event organizing, project management, and facilitation. After developing an avidness for agriculture, working on regenerative farms in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, she started a farm with her partner in 2019. They grow no-till certified organic vegetables and cut-flowers on rented land on unceded Algonquin territory in L’Ange-Gardien, QC. At Regeneration Canada, she is coordinating the 2021 edition of the Living Soils Symposium.

Simrin is a calm and curious being with an insatiable fascination for the soil and plant world and its innumerable lessons. She has followed a winding career path, but one that ultimately led to her passion in regenerative agriculture, where she has been working happily for the past five years.

Following the completion of her studies in chemical engineering in 2015, she turned towards permaculture in search of a simpler and more circular life, which follows – instead of counters – the cycles of nature.

In 2016, she completed a permaculture design certificate (PDC) from Hale Akua Organic Farm in Hawai’i, and in 2020, a DEP in horticulture from l’École de Métiers de l’Horticulture de Montréal. She is currently completing studies in ecological agriculture at McGill and on the path to becoming an agronomist, specialized in regenerative agricultural practices. At Régénération Canada, Simrin is coordinating our Regenerative Farm Map. 

Aviva's interest in sustainable food systems and regenerative agriculture stems from working on organic farms, volunteering in community gardens, and starting a group aimed at minimizing food waste called the Community Cabbage in Victoria, BC. She is also an avid cook and loves bringing people together through food. She most recently worked in communications at Food Secure Canada.

Aviva completed her graduate diploma at Concordia University in journalism and has worked for CBC and the Montreal Gazette. She loves to tell stories in a compelling and accessible way and is notoriously passionate about podcasts.

During her undergraduate degree in Anthropology at the University of Victoria, she participated in an archaeological dig on the coast of Vancouver Island, created a digital atlas of the 1990 events at Kanehsatà:ke, and made an audio documentary about pigeon racing in Santiago de Cuba.