Pronouns: she/her/hers

jade is a queer, mixed-race educator, facilitator, and community organizer. jade is committed to social change work rooted in justice, liberation, and joy and approaches this work with tenderness, curiosity, and reciprocity.

She believes in the power of food as a meeting point – as a tool that creates spaces for people to come together. jade’s food justice work is shaped by her own familial histories of growing, harvesting, and cooking. She is working on building meaningful relationships with food, community, and land.

Beyond 9-5, jade is an organizer with Justicia for Migrant Workers, a board member at Food Secure Canada, and sits on the Black Food Sovereignty Action Plan Advisory Circle. She was previously an advocacy co-lead on the Toronto Youth Food Policy Council and co-created the Black-youth-led ‘Soul Food Project TO’ community cookbook.

She is also an avid baker, enthusiastic dumpling-eater, amateur rug-hooker, and reality tv fanatic.