Author Archive | Christina Seidel

Chelsea Rochman is an Assistant Professor in Ecology at the University of Toronto, co-founder of the U of T Trash Team, and a scientific advisor to Ocean Conservancy. Chelsea received her PhD in Ecology from a joint program between University of California, Davis and San Diego State University in 2013. She then was a Smith Postdoctoral […]

Founder & CEO, [Re] Waste Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Corey grew up playing sports and played basketball for MacEwan and NAIT. After NAIT, Corey joined the construction industry where he spent 10 years building great relationships and projects. Together with his wife Jill they have 3 kids and love spending time watching them […]

Barbara Swartzentruber is currently the Executive Director of the Smart Cities Office at the City of Guelph. As winners’ of the Canada’s Smart City Challenge, the City and County of Wellington, are collaborating with public and private sector partners to create a Circular Food Economy. Building on the principles of a circular economy and leveraging […]

Born and raised in Toronto, Megan has always felt spoiled by the rich diversity in culture (and food!) the City has to offer. Trying new restaurants – and frequenting old favourites – was a necessary ingredient in Megan’s day-to-day. However, while the dine-in experience provided for a delicious waste-free meal, the aftermath of takeout started […]

Susan Thoman is the founder and managing director of the Compost Manufacturing Alliance (CMA), North America’s first and only composter owned and operated third party certifier of compostable products. Prior to launching CMA in 2017, Susan served for twelve years as director and VP of  Corporate Development for Cedar Grove Composting in Seattle, Washington, one […]

Willie Tran is a project coordinator and estimator with Eton-West Construction (ALTA) Inc. in Calgary, Alberta. Willie has a bachelors degree in civil engineering from the University of Alberta and prior to his current role Willie worked as a project engineering consultant with a solid waste management group in Edmonton, Alberta. For the last three […]

Usman is a senior policy analyst and commercial strategist with 29 years of experience in the fields of environmental science and economics, corporate and commercial strategy, public policy development, regulatory and institutional design, advocacy, negotiation, consultation and communications. Usman has provided public policy advice with specific focus on environmental regulatory design to the federal government, […]