Naomi Robert

Education

• BSc, Earth System Science, McGill University
• MSc, Natural Resources Management, University of British Columiba

Biography

Naomi has a deep appreciation for how food can forge connections between individuals, communities, and land. Her work has allowed her to engage with the food system in several meaningful ways, including organizing food access projects in Québec's non-profit sector, volunteering on organic farms, and undertaking food system policy research in BC. Naomi draws on her background in agricultural science and policy to coordinate food system research and projects as a bridge between academic, practitioner, and community initiatives.

Naomi holds Master of Land and Water Systems from the University of British Columbia where she studied natural resource management in agriculture and a B.Sc. from McGill University in Earth System Science. She is a Professional Agrologist with the BC Institute of Agrologists, practicing in research, transfer and application, and a board member of Food Secure Canada. Naomi is a settler on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish people and is grateful to live and work on these lands.