Lenore Newman

She is Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley and Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute.

[2] Newman was born in Sechelt, a coastal town in British Columbia, and raised in a fishing family.

[2] Her first book, Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey, was published in 2017 by the University of Regina Press.

It explores regional food cultures across Canada, ultimately arguing for the existence of a distinctly Canadian cuisine and outlining the properties that define it.

[5] Her third book, Dinner on Mars: The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth, was co-authored with Dr. Evan Fraser and published in 2022 by ECW Press.