Gabrielle’s life mission is to promote regenerative land management as a way to mitigate climate change and foster healthy food systems. After obtaining her Master’s degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Harvard University in 2016, Gabrielle moved back to her hometown and led the team that launched the Living Soils Symposium Montreal, a 3-day bilingual event that gathered 400 participants. The momentum created by the event inspired her to found Regeneration Canada, a nonprofit dedicated to building a movement for soil regeneration in Canada.

Interested in diving in deeper in the practical aspects of permaculture in the context of her graduate studies, Gabrielle had done an apprenticeship on Ben Falk’s Whole Systems Design farm in Vermont in 2015 and had 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.