Laura Reinsborough
Laura Reinsborough is the Ottawa Riverkeeper. She has worked in gardens, galleries, and along river banks to deliver positive environmental and social change. She holds a Magisteriate in Environmental Studies (York University; Toronto, Canada) specialized in environmental education and community arts. At the age of 25, Laura founded Toronto’s Not Far From The Tree, an award-winning charitable initiative to pick fruit growing in backyards and transform it into a shared public good. Later, at the helm of Food For All New Brunswick, she built a robust network to activate and amplify food security. She is a TEDx speaker, a recipient of the Vital People Award, the Women of the Earth Award, the Gaia Environmental Award, and the King’s Coronation Medal, and she was named an Agent of Change by the Centre for Social Innovation. Laura grew up canoeing on the lake in her backyard, swimming in the Atlantic Ocean, and mudsliding on the flats of the Bay of Fundy. She speaks four languages and loves to cross-country ski.
Appears in 1 Episode
Swimming Urban Rivers
Host Thomas Hynes speaks with Laura Reinsborough of Ottawa Riverkeeper about the Ottawa River’s swimmability and watershed protection. Reinsborough outlines her backgr...
