Board of Directors

Pursuant to the bylaws of the Canadian Association for Food Law and Policy (CAFLP) and the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, C.s. 2009, c. 23, the Board of Directors serves as the governing body of the CAFLP.

Laura Bowman

Laura Bowman is a lawyer at Ecojustice Canada in Toronto. She was called to the Ontario bar in 2007 and has a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto and an LLM from Osgoode in administrative law. She has lived and practiced in three different provinces and in Nunavut.

She represents environmental groups, First Nations and community groups at all levels of court in judicial reviews. She is on Ecojustice’s Healthy Communities team and is fascinated by sprawl and food systems and how they drive the triple planetary crisis: climate emergency, toxics/pollution and biodiversity loss.

Abra Brynne

Abra Brynne has been deeply involved in farming and food systems her entire life, beginning with a childhood on a farm in the Okanagan Valley, where her family belonged to a local tree fruit marketing cooperative. She has worked closely with farmers and on food systems for thirty years, with a focus on value chains and the regulatory regimes that impede or support them. She is a sought-after agri-foods system consultant and has served as a policy advisor in the fisheries, meat, cannabis, and organic sectors. She is currently an Interdisciplinary PhD candidate at Dalhousie University, focusing on farmer-Indigenous land relations in British Columbia.

Katrina Coughlin

Katrina Coughlin is a partner in Gowling WLG's Ottawa office. Her practice is focused primarily on regulatory and commercial law related to foods, drugs, natural health products, medical devices, cosmetics, consumer products, animal feeds and other agricultural products.

Drawing on her prior experience working at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Katrina assists clients interacting with Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), AAFC, Competition Bureau and Environment Canada, as well as provincial and territorial regulators. She has broad experience working with companies on product commercialization issues, including: product classification, regulatory licensing and approvals, formulation and ingredient reviews, packaging and labelling, advertising and regulatory enforcement matters such as recalls. Her practice also includes regulatory compliance and commercial issues that relate to multi-level marketing, direct selling and consumer protection.

In her regulatory practice, Katrina assists clients with responses to Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs), including notices of violation (NOV) with warnings and financial penalties issued by the CFIA. She is co-editor of the firm's Food, NHP and Cosmetics newsletter, and also operates a cow-calf farming business with her husband, providing her with unique industry insight.

Kelsie Dale

Kelsie Dale is an accomplished public health professional and environmental health advocate based in Saskatchewan, Canada. In her role as Environmental Health Food Safety Consultant for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Kelsie spearheads the development of legislation, regulations, policies, and procedures related to food safety and personal services. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology, a Bachelor of Environmental Health, a Master of Public Health, and a Master of Business Administration, complemented by numerous continuing education certificates across environmental health and policy disciplines.

A member of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) since 2007, Kelsie has held multiple leadership roles within the organization and its affiliated branches and currently serves as the CIPHI National President-Elect. She is also the Secretary for the International Federation of Environmental Health – Americas Region. Kelsie holds and has held leadership roles on several provincial, national, and international committees relating to climate health, indigenous public health, environmental health, and food safety.

Kelsie is a recognized expert who has presented extensively at national and international forums, sharing her knowledge in environmental health, food safety, and public health policy.

Mark Feduke

Mark is the Director of Trade Compliance and Policy at ArdoVLM, a global leader in the production and supply of plant-based processed foods. In this capacity, he is responsible for managing trade compliance and regulatory affairs files across the Americas.

In addition to his role at ArdoVLM, Mark serves as a steering group member of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation. He collaborates with donor country international development agencies in a public-private partnership that uses trade facilitation to promote economic growth and development. Projects funded by the Alliance in collaboration with local public and private sector stakeholders address real-world challenges in low and middle-income countries while promoting sustainable and inclusive development.

A former appointee to Health Canada’s Food Expert Advisory Committee, Mark is a seasoned value chain professional with expertise in policy and risk assessment, particularly where regulation and supply chain practices intersect.

Jenna Khoury-Hanna

Jenna Khoury-Hanna is an associate lawyer at Kinch Eddie Litigation Professional Corporation, a full service litigation firm located in Campbellford, Ontario. Her civil litigation practice consists primarily of planning and land use issues. She completed her J.D. at Dalhousie University and an LL.M at Pace University, where she was also the Food and Agriculture Graduate Law Fellow and assisted with the Food and Beverage Law Clinic.

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Nadia Lambek

Nadia is an Assistant Professor at Western University Faculty of Law. Her research explores law’s constitutive role in shaping our food systems, the engagement of social movements in law making, and property law.

Nadia is a founding member of the CAFLP, and has served in various leadership roles within the Association over the years. In addition to her scholarship, she regularly collaborates with civil society organizations on issues of food system governance, including working with the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism to the UN Committee on World Food Security.

Tasha Sioufi Stansbury

Tasha Sioufi Stansbury (she/her) is a PhD student and part-time professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Common Law. Her research focuses on culturally appropriate food, the human right to food, and the environmental impact of food trade. She holds an LL.M. from the University of Ottawa, a J.D. from the University of Windsor, and an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto.