Hayley is a nationally recognized leader in systems transformation at the intersection of food, health equity, and climate. With over fifteen years of experience advising public institutions and senior executives across Canada, she brings a strategic and relational approach to complex change—grounded in systemic design, participatory governance, and a deep commitment to reconciling relationships with Indigenous peoples and the ecosystems that sustain us.
She is the co-founder of Nourish, a national charity working to harness the power of food in health care. Through leadership development, cross-sector convening, and policy co-design, Nourish brings together health leaders, clinicians, Indigenous knowledge keepers, farmers, chefs, and policymakers to reimagine hospital food systems as drivers of climate action, health equity, and reconciliation. The organization’s work has shaped national policy and provincial frameworks on low-carbon procurement, traditional food access, and sustainable menus in hospitals and long-term care.
Early in her career Hayley received the CBC’s Peter Gzowski Fellowship; she continues to enjoy writing, reading, and speaking on planetary health, cultural regeneration, and nature connection. She holds a B.A. from McGill University and an M.Ed. in Leadership, Adult Education, and Community Development from the University of Toronto. An eleventh-generation French Canadian settler, Hayley lives, works, and mothers on lək̓ʷəŋən territory.
