Lenore Newman is an agricultural expert whose job consists of two parts: research in food and agricultural innovation and advising the provost of the University of the Fraser Valley on agricultural directions and projects. She also plays a mentorship role to those aspiring to enter the agricultural industry, whether it be in business or research.

What does Gavin Dew do for a living? He jokes that even his wife doesn’t know. But to him, his work is to get complicated major projects built in difficult situations. Those situations may be politically difficult or controversial, but that does not scare him. To him, anything worth doing is hard – to him, that is “interesting and fun.”