“I wanted a permanent sustainable lifestyle, not a quick fix.” Steph Yu. Photos by Jo-Anne McArthur.I have never met Steph Yu, but it feels like I have. Reading her blog, I feel as though we’re friends. She divulges her passion for life and pours out the wisdom...
“Animal welfare science has provided us with enough evidence to justify behavioural change.” Anne Quain is a veterinarian, a lecturer in veterinary ethics and professional practice, the author of a book on veterinary ethics, and a columnist on issues relating...
“As long as I can hear and talk, I still defend animals.” Driving to meet Dr. Aline de Aluja, her two colleagues talk about her enthusiastically. She’s definitely an extrovert, they say, direct, extremely sincere, and guided by a strong code of ethics. This is a...
“I deeply admire womxn who have done investigations” Dulce Ramírez. All photos by Jo-Anne McArthur. The first time that I meet Dulce Ramírez, I compliment her on her name – Dulce means ‘sweet’ in Spanish. “I am the opposite,” she says resolutely. Those who know...
“I always say that I lead with the carrot and not the stick, quite literally.” In many ways, the food industry is still a man’s world. But while hatted restaurants and celebrity chef titles are dominated by men, it’s often women who are changing the...
