Vancouver, BC, CANADA - Lena Soots is a community educator and facilitator with a focus on community sustainability and resilience. With an academic background in Environmental Studies, Lena’s work has involved environmental consulting, community planning, local food system development and facilitation across a wide range of community settings. She is currently an Instructor and Research Associate with the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University and a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Education. Lena’s current research is in the area of transformative community learning and exploring the inner and outer dimensions of change. She is also a yoga instructor and tries to spend as much time as possible hiking in the mountains or paddling a canoe.