Mary P Brooke thinks about stuff, writes stuff, and sets new ideas in motion.

Both a creative analytical thinker and a business woman, Mary puts a unique edge into all projects, enterprises and affiliations.

Her day job is as the editor and publisher of Island Social Trends — a news publication that offers keen insights to attentive readers online at IslandSocialTrends.ca.

As part of her commitment to community, Ms Brooke is the Executive Lead for the Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) with the primary goal of seeing food-growing capacity required in all urban infrastructure.

Mary is the proud mother of four grown children who are making impacts in the modern world and starting families of their own. She has keen perspectives on the societal trends that impact women and families, including now the dynamics of ageism.