Peggy Edwards is a consultant, policy analyst and writer specializing in issues related to aging, social justice, voluntarism and gender, and an activist for the rights of older people. She has worked with Health Canada, the Canadian Public Health Association, and the World Health Organization. Peggy is a co-founder of the Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN) whose mission is to advocate for the human rights of older women, children and youth, and gender-diverse persons both globally and locally. She is also active in the Grandmothers-to-Grandmothers Campaign, which supports African grandmothers raising young people orphaned by AIDS. Peggy is a recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Voluntarism and a popular speaker. Currently she is working with GRAN to develop a background document on the intersection of food insecurity and age, gender and family responsibility in Africa. Peggy lives in Ottawa and is passionate about the importance of intergenerational solidarity. She has 11 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.