Elizabeth Yeoman

Originally from the Maritimes, Elizabeth Yeoman has been walking, cycling, driving and using public transit in Newfoundland and Labrador for the past thirty-five years. Drawing on those experiences, she is co-editor with Robin Whitaker of Making Connections. She has made a CBC Radio Ideas show about walking (The Least Possible Baggage) and co-directed a documentary film about the struggle for the right to walk in St. John’s (Honk If You Want Me Off The Road). She is on the Board of Directors of Bicycle NL and is a member of Challenge Car Culture NL. Elizabeth also writes about language, culture and translation. Her most recent book is Exactly What I Said: Translating Words and Worlds.