Our Winter 2025 Contributors

Born in Orangeville and raised in Caledon, Bridget Cauthery now lives in the village of Inglewood after more than two decades spent living and working in the arts and culture sector in Toronto. Cauthery completed her PhD in dance studies at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom in 2007 and is now an associate professor in York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design. In our winter issue, Cauthery shares an adapted excerpt from her first book, Choreographing the North: Settler Affinities in Contemporary Dancemaking, published this year as part of U.K. publisher Routledge’s Advanced Series on Theatre & Performance Studies.

She is currently working on her second publication, an examination of an overlooked ballet from 1988, In the Land of the Spirits, in collaboration with five Indigenous artist-scholars from across Turtle Island. 

Orangeville food photographer and recipe developer Elaine Li has been contributing to In The Hills since 2022, snapping drool-worthy food photos of Headwaters’ growing culinary scene and, on other occasions, capturing lively portraits that tell community stories. She recently took on a digital editor role with the magazine to navigate the world of social media, including our new In The Hills Magazine page on LinkedIn – follow us there! More plans are in the works, so stay tuned.

When Li is not behind the camera or developing recipes at her home studio, she channels her creativity through Little Clay Bites, her whimsical miniature food- and pet-themed polymer clay art. Find her creations at the upcoming Museum of Dufferin’s Holiday Treasures Craft Market from November 26 to December 7.

As a longtime Caledon resident, Jeff Rollings has covered a wide variety of topics for In The Hills since his first story appeared in 2006. They include affordable housing, medical assistance in dying, water rights and waste management. Central to all of them are the people of Headwaters, their astonishing array of interests, and the issues that concern all of us. 

Some of Rollings’ most impactful writing has been his work for the annual Local Heroes feature, for which he has now profiled more than 90 individuals and groups. In this issue, he turns his attention to Lynda McDougall and Sanjay Lekhi. Asked what all those people have taught him over the years, Rollings says, “Young or old, rich or poor, famous, infamous or unknown, there’s something to be learned from every single one of us. We all have a story worth telling.”