Article content The culinary icon known for her tireless advocacy of the nation’s food industry, and her powerful promotion for all things connected to the country’s food world, passed away last November to cancer, leaving behind a legacy for others to continue her tireless crusade to support and promote Canada’s food scene. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Remembering a culinary icon during this year's Food Day Canada celebrations Back to video The award-winning food activist and University of Guelph Food Laureate as well as Member of the Order of Canada, was a champion of of all things connecting Canada’s food world – the farmers, fishmongers and grocery purveyors. Well-loved by an army of chefs coast-to-coast, Stewart was the quintessential rabble-rouser, setting the original groundwork for Food Day Canada back in 2003, with a national call-to-arms in support of the beef industry and the devastation that industry was facing at that time.