telling
"What's your story? It's all in the telling. Stories are compasses and architecture; we navigate by them, we build our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a story is to be lost in the vastness" - Rebecca Solnit
Jen is passionate about storytelling as a way to create positive change.
Dedicated to spreading the word about expeditions and projects she is involved in, the past seven years have seen Jen presenting internationally - at special events, affinity group meetings, outdoor courses, schools, academic workshops, film festivals & conferences.
She has presented about environmental and social issues, adventure and expeditions, and above all aims to instill hope and empower her audiences to understand they are the agents of change for a healthier future.
Jen is available for select speaking engagements on a seasonal basis.
Please contact her by clicking here.
Feel free to watch & listen to the videos below in order to experience some of Jen's storytelling. You can also explore the list of Jen's previous speaking engagements to see if she has presented at an event or to an audience relevant to yours.
She is now working on partnering the spoken with the written word.
More to be announced soon.
CANADA
University of Waterloo (Stratford Campus)
Siemens Canada
Innovation Cluster H20 Makerspace
Great Lakes Institute of Environmental Research
Canadian Water Summit
TEDx Chatham Kent
MEC Outdoor Nation Think Outside Summit
Global Student Leadership Summit
Ontario Student Leadership Conference
Labatt World Environment Day
REACH Student Event
Rotary District Conference
Is the Coast Clear Conference
Stratford Central High School
Avon Maitland School Board Education Day
Goderich Probus Club
IAGLR Conference
Nature Guelph
ABCA Conservation Dinner
Great Lakes Commons
Lake Huron Student Conference
Implicit Podcast
Learning Unlimited
Wannabe Toxic Free
Friends of Bayfield Library
Go Wild Grow Wild
Stratford Waste Reduction Week
Goderich Town Council
Grand Bend & Area Horticultural Society
Pathfinders & Girl Guides of Canada
Bayfield Farmers Market AGM
Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve
Canadian Power & Sail Squadron
Forests Ontario Envirothon
Port Dover Yacht Club
Int. Association for Great Lakes Research
Clean Water Now Committee
Toronto International Boat Show
Fanshawe College
Great Lakes: A Duet
St Anne's Catholic School
Celebration of Water (w/ Maude Barlow)
Women's Institute Annual Retreat
Stratford Field Naturalists
Fall Foto Festival
INTERNATIONAL
Royal Geographical Society (UK)
US Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
IUCN Canadian Wildlife Federation (USA)
Leisure With Purpose (Caribbean)
University of California Berkeley (USA)
Tales of Adventure (UK)
University of Oxford (UK)
Headington Senior School (UK)
Environmental Management Authority (Trinidad)
The Codrington School (Barbados)
National Conservation Authority (St Lucia)
Future Centre Trust (Barbados)
Caribbean Youth Environmental Network (TI)
The International School (St Lucia)
The University of Michigan (USA)
Caribbean Tourism Organisation (Barbados)
The Courtyard Marriott Hotel (Barbados)
Wild & Scenic Film Festival (USA)
Global Shapers Society (Trinidad)
The University of the West Indies (Barbados)
National Fisheries Department (St Lucia)
Portsmouth Community (Dominica)
St Anthony Secondary School (Antigua)
Atlantic Odyssey (Canary Islands)
University College London (UK)
Kings College of London (UK)
Intrepid Explorers Series (UK)
London School of Economics (UK)
Michigan State University (USA)
The University of Georgia (USA)
Cine Athens (USA)
FILM SCREENINGs
Royal Geographical Society (UK)
Celebration of Water: Pioneer Park (Canada)
Cine Athens (USA)
Stratford Field Naturalists (Canada)
Fall Foto Festival (Canada)
UNEP COP BRS Science Fair (Switzerland)
Wild Film Fesitval (UK)
McGill University (Canada)
Enkhuizen Zeevaart School (Netherlands)
Isle of Arran Rotary Club (UK)
Slow Fish Conference (Italy)
Atlantic Odyssey Launch (Spain)
Hospital Club (UK)
Kiwanis Centre (Canada)
Bayfield Town Hall (Canada)
Wild & Scenic Film Festival (USA)
UC Berkeley (USA)
London School of Economics (UK)
Wild Film Festival (UK)
Making Waves, National Maritime Museum (UK)
Wild & Scenic Film Festival Tour (USA)
University of Michigan (USA)
North Carolina Marine Debris Symposium (USA)
Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve (Canada)
Missouri River Relief (USA)
Stratford Waste Reduction Week (Canada)
MEDIA COVERAGE
Royal Maritime Museum
TEDx Chatham Kent
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Dominica National News
Goderich Signal Star
Bayfield Breeze
Adventurers & Scientists for Conservation
Virgin Media
U-M "Hot In Here" Radio Program
Great Lakes Scuttlebutt Magazine
Water Canada Magazine
The Stratford Gazette
The Implicit Show
Eco Companion