Jennifer Brunet

Community Storyteller Lead
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Jennifer Brunet is an urban multicultural Kanien’kéha:ka Mohawk. She was born and raised in the Ottawa-Gatineau region but remained close to community and ceremony throughout her lifetime. She is Kanien’kéha:ka, Algonquin and French Settler on her maternal side from Kanesatake, a Mohawk First Nation on the shore of the Lake of Two Mountains in Southwestern Quebec. On her paternal side, Jennifer is Tupí-Guarani and Ukrainian from South-Central Brazil. 

Outside of her role as Lead for the Storytellers Project, Jennifer is a visual artist, beader, and educator. Since the beginning of Jennifer’s professional career, she has been involved in Indigenous activism, culture, education and the arts. For many years, Jennifer was an interpreter and storyteller in the field of Indigenous tourism and Indigenous art. Prior to joining Land Needs Guardians, Jennifer assisted in the development of a report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2-Spirited Peoples (MMIWG2S+) as part of the National Inquiry’s mandate into MMIWG2S+. Jennifer also volunteers her time to Assembly of Seven Generation (A7G) in so-called Ottawa. A7G is a grassroots youth group dedicated to giving Indigenous youth living in the city access to land-based and cultural activities.