Jenn Hayward is a Métis and Ukrainian woman from Saskatchewan who has lived in the Ottawa region since 2007. She lives and works on unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory and is intentional about how she shows up in that. When it makes sense, she partners, collaborates, or steps back to ensure opportunities are held by those whose community this is.
 Her career has never been one lane. It has moved through government, entrepreneurship, community work, consulting, and the arts. The through line has always been people. Bringing them together, making things work better, and turning good intentions into something real.
 Jenn started in policy and program development with Saskatchewan Health and later Correctional Service Canada. She led national consultations, worked on strategy and reporting tied to Indigenous initiatives, and spent a lot of time listening and learning alongside Elders, communities, and leadership. That foundation still shapes how she approaches everything.
 In Ottawa, she moved into leadership roles with Indigenous organizations including Wabano Health Centre and the Odawa Native Friendship Centre. Her work focused on building programs, raising funds, and creating ways for community to show up and connect in meaningful ways.
 Then she did what Jenn does and jumped into entrepreneurship. She built a courier company from the ground up, grew it to over 50 staff, and took it past a million in revenue. It was not always smooth. It was very real. That experience is a big part of how she works now. Practical, honest, and focused on what actually works instead of what sounds good on paper.
 Today, Jenn is a consultant who helps organizations move from talking about things to actually doing them. She works on reconciliation in action, building partnerships that create real economic opportunities, and designing programs that connect businesses and communities in ways that last.
 She is also a writer, speaker, comedian, and facilitator. She has written for CBC Radio, shares work on reconciliation and social issues, and speaks across Canada. Her style mixes storytelling, lived experience, and humour because that is how people actually connect and learn.
 Jenn holds a Bachelor of Human Justice from the University of Regina and a Global Changemakers Diploma from the Coady Institute. She has received awards for her work in community leadership and entrepreneurship, but she is much more interested in the work itself than the recognition.
 At the end of the day, Jenn builds things. Ideas, relationships, businesses, opportunities. She connects people who should know each other and helps move things forward. Not perfectly, but honestly, and always with the goal of doing a little bit better.