Jennifer Lavalley

Jennifer Lavalley is a Two-Spirit/ queer (2QS) nêhiyaw-Saulteaux Métis scholar from Piapot First Nation, located in what is now colonially known as Saskatchewan, Canada. She currently resides on the unceded and occupied territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples in what is colonially known as Victoria, British Columbia. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research. Jennifer’s postdoctoral research focuses on co-creating Indigenous-centred and culturally safe drug-checking technologies and services in partnership with Indigenous Peoples who use drugs (IPWUID).