She teaches and conducts research on wildfire science and management topics. Her wildfire research activities have spanned over two decades during which she has published studies in the areas of fire ecology, fire behaviour, fire-climate interactions, fire risk assessment, wildfire evacuations and landscape values-at-risk mapping. She holds PhD and MSc degrees from the University of Toronto (Faculty of Forestry) and a BES from the University of Waterloo. Jen’s diverse professional background includes leadership roles with provincial and federal government departments, wildland firefighting as a former Ontario Fire Ranger, and applied landscape assessment as a program manager in the utilities industry.