Jessica Penney is a Nunatsiavut Inuk raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut, with family from Rigolet and Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador. Dr. Penney is an Assistant Professor of Sociology ay Toronto Metropolitan University and an Associate with the Yellowhead Institute. Her research supports Inuit food sovereignty, focusing on the intersection of Inuit health and environmental issues, including environmental contaminants and climate change. She is passionate about collaborative Inuit research methodologies and ethics, and capacity building in Indigenous research.