1. Jenna Sudds attended Brock University in St Catharines and moved to the National Capital Region in 2001 to complete her master's degree in economics at Carleton University.
10 Facts About Jenna Sudds
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Jenna Sudds worked as an economist in the federal government for twelve years before becoming the inaugural President and executive director of the Kanata North Business Association, after being appointed to the role by a hiring committee that consisted of her predecessor on Council, Marianne Wilkinson.
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From November 2017 to November 2018, Jenna Sudds was the inaugural executive director at the CIO Strategy Council, a national technology council.
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Jenna Sudds has been a longtime volunteer with the Kanata Food Cupboard and the Ottawa Network for Education.
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Jenna Sudds has received a Special Recognition Award from the Kanata Food Cupboard for her leadership and service to those in need in the community.
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Jenna Sudds received a Forty Under 40 Award from the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce in 2015, and was named one of Development Counsellors International's Top 40 under 40 working in economic development in 2017.
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Jenna Sudds was appointed to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Women, Gender Equality, and Youth by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 3,2021.
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Jenna Sudds sat on the Standing Committee on the Status of Women as a voting member from December 1,2021 through September 25,2023.
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Jenna Sudds supported legislation to ban the practice of conversion therapy, which passed the House of Commons in a unanimous vote.
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Jenna Sudds is a strong supporter of economic actions to strengthen Canada's technology sector, particularly semiconductor fabrication and critical mineral development.