Jennifer McKelvie was elected in 2018 as the Toronto City Councillor for Scarborough Rouge-Park. In her role as Chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee, she is taking an active role in the City of Toronto’s climate change, resilience and ravine strategies. Before her election, Dr. McKelvie was a Professional Geoscientist and managed research partnerships at the Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Her peer-reviewed research has been cited more than 1000 times and was supported by numerous national and international awards, including the L’Oréal/UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship.