Legal Counsel
Phone: (604) 822-5045
E-mail: jgroenew@mail.ubc.ca
Jennifer earned a degree in nursing at the University of Alberta and her law degree at Dalhousie University. During her first career as a registered nurse, she worked for almost 15 years in the critical care units of hospitals in Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia. She decided to pursue a career in the law. She has been practicing law now for a dozen years, first with Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP in Vancouver and then with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives, including as the College’s Director of Investigations, where she oversaw a team of 15 full-time staff lawyers/investigators, half a dozen external contract investigators, and managed a portfolio of roughly 350 active investigations at any given time.
Jennifer is delighted to now be joining the OUC, where she looks forward to combining her professional experience and her commitment to principled and compassionate decision-making.