Jess Crawford
Investigaytor
Jess Crawford (they/them) is a white settler, an uninvited guest with British and German ancestry. Jess is a trans, non-binary, queer, and neurodivergent registered nurse. Jess has lived on several Treaty and stolen Indigenous lands in colonial “Canada”. They currently spend most of their time learning on Treaty 1, where they are doing their Master of Nursing at the University of Manitoba. Their thesis work explores the experiences of gender-inclusive and affirming practices among undergraduate nursing students and faculty. Their scoping review protocol on this subject was published in BMJ Open. Jess is a Canadian Institute of Health Research Canada Graduate (Master’s) Scholar and Canadian Nurses Foundation (Tylenol® Fund to Advance Diversity in Nursing and Health Equity Research Scholarship) Scholar. Their research has been funded by the University of Manitoba’s College of Nursing Endowment Fund Graduate Student Research Grant. Jess engages in ongoing, critical, intersectional reflections and social accountability and welcomes these same reckonings as we move towards reimagining collective liberation.