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Comedian Jen Grant speaking to NUPGE women's caucus

Comedian Jen Grant speaks to NUPGE women's caucus

Jen Grant, comedian

Speaker's Biography - Comedian Jen Grant

Jen Grant has performed at every major comedy festival in the country multiple times, including the HUBCAP Comedy Festival, Just for Laughs Festival, the Halifax Comedy Fest, and the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and more. She can be heard on CBC’s “The Debaters” and has her own TV special on The Comedy Network. 

Jen was the first Canadian finalist of the Boston Comedy Competition, and was profiled in Ottawa Life Magazine as one of the 25 most influential people in the capital. And she was listed as one of the 5 funniest people in Toronto by Toronto Life Magazine. She also has had the honour of performing for the troops in the Middle East. 

After living in Vancouver, Toronto, and New York City, Jen has planted roots in a small town in Quebec just outside Ottawa and tours the country performing stand-up comedy and key note speeches.