50 Remarkable Alumni: Jenna Noppen helps Indigenous communities prepare for emergencies

50 Remarkable Alumni: Jenna Noppen helps Indigenous communities prepare for emergencies

The 2021 atmospheric river flooding in the eastern Fraser Valley was devastating, but sometimes, a negative event can be the catalyst for positive change.   For UFV alumni Jenna Noppen (BA ‘19), a Cowessess First Nation Member born and raised within Coast Salish territory, the disaster revealed significant gaps in emergency preparedness and management for Indigenous communities. It also sparked in her the determination to tackle the situation.  …