Penelope Kerrigan

Penny Kerrigan is a Haida Elder, member of Old Massett Village Council and senior consultant with over 30 years of experience in Indigenous women’s governance, community development, housing and human rights frameworks, such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She is the founder of the Aboriginal Mother Centre Society, in Vancouver, BC, Canada and served as a Liaison for the National Inquiry into Murdered Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, and is an advisor to Global Affairs Canada- Indigenous Peoples Partnering for Climate Canada, BC Assembly of First Nations, and is a member of Groots Canada and the Huairou Commission. She has extensive experience bridging grassroots leadership with international policy to advance climate resilience, gender equality, and sustainable development at the United Nations.