Jorden Hendry

Jorden Hendry is Ts’msyen and a member of the Gitindo’o tribe from Lax Kw’alaams, with Scottish ancestry. She is a Post Doctoral Fellow at University of British Columbia (UBC) School of Population and Public Health. Jorden’s research examines Indigenous-specific racism as a determinant of health and how public health systems can become safer and more accountable to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples. Her work develops applied tools that enable public health to identify and respond to Indigenous-specific racism. This includes building the conceptual and methodological foundation for a provincial racism measurement tool intended for integration into population health reporting.
Jorden is also a researcher with the Unlearning & Undoing Indigenous-Specific Racism Lab, where she collaborates with the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, Provincial Health Services Authority, and BC Centre for Disease Control. Her research extends to the Cedar Project, an Indigenous-led longitudinal study examining health and well-being among Indigenous people who use drugs.