Dr. Jennifer Ward

Dr. Jennifer Ward is an Indigenous chiropractor who owns and operates her clinic on the Opaskwayak First Nation reserve. She has been providing chiropractic and acupuncture treatment to Northern Manitobans for 18 years. After starting postsecondary at age 16, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and completed training at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2003. Dr. Ward earned her Masters of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine in 2019. With a goal to earn her PhD, she is working with a team of researchers through World Spine Care and the Global Spine Care Initiative to bring chiropractic care to underserviced communities in Northern Canada, Botswana and rural India. Dr. Ward currently serves on the CCA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, where she provides strategic and tactical advice to ensure the CCA’s DEI strategy succeeds.