Jenny

  • Reality check

    On the words we use to describe beauty: otherworldly, dreamlike, surreal. These terms distance us from the places that move us, and they make it harder to acknowledge the truth of where we are. This is the world we live in, we are awake, and this is as real as it gets. Take the gift….

  • Be changed

    It’s a rainy Saturday at home in Ottawa, Canada. I grabbed a circumpolar map and some stickers and have been reflecting on my journey around the pole, which began with a trip to Northern Quebec when I was 16 years old. It was a summer road trip with my mum and her friends, and I…

  • Airport humour

    Today is all airports, all the time. Sense of humour will be key. In Toronto, at security, one of the employees yelling, “Love the day you are in! Smile everybody! Don’t look at the lineup!” She was rad. It’s a good day to be Alaska bound. Let’s try not to take ourselves too seriously. Deal?…

  • Screen time

    I believe that storytelling can build cultural understanding. I believe that listening is powerful and that every voice matters. The world is far too grand and diverse to be funneled through a screen – though when I’m not out meeting people I spend quite a bit of time in front of one. If I ever…

  • Team photo

    Another journey to another part of this planet where I have the privilege of meeting people and asking questions while Eric uses his talent to share the mood and the moment through photography. Every time we work together we take a team portrait, so this is us saying goodbye to the Antarctic (though we’ve got…

  • Sharing is caring

    Wrapping up a great week here and wanted to say thanks with a silly selfie from Qassiarsuk, Greenland. Welcome to our new followers and a shout out to the communities who helped us share faces and places this week: @whoamagwhoa (you want to know about these women), @ilovegreenland (featuring fab takeovers!), and @lindbladexp (who fuels so,…

  • Meet the North in The Ottawa Citizen

    Jenny recently sat down with The Ottawa Citizen’s Elizabeth Payne to discuss Meet the North. Learn more about Jenny and the inspiration behind the project in Payne’s great article here. “The north is in the news, but it tends to be about resource extraction, sovereignty, climate change — all really important issues, yet there are four…