The Honourable Marlene Jennings is a former Member of Parliament (1997-2011) known nationally and internationally as an expert in independent civil oversight of law enforcement. She is a long-time defender of fundamental minority rights such as anti-Black racism, systemic racism & discrimination, employment equity to name but a few. Ms. Jennings has been especially active over the past two (2) years on the English-Speaking minority community linguistic rights. She filled the volunteer role of President of the Québec Community Groups Network from 2020 to June 9,2022 and remains a member of QCGN’s Board of Directors. Ms. Jennings is also a retired lawyer, former Québec Police Commission Member (1988-1990) and former Deputy Commissioner for Police Ethics of Québec (1990-1997).