Jennifer Sweeney, B.A.(Hon), M.Sc., RSLP

Certified in Speech-Language Pathology by CASLPA and ASHA

Jennifer has experience working with preschool children, young adults and seniors in the health care system and in private practice. She is registered with the College of Speech and Hearing Professionals of BC, and is certified by the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Jennifer graduated from UBC in with first-class honours in speech sciences, and was offered full funding to continue her studies in speech-language pathology at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana.  The speech-language pathology program at Purdue is consistently ranked in the top 5 programs in the United States, and ranked #2 in 2009.

After graduation from Purdue in 1991, Jennifer completed her clinical fellowship at Marshfield Clinic, in Wisconsin, with three clinical rotations: Voice, Rehabilitation and Pediatrics.  Upon her return to Vancouver to practise the profession, she spent many years working with preschool children as well as brain injury and stroke survivors and their families.

In 2000, Jennifer founded the BC Aphasia Centre to support the estimated 10,000 people in British Columbia living with aphasia, a loss or impairment of language from a brain injury, most commonly a stroke.  The BCAC achieved charitable status in September 2001 and operated with volunteers until the spring of 2007 when members voted to transfer assets to the Stroke Recovery Association of BC.

Jennifer has extensive experience in delivering and planning adult educational activities, from presentations to workshops as well as organizing themed conferences.