Dr. Emily Jenkins is a Registered Nurse and Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia with a faculty appointment at the Human Early Learning Partnership. She is the Scientific Director of Wellstream: The Canadian Centre for Innovation in Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use and holds a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Approaches to Mental Health and Substance Use. Her research is characterized by an "upstream" and systems-level focus, with an emphasis on mental health promotion. Her work is responsive to emergent priority health and social issues and includes interventions to guide youth policy engagement to strengthen well-being among individuals and their communities, as well as programs to minimize the harms of substance use across the lifespan.