On Monday, January 20^th, the Waterloo branch of the Canadian International Council will host Canada’s Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Jennifer May.  Ambassador May will speak during an exclusive working dinner at The Bauer Kitchen, in the Bauer North room, beginning at 7:00pm.  Tickets for the event are $20.

Jennifer May
Ambassador of Canada in Brazil

Biography

Ambassador Jennifer May joined Global Affairs Canada in 1990 following Master’s studies in International Relations at the University of Vienna, Austria. She arrived in Brasilia in August 2019 following 4 years as Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Canada to Germany, in Berlin. At Headquarters, her assignments have focused on Europe and security issues, serving as Executive Director of Defense and Relations, Director of Eastern Europe and Eurasia Relations and in various positions in the Directorates of Southern and Northern Europe Relations. Abroad, she has served in Bonn, Hong Kong, Beijing, Vienna, and Bangkok, and most recently in Berlin. She is accompanied in Brasilia by her husband Markus Streibel and two teenage children; her oldest son is currently studying at university in Vienna.