Jenny Gerbasi graduated from the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Nursing in 1986, receiving the University Gold Medal. She worked as a nurse with the VON for 11 years and taught nursing at the University of Manitoba.
Jenny was first elected Councillor for the Fort Rouge — East Fort Garry Ward in October of 1998, and re-elected in 2002 and 2006. Jenny chairs the Access Advisory Committee, which brought forward Canada’s first Universal Design Policy and is the first woman to chair the Historic Buildings Committee. Jenny has championed such causes as Rapid Transit, inner city housing, environmental issues, neighborhood safety and citizen participation in city planning and in civic government.
Jenny is a mother of three and has one grandchild.