Whether speaking on a conference stage, moderating a panel, facilitating a workshop, or sharing lived experience, Jen Pogue knows how to meet a room where it is – and invite it somewhere deeper. Combining personal storytelling, thoughtful questions, humour, and genuine curiosity, she opens up conversations that feel engaging, accessible, and human.
Drawing from her work as a filmmaker, writer, host, entrepreneur, and patient advocate, Jen brings warmth, curiosity, and authenticity to every conversation. From healthcare conferences and advocacy events to film festivals, industry panels, community gatherings, and special events, Jen believes meaningful conversations have the power to spark understanding, challenge assumptions, and create lasting change.
Stories That Connect. Conversations That Matter.
Advocacy & Keynote Speaking
In 2021, Jen was diagnosed with de novo metastatic Stage IV triple-negative breast cancer when she was in her mid-thirties. Following two years on a groundbreaking clinical trial, she emerged with a renewed commitment to use her story as a tool for advocacy, education, and change.
Today, Jen shares her widely and speaks to healthcare professionals, researchers, students, patient communities, and public audiences about topics including breast cancer awareness, patient engagement, living with uncertainty, resilience, sexual health and body image after cancer, storytelling as advocacy, and the power of including lived experience in shaping healthcare innovation.
Event Hosting & Emceeing
As the host of the award-winning lifestyle series and numerous industry and community events, Jen brings warmth, energy, and adaptability to live audiences of all sizes.
Moderating Meaningful Conversations
Drawing on her experience leading discussions for film festivals, patient support organizations, and community initiatives, Jen creates thoughtful conversations that balance expertise, lived experience, and audience engagement.
Selected Publications
Selected Speaking, Hosting & Engagements:
2023 Canadian Breast Cancer Symposium
Opening Keynote: Patient Voice
2024 & 2025 Rethink Breast Cancer's Sex & Body Event
Host & Moderator
2025 Breast Cancer Survivorship and Supportive Care International Conference
Patient Advocate Speaker, Evidence-Based Sexual Health Interventions for Breast Cancer Survivors
2025 University of Toronto Graduate Medical Biophysics Program
Guest Speaker on Patient Engagement & Hope in Research
2026 Bristol Myers Squibb Annual Conference
Fireside Chat with Rethink Breast Cancer Executive Director MJ DeCouteau
2026 Gilead National Business Meeting
Advocacy Panel Speaker
Canadian Film Fest Industry Series
Panel Moderator, Host & Facilitator
Various Industry, Healthcare & Community Events
Speaker, Host & Conversation Facilitator
Selected Features Include:
Princess Margaret Home Lottery Campaign
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CTV's The Good Stuff with Mary Berg
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CBC's Q with Tom Power
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CBC's Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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Wildfire Magazine (Cover Story & Contributor)
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Rethink Breast Cancer Blog (Author)
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