Dr. Rebekah Jacques is a practicing Forensic Pathologist, performing medico-legal and hospital post-mortem examinations, and providing forensic pathology services to the Southwestern region of Ontario. She is an assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario’s Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Her research activities focus on public health and the intersection between the medicolegal death investigation system and distinct populations, and she is currently in the process of developing a subspecialized area of ethics called ‘Death Investigation Bioethics’. Dr. Jacques has also recently been appointed to Tri-agencies’ Research Reference Group for the Appropriate Review of Indigenous Research where she provides advice and guidance on the development and implementation of culturally appropriate review approaches and practices for research conducted by and with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples.