Currently enrolled in the MScN-thesis program at McMaster University, Jasmeet Chagger has been a community mental health nurse for the past seven years.

Her research focuses on the intergenerational perceptions of alcohol use & the impact of problem drinking on South Asian Punjabi families from a Canadian perspective. Jasmeet also co-founded a not for profit initiative, SOCH Mental Health where she provides culturally & linguistically appropriate psychoeducational workshops for the South Asian community both locally & globally. Jasmeet was the 2018 recipient of Brampton’s Top 40 Under 40 and McMaster University’s Graduate Student Leadership Award. In Nov 2018 Jasmeet was a keynote speaker at a South Asian mental health event at Indiana University Purdue University