Jennifer Berezan, born January 19, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and activist. She studied comparative religion at the University of Calgary, took a break to travel in Europe, and moved to Oakland in 1986 to take a master's degree at Holy Names College. Her 1988 debut album In the Eye of The Storm was an early example of Americana music. Her album Borderlines (1993) was nominated for a NAIRD Award. She integrated folk, rock, chant, pop, and meditation across her releases like She Carries Me (1995), Refuge (1997), and Belonging (2023). She collaborated with artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Emily Saliers, and Gloria Steinem. Berezan remains active as a producer of large-scale multicultural ecstatic musical events and teaches a course at the California Institute of Integral Studies.
