Lucie Edwards

Lucie Edwards worked in the department of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 2009, as the high commissioner to India, South Africa, Kenya and permanent representative to the United Nations Environmental program. She founded the Global Issues Bureau and served as assistant deputy minister for Corporate Services in Ottawa. She received the Public Service Award of Excellence in 1995 for her humanitarian work during the Rwanda genocide and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence from the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2009. Lucie Edwards has over 20 years of experience representing Canada at the United Nations and regional development agencies. Her interests include good governance, food security, poverty alleviation, primary health care and sustainable development. Today, she can be found working at the crossroads of science, the environment, and international development as part of her doctoral dissertation in Global Governance at the University of Waterloo(2009–present). She is also the Ashley Fellow 2011 at Trent University.