Lucie Edwards - Career

Career

As a Canadian public servant and diplomat, Lucie Edwards has held various roles. In 1976, Lucie Edwards was one of five women who joined the Department of External Affairs (DEA), now the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Title Location Years
Foreign Affairs Officer, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs. Throughout her career, she has specialized on African and Middle Eastern affairs. Ottawa, Ontario and various external assignments 1976–2009
Foreign Affairs Officer, Middle East division, Israel Embassy
  • she helped develop a Canadian studies program in Israel.
 Tel Aviv, Israel 1977–1980
Foreign Affairs Officer Middle East division, Lebanon desk officer
  • just after Israel invaded Lebanon
 Beirut, Lebanon 1982–1984
Chairperson of the Southern Africa Task Force, Department of Foreign Affairs Ottawa, Ontario 1989–1992
Director of the Middle East Relations Division, Department of Foreign Affairs Ottawa, Ontario 1992–1993
  • High Commissioner to Kenya (with concurrent accreditation to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea and Somalia)
  • Permanent representative to United Nations Environment Programme and United National Human Settlements Programme UN/Habitat.
  • Chaired the Donors' Development Group, in collaboration with the government of Kenya.
 Nairobi, Kenya 1993–1995
Founding Director General of the Global Issues Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs, which provided policy direction on human rights, peace building, environment and human development Ottawa, Ontario 1995 - 1996.
Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Foreign Affairs - responsible for a staff of 1200, 400 million dollar budget, and 160 overseas missions. Ottawa, Ontario 1996 - 1999.
High Commissioner of Canada to South Africa, with concurrent accreditation to Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mauritius. Chairperson of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). She served as an adviser on rural development for International Agricultural Research. Pretoria, South Africa 1999 - 2003.
High Commissioner in the Republic of India, with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal and the Kingdom of Bhutan New Delhi, India 2003–2006
Internal Management Consultant, Chief Strategist and Head of the Office of Transformation, Department of Foreign Affairs with a mandate to “reinvent Canada’s foreign and trade ministry for the twenty-first century.” Ottawa, Ontario 2007–2009
Doctoral candidate in Global Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs from University of Waterloo; Kitchener, Ontario 2009–present

Read more about this topic:  Lucie Edwards

Famous quotes containing the word career:

    “Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman’s natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.”
    —Ann Oakley (b. 1944)

    “I seemed intent on making it as difficult for myself as possible to pursue my “male” career goal. I not only procrastinated endlessly, submitting my medical school application at the very last minute, but continued to crave a conventional female role even as I moved ahead with my “male” pursuits.”
    —Margaret S. Mahler (1897–1985)

    “Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)