May 17, 2012
Edwina O'Shea
Fellowship
- Status
- Past Fellow
- Year
- 2009
Biography
- Biography
Edwina O’Shea is a senior policy analyst with Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, most recently working on asylum and refugee issues. In particular, Edwina has conducted comparative analyses of Canadian and U.S. asylum polices and practices, as well as research into decision-making in the Canadian refugee resettlement program. She has also worked in Canadian diplomatic missions abroad conducting refugee, immigrant and non-immigrant selection in Thailand, Nepal, Singapore and Kenya. She brings immigration policy and practitioner experience from a Canadian perspective. Edwina has a bachelors degree in political studies from Queen’s University and a masters in Political Science from the University of Toronto in Canada.
