Lucie Edwards is a Canadian diplomat, who worked in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development from 1976 to 2009, as the high commissioner to India, South Africa, Kenya and permanent representative to the United Nations Environmental program.
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 works at the crossroads of science, the environment, and international development having completed her doctoral dissertation in Global Governance at the University of Waterloo(2009–2013).
In recognition of exceptional academic and extracurricular achievement, she was a recipient of the prestigious Champlain Scholarship at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.