Bio
Laura Dawson is Senior Associate – Training and Research at the Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL), Carleton University/University of Ottawa, where she designs and directs technical assistance and research projects in the Americas as well as in China and eastern Europe.
Among her areas of interest are south-north migration, brain circulation and managed migration, trade policy formulation, international negotiations, and public participation in policy development. Dr. Dawson has been a member of the CTPL faculty since 1997 and holds a joint appointment as Assistant Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.