Shadé Edwards

Before joining the firm as a lawyer, Shadé developed her legal skills with WeirFoulds as both an Articling Student and a Summer Student. Prior to this, she worked as a legal intern at the Department of Justice of Canada and as a Student Border Services Officer with the Canada Border Services Agency.

Shadé received her Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, where she was the Co-President of the Black Law Students’ Association, a First-Year Nelligan Moot Participant, an equity peer mentor, a research assistant, and a member of the AÉCLSS Joint Equity and Advocacy Committee. As a research assistant, Shadé’s areas of focus included Transgender Rights, Tax law and Feminist Perspectives on the Law.