Kathy Sherrell has over 16 years of experience in Settlement & Refugee services at ISSofBC, where Kathy leads program development and evaluation, contract negotiations, and quality assurance initiatives. Kathy has played a key role in standardizing practices and advancing innovative projects, including the BC Refugee Hub, fostering policy change and deeper understanding of refugee issues. She is the Sector Co-Chair for the National GAR RAP Working Groups and participates on other national and local advisory committees.

Holding a PhD in Geography from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Arts from Simon Fraser University, Kathy’s academic work emphasizes refugee resettlement in Canada, including regionalization, legal status, housing, and settlement experiences. Kathy remains actively engaged in research as a co-investigator on three pan-Canadian, multi-year refugee studies, and leads numerous internal projects. Kathy is an Affiliated Scholar with York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies.