Joshua Prowse

Joshua Prowse is a Vancouver-based immigration and refugee lawyer. He was called as a lawyer in 2012 and has since practiced human rights, administrative, labour, mental health, immigration, and refugee law. He has also served as a decision-maker on multiple tribunals. Joshua previously served on the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, where he decided hundreds of refugee claims and appeals. He is the author of Canadian Refugee Procedure, available on CanLII. 

Joshua serves as a part-time member of British Columbia’s Mental Health Review Board, on the executive of the Canadian Bar Association’s BC Immigration Section, and on the advocacy committee of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers.

He holds a BA with Highest Honours from Carleton University, a JD from the University of Victoria, and an MA in International Law and Human Rights from the United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica.