Laurette served Canada as an economist and diplomat including the posts of,
With a BA from the University of Manitoba, an MA from Johns Hopkins University, and a Diploma in Divinity based on studies at Oxford University, she was ordained in 2007. She served for several years as Government Relations Advisor for the Anglican Church of Canada.
Now retired, she continues as Honorary Assistant at the Church of St. Bartholomew, Ottawa.
A founding Director of Project Rozana Canada, she is deeply committed to peacebuilding in the Middle East and to ecumenical and inter-faith cooperation.