She is the editor in chief of Refuge, Canada's Periodical on Refugees and is a past president of the Canadian Council for Refugees. Her current research interests include refugee law and its intersection with the national security agenda post 9/11 as well as minority rights. In 2007 she was awarded a SSHRC standard research grant for her project, Refugee Diasporas,“Homeland” Conflicts and the Impact of the Post-9/11 Security Paradigm. She has been a visiting lecturer at both the Hebrew University and the American University in Cairo, where she has taught courses on International Refugee Law. Formative experiences in Sharry's earlier career include three years working with Canada World Youth in Pakistan, Indonesia and Uruguay (as well as various communities in Canada) and a year living in a cabin outside of Sioux Lookout, Ontario while serving as director of pilot project on legal literacy.