Édison Roy-César has an Honours Bachelors Degree in Economics and a Masters Degree in Economics from the Université de Montréal. He is currently working for the Library of Parliament, Ottawa. In 20082009, he worked as a research assistant at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations (CIRANO) and at the department of Political Science, Université de Montréal. He has also been an auxiliary teacher at the Université de Montréal for courses on quantitative methods of analysis and analysis of economic data.