Iris Rosen was an Edmonton resident and former travel consultant. She was born in London, England on August 10, 1923 to Pauline and Max Rosen and was enlisted into the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) upon her 18th birthday in 1941. She served in the WAAF through the remainder of World War Two and was stationed at various bases in England as well as in India and Singapore. She arrived in Singapore shortly after the cessation of conflict in 1945 and was one of the first British service members to return to Singapore since the Japanese invasion in 1941. She left the WAAF in 1946, but her travel experiences with the service had interested her greatly and she continued to travel extensively.

Later, she immigrated to Canada and settled in Toronto. She joined the fledgling travel industry as a travel agent in 1956, working with Air and Ocean Travel. As one of the first female travel agents in Canada, Rosen gained experience and opened her own travel consulting business in Edmonton in 1961.

In Edmonton, Rosen's business thrived and she was able to teach a business course at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. As part of her work, she traveled to several sites throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and South America and thoroughly photo-documented these travels and her life in Edmonton.

Iris continued to reside in Edmonton after her retirement and died in April 2009.