Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2017-05-11
Invested on: 2018-01-24
Cathy Crowe, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario
As one of Canada’s first street nurses, Cathy Crowe has devoted her career to using health care for social justice. In 1998, she co-founded the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, an organization that pioneered new approaches to homelessness. She produced several documentary films and authored a book that have given voice to the marginalized and vulnerable. Through her creative and tenacious efforts as a social activist, she has bridged the issues of health and homelessness with a goal of making housing available for all.