Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 6, 2010
• Invested on: May 27, 2011

As a nurse, educator, researcher and administrator, Mary-Ellen Jeans has long been a leader in health care. She played a key role in the launch of the first multidisciplinary pain clinic in Canada at the Montreal General Hospital and served as its first administrative director. As head of McGill University's School of Nursing, she was instrumental in establishing one of our country's first Ph.D. programs in the field. She also steered the Canadian Nurses Association and the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses, helping to bring about greater investment in education and research, and greater awareness of the profession's history as an integral part of Canada's heritage.