Member of the Order of Canada
- Awarded on: December 19, 1983
- Invested on: April 11, 1984
Sandra Simpson is President of "Families for Children", a Toronto based non-profit volunteer organization which she helped found in order to save abandoned, sick and handicapped children in Asia and Guatemala. Through both the original international adoption programme and the in country care which is now its first concern, "Families for Children" has saved the lives of thousands.