Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1982-06-21
Invested on: 1982-10-20
A leading architectural historian, she is known particularly for her books The Ancestral Roof, a study of domestic building in Upper Canada, and Hallowed Walls, which won a Governor General's Literary Award. In her teaching at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, and in her many public lectures, she has shared with others her knowledge of her subject.