Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 21, 1982
• Invested on: October 20, 1982

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.