Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 27, 1993
• Invested on: April 13, 1994

She is the founder of CMT International, an organization dedicated to the well-being of people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a hereditary neuromuscular disorder. As the result of her efforts, more research on CMT is being conducted and the medical and lay communities are better informed about this little-understood illness.