Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2000-04-27
Invested on: 2000-11-16
A nurse by profession and a woman of immense compassion, she has dedicated the last four decades to helping some of the world's poorest people. Beyond the medical care that she provides, she works selflessly to find practical solutions to the impossible situations facing war victims and refugees in Mozambique, Nigeria and Brazil. Through her extraordinary efforts, she inspires the people she touches with the courage to become self-sufficient and independent.