Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 16, 2010
• Invested on: May 27, 2011

With commitment and passion, Erminie Cohen has dedicated herself to improving the lives of women, children and the impoverished. As a volunteer and activist in New Brunswick, she was instrumental in increasing the number of children adopted out of the province's care system, and played a key role in founding a local shelter for abused women and their children. She has also championed the eradication of poverty regionally and nationally, most notably as a senator, challenging the public and private sectors to work together to help reduce poverty in Canada. She continues to be an inspiration for her dedication to community service in New Brunswick.