Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 18, 2016
• Invested on: May 12, 2017

Marguerite Andersen, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario

For her role as a pioneer in women’s studies in Canada and for her contributions to francophone literature reflecting the Canadian woman’s experience.

Through her masterful work, Marguerite Andersen has given a voice to women’s experiences in Canada. As a novelist, essayist and academic, she is dedicated to advancing the status of women’s studies, and has held the Chair in Women’s Studies at both Concordia and Mount Saint Vincent universities. Among her influential publications, Mother Was Not a Person is considered the first feminist anthology of the Canadian woman’s experience. As director of the journal Virages, the only Canadian French-language literary journal outside of Quebec, she has also helped to promote the evolution of Francophone literature in Canada.