Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 27, 2000
• Invested on: November 16, 2000

For more than thirty-five years, she has worked with exceptional dedication in Haiti as a nurse and manager, establishing several educational and health-care institutions, and even travelling by donkey or horseback to reach those in the remotest areas. She founded an institute of ophthalmology and attracted medical teams from Canada, the United States and Europe to work there. She was also responsible for building a small hotel for patients and their families. She remains director of the institute and continues to pursue her goal of helping people in need.