- Founder, Director and Chair of Board of Sign Language Interpreting Associates Ottawa INC (SLIAO)
- ASL/English interpreter, RN by profession (no longer active), CODA (Child of Deaf Adults)
- Accredited interpreter with PWGSC, Translation Bureau and Ministry of the Attorney General
- Established non-profit organization to provide group homes for Deaf individuals with multiple disabilities: Total Communication Environment (TCE)
- Involved in establishing culturally specific Long Term Care for the Deaf and Co-Lead of the Ottawa Deaf Health Care Team
- Founding member of local, provincial and Canadian professional organizations of sign language interpreters: SLINC, OASLI and AVLIC (now CASLI).
- Established sign language program at Algonquin College, (mid 1970’s) ensuring all teachers were Deaf
- Volunteered with Deaf children locally and internationally
- 10 plus years as ASL interpreter for CPAC’s telecast of Parliament’s daily Question Period
- One of first ASL interpreters with PWGSC, Translation Bureau more than 35 years ago
- 1987 Ottawa Citizen of the Year
- 2012 Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship (O.M.C.)
- 2012 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
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