 McPhedran has held positions as a part-time member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, and as a consultant providing legal and strategic counsel on ethical conduct and systemic change to public and private sector clients.Between 2001 and 2003 McPhedran held the position of Co-Director and Co-Investigator for the Centres of Excellence for Health's National Study of Rural, Remote and Northern Women in Canada.In 2000, McPhedran was the Executive Coordinator of the National Network on Environments and Women's Heath, based at York University, which facilitated a cyber research network that linked women's health and human rights.