 In this role, McPhedran assisted the Ad Hoc Committee in securing protections for women in the Canadian Constitution, and in particular in sections 15 and 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.For her work with the Ad Hoc Committee, McPhedran was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1985.From 1994 to 1996, McPhedran was Corporate Director of Health Partnerships and International Liaison at the Women's College Hospital in Toronto, where she negotiated the College's designation as a World Heath Organization Collaborating Centre in Women's Health in the Pan American region.