involved with the Gwillimbury Foundation in its attempt to build a university in Queensville, Ontario. She is a founding member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and also served on the boards of the Ontario Innovation Trust and on the police services board overseeing the Ontario Provincial Police. In 1992, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition for having "made exceptional contributions to society throughout her career". In 1999, she was awarded the Order of Ontario and the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case. The Bette Stephenson Centre for Learning, a York Region District School Board school in Richmond Hill offering adult education programs, was named after her. In 2013, she was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Stephenson died in Richmond Hill on August 19, 2019, at the age of 95. References Notes Citations External links 1924 births 2019 deaths Canadian general practitioners Women government ministers of Canada Deputy premiers of Ontario Finance ministers of Ontario Members of the Order of Ontario Officers of the Order of Canada Officers of the Order of St John People from Aurora, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs University of Toronto alumni Female finance ministers Women MPPs in Ontario 20th-century Canadian politicians 20th-century Canadian women politicians Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case winners