 Kelsey turned 100 in July 2014 , and shortly thereafter , in the fall of 2014 , she moved from Washington , D.C. , to live with her daughter in London , Ontario . In June 2015 , when she was named to the Order of Canada , Mercédes Benegbi , a thalidomide victim and the head of the Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada , praised Dr. Kelsey for showing strength and courage by refusing to bend to pressure from drug company officials , and said “ To us , she was always our heroine , even if what she did was in another country . ” 
