Alumna Ann McCain Evans ’76 has been named to the Order of Canada. She is being recognized for her “philanthropic commitment to education, the arts and charitable causes in her province and beyond.”

Ms. Evans has served on a number of boards and committees, including the Montreal Board of Trade, the Montreal SPCA, and the Steering Committee of the Westmount Environment Action Committee. She was a director of the St. John Ambulance Foundation (Quebec Council), the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, Ovarian Cancer Canada, the Huntsman Marine Science Centre (St. Andrews, NB), the Canadian Barcode of Life Network and McCain Foods Group Inc. She also served on the Board of Governors of Acadia University.

Currently she serves as chairperson of the Harrison McCain Foundation and as a director of the Marion McCain Foundation, The McCain Foundation and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. 

Ms. Evans graduated from Trent University with a B.A. in Politics and History.