Background
Born in Lytham Street Annes, Lancashire, England, the daughter of Harold and Winifred Cainen Holt, she was educated at the Queen Mary School for Girls in Lytham, Lancashire.
Born in Lytham Street Annes, Lancashire, England, the daughter of Harold and Winifred Cainen Holt, she was educated at the Queen Mary School for Girls in Lytham, Lancashire.
McGill University.
Her research has specialized on the relationship between medical technology and ethics. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in 1959 and a Doctor of Medicine, Certificated Master in 1963. They had three children.
She is a University Distinguished Professor, Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia.
She was Chair of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.
In 1992, she was made a Member of the Order of British Columbia.