Internationally, her greatest success was at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships where she became Canada's first ever medallist at the competition, taking the silver medal behind Norway's Grete Waitz. As a result, she also led the Canadian women's team to the bronze medals. She also competed at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics that year, coming 15th in the 3000 metres, and participated at the 1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Her sole other international medal was a 3000 m bronze medal at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie, finishing a fraction of a second behind Rwanda's Marcianne Mukamurenzi.