"[2] In 1969, Cameron moved to Quebec City where she was hired by Parks Canada to make an inventory of the city's historic buildings under the Canadian Inventory of Historic Building program.
Her five-year assignment fuelled her passion for the architectural heritage of Quebec.
[3] Cameron held a senior civil servant position for Heritage Canada in the 1990s, when she enforced conservation policies.
[3] In 1990, Cameron was appointed Head of the Canadian Delegation to the World Heritage Committee,[3] a position she held until 2008.
[2] In 2008, she received the Government of Canada's Outstanding Achievement Award, the "highest honor of excellence in the federal public service".