[3] MacLatchy later listed her undergraduate and doctoral professors as personal heroes or mentors during her scientific career, including Dan Toews, Geoff Eales, and Glen Van Der Kraak.
[2] During her early years at UNB, she helped establish the Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI) and was the recipient of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Synergy award for partnerships for her "collaborative work on the issue of endocrine disruption in aquatic environments caused by industrial contaminants.
[7] MacLatchy eventually left UNB to become dean of the Faculty of Science at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) for a five-year term starting in 2007.
[10] As a result of her research, MacLatchy served as Chair of the Science Directors of the CRI and was the recipient of the 2015 Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada Recognition Award.
[12] During her first year as president, MacLatchy and Professor Nathan Rambukkana published letters of apology on November 21, 2017, in regards to how the university handled a complaint about a Lindsay Shepherd's choice of class material.