Rider was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2015 in recognition of her substantial impact on the growth and development of the modern game of women's hockey.
[citation needed] In 1990, Rider helped organize the first IIHF-sanctioned tournament for women's ice hockey which was held in Ottawa, Ontario.
[7][8] Rider was appointed Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in the 2015 Canadian honours, "for her contributions to the development of women’s hockey, both at the national and international levels".
[11] During May 2018, Rider was part of a group of four female athletes, including Cassie Campbell, Jen Kish, and Kerrin Lee-Gartner, to publicly pledge their brain to a Canadian research centre.
The posthumous donation shall be made to Toronto Western Hospital’s Canadian Concussion Centre to further research on the effect of trauma on women’s brains.