In 1946, Fedoruk completed her studies at Walkerville Collegiate in Windsor Ontario, at the top of her class and was awarded the Ernest J. Creed Memorial Medal and an entrance scholarship to attend University.

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics, at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1949 and was awarded the Governor General's Gold Medal.

The cobalt-60 beam therapy unit, or the "cobalt bomb" as it was known, was the first of its kind to successfully use targeted radiation to treat cancer in a patient.

Fedoruk's masters work on depth-dose measurements for radiation treatment were essential in the success of the beam therapy unit.

In 1986, she was inducted into the  Canadian Curling Hall of Fame,[2] as a builder,[3] and was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.