Clément Gignac, for Québec. Sorensen is currently in her third term as mayor and before that she spent six years as a town councillor and four years as a school board trustee. She also spent 17 years working in the hotel industry in Ontario, B.C. and Alberta. Sorensen was named Alberta Centennial Ambassador in 2005 and was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and YWCA Banff 2019 Woman of Distinction Award. The new Senators were recommended by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments, and chosen using "the merit-based process open to all Canadians," read a release.