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Annie (Nan) McKay, BA’15 (d. 1986)

The first Métis and first Aboriginal woman to graduate from the University of Saskatchewan, Ms. McKay demonstrated a remarkable commitment to the University both as a student and an alumnus. Active in student life, serving on student council, The Sheaf editorial board, and playing U of S womens hockey, she would go on to become an assistant librarian at her alma mater. During the flu epidemic of 1918, she worked tirelessly as a volunteer nurse and was chosen to unveil the plaque commemorating the undergraduate student who died in the epidemic. She was also the first secretary-treasurer of the University of Saskatchewan Alumni Association.