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Hon. Dr. Lynda Haverstock S.O.M., BEd’72, PGD’75, MEduc’77, PhD’85

As a psychologist, educator, politician, andauthor, Dr. Haverstock has devoted herself to improving the world in which she lives.Not only was she the first woman to be elected leader of a political party inSaskatchewan in 1989, she is also widely respected for establishing innovative education programmes for disabled students and chronically truant adolescents. An impassioned supporter of the arts, good citizenship, preservation of heritage sites, as well as an ardent promoter ofen vironmental stewardship, she recently completed six and one-half years as Saskatchewans 19th Lieutenant Governor.