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Dr. Sharon Butala, O.C., BEd’62, BA’63, PGD’73, DLitt’04

Sharon Butala has lived in Saskatchewan nearly all her life. She trained as an English teacher, but studied Special Education and lectured in the College of Education at the U of S until 1976. She began writing in 1978, and has since published nine fiction and six non-fiction books. Her work has been consistently praised for giving an important voice to rural women and touching readers with her own spirituality and sense of place. She has been awarded the Marian Engel prize, two honorary doctorates, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.