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Sharon Capeling-Alakija O.C., BEd’66, LLD’98 (d. 2003)

Sharon Capeling-Alakija is truly a global citizen. She left Saskatchewan shortly after graduation to begin assignments with the Canadian University Service Overseas (CUSO), teaching high school first in Barbados and then in Tanzania. In 1982, she moved to Togo where she served as CUSO s regional director, managing programs in Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Nigeria. In 1989, she was appointed director of the United Nations Fund for Women and later became Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) program working with volunteers in the most remote parts of the globe.