Jill Cavanagh is a Student and Family Counselor with the Holy Trinity School Division in Swift Current. She taught for 25 years before obtaining her Masters Degree in Educational Psychology in 1995. Her special interest has been the organization of a peer ministry group that attends to students in need. Two years ago, she won the Canadian Association of Principals Award for her work in facilitating students to mentor two students battling cancer. She also has an interest in helping students “see” and “focus” on issues using photography.

As a recipient of the Kirkpatrick Travel Award, Jill will have the opportunity to visit Rowe, Massachusetts to study with Jan Philips, author of the book God is at Eye Level, Photography as a Healing Art. Jill uses family photos, magazine pictures, and assigned camera shoots with students and adults to reveal issues that may not have been “exposed” before. She conducts workshops for teachers, ladies retreats and has contributed a chapter to Dr. Ronna Jevne’s (psychology professor at the University of Alberta) book on photo journaling, Echoes and Images.

The Kirkpatrick Travel Fund is administered jointly by the University of Saskatchewan College of Education, the University of Saskatchewan Alumni Association, and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation.  The annual award celebrates the contribution the late Dean Emeritus Balfour Kirkpatrick made to education in Saskatchewan.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Cecilia Reynolds
Dean, College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
966-7647