Peggy McKercher

Who is Peggy McKercher?

Peggy McKercher C.M., SOM, B.A., LL.D. has made lifelong contributions to her community, province and country. A brief overview list of her appointments: She was the first woman elected to the Corman Park Rural Municipality; she served as the 11th chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan; she Chaired the Meewasin Valley Authority in its formative years; she vice-chaired the Wanuskewin Heritage Park; she sat on the board of National Capital Commission’s Canadiana Fund, Saskatchewan Arts Board, and was as Saskatchewan’s representative on the Trans Canada Trail Advisory Foundation Advisory Board. In some of her most recent work she has chaired the University of Saskatchewan Committee on Heritage Buildings and worked on the Mayor’s South Down Town Task Force in Saskatoon. For her dynamic and effective leadership Mrs. McKercher has been invested into Order of Canada and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.