Grit McCreath can now add one more award to her long list of accolades. (submitted photo/ Waskesiu Foundation)

By Nigel Maxwell

Outstanding women

Respected author and teacher to receive Order of Merit

Apr 25, 2019 | 4:45 PM

A woman who is well known in the Waskesiu area, will travel to Regina this June to receive Saskatchewan’s highest honour.

Grit McCreath was named one of six recipients this year for Saskatchewan’s Order of Merit.

The Saskatchewan Order of Merit was established in 1985 to recognize excellence and achievement from outstanding Saskatchewan citizens. The people who received in the award in the past made contributions in areas such as art, agriculture, business and industry, community leadership, public service, research and volunteer service.

Grit is a retired member of the Waskesiu Foundation Board, a charitable organization supporting recreational, social, cultural, and environmental activities of the Prince Albert National Park. She has co-authored a book titled Waskesiu and its Neighbours: A Casual Illustrated History, which was nominated for a 2009 Saskatchewan Book Publishing Award and became a Saskatchewan bestseller. All profits from the book are being contributed to the Waskesiu Foundation.

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Grit McCreath (far left) at the Waskesiu Teddy Bear Picnic. (Submitted photo/ Waskesiu Foundation)

Over the course of five decades (1969-2001), McCreath was involved with and committed to education as a teacher, department head, teacher-librarian, teacher-mentor, and school administrator. Her family has for the past seven years funded the “McCreath Aboriginal Scholarship” for Indigenous female students at the Edwards School of Business in Saskatoon.

The other recipients of this year’s Order of Merit are Don Atchison, Doug Cuthand, and Dr. Andy Potter from Saskatoon, as well as. Lyn Goldman and Dr. William Framcis Ready from Regina.

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