The superintendent of student services at Living Sky School Division has received a prestigious provincial honour.
Nancy Schultz was selected as the 2019 Saskatchewan Caring Leadership Award recipient. According to the organization’s website, the Caring Awards are designed to celebrate Mental Health Heroes in Saskatchewan whose leadership has raised awareness and provided interventions for vulnerable people in their communities, in the province, country or internationally.
According to the nomination papers submitted to the selection committee, nominators pointed to Schultz’s humility and her humanity.
They outlined her leadership in helping create a community care team called the Battlefords Better Together Team, a team of core community leaders dedicated to improving mental health outcomes. That effort came together after a period of time in North Battleford in which eight lives were lost to suicide over the span of seven weeks, five of whom were students under age 22.
Schultz also established the Battlefords Better Together Running Team, a group of leaders who gather teams of runners that compete in 5K, 10K and half-marathon events.
Schultz also was involved in the Mental Health Capacity Building pilot project that was introduced and brought to North Battleford Comprehensive High School and participates as a core team leader in Planet Youth.
All those nominated were respected business and professional community leaders. The awards were presented Sept. 21 at an event featuring Kevin Garinger, the former Humboldt Broncos president.
