C.M., A.O.E., Bed 1961

With a prestigious record of accomplishments in the not-for-profit and private sectors, Ann McCaig is one of Canada's most prominent volunteers and advocates for youth, education and health. After moving to Calgary in 1970, she continued to serve in a variety of volunteer positions. She later joined the University of Calgary's board of governors, a position she held for a decade before becoming the U of C's chancellor in 1995. In 2006, she received the U of- Alumni Association's Alumni Humanitarian Award.

Ann serves as a trustee of the Killam Estate. In this role, she helps to oversee the administration and distribution of scholarships to post-graduate students at Canadian universities, as well as Killam Fellowships and Prizes for Canada's leading professors and scholars.

Other community service duties include past chairperson of the Calgary Foundation, board member of the Banff Centre Foundation, director of the Calgary United Way, National Director of the Shaw Festival Niagara-On-The-Lake and Director of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. She has served on the board of Suncor Energy since 1995. She is a recipient of the Canada 125 Award, the YWCA Woman of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award and a Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International. In 2001, Ann received an Honourary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Calgary. In 2004, she was one of the inaugural recipients of the University of Calgary Education Partnership Award as part of the University's Celebration of Excellence.