Established in 2011, the SANP Leadership Award provides recognition to a peer nominated nurse practitioner who has demonstrated exceptional leadership to the profession. 

Award Criteria

Awarded to a NP who has demonstrated excellence in leadership in nursing. Leadership is defined as either formal or informal and includes two of the three defining characteristics:

  • Mentoring and empowerment.

  • Innovation and change agency.

  • Activism

Michelle O'Keefe NP 2022 SANP Leadership Award Recipient

Past Recipients

2011 Mikki Millar NP

2012 Lynn Digney Davis NP

2013 Jeannie Daku NP

2014 Maureen Klenk NP

2015 Collette Tattman NP

2016 Johanne Rust NP

2017 Shelley Cal NP

2018 Debbie Bathgate NP

2019 Lia Boxall NP

2020 Joyce Bruce NP

2021 Lisa Clark Musschoot NP

2022 Michelle O'Keefe NP

  Contact Information 

  Saskatchewan Association of Nurse Practitioners

  Box 97 Lipton ,SK S0G 3B0

  E: sanp.assistant@gmail.com


Land Acknowledgement 

We acknowledge that we are on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories, the ancestral and traditional lands of the Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota, Dakota, and Lakota peoples, as well as the homeland of the Métis. We recognize the enduring presence and resilience of Indigenous peoples on this land, and we commit to working towards reconciliation and building respectful relationships with Indigenous communities.


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