| On May 11, 2001 the University College of the Cariboo
(UCC) in British Columbia awarded an honorary doctorate to Sister Mary Alice Danaher,
C.N.D. in gratitude for her leadership in secondary and post-secondary education for native peoples. As a result of her work, many are obtaining baccalaureate degrees through partnership programs with Gonzaga University in Washington State,
UCC, and the University of Northern British Columbia.
The Chief of the Canim Lake Indian Band said of Sister Mary Alice, “If she feels you have it in you, she will dig it out. If, on the other hand, you don’t have it, she will help you create it. She knows our dream, she is part of it .... We, as Natives, have very many blessings, but we know of no greater blessing than having Sister Mary Alice among us.” |
