Kilmer an ideal candidate says Council of Women president
Emokhare Paul Anthony
Daily Herald
Former Carlton Comprehensive High School principal and current city councillor Dawn Kilmer has been named the newest member of the Prince Albert Women’s Hall of Fame.
The Prince Albert Council of Women announced the decision on Wednesday, with the induction ceremony scheduled for International Women’s Day on March 8.
“Dawn’s commitment to the people in and around Prince Albert makes her an ideal inductee into the Prince Albert Women’s Hall of Fame,” Prince Albert Council of Women President Chrissy Halliday said in a press release.
“As a selection committee, we take into consideration the International Women’s Day themes of the Government of Canada and the United Nations. Dawn’s many contributions truly reflect the 2025 themes.”
Kilmer was long term administrator at Carlton Comprehensive High School, starting as a teacher before becoming vice-principal and then principal for several years. She was also the first woman to serve as the school’s principal.
Halliday said Kilmer is a very dedicated and hard-working, and her involvement in helping organize events like the SWISH for Cure Cancer game played at Carlton in 2020 which raised more than $100,000 for the Victoria Hospital Home Care Program.
“Her nomination really just talked about the last 10 years of things that she has done, and even what she’s done in the last 10 years is absolutely phenomenal,” Halliday said in an interview on Thursday. “She’s very, very multifaceted…. She doesn’t have just one interest. She doesn’t just have one area of the community that she takes time to participate in. She’s one of those people who is (helping) all over the place.”
In addition to helping organize SWISH for a Cure, Kilmer also was a co-chair of the HOOPLA organizing committee, an event which brought high school basketball players to Prince Albert from across the province.
Kilmer has served on the Prince Albert Raiders’ board of directors for several years, and was a board member for the +55 Senior Games held in Prince Albert in June 2022. She was also a director on the World Men’s Softball qualifiers organizing committee.
Kilmer was first elected to city council in 2020, and then re-elected in 2024. Halliday said the selection committee was impressed by how Kilmer continued to volunteer even after she was elected.
“She’s very dedicated,” Halliday said. “She’s very hardworking.”
The UN’s theme for 2025 International Women’s Day is “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” The Government of Canada’s theme is “Strength in every Story”.
The induction ceremony will take place on International Women’s Day, March 8, at the Coronet Hotel, beginning with a tea at 2:00 p.m., followed by the induction ceremony. For tickets, call Halliday at 306-961-0213, or Rose Rothenburger at 306-961-8410.
–with files from Jason Kerr/Daily Herald
