Joan Pratchler is a Canadian politician, registered nurse, registered teacher and former educator who was elected to the

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in the

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, representing Regina Rochdale as a member of the

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Life and career

Pratchler has a

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and

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in French and music from the

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. She later received a

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in Education Admin and Masters of Education (Admin) from the

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Her thesis "Exploring the Subjectivity of Lay Catholic Administrators in Catholic Schools: A Qualitative Studgy https://hdl.handle.net/10294/12609 was nominated for the GG Gold Medal for outstanding research in Masters or PhD program. In 2015, Pratchler retired as a principal. By 2019 she completed a nursing degree in the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science program in Nursing (SCBScN) Saskatchewan Polytech and University of Regina.

References

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