The Saskatchewan Association of Licensed Practical Nurses is pleased to announce that the Keynote Speaker for their 2010 Education Conference and AGM will be Joan McCusker, Canadian Olympic Gold Medalist, Broadcaster and Motivational Speaker.

Joan McCusker believes it is ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Through her experiences as a teacher, mom, world champion curler, Olympic Gold Medalist and CBC Commentator, Joan has collected a number of observations on the attitudes that propel ordinary people to build extraordinary lives. With a big smile, plenty of humour and tons of Olympic examples, Joan explains the type of attitude and teamwork that builds success in every aspect of life. Joan McCusker won numerous awards as a member of the Sandra Schmirler Curling Team, including three Canadian and World Women's Curling Championships (1993, 1994, and 1997) and an Olympic Gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Games. Joan and her six brothers and sisters grew up on the family farm around Saltcoats, Saskatchewan. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1987 with a Bachelor of Education. She was an elementary school teacher until 1998 when she decided to focus her time and energy on being a mom, a curler, a CBC Sports commentator, a high performance consultant and a motivational speaker.

Joan and her husband Brian live in Regina with their three children, Rory (17), Christina (13) and Shae (10). Joan's travels have shown her successful people in all walks of life. She sees the parallels between sports psychology and successful strategies used in business, community and family. Joan has plenty of examples of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.