Left - Comrade Carol Pedersen, Provincial President, Saskatchewan Command, Royal Candian Legion, and Right - Comrade Brian Weaver, Vice President of Dominion Command, Royal Canadian Legion (Submitted photo/Carol Pedersen)

By Ben Tompkins

Royal Canadian Legion

Local woman acclimated as Provincial President of Saskatchewan Command

Nov 2, 2022 | 12:38 PM

A member of the Star City Legion is now the Provincial President of the Saskatchewan Command of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Carol Pedersen was named by acclamation, last Monday.

“It is very, very meaningful… I’m very proud and honoured and humbled to have been given the opportunity to serve the Royal Canadian Legion in this manner,” she told northeastNOW. “My whole reason for ever joining the Legion was to give back. I believe it’s everybody’s responsibility, just a civic responsibility to pay tribute to our veterans, for what they gave us.”

While not a veteran herself, Pedersen’s dad and cousin both served.

“What I as a civilian have to offer doesn’t really compare to what our veterans did for us and so, my journey has always been just about paying it back… there was no pleasure greater than serving with my dad.”

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It was them who encouraged her to join, back in 1982.

And while she explained, it wasn’t always her goal to reach the top, she had a lot of inspiration along the way.

“It has been a 40-year journey… it was never my intention to pursue, you don’t join something, or at least I certainly didn’t join, to just get to the top. It’s just the way I happen to gravitate and I had a lot of wonderful mentors and learned from the best. All of our patrons were supportive of the associate members who were joining and they were encouraging and guiding and wonderful.”

Back in 1992, she was selected from Saskatchewan to be the Legions’ pilgrim to attend a pilgrimage of remembrance in Europe.

It was an opportunity to visit and pay tribute at battlefields and cemeteries, throughout England, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.

Pedersen mentioned it as a pivotal moment, as walking on the soil where the battles took place, changes a person’s life and perspective.

“I was raised with great respect and a pretty decent knowledge of what went on in the war, what sacrifice was involved, how it impacted people, whether they were overseas or not overseas, and how it impacted communities.”

She feels this gives her a small portion of understanding veteran sacrifice and pushes her to assist in any way she can.

And according to her, people can therefore expect lots of communication, openness, transparency, and accountability.

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