• Competitor in Pandas basketball and volleyball (1958-62) and Bakewell Trophy winner (1961).
• Active in student athletic administration as president of the Women's Athletic Association.
• Coached University of Saskatchewan women's basketball team for 19 years (1964 and 1967-85), winning two Western Intercollegiate championships.
• University of Saskatchewan Athletic Director (1973-80).
• As a coach, organizer, and administrator, Patricia had a major impact in advancing women's participation in competitive sports in Canada at the university level.

Pat Jackson grew up in Edmonton and attended Victoria Composite High School where she was a leader in basketball and volleyball. Her interest in sport led to her enrollment in physical education at the University of Alberta where she earned at BPE in 1960 and a Bed in 1962. As a student at the U of A she brought her intensity and commitment to excellence to Panda teams in both volleyball and basketball and worked to secure a wider range of opportunities for women through her efforts on the executive, and later as president of the Women’s Athletic Association.

The quality of her contributions in these many roles was recognized in particular by the award of the Bakewell Trophy (1961), presented annually to the outstanding female athlete on campus. Her organizational efforts led to her being a recipient of the coveted Golden Key Society blazer. During her last year at the U of A, Pat taught part-time at King Edward Junior High School and following graduation accepted an appointment to teach and coach at the University of Saskatchewan. Her academic teaching activities were interrupted to return to the U of A to complete an MA (’67). Returning to the University of Saskatchewan, she was appointed Athletic Director in 1973, Associate Professor in 1974 and Assistant Dean, Athletics in 1978. Pat Jackson’s exceptional basketball coaching record had begun with a one-year replacement assignment in 1964 when she led the U of S women’s team to a 17-1 season. After completing graduate studies at the U of A she continued a coaching career unique in Canadian women’s university sport. In a total of 19 seasons, beginning in 1964 and continuing from 1967 to 1985, this remarkable coach guided the Huskies women’s program to a 166-130 conference record and a 410-281 overall record. Under her leadership Saskatchewan teams were Western Intercollegiate champions in 1965 and 1971. During the late 1960s she served several years as the coach of the national women’s basketball team as well.

Throughout her teaching and coaching career, Pat Jackson has had a significant influence on the development of women’s sport in Saskatchewan and throughout Canada. Her work as a coaching clinician, author of numerous professional and academic papers, and as a presenter at conferences, workshops and symposiums dramatically increased opportunities for girls and women in sport at all levels. In addition, she served as a consultant to Basketball Canada and played a key role in the development and delivery of the widely acclaimed National Coaching Certification Program in Saskatchewan and throughout Canada. She was actively involved in the formation of the Canadian Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CWIAU), and later in the amalgamation of that organization with the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU).

As an organizer and administrator she was involved in conceptualizing and implementing a wide range of conferences focused on sport, dance, fitness, physical education and gender issues. Her consistent and unselfish efforts to advance her profession and increase opportunities for women led to recognition when she received the Canadian Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Union Honour Award in 1978, and the Award of Honour from Basketball Saskatchewan in 1985.