[6] Her thesis was titled Patterns of foster care in Saskatchewan: The impact on the family connections and the early adult lives of careleavers.

[7] When Ward 3 alderman Judy Bethel was elected to the House of Commons in 1993, a by-election to replace her was called in January 1994.

[11] McKibben decided to run in Ward 3 and came third, losing to Brian Mason and Robert Noce, whom she had defeated in 1994, who were elected to the two available positions.

[2][14] In 2008 she ran again, this time in the riding of Edmonton-Gold Bar, and was defeated by Liberal Hugh MacDonald, coming third behind the Progressive Conservative candidate David Dorward.

At the time of her death, McKibben was working with her former city council colleague, Michael Phair, on developing programming for LGBTQ2+ seniors in Edmonton.

"[21] McKibben was a Muttart Foundation Fellow in 2001 and published her book entitled Daunting Tasks; Dedicated People – Stories in the Management of Change in HIV/AIDS Organizations.

In the book she discussed how organizations that provide services for people with HIV/AIDS have and could manage changes in the nature of their programming to help their clients.