BuildForce Canada is only as strong as its people – and you will find no better people to represent the interests of the industry than those who sit on the BuildForce Canada Board of Directors.
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![Sean Strickland, Executive Director, Canada's Building Trades Unions](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2020-08/sean-w-strickland-2-100w.jpg?itok=8jplZMxT)
Chair
Sean Strickland
Executive Director, Canada's Building Trades Unions
![Warren Douglas](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2019-10/Warren_Douglas_100w.jpg?itok=e-QLtVYK)
Vice Chair
Warren Douglas
Executive Director, CLR Construction Labour Relations Association of Saskatchewan Inc.
![Clyde Scollan](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2019-10/Clyde_Scollan_100w.jpg?itok=tlQErkQN)
Past Chair
Clyde Scollan
BuildForce Canada
![Jeff Acland headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2024-05/Jeff%20Acland.jpg?itok=kMdys_ib)
Member
Jeff Acland
Manager of Risk, Estimating & Scheduling - Site C, BC Hydro
![Marc Arsenault](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2022-04/Marc_Arsenault_5855-100w.jpg?itok=rOSQIv1c)
Member
Marc Arsenault
Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer, Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario
![Brynn](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2021-07/brynn-1-100w.jpg?itok=6T4ppzIW)
Member
Brynn Bourke
Executive Director, BC Building Trades Council
![Photo of Cole Carson, Labour Relations Manager, Supply Management, Irving Oil](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2023-02/Cole%20Carson%20Headshot-100w.jpg?itok=wCt3flij)
Member
Cole Carson
Labour Relations Manager, Supply Management, Irving Oil
![Paul de Jong](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2019-10/Paul_de_Jong_100w.jpg?itok=l8syxr98)
Member
Paul de Jong
President, Progressive Contractors Association of Canada
![Nicole Emmett headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2024-05/Nicole%20Emmett.jpg?itok=O7_fAecT)
Member
Nicole Emmett
Associate Vice-President, Marketing and Communications, Canadian Construction Association
![Chris Gardner](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2024-04/Chris%20Gardner_Web_Colour.jpg?itok=j9gney_Z)
Member
Chris Gardner
CEO & President, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association
![Darin King, Executive Director Trades NL: Building Trades of Newfoundland & Labrador](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2021-08/Darin%20King%20100w.jpg?itok=R_TGJy9E)
Member
Darin King
Executive Director, Trades NL: Building Trades of Newfoundland & Labrador
![Kevin Lee, Director, Canadian Home Builders' Association](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2021-03/KevinLee_Headshot%20for%20CHBA%20site-100w.jpg?itok=EqYGPj__)
Member
Kevin Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Home Builders' Association
![Alex Lolua headshot photo](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2023-06/Alex%20Lolua.jpg?itok=bwVaYgOR)
Member
Alex Lolua
General Manager, Electrical Power Systems Construction Association
![Graham Polischuk](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2022-07/Graham%20Polischuk_100w-2.jpg?itok=nCmurWG3)
Member
Graham Polischuk
Non Routine Execution Supervisor, Shell Canada
![Wayne Prins](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2019-10/Wayne_Prins_100w.jpg?itok=GDUKjYB3)
Member
Wayne Prins
Executive Director, CLAC
![Chris Woloshyn](/sites/default/files/styles/board_member_thumbnail/public/images/2024-05/Chris_Woloshyn.jpeg?itok=f1CMTMa4)
Member
Chris Woloshyn
General Manager - Project Excellence and Performance Improvement, Suncor Energy