BLBC Hall of Fame Gala Dinner & Induction Ceremonies 2020-21
Due to the global pandemic, the 2020 BLBC Gala Dinner & Induction Ceremonies was postponed to May 2021.
On May 20, 2021, hundreds of people watched the 15th Annual BLBC Hall of Fame Virtual Celebration. The evening featured a live conversation with the 2020 Laureates hosted by Greg D’Avignon, President & CEO of Business Council of British Columbia, biographical videos of the Laureates, and presentations by JABC student scholarship winners. View videos from the evening
Members inducted into the BLBC Hall of Fame:
Gordon Robert Diamond, O.C., O.B.C. Chairman, West Coast Reduction Ltd. and Austeville Properties Ltd.
Chief Clarence Joseph Louie, C.M., O.B.C., C.B.H.F. CEO, Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation
Arran & Ratana Stephens, Co-founders & Co-CEOs, Nature’s Path Foods Inc.
2020 Pioneer Laureate Inductees
In celebration of our 15th Anniversary, we inducted ten posthumous Laureates, pioneers who built our province and embraced a vision that is seen throughout B.C. today.
Robert E. Hallbauer
VP Mining, Teck Corp. &
President & CEO, Cominco Ltd.
John Frederick Helliwell
Founder and Partner,
Helliwell, MacLachlan & Co.
James Stuart Keate
President,
Canadian Press
Dr. Walter
Charles Koerner
President & Chair, Alaska
Pine and Cellulose Ltd.
Thomas Arthur
McLaren
President, Allied
Shipbuilders Ltd.
Hon. Alexander
Duncan McRae
Businessman, Member of
Parliament and Senator
John Hardie
Mitchell
Owner, Canadian
Stevedoring
Hon. Clarence Wallace
President,
Burrard Dry Dock Ltd.
Morris J. Wosk
President, Liberty Investments
Ltd; M.J. Investment Co.; Co-
Founder of Wosk’s Ltd.
William Maurice
(Maury) Young
President, CEO & Chairman,
Finning International
PRESENTING SPONSORS
LAUREATE CHAMPION SPONSOR
RECEPTION SPONSOR
JUNIOR ENTREPRENEUR AWARD SPONSORS
STUDENT AWARD FOR ORATORY AND PRESENTATION SKILLS SPONSORS
LAUREATE SELECTION SPONSOR
SPEAKER SPONSOR
PIONEER CHAMPION SPONSOR
EVENING PRODUCTION SPONSOR
PLATINUM SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
Bank of Montreal
BentallGreenOak
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park
Concert
GCT Global Container Terminals
Grain Millers, Inc.
John Hardie Mitchell Family Foundation
Nature’s Path Foods Inc.
Onni Group
Robert H. Lee Foundation
The Oppenheimer Group
Western Stevedoring Company Limited
SILVER SPONSORS
BCLC
CAI Capital Partners |
Nurse Next Door
Coast Capital Savings
Crown Packaging
Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP
Finning
Fractal Capital Corp.
Gordon Food Service
James McLaren
Ledcor Group
Mr. Mikes Steakhouse Casual
Nature’s Path Foods Inc.
NorthLand Properties
Odlum Brown Limited
PwC Canada
Scotiabank
Spira Equity Partners
Taseko Mines
TC Transcontinental Packaging
Varshney Capital Corp.
Yosef Wosk, Ph.D., O.B.C.
MEDIA SPONSORS
VIDEO SPONSOR
CATERING PARTNERS
2020 Business Laureates of British Columbia Hall of Fame Cabinet
Co-Chairs
- Barbara Brink, C.M., O.B.C., C.P.A. (Hon)
- Bill Weymark, B.A. Sc., P. Eng.
Past Chairs
- Olin Anton, F.C.P.A., F.C.A.
- Peter Blake
- John C. Kerr, C.M., O.B.C., LL.D.
- Terry A. Lyons
- Conrad Pinette
- Jim Shepard, O.B.C.
Cabinet Members
- Dale Bosa
- Dave Chapman
- Robin Dhir
- Brad Eshleman
- Casey Forrest – ex-officio
- Frank Geier
- Jim Gowans
- John Kump
- Carol Lee
- Rick LeLacheur
- Jason Ludwig
- Tracey McVicar
- Derral Moriyama
- Christy Murphy
- Kelly Scott
- Martin Thibodeau
- Peeyush Varshney
- Will Westeringh, Q.C.
- Susan Yurkovich
Advisor
- Kelly Heed
Laureate Selection Committee
- Haig Farris, O.C., LL.D (Hon)
- Norm Francis, B.Sc., F.C.P.A., F.C.A.
- Frank Giustra, O.B.C.
- Mary Jordan
- David Podmore, O.B.C.
- Chip Wilson
Laureate Nomination Committee
- Olin Anton, F.C.P.A., F.C.A. – ex-officio
- Barbara Brink, C.M., O.B.C., C.P.A (Hon) – Committee Chair
- Peter Blake – ex-officio
- Pat Elemans (d. 2020)
- Shelina Esmail – ex-officio
- Jock Finlayson
- Casey Forrest – ex-officio
- Rusty Goepel
- George Hungerford
- Alice Laberge
- Terry Lyons – ex-officio
- Tim Manning
- John Montalbano
- Janine North
- Dale Parker
- Sarah Morgan-Silvester
- Marsha Walden