Founders and Builders Awards

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The Founders & Builders Award is presented to an individual or group who has worked to create the Canadian Birkebeiner Ski Festival and/or who has been a key contributor to growing this event over the years.

Founders & Builders Award Recipients

2021 Karen van der Meer (Builder)
2020 Cam McGregor (Builder)
2019 Mary Coutts (Builder)
2017 Brian Lucas (Founder & Builder)
Rod Jaeger (Builder)
Rob Faulds (Builder)
2016 Kaare Askildt (Founder)
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village (Builders)
2015 Cathy Gale (Builder)
Herbert Gale (Builder)
John Laarhuis (Builder)
Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area (Builders)
2014 Doug Kelker (Founder & Builder)
2013 Brian Peters (Founder)

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