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Barr, Don
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fl. 1970-1997
History
Don Barr arrived in Whistler in the fall of 1976 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario. He took a “pause” from working in related fields to ski for a year, however, instead, for the next 20 years he worked both at skiing and building his career. When he left Whistler Mountain in 1997, he was the Manager and Director of the Ski School and a Level IV with the CSIA. Over those same 20 years he worked on commercial and residential construction, beginning as a labourer in 1977. Then, for a number of different companies, he worked as a carpenter, carpenter foreman, site superintendent for the construction of a large restaurant. He also designed and built homes. In 1997, he stopped working in the ski industry to concentrate full time on his building career. Also that year, he enrolled and graduated from the Home Inspector Training Program at BCIT and incorporated as Don Barr Consulting Ltd. He now holds an RHI (registered home inspector) designation. Living in Whistler full-time for the last 30 years, he watched and participated in its growth. He and his wife raised two sons in Whistler and they continue to visit in order to take advantage of all the outdoor activities Whistler has to offer.
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Revised March 2017.