OTTAWA, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC) has announced the members of its new board of directors for 2005.

Members of the CTHRC’s 2005 board of directors include: Ralph Boyd (Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association), Bob Dolyniuk (Manitoba Trucking Association) and two more as yet unnamed members of the Canadian Trucking Alliance; Private Motor truck Council of Canada members Bruce Richards, Peter McAleer (Kraft Canada), Imre Zalan (Frito Lay Canada) and Chantal Bouchard (HBC Logistics); Labour industry representative Andre Papineau (Teamsters Canada); Owner/Operator Leo Van Tuyl (Trucker’s Business Consulting); Paul Christie from Unique Personnel Services ( a professional driver agency); professional driver James Carniato (FedEx); and Roy Craigen, a human resource specialist and the founder/owner of Transcom. Insurance representative Dave Goodwin from Markel, and training providers Colette Gauvin (Red River College), Andy Roberts (Mountain Transport Institute) and Kenneth Marginson (TDI Group), as well as sector-like council reps Kelly Henderson (Nova Scotia Trucking HR sector), Darshan Kailly (TT&DA) and Guy Normandeau (Camo-Route) are also board members, as are ex-officio government reps Derek Sweet (Transport Canada), Barbara Martin (HRSDC) and Phil Mickle (HRSDC).

With the conviction that the best human resources skills and practices are essential to the attainment of excellence by the Canadian trucking industry, the mission of the council is “to assist the Canadian trucking industry to recruit, train and retain the human resources needed to meet current and long-term requirements.” For more information, visit www.cthrc.com.