Mentors

“What is said in the room, stays in the room”

These men, behind closed doors and in the guaranteed anonymity of the Boys Club Network sanctum, share their stories and their insight with member boys. Following a prescribed format, mentors share not only their wisdom and stories of personal struggle, development and success, their ideas and definition of what defines good men, but also and perhaps most important, they validate the boys’ experiences as young males.  Mentorships are mentor-driven – ranging from a single two-hour visit, to annual return visits, to mentor-initiated sponsored work placements, to field trips, to scholarships.  While not always immediately apparent, life-changing, transformative connections are always made, each and every visit.

Positive male mentorship is a fundamental pillar of the Boys Club Network philosophy of Hope, Opportunity, Positive Mentors, and Education. Mentorship helps establish the sense of connection with the Network, each other, and the greater community, that boys need to develop empathy, gain confidence, and ultimately fulfill their human potential.

Female mentors, through sharing their experiences as women, bring unique insight to boys about how they perceive men and women as peers, co-workers, spouses, parents, siblings, friends, even adversaries, and share their perspective on a changing world.  Like their male counterparts, female mentors share stories of personal struggle, development and success, and confirm the boy’s unique experiences as males.   The inclusion of women in the mentorship program is important to the success of the Network, and is supported by United Nations Women (Global Champion for Gender Equality) and many other organizations.

The Boys Club Network is eternally grateful to each and every one of our mentors for their commitment, and for generously sharing their time and wisdom.

Founding Patron – Frank Giustra
Core Patrons | Mentors – Frank Giustra, John McCall MacBain, Matt Wood, Jeff McCord, Ian & Ken McIntosh, Brian Paes-Braga, Morgan Rielly, Richard Jaffray
Patrons | Mentors – Bruce Langereis

Mentors

• Francesco Aquilini – Chairman/Owner Vancouver Canucks; Aquilini Investment Group
• Paolo Aquilini, – Owner Vancouver Canucks; Aquilini Investment Group
• Frank Aquino – Templeton Secondary Liaison Vancouver Police Dept
• Darren Archery – Millwright
• Sandy Avelar – BCN Director; Vancouver Police Dept Gang Crime Unit; IFBB Pro; Her Time
• Brad Baker – District Principal NVSD44, Aboriginal Education
• Mark Ballard – Owner Ballard360 Real Estate
• Cameron Bancroft – Film and Television Actor, Educator
• Mark Banecevic – Owner Cara Electric
• Robert Bartley – Executive Chef Canucks Sports & Entertainment
• Trevor Bird – Owner Fable Kitchen, Fable Diner, Top Chef Canada Finalist 2x
• Gino Bondi – Assistant Superintendent, Abbotsford School District 34
• Daniel Boulud – Chef/Owner Dinex Restaurant Group
• Dr. Jim Bovard – Sports Medicine; Whitecaps FC Team Physician, Canadian Snowboard Team
• Josh Bovard – Medical Student
• Jordan Buna – Youth Counsellor
• Pavel Bure – NHL Vancouver Canuck 1991-1998
• Lucas Cahill – Financial Analyst, former VP Development Lithium X
• Chief Ian Campbell – Squamish First Nation
• Peter Campbell – Detective/Constable, Vancouver Police Dept Gang Crime Unit
• Chantel Chapman – Youth Financial Literacy Instructor
• Jim Chu – former Chief Constable Vancouver Police Department
• Tom Cooper – Pastor, President & Founder of (Vancouver) City in Focus
• Dave Corman – Producer and Songwriter Westsonic Music Inc
• Wilson Cross – Entrepreneur, founder/CEO LivePattern.com, former CEO GoFetch.com
• Zale Darnell – Vice Principal Trail Lake Middle School, Courtenay
• Dyshawn Davis – BC Lions Football, Linebacker
• David Doig – Founder and President, David H. Doig & Assoc, Complex Personal Injury
• Victor de Bonis – COO NHL Seattle
• Gregory Delbigio, Q.C. Barrister & Solicitor
• Willie Desjardins – NHL Vancouver Canucks Head Coach
• Tyler Dodds – Detective/Constable, Vancouver Police Dept Gang Crime Unit
• Ty Doolittle – Detective/Constable, Vancouver Police Dept Gang Crime Unit
• Dennis Drummond – Entrepreneur, Developer
• Pat Delesalle – Entrepreneur, co-owner Burnaby Express Junior A Hockey
• Mike Dopud – Film and Television Actor
• Solomon Elimimian – BC Lions Football, Linebacker
• Mike Enns – Teacher WJ Mouat Secondary, Abbotsford
• Gaetano Fasciano (deceased) – International Fashion Photographer
• Ciaran Feenan – Delta Police Sarjeant
• Rob Feenan – District School Laison Officer, VPD
• Rob Feenie – Executive Chef, Cactus Club Restaurants
• Michael Fera – Stage Play Director
• Danny Ferraro – Co-owner Ferraro Foods Group
• Jonathan Field – the ‘Horse Whisperer’
• Mike Finch – Principal Sentinel Secondary School, West Vancouver
• Gary Fort – Child, Youth, Family Counsellor, John Howard Society North Island
• Joe Garcia – Study Skills, Notre Dame
• Steve Garland – Dean of Instructional Growth & Faculty, Collingwood School
• Richard Genovese – Venture Capitalist, President Clayoquot Wilderness Resort
• Dino Geremia – Game Ready Fitness/Life Ready
• Joel Gibson – Teacher Sentinel Secondary School, West Vancouver
• Frank Giustra – CEO Fiore Group of Companies, founder Giustra Foundation
• Tanner Glass – NHL New York Rangers;  former Vancouver Canuck
• Yasmin Gordon – Co-founder Gordon Group at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management
• Peter Grasso – Playwright, Dramatist, Actor
• Kevin Hacket – Retired RCMP Assistant Commissioner
• Chris Hague – Corrections Officer
• Dan Hamhuis – former NHL Vancouver Canuck
• Charlotte Harris – Amateur Boxing Champion; Marketing Manager, The Practice Studios
• Jordan Herdman – BC Lions Football, Linebacker
• Chris Higgins – former NHL Vancouver Canuck
• Taylor Hinton – Personal Trainer
• Matt Hitchinson – Corporal, RCMP
• Dolores Holmes, Honourable – Former Provincial Court Judge
• Barclay Hope – Film and Television Actor
• Matt Hughes – UFC Hall of Fame 2010, Top Welterweight and nine title fights
• Tommy Humpheys – Founder CEO.ca
• Chris Irwin – Constable RCMP
• Richard Jaffray – CEO Cactus Club Cafe
• Amir Javid – Real World Truth Project
• Tewanee Joseph – CEO Four Host Nations Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Consultant
• Evander Kane – NHL Buffalo Sabres
• Marc Keith – CATS (Constructive Alternatives to Teen Suspension)
• Jeffrey Wolfgang Klassen – Film and Television Actor
• Mike Kopsa – Film and Television Actor
• Wayne Kuhnert – Vice Principal Georges P. Vanier Secondary, Courtenay
• James Lamond – Principal Tamanawis Secondary
• Rick Langer – BCN Director; VP & Senior Investment Advisor Canaccord
• Bruce Langereis – President Delta Land Development Ltd
• Ernie Larochelle – Hereditary Chief of the Dene First Nation
• J.R. Larose – former CFL Player, Game Ready Fitness
• Peter Leitch – President North Shore Studios and Mammoth Studios
• Bobby Lenarduzzi – President MLS Vancouver Whitecaps FC
• Ross Lockie – Stay Gold Jiu-Jitsu and Fitness Academy
• Trevor Linden – President Hockey Operations Vancouver Canucks
• Will Loftus – Two-time CFL Grey Cup Champion, Game Ready Fitness
• David Lowy – President Renshaw Travel
• Paul Luck – Principal Trafalgar Middle School, Nelson
• Alexander Ludwig – Actor (Hunger Games [Cato], Vikings, The Seeker)
• Randy Lum – Owner General Public
• Patrick Ma – Retinal Surgeon
• John Mackay – President Strand Corporation; Mackay Family Foundation
• Chris Mackay – Strand Corporation; Mackay Family Foundation
• Dale MacKay – BCN Director; Top Chef Canada, Owner of Ayden Kitchen & Bar
• Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini – WBA World Champion Boxer (1982-1984)
• John McCall MacBain – Philanthropist; founder McCall MacBain Foundation
• Keiron McConell – Sergeant Vancouver Police Department
• Kirk McLean – former NHL Vancouver Canuck; Team Ambassador
• Jeff McCord – Managing Director Vertex One Asset Management
• Ian McIntosh – Founder Kirmac Collision & Auto Glass
• Dr. Steve Mathias – Psychiatrist & Medical Manager Inner City Youth Program
• Pamela Joy Mitchell – Director, The Wolrige Foundation
• Jesse Miller – Founder, Mediated Reality, Social Media Consulting Services
• Mark Miller – Filmmaker, Co-founder Great Pacific Media, a Thunderbird Company
• Wayne Moriarty – Editor-in-Chief, The Province
• Jonathan Mubanda – Youth Worker, Actor; BCN Summer Camp Leader
• Dr. Sukhi Muker – CTO Allysian Group
• Gino Muoio – Belair Realty Group
• Christian Mustapich – UBC Kinesiology Student, Trainer UBC Thunderbirds Hockey
• Shawn Myers – Teacher Windsor Secondary School
• Dzinh Nguyen – Peer Mentor & BCN Chapter Co-Leader; Former BCN member
• Laird O’Connor – Owner Broadway Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Co
• Gino Odjick – NHL Vancouver Canuck 1991-1998
• Michael Olajide Jr – Former Middleweight Champion Boxer; Author Sleekify!
• Sean Oldham – General Manager Cactus Club Robson
• Kevin O’Leary – CBC Dragon’s Den; Shark Tank; Lang & O’Leary X; Entrepreneur
• Wallace Oppal, Q.C. – Former Attorney General of British Columbia; Chancellor
• Mark Ostberg – Youth Minister
• Brian Paes-Braga – Founder and CEO Lithium X
• Andrew Pawlikowski – Teacher & Coach, St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary
• Geoffrey Peretz – CEO Schaffer Residences Inc, Past Commodore RVYC
• Mark Pearmain – Superintendent of Schools,  North Vancouver School District
• Ryk Piche – Aboriginal Education, Aldergrove Community Secondary
• Dylan Playfair – Actor (Letterkenny) and Producer (Media Button)
• Jim Playfair – Assistant Coach NHL Edmonton Oilers
• Robert Prescott – Teacher Trail Lake Middle School, Courtenay
• Ian Prince – Producer and Songwriter Westsonic Music Inc
• Kim and Roy Radons – Developers; Cattle farmers
• Rob Rai – Manager Safe Schools Dept Surrey
• Marcus Rambold – Entrepreneur
• Michael Karl Richards – Actor (Stargate, Farewell Atlantis, Smallville)
• Morgan Rielly – NHL Toronto Maple Leafs, Defenceman #44
• Christian Rivas – Personal Trainer
• Mike Roberts – former Superintendent of Schools for Kelowna
• Gregor Robertson – former Vancouver City Mayor, Co-founder Happy Planet
• Geoffroy Roulleau – Chef/Owner Feast Dining
• James Rout – Associate Vice-President, Education Support and Innovation BCIT
• Harjit Sajjan – Minister of National Defense, Canada
• Mike Sanchez – Sergeant RCMP
• Brayden Sander – Sales Contractor, Shareholder Hollyburn Properties
• Gregg Sedun – Global Vision Capital Corp
• Brittany Shull – General Manager Cactus Club Park Royal
• Michael Sikich – President The Agency Real Estate Marketing
• Danny Sitnam – President & CEO Helijet International
• Manny Sobral – Olympic Boxer (1988) & IBO World Champion; North Bby Boxing
• Wedlidi Speck – Chief Gixsam Clan Kwagu, Dir Aboriginal Org Dev, Gov BC
• David St. Pierre, Honourable – Provincial Court Judge
• Neil Stevenson-Moore – Princeton University hockey alumni
• Trent Sulz – Loft Country Children’s Horse Ranch and Ministry
• Jamie Taras – Former BC Lion; Director of Community Relations BC Lions
• Domenic Taylor – Cirque du Soleil Soloist Performer
• Ian Telfer – CEO Goldcorp Inc
• Peter Toigo – VP Operations, Vancouver Giants Hockey; White Spot Restaurants
• Kevin Torvik – Sr Advisor to Minister of National Defense, Canada
• Jerry Trimble – Actor & Stuntman
• Anthony Vecchio, Q.C. – Founding Partner Slater Vecchio LLP
• Don Vicic – Retired Investment Banker, former BC Lions football player
• Nick Volkow – Burnaby City Councillor
• Scott Walker – The Walker Group
• Anna Wallner – President, Domenica Fiore; Co-Owner/President Savoury Chef
• Danny Wattley – Film & Television Actor
• Tony Welch – Firefighter, Abbotsford Fire & Rescue
• Zack Wolfman – Improv Actor
• Faye Wightman – Former President & CEO Vancouver Foundation
• Matt Wood – Founding Partner, Vertex One Asset Management
• Don Wright – Former President British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Tim Young – Mineral Claims Analyst
• Calvin Youttitham – Personal Trainer
• Tony Zanatta – Inspector, Vancouver Police Dept
• Loris Zuccato – Inspector, Critical Incident Commander, Vancouver Police Dept