Douglas Golosky
Quiet leader supportive and inspiring
By George Young
Windspeaker Writer
From humble beginnings as a welder with one truck travelling
from job to job, Doug Golosky emerged on the business scene to
create a multi-million dollar group of companies that employs
more than 1,000 people.
Golosky, a quiet
and soft-spoken Metis man, was born in Fort McMurray in 1949.
During his childhood, he spent much of his time chopping wood
and hauling water, fishing and gardening, anything to help out
his family where he could. His father had a trapline, which Golosky
still operates with his brothers and his grandson.
In 2003, the Golosky family celebrated 100 years in Fort McMurray.
His grandfather emigrated from Romania, and his grandmother was
Cree.
Golosky attended St. John's Catholic School, then went on to
Keyano College, known then as Alberta Vocational College, to
take a welding apprenticeship. Golosky then went to the Northern
Alberta Institute of Tecnolgy (NAIT) to get his journeyman's
ticket, and life went on from there, he says.
Back in the 1960s, ...
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