Sean Strickland serves as the Executive Director of Canada’s Building Trades Unions. Drawing on more than 40 years of experience in the construction industry, Sean started his career in the field with LiUNA as a Bricklayers Labourer at age 15. He was raised in a construction union household where his father was a business manager for Bricklayers Local 12 in Kitchener, retiring as Director of Canada, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers 

Prior to his appointment as Executive Director at Canada’s Building Trades Unions, Sean served as the CEO of the Ontario Construction Secretariat, the Business Manager for Waterloo Wellington Dufferin Grey Building Trades, and the Director of Business Development at Pomerleau, a major Canadian construction company. Sean served as an elected official for more than 25-years winning reelection election six times as a regional councillor representing Waterloo.  

A recipient of the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal, Sean has been appointed to numerous boards and advisory committees including SkillPlan, the Canadian Development Corporation, Canadian Hibernia Holding Corporation, and the Canada Growth Fund. He currently serves as Chair of Helmets to Hardhats Canada and is a board member of BuildForce Canada. 

Sean is a graduate of the University of Waterloo’s political science program, the Wilfrid Laurier Executive Management program and holds a Performance Management diploma from Harvard.