With more than 65 years under our belt, you’d think we’d be slowing down, but you’d be wrong.
With a focus on career development, youth, diversity and inclusion, innovation, geographic and product expansion, customer service, community investment, and indigenous partnerships, we’re just getting started. We’re looking forward, planning for our future, and we have the employees, the drive, and the determination to deliver excellence and innovation in everything we do.
We believe our mix of youthful enthusiasm combined with three generations of industry know-how is the perfect formula for success in the forest industry and we want you to join us on our journey to become the employer and producer of choice.
While our values guide our actions every day, our vision reflects who we want to be as a company. We want to be a company that has the right people to deliver quality products in a sustainable manner to customers the world over. To do this, we need our mills and our culture to support industry-leading performance on both the people and the operations side of the business.
Our Vision
To be a leading forest products and customer solutions company.
Our Mission
Serving customers by delivering sustainable forest products and solutions.
Our Values
Our values have guided us since the start, and they’re as alive today as they were when our founder, Harold Thorlakson, signed his name on the dotted line and became the sole proprietor of the Lavington Planer Mill. They are the bedrock on which the company is built. We know living our values every day is our guarantee of success.
SAFETY: Demonstrate a genuine commitment to the safety, health and well-being of ourselves and others.
RESPECT: Recognize the value in others and treat everyone with dignity.
PROGRESSIVENESS: Open to new ideas and act on opportunities for improvement.
INTEGRITY: Be honest and truthful, own actions and stand by your word.
OPEN COMMUNICATION: Listen to understand and share information so that people are informed and included.
PROFIT: Pursue profitability and sustainability for our employees, customers, communities and shareholders.
TOLKO VALUES AWARD
Tolko’s core values are a foundation for a strong and vibrant workforce that serves to improve the morale and productivity of the company as a whole. Employees who adopt these values as their own help create a healthy, productive, and profitable work environment. The Values Award was created to recognize employees who consistently demonstrate Tolko's values of Safety, Respect, Progressiveness, Integrity, Open Communication, and Profit.
The 12 winners of the 2023 award, given in 2024, are:
Jaehoon Lee, Quality Control Supervisor, Armstrong Lumber
Zach Funk, EWP Team Leader, Athabasca
Richard Petchnick, Oiler, Heffley Creek
Tracy Obusan, QC Leadhand / Edger Operator, High Level
Melmar Aquino, Technical Manager, High Prairie
Crystal Armes, Manufacturing Controller, Lakeview
Randy Bellows, Millwright, Lavington
Katelyn Binner, Environmental Manager, SBB & Meadow Lake Technical Manager (Acting), Meadow Lake
Darren Smith, Electrical Chargehand, Soda Creek
Mitchell Pepper, Panel Sales Representative, Vernon Office
Devin Berger, Control System Specialist, White Valley
Sherry Bullock, Woodlands Accounting Supervisor, Woodlands / Eagle Rock
