Jim Burke - Season 2

Jim won the Jim McFall Award in 1985 for dedication and leadership to the game of lacrosse in Alberta. Burke started field lacrosse in Calgary and co-coached the 1989 U19 National Champions for field lacrosse.

He was the winner of the 1991 Joe Nieuwendyk Award for dedication to the growth and development to the sport of lacrosse in Calgary. Burke then became the president of the Alberta Lacrosse Association for four years.

Burke served as the Alberta representative to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Lacrosse Association for two years. This grew to becoming a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Lacrosse Association for three years and Men’s Field Sector Chair of the Canadian Lacrosse Association for one year.

Burke served as the Prairie Director of the Canadian Senior Men’s National team for two years and was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Lacrosse Foundation in 1996.

Jim Burke became Canadian Lacrosse Association President from 1999 – 2003, and from 2003 to 2019 he served as past-president of the Canadian Lacrosse Association. In 2006, Burke was presented with the Lester B Pearson Award and in 2009 was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a builder.

In 2007, Jim Burke was elected as the chairman of the Canadian Lacrosse Foundation where he currently serves.