Company Overview

KB Jodan Inc., is an aboriginal owned business from Cold Lake First Nations with the office located in Lac La Biche, Alberta. KB Jodan Inc., specializes in Safety Training and Drug and Alcohol Training Courses, with a private medical clinic to perform pulmonary function tests, pre-employment medical, audiometry, drug and alcohol testing and medical examinations for motor vehicle operations. These services provide and meet the development and employment needs of the local area and prepare local participants in the global economy. In addition, KB Jodan Inc., provides Medical Mobile Services and Certified Safety Officers to meet the needs of the Oil and Gas Industry on a short-term or long-term basis.

The management of KB Jodan Inc., along with all of the employees is committed to provide a safe and healthy workplace with the goal of zero incidents. KB Jodan Inc., is also committed to exercise modern safety management by preventing loss of equipment and the environment, establishing and maintaining a safe work program through proper procedures, education, training and direction and abiding with occupational health and safety standards and regulations.

KB Jodan is an accredited collection facility of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry (DATIA) which is based in Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Karen Young

Karen Young is a successful entrepreneur who makes her home and runs her business in the Town of Lac La Biche, Alberta. Her company, KB Jodan Inc., is headquartered on the Cold Lake First Nation. She was voted by the Alberta Chamber of Commerce's Women Entrepreneur of the Year in the year 2008. Karen is a self-made self taught business woman who, with her husband Brian, operates and maintains a Private Medical Clinic and a Drug & Alcohol Training Centre, among other things, trains teaches and educates both the Government and Private Sector, Gas and Oilfield and Construction workers in safety techniques and medical emergency situations.

Karen is a Paramedic, a graduate of the Labour College of Canada, paralegal, a student in the faculty of medicine, and is experienced in both TORT and Contract Law. She holds many medical and safety certificates and has spent countless hours educating herself, improving her business, and building for the future, all while helping others to realize their dreams.

Karen's philosophy: "if I can help just one person each day to get a little closer to their goal, then I will say that I've definitely had a very good day!"