Don Dairy began his career in 1961 at Lac-Beauport with the likes of Mario Podoriesach and Giovanni Gerometta where they were certified by the legendary Swiss master Fritz Looslie. A Senior Level IV instructor, Don spent the greater part of his career in the Laurentians. In addition to having been director of skiing at several resorts, Don also worked with such notables as Ernie McCulloch at Mont-Tremblant, Real Charette at Gray Rocks Inn and Georges Vigeant at Mont-Olympia and was member of the Canadian Interski Team in Aspen in 1967 and in Garmish-Partenkirchen in Germany in 1971.