The Fraser Valley Chapter  - #1587 was installed on May 3rd, 2000.

In 1996 Les Dukowski and Graham Leask first began to seriously introduce the notion that there were many potential Kappans in the ever growing Fraser Valley region The demand for high quality professional networking, leadership activities and an increased university presence were all aspects of the education system to which Phi Delta Kappa was ideally positioned to respond.

For a considerable time now our members from the Fraser Valley have found it increasingly difficult to attend the meetings of the UBC Chapter.  Traffic patterns and volumes have made what was once a forty minute trip an eighty minute nightmare. This fact, combined with the greater numbers of interested potential Kappans, convinced the UBC executive to take the exciting step of creating a club in the Fraser Valley.

In the late fall of 1999 the Fraser Valley Club was formally recognized and an installation date was set for May 3rd, 2000.

The Chapter was installed by PDK International Executive Director Dr. George Kersey, District Representative Mr. Dennis Simmons, Area Coordinator Ms. Joyce Anderson and Fraser Valley Club President Mr. John Parry.

Earlier in the evening twenty-one new members were initiated into Phi Delta Kappa.
Doug Player (Past President - UBC), Les Dukowski (Past President - UBC), Bev Sherman (President - Western Washington, Bellingham), and Jane Hunter (President - UBC) were the initiating team.

26 Kappans chose to transfer their membership to the new Chapter.

The chapter's first Executive was sworn in, the new chapter set the fees at $99CDN and adopted bylaws..