Presentations at the National Interpretation Association annual conference, Denner CO, November 2019

Dr. Kool used a Research and Professional Development grant for a conference presentation on a book project on the writings of Yorke Edwards and contributions of heritage interpreters.

The history and contributions of the ‘father’ of park/heritage interpretation in Canada, R. Yorke Edwards, has not been explored. I have put together a book for the Royal BC Museum that presents more than twenty unpublished or marginally published writings of Yorke Edwards from the early 1960s to the late 1980s, and will be presenting this at the conference. In addition, I may collaborate with RRU DSocSci alumni Dr. Jacquie Gilson to present work that is submitted for publication on the role of inspiration in the work on heritage interpreters.