Henderson, Bob
Biography
ob Henderson teaches Outdoor Education at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Starting as a camper and canoe tripping staff member at Camp Ahmek in Algonquin Park, he has developed a lifelong interest in Canadian travel heritage and travel guiding. Beginning in 1994, he continues to write a regular heritage travel feature for Kanawa Magazine. In 1995 Bob completed his Ph.D. concerning approaches to travel guiding from the University of Alberta. He takes pride in baking a golden brown bannock and leading a spirited campfire singsong.
Bob is the author of Every Trail Has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada, published by Natural Heritage Books in 2005, and co-editor of the forthcoming Nature First: Outdoor Life the Friluftsliv Way, which will be released in June 2007.
(From: www.dundurn.com/authors/bob_henderson)
Other Information
Related Websites or Blogs
McMaster Faculty of Kinesiology webpage
www.dundurn.com/authors/bob_henderson
Published Work
2007. [editor, with Nils Vikander] Nature First: Outdoor Life the Friluftsliv Way. Toronto: Nature Heritage Books. (Non-Fiction)
2005. Every trail has a story : heritage travel in Canada. Toronto : Natural Heritage Books (Non-Fiction)
