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John MacFarlane
b. 1948
Park interpretation programs deepen our love for nature and our understanding of local environments. John reinvented Canadian park interpretation with a strategy, now called collaborative governance, that replaced top-down decision making with local enthusiasm to keep programs relevant, and local involvement to keep them running. He helped display the ecological uniqueness of National Parks across Canada, and inspired new methods of interpretation planning around the globe. His brilliance in planning strategies, his unshakeable values, and his inspired approach to public service all integrate the belief that ecological health is one of the pre-requisites of a prosperous community.
(Photo courtesy of John McFarlane)
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Affiliations:
- Boy Scouts of Canada - Water, Soil and Conservation Instructor 1966
- Parks Canada - Park Interpreter and Chief Park Interpreter of Fundy National Park 1969-1973; Western Region - Regional Interpretation Planner 1974-1976; Head,
- National Parks Interpretation Planning 1976-1978; Head, National Parks Extension Planning 1978-1982
- Canadian International Development Agency - International Consultant, Seconded to Jamaica Government Department of Natural Resources Conservation 1979
- Parks Canada - Chief of Interpretation & Extension 1982-1986
- Cordillera Communications Corporation - Principal 1986-1988
- Maritime Museum of British Columbia - Executive Director & Curator 1988-1994
- Heritage Tourism Consulting - Principal 1994-1999
- Greater Vancouver Regional District Parks - Resource Management Planner 1999-2003
- GVRD - West Nile Virus Mosquito Coordinator 2004-2006
- Metro Vancouver - Senior Policy Coordinator, Corporate Relations 2006-2008
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks - Planning, Resource Management and Development Division Manager 2008
Awards:
- National Distinguished Service Award of Interpretation Canada - 1984
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, (London U.K.) October - 1994
- Curator Emeritus (lifetime appointment) of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Victoria BC in April - 1995
- BC Provincial Health Officer's Award for Excellence in Public Health for Exemplary Inter-sectoral Collaboration in Vector-borne Disease Prevention 2004
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