Bob Henderson (academic)
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Dr. Robert Henderson is a Canadian academic, author, and outdoor educator. He is recognized for his role in advancing heritage travel and wilderness education in Canada. In 2023, he and Sean Blenkinsop won a Next Generation Indie Award in Anthology for their book Paddling Pathways.
Henderson has been teaching in the outdoors and guiding trips since 1973. He served as a professor and coordinator of Outdoor and Environmental Education at McMaster University for 29 years (1981–2010), splitting his responsibilities between the Department of Kinesiology and Arts & Science. During his tenure, he led field‑based courses in both summer and winter, emphasizing experiential learning.[1][2]
Henderson played an active mentoring role across multiple universities: supervising theses and serving on committees at McMaster, Royal Roads, Lakehead, York, Brock, Linköping (Sweden), and University of Calgary.[3]
For over 20 years, Henderson served as a coordinator of the editorial board for Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education. Additionally, he has been the resource editor for Nastawgan: The Quarterly Journal of the Wilderness Canoe Association since 2008.[4]
Since retiring in 2010, he has continued speaking across the world.[5] In 2012, he gave a TEDx talk.[6]
