Interpretation Canada - 2018 Award Winners

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2018 Awards of Excellence Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Awards of Excellence! These awards are an opportunity for our profession to recognize and promote excellence in interpretation across Canada. Three categories of awards were presented at the Interpretation Canada Conference in Winnipeg in September 2019.

Theatrical Interpretation

Gold

Bats in the Dark - Jasper National Park, Marie-Hélène Hamel, Spencer Dunn

Finding Fawn - Alberta Parks - Kananaskis Country, Kelsey Jaggard and Maxine Bennett, Joe Fowler and Kayleen Sandrowski, Tangle McClaron

Honourable Mention

A Beary, Berry Good Day - Parks Canada Banff, Phillip Nugent, David Thomson, Laurie Schwartz

The Spirits of Paradise - Royal Botanical Gardens, Barbara McKean, Christie Brodie, Kat Lucas

Bloom or Doom - Waterton Lakes National Park, Maxine Bennett, William Greene

Non-personal Interpretation

Silver

A Beary, Berry Good Day - Parks Canada, Banff Field Unit, Laurie Schwartz, Stéfanie Gignac, Amélie Rivera

Panda Passage - Calgary Zoo Customer Experience Team, Lisa McDonald, Don Enright

Honourable Mention

Discovery Activity Book - Ontario Parks, Janis Nostbakken, Celeste Gagnon, Laurel Finney

Personal Interpretation

Gold

Alien Invasion - Manning Park Interpretation, Erin Rolleman

Canadian Wilds Animal Snackers Moose - Calgary Zoo Visitor Engagement, Rebecca Dryden, Scottie Potter

Night at the Museum - Parks Canada – LLYK Field Unit, Alana Petrella, Kristy Putnam, Jacquie Gilson

Bronze

Dinomechanics - Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Joanna Northover, Donald Henderson, Malarie Schaffer, Sue Sabrowski

Honourable Mention

Critter Connections - Waterton Lakes National Park, Breanna Hall

The Secret Lives of the Forest - Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Chelsea Cox

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