Woolsey, George Brian

He studied history at the University of Western Ontario and received an MA.

He began a PhD program at the University of Toronto but in 1971 he joined the Ontario Provincial Parks working as an Historian in Turkey Point Provincial Park.

He worked on the management planning team for Wasaga Beach Provincial Park in 1971-72.

In 1972 he was the Interpretive Planner for the Old Fort William reconstruction.

In 1973 he was appointed as the Historic Planner for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in Toronto ON and in 1974 he was appointed as the Chief of Historic Planning.

In 1973 he was one of the participants in the organizing meeting at Dorset ON for the Association of Canadian Interpreters (the fore-runner of Interpretation Canada.) He was a policy planner and analyst for the National Historic Parks and Sites Branch of Parks Canada in Ottawa ON.

In 1975-82 he was the Head of Historic Park Planning in the Prairie Regional Office of Parks Canada in Winnipeg MB.

In 1982 he was the Chief of Systems Planning for National Historic Sites at the Parks Canada HQ in Ottawa ON.

He was instrumental in developing the Parks Canada Cost-Share Program which resulted in partnership approaches to the devlopment of National Historic Sites across Canada.

In 1998 he retired from Parks Canada and became an independent heritage consultant in Qualicum Beach BC.