His research interests include: youth development, resiliency-based after school programming, motivation for diabetes management, therapeutic recreation, and outdoor education. He has written multiple grants, published many research papers in scholarly journals, and given numerous presentations at professional conferences, all of which targeted positive youth development. Eddie has 16 years experience as a ropes course facilitator, Outward Bound field staff, and educator. He also worked in the commercial recreation sector from 1994-2005. Eddie is the co-founder of ResiliencyWorks Inc., co-creator of Resiliency Bingo for Adolescents/Adults, and has presented internationally on the topic of theory-based programming.