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This past year Thunder Bay opened a new skating trail at Vickers Park. My podcast group and I are looking to uncover the benefits and impacts this trail is having on our city. Interviewing a key thinker in the field would help us find our answer. I would interview a skater at Vickers Park to get a firsthand understanding of how the skating trail is affecting a member of the community.

Questions:

How was your skate today?

This question is a friendly way to start my interview. My hope with this question is to be polite with the skater so that they feel comfortable with me. This would hopefully lead to more in depth answers later on.

How did you hear about the skating trail and did you come with anyone?

I would like to understand how the general public knows about the skating trial. Is it word of mouth? Social media? This would help me understand how the skating trail is interacting with Thunder Bay. I would also like to know what demographic of people are using the trail to understand its benefits. This is why I would ask if the skater came with anyone.

How often do you use the skating trail and what is your purpose for coming?

It is important for me to know if skaters are repeat users of the trail. If they are, that would be a sign that the trail is having a positive impact on community members. Skating can be for leisure, for expertise, or for social reasons. Finding out the purpose of the skaters visit will help me further understand the demographic of skaters.

Describe your skating experience. Have you been to a skating trial before coming to Vickers Park?

This question helps me understand the skill level of skaters. Are the trail users people that already skate through activities such as hockey or figure skating? Knowing if skaters have pleasure skated elsewhere gives an understanding of why a trial is better or worse than a regular pad of ice. The skating trial is a new thing in Thunder Bay but similar trials exist elsewhere in Ontario. I would be interested to know if users of Vickers Park are trying something new or already experienced in trial skating.

Do you enjoy using the skating trial? Why or why not?

This question would hopefully reveal the impact the trail is having on skaters in Thunder Bay. If skaters are not enjoying the trail, this question gives an opportunity to voice concerns and criticism. If skaters are enjoying the trial, this question will provide an opportunity for specific examples of positive things the trail gives to the community.

Summary:

The questions I have listed have a few main objectives. Firstly, I would like to find out how people are finding out about the skate trail, and to see what demographic the skating trail advertisements are catering to. For example, if skaters are becoming aware of the trail through social media then that would likely generate a younger crowd. This would impact Thunder Bay in a different way than a radio advertisement which would likely bring families and older citizens to the trail. Secondly, I am looking to find out what the skill level of skaters is and what their desired use of the trail is. Finally, I would like to know if the skating trail is a successful development. Happy skaters and repeat skaters would speak to the success of the trail.

My questions follow the funneling technique. They start out light and open for interpretation and become more specific towards the end of the interview. My intentions with this technique are to develop a good relationship with the skater through friendly and easy questions at the beginning. This would hopefully lead to stronger and more full answers in the final specific questions.

troutd2511

Hey Evan!

I think you and your podcast group have a really interesting topic, skating in Thunder Bay seems like a very big thing. Everyone I know likes going to the ODR’s as well as to different bodies of water to go skating, I had no idea there’s a new skating trail at Vickers Park !

I really like how your questions start out as a very broad question mainly just asking how the skaters day / skate was, it gives you a way to let the person you’re interviewing to get comfortable with you. I like how as your questions go on you get more direct with what you want to know. I’ve been to skating trails in other areas in Ontario and I loved it, the scenery, the social aspect, everything. I would love to know more information on this trail !

As a skater I’m curious to know how you found out about the skating trail at Vickers Park? Was it word of the mouth? Social media? Or did you come across this while figuring out a research topic?

Overall I really enjoyed reading your post this week !

Taegan

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Forest of Research

Photo Credit: (Zelei, 2019)

The Outdoor Recreation Research Forest:

On my adventures in the ‘outdoor recreation research forest’ this semester I have learned that:

1) Outdoor recreation research is multifaceted. It includes a large breadth of research topics including social justice, outdoor education, adventure therapy, reconciliation, experiential education, tourism, national parks, etc. It is important to realize where your interests lie and recognize that it is impossible to cover everything even within one specific area of outdoor recreation research (Davies, 2022).

2) One downfall of current outdoor recreation literature is the lack of clarity with field specific terms such as outdoor education, adventure therapy, experiential education, tourism, land-based learning, etc. (Davies, 2022).

3) It is important for researchers in outdoor recreation to recognize that research differences exist even within Canada. As Canada is an incredibly large country, with many different provinces and landforms, it is important to recognize how these play into who we are as a country. For example, even within the YMCA or Tim Horton’s Children’s Foundation camps, there are different accrediting bodies that these camps must respond to so that they can be recognized, provincially, as a safe and caring environment for children. YMCA Chief Hector in Alberta will need to meet different operational standards than YMCA Camp Elphinstone in British Columbia or YMCA Camp Wanakita in Ontario. These differences will create different camp cultures which can then be highlighted in research differences. Therefore, it is important to either focus your research to one very specific region within outdoor recreation, or to ensure that all regions are heard in your research (Davies, 2022).

My Understandings of Me in the Forest of Research

Three things that I have learned about myself during my time in the ‘forest of outdoor recreation research” are:

1) I have come to understand the role that my own intersectionality has in research that I may choose to undertake. I saw this as a theme in my own blog posts this semester.

Photo: Unpacking my Invisible Backpack - Who Am I?

2) I learned from Davies that it is important to choose a subject that you are passionate about but also one that you can come into not feeling like you have a grounded direction in where the research is going to go. If I am uncomfortable with the notion of my research taking a different lens than what I may have come into with, it is not an appropriate research topic for me (Davies, 2022). For me, a research topic on employees with disabilities in the field would not be appropriate because this subject has had a profound effect in my own life. I would struggle to separate my research from my own experiences and opinions. A topic that I am still passionate about, that would be more appropriate, could be the usage of augmentative alternative communications systems in the field for clients, and what risk management should look like for users of such systems. I understand the restrictions of these alternative communication systems in the outdoors and would like to work to help change the perception of the usage of these systems both by mainstream society, and the outdoor industry so that all can experience outdoor programming.

3) As an undergraduate student, I have learned about the importance of research in the field of outdoor recreation. It has been a bit of a mind-boggling process to recognize the number of different ways that I can contribute to gaps in the outdoor recreation research, as either an undergraduate or graduate student in outdoor recreation programs. I am walking away with many ideas as to what research could look like for me in terms of an Honours Thesis during my time in ORPT, or as I make future goals to take a graduate degree in outdoor education.

Lost in the Forest of Research

Photo Credits: (Xijan, 2018)

I am feeling lost in this forest of research. The level of new information that I have experienced because of Research Design is overwhelming. While I now understand my role as a researcher and some of the basics of research in social sciences, I feel like I still need to work at connecting my understandings of what research is back to real life. I also need to, at the same time, deepen my understandings of theoretical underpinnings of social sciences research.

I am still a bit lost on what a research proposal looks like and how to write one. This is an area that I need to put more time and effort into exploring.

I could also use some more strategies for narrowing and creating better research questions. We spoke a bit about this in class during week #5. I can recognize that there is such a thing as a research question that we simply cannot research, whether that would be for ethical or other reasons. I also know that a good research question is clear, concise, focused, complex, and arguable (Hooykaas, 2022).

I also need to do some exploring into the process of what an Honours Thesis and Honours Project looks like within ORPT. While I know that they exist and the basics of what is involved in doing one, I do not know things such as who can supervise one or who we need to ask to get started in the completion of one. I would also like to explore further the differences between an Honours Project versus an Honours Thesis.

Finally, I cannot currently see all the individual trees in the forest. There are way too many terms (trees) that we have learned this semester for me to have an excellent grasp on all of them. I need to spend some time working on memorizing and understanding these terms to the best of my abilities.

Photo: Mind Map of Terms from the Textbook

I will know that I understand what it means to be an outdoor recreation researcher when I can see and name all the trees in the forest – there sure are a lot more than I imagined!

Photo Credit: (Zelei, 2019)

References:

Davies, R. (2022, March). Rachel Davies Research on Gender During ORPT. Research Design Guest Speaker. Thunder Bay; Zoom.

Hooykaas, A. (2022, February). February 7th, 2022. Research Design Lectures. Thunder Bay; Zoom.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 1 Doing Social Research. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 1-21). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 2 Theory and Social Research. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 21 - 40). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 3 Ethics in Social Research. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 40 - 62). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 4 Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 62 - 79). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 5 Designing a Study. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 79 – 102). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 6 Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 102 - 131). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 7 Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 131 – 160). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 8 Survey Research. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 160 - 192). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 9 Experimental Research. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 192 - 214). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 10 Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 214 - 234). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 11 Analysis of Quantitative Data. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 234 - 261). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 12 Qualitative Interviewing. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 261 - 278). essay, Pearson.

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 14 Nonreactive Qualitative Research. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 305 - 327). essay, Pearson.

Salisbury. (n.d.). The Benefits of Big Trees. Salisbury. Retrieved from https://salisburygreenhouse.com/the-benefits-of-big-trees/.

Xijan. (2018). Man Lost in Woods. I Stock Photos. Retrieved from https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/man-travel-alone-on-foggy-forest-gm1070523650-286423467

Zelei, P. (2019). Fantastic Forests. Time for Kids. Time for Kids. Retrieved March 27, 2022, from https://www.timeforkids.com/k1/fantastic-forests/.

troutd2511

Hey Laura !

I really enjoyed reading your thoughts and insights about what you’ve learned throughout the semester as well as what you’re still learning ! While reading your post I agree with many of the points you’ve made, including how outdoor recreation research is multifaceted. I had never really thought of it this way but how you explained how it's important to realize what your interests in outdoor recreation research stood out to me. I also really enjoyed reading the part you wrote about as an undergraduate students and learning about the importance of research in the field of outdoor recreation. It was very eye opening about how many ways you can go in the field of research in the outdoor recreation field but I unfortunately don’t plan on going into the research field of outdoor recreation, it's just not something that I’m overly drawn to but I hope to read some of your work as you enter the field of ORPT research ! overall your post is very well written and very engaging, thank you for sharing !

Taegan

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Blonde, Brunette, or Ginger

For this week, I went to BuzzFeed to find a quiz. I scrolled through many, some asking if it was the same person or a doppelganger, others saying they would be able to tell my relationship status by my answers. I picked one that guessed my hair colour based on the foods I eat daily.

There were 7 questions, and each question was a multiple-choice answer. I found that the questions didn’t lend themselves to various responses; they were closed questions. There was only one question you could not pick to have food, and the rest of the questions forced you to choose something. I didn’t like this because, if you’re like me, you don’t eat eggs, toast, or cereal for breakfast, and because you’re forced to pick the one, you have to choose the most appealing one (toast obviously). If there had been an option for other or none of the above in each question, it would have made the quiz better, but then again, it’s a Buzzfeed quiz.

I will say that the questions were easy to understand, nicely worded and straightforward. That was the only strength in this quiz that I could find.

I was surprised when it got my hair colour right, and it makes me wonder if this quiz was based on a survey about diet and hair colour or if it randomly generated an answer.

This quiz was easy to find when I went to the BuzzFeed website, and it took me maybe two minutes. So it is quick and easy to access for the larger public. For anyone who does want to know what your hair colour is based on your diet, here is the link: https://www.buzzfeed.com/njiraknott/eat-food-guess-hair-color-quiz

Please let me know if it gets your hair colour right!

troutd2511

Hey Annie!

I took the survey that you did to see if based on the foods I choose if they can guess my hair color, which they did. I agree with your analysis of the survey, the questions forced you to pick a food item which forced you to choose what's the most appealing to you. If nothing was appealing to you, you had to pick a random food choice. I agree with your thoughts on how you think the survey would be better if there were a none of the above option.

Anyways, I really enjoyed reading your analysis on this survey ! Looking forward to reading your next blog post :)

Taegs

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OUTD 2511 Blog Prompt 9-10

These three things I know for certain about outdoor recreation research:

Qualitative vs. Quantitative Date: Through this class it brought me about to high school where I learned about both qualitative and quantitative dates. But, this class showed me that I do prefer qualitative data because the collected date is more than just figures on a sheet of paper. I enjoy how qualitative data represents the individual's thoughts.

Ethics: I know that ethics are one of the most vital when doing research. Ethics are moral principles that help guide a person's decision making. I know that it is crucial when performing research that individuals who are in a vulnerable position will require an REB. Ethics are important to understand when doing research because it gives people the respect they need such as privacy, and dignity. Ethics in research help promote a safe environment and values of each individual. REB are special for youth that can legally not aloud to be in research due to it being vulnerable Neuman and Robson explain that “unless a researcher meets two minimal conditions: (1) a legal guardian grants written permission, and (2) the researcher follows all standard ethical principles to protect the participant from harm” (Neuman & Robson, 2018).

Coding: Coding is an easy way to organize your notes, and to help you with research. An example of this is seen in my podcast group as I made a survey, and took all the data and organized it to make sure that the data was concise and easy to follow. But I have also used my experience from highschool data management to make sure that I properly deal with the data that is collected.

These three things I am still confused by:

Interviewing: I have never interviewed someone in my life face to face. Unlike where I have used google forms to ask questions. I think it would be beneficial if i have a chance to interview someone in the future to help me with research.

Is research mandatory when I do not plan on doing any?

Invisible Backpack: I still do not fully understand what the Invisible Backpack is. I tried to do some research on my own and the first thing that pops up on google is white privilege so now i am even more confused about this whole invisible backpack. I can kinda understand it when research is being done however, I do not understand it for each individual.

These three things I know for certain about me as an outdoor recreation researcher: I understand why research is important. However, in this program I do not plan on doing any research within the program unless it is for assignments, and I do not plan on doing any after university due to the career field I am going into. I understand how it is relevant for this program if you are going into a field to do research but I do not think this should be a mandatory class.

Qualitative data: If I had to do research on a topic again for class I would want to focus on qualitative data because I prefer the words of people of just numbers. People can express way more emotions and give you quotes for research

I don't like doing research in topics that do not interest me: Not to be a debbie downer, But throughout this course I did not like not having the freedom of creating your own blog prompts. Because of this some of my blog posts were mediocre and I did not put as much focus into a lot of them. Luckly, for the podcast I was very interested in the topic because it involved rock climbing and mental health/ well-being. For most of my education I have always focused on doing assignments on well-being and mental health.

I like learning about mental- health and well-being: To continue with mental health and well-being would most likely be the only thing I will do research on due to the benefits of outdoor recreation and mental health. But I also love the correlation between extreme sports and mental health and how beneficial it is to take part in an extreme sport.

These three areas I need to spend time developing/learning in order to feel more confident in my skills:

I need to be less vague: When it comes to doing work that I am not interested in I tend to be vague when explaining or writing. I also struggle with communication and giving good examples for work. I need to be able to expand my thinking and relate it to my thesis and just in general

Creating/analyzing surveys: I would like to spend more time creating surveys because I feel like I lost that skill when I went into university. But in highschool I was pretty good at it. That being said, I would like to create more in the future to help me expand my knowledge and help me with my research for clubs, assignments or my own personal use. I would also like to explore new programs such as Google forms, QuestionPro, SurveySparrow, SurveyLegend are all programs that I would like to use to further my experience with research to be more confident in my skills.

Group work: I also need to spend more time with group work. I enjoy working alone most of the time and not having to rely on others to make sure that they get their jobs done so that the group can succeed. Furthermore, the more time i will spend with the groups will help me with my leadership style since im a Laissez-Faire leader i tend to lay back and let someone else take control of the group. I feel like I just let the leader tell me what to do and I have no problem with that, it just does not help me with my leadership skills within group work.

References

Neuman, W. L., & Robson, K. (2018). Chapter 3 Ethics in Social Research. In Basics of Social Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4th Canadian Edition, pp. 40 - 62). essay, Pearson.

troutd2511

Hey Zach!!

I loved reading your post and reading about your insights on different aspects of research design ! I completely agree with you on your point about not enjoying doing research on things that don’t interest you, I HATE doing research on things that don’t interest me and my work tends to be mediocre compared to when I’m doing research on topics that I'm interested in learning about.

I also agree with the point you made about recreation research. I agree that it’s important and I also don’t plan on doing any research within the program unless it's for an assignment. The things we’ve learned this semester about research in outdoor recreation will come in handy for when I have research assignments to do but, I do not plan on going into a profession where I’m going to be doing research papers and projects. This class was very informative but I agree with your thoughts that it shouldn’t be a mandatory class since not everyone is in ORPT for the research aspect.

Overall your post was very well written and very engaging ! I really enjoyed reading about your thoughts on different topics that we’ve touched on during the time of the course.

Taegan :)

Blog 9&10

Three things I am still confused by

1.Critical Reflexivity

I know the definition of critical reflexivity on the PowerPoint is “a process of constant, self-conscious scrutiny of the self as a research process” but I’m not really sure what that all means. While reading through what we’ve learnt about critical reflexivity it seems like it means it's you as the researcher reflecting on your work after you’ve finished. There's so many parts to this topic that I just don’t really understand how they all fit in together.

2.Coding

To me coding seems like a very difficult and confusing way of organizing your notes, research, etc. To me there is no need to use coding themes such as categorizing different conditions, strategies and tactics, and consequences, i feel that if you can have your notes, thoughts, and research organized in a way that makes sense to you then there's no need to use any sort of deductive coding or inductive coding. After sitting through our lecture(s) on how to code research and reading through notes as well as writing notes, I still don’t fully understand what this means.

3.Reliability vs Validity

Reliability is explained to us as dependability or consistency, that the same thing will be repeated or recur under identical or very similar conditions. Validity is explained to us as truthfulness and refers to the match between a concept, or the way a researcher conceptualizes the idea in a conceptual definition, and a measure. Reliability and validity make sense to me but at the same time, they don’t. I’m not really sure what it is that I don’t understand about these concepts, I just can’t wrap my head around it to fully understand.

Three areas I need to spend time developing / learning in order to feel more confident in my skills

1.Interviewing

I fully understand interviews and how they work with open-ended questions as well as close-ended questions, the different types of interviews (structured, semi-structured, unstructured), how to get yourself ready for interviews, and I fully understand how to go about interviewing someone. I do however need more practice doing interviews so that i'll be able to get the most out of interviewing someone for either a research topic or whatever my future holds.

2.Focus Groups

I understand focus groups, how they work, why they work, I understand it all. My next steps to further my understanding of focus groups would be observing one or participating in one to get the full understanding of focus groups.

3.Analyzing Surveys

The way you analyze surveys is different for everyone, what you do with the information surrounding your topic and how you choose to sort the data varies depending on the person, and what the survey was about. There are many different types of surveys which require different ways to go about organizing the data you’ve collected. My next steps to develop a further understanding on how to organize data collected from surveys would be to create more surveys and analyze the data collected in a way that makes sense to me when looking back on the data that's been collected.

Three things I know for certain about outdoor recreation research

1.Qualitative vs Quantitative Survey Questions

Survey questions have to be worded in a way that's easy to understand for the people taking your survey but also have to be worded in a way where you can generate the best answer possible. For me when making surveys, depending on what information I’m looking for, I prefer a close ended question followed by an open ended question which is the same question but asking to explain your reasoning. This gives me a different outlook on the question I’m asking since everyone views things differently.

2.Ethics

Ethics are moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity. Ethics are putting people first, respecting people's privacy, and having respect for human dignity. Ethics in research are important because they promote the aims of research and expanding knowledge, they support the values required for collaborative work, mutual respect and fairness.

3.Invisible Backpack

Everyone has their own invisible backpack, it's what you carry with you personally. It's your past, what you’ve been through, what you have personally overcome, everyone has their own invisible backpack and what you have in that backpack makes you, you. How you engage in the world, how you dictate conversations, how you make decisions. Invisible backpacks make you the person you are today and how you view the world.

Three things I know for certain about me as an outdoor recreation researcher

1.I prefer close ended survey questions

As a researcher I personally prefer close-ended questions, I find that with open-ended questions people can interpret your question in different ways which may not be how you planned on it going. With close ended questions you can get an answer that you want without it going any which way.

2.Organization of Data Collected

When doing research for any number of things I know how I like to organize my data. When I first start doing research I write down important information on the topic along with the website I collected the data from. I then sort my information into different categories relating the data that I've collected and make subtitles. I do this with every research project that I have done and it works for me and I understand where information that I need is with the website I got it from for if I want to dig deeper. Everyone organizes their research information differently and I have found what works for me.

3.When I Enjoy what I’m Researching

When I’m doing a research problem I like to be able to enjoy what I’m learning, if I’m told what I have to research I don’t want to do it and I don’t enjoy the research project. I personally would rather get to choose what I research, I will be more willing to do it as well as the quality of my research will be better since I’m more involved with what I’m learning,

Blog 8

For anyone who knows me, knows I absolutely love Marvel movies so when we had the opportunity to take a quiz I went straight to BuzzFeed and searched up a Marvel quiz. The quiz I chose was “Your Marvel Preferences Will Reveal Whether You’re More Introverted, Extroverted, Or Ambiverted.” I went with this quiz because I know that I am an extrovert and wanted to see what BuzzFeed would peg me as by my answers to the quiz.

There were 7 multiple choice questions, each of which gave 6 different answers. I found that the questions were personal preference and a little all over the place, some of the questions included in the quiz were “who’s the best OG avenger?”, “choose the cutest couple”, and “which duo is your favorite.” I found that with these questions the options were good but if you had a different thought on say which duo is your favorite then you had to choose from the options listed, where there are more than 6 duos in the marvel universe and you had to choose from the 6 options listed.

The questions were very straightforward, easy to understand and worded in a way anyone can understand. This was a strength of the quiz, as well as the length of the quiz. I feel like if the quiz was shorter or much longer it would have either lost interest or not get the point across.

For anyone who wants to know their personality type based on answering some marvel questions, here’s the link: Are You More Introverted, Extroverted, Or Ambiverted? (buzzfeed.com) The quiz got my personality type right with telling me I'm an extrovert and I’d love to hear if you get your personality type from the quiz!

Blog 6

In my five minutes to interview a key thinker who represents how skiing builds a community, I would interview someone who works at a ski hill and has worked at a ski hill for a few years. Since they’ve worked at a ski hill for a few years they’re able to see the different impacts and aspects of the ski hill through good years and not so good years. Since I’m not a skier it will be beneficial to me to interview someone who is an avid skier to give me insight on how skiing builds a community.

During my interview I will ask five questions:

Do you think that the sport of skiing itself builds community?

Do you think that the connections you make with people from different places builds the skiing community?

Do you think being at the ski hills offer people a sense of belonging ?

Do you think the skiing community is built by the commitment of coming back each year?

Do you think different types of skiing have an effect on how you build a community within skiing?

With these questions being asked I’m hoping to get an idea of how this person thinks skiing builds a community or even if they think skiing can build a community. With these open-ended questions it gives the person I'm interviewing a chance to express what they see while working at the ski hill and how they personally feel about building community.

Blog 5

Sweden ousts Canada from Olympic Men's Hockey Tournament

I chose an article from CBC Sports from February 16th, 2022 written about the Sweden vs Canada men’s hockey game. This article was written by Joshua Clipperton from The Canadian Press, it was a very well-written article but could also be a very confusing article if you don’t keep up with the Olympic men’s hockey games from this year and past years. There was a lot of bouncing back and forth of events and statistics that happened during the game, many points and statistics from the Olympics in years past, and how Canada got to the quarter-finals this year. The article includes a video clip of the entire game as well as highlights from the game.

What was the key message?

While reading this article the key message that stood out to me was that this is the first time in 16 years that the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team didn’t bring home a medal whether it be bronze, silver, or gold. The article talks about all the statistics from the game, shots on goal, who scored, who capitalized on opportunities to score, and who struggled to get the puck out of the defensive zone which ended up in goals against. The article also brings up the different medals that Canada has brought home in the past as almost a dig on not bringing one home this year.

What might their sources have been?

The main source for this article is the Olympic hockey game that was played. It talks about the players, the statistics, etc., which you get while watching the game. Other sources that were most likely used but not listed were past Olympic records. This should have been listed since the journalist got information from the 2010, 2014, and 2018 Olympics.

What expectations/responsibilities might the consumer have in reviewing this article?

For reviewing this article some of the responsibilities could include making sure the statistics are correct, making sure the article is easy to follow when listing players names and which team they play for to avoid any confusion, having all of the game content together, and then listing other information such as statistics from years past.

Overall I enjoyed this article since I didn’t get a chance to watch the game, but since the men’s team couldn’t secure a medal this year they left it up to the women’s team to bring home gold.

Resources:

Clipperton, Joshua. “Sweden ousts Canada from Olympic men's hockey tournament.” CBC, 16 February 2022, https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/hockey/canada-olympic-men-hockey-sweden-quarter-final-2022-beijing-olympics-1.6352464

Treisman, Rachel. “US women's hockey team loses gold to Canada in Winter Olympics.” NPR, 17 February 2022, https://www.npr.org/2022/02/17/1081449979/us-womens-hockey-olympics-2022.

“2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games - Men's Hockey.” Hockey Canada, https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/olympics/2022.

Blog 4: What’s on my mind

This past week my mind has been occupied by a numerous amount of things such as the OSAT II river travel day and coordinating that with my group members, different assignments, work and trying to figure out a way not to fall behind in school.

What I was most excited about and what occupied my mind the most this past week was the River travel day for OSAT II. For this day we had to coordinate with our groups what to pick up for equipment/gear and distributing it between group members, what were bringing for lunch (if we were doing a picnic style or everyone is on their own), how many layers to wear as well as pack, and making sure we had our materials for fire starting (which unfortunately i had forgotten).

In conclusion of my week, I have learned a variety of different skills for the outdoors in winter, I have finally caught up on schoolwork and I am exhausted.

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If I were to conduct research as a graduate student with limitless resources, I would choose to research the difference between now and 10 years ago of women in hockey. I’m very interested in this topic since I’ve been playing hockey for as long as I can remember as well as coaching a girls hockey team. I have always felt like girls can do anything that boys can do but have always wondered why there is such a big stink about women in hockey, which is why I would choose this as my research topic.

Photo taken at hockey tournament in Pittsburg in my first year of Pewee hockey

The focus on this research proposal would be the changes that have been made in the hockey world surrounding women. How they are viewed in the hockey world, the different roles they play as coaches, officials, managers of teams. I would also focus on women's Olympic hockey vs men’s Olympic hockey, the women's world junior hockey team vs the men’s world junior hockey team as well as the NWHL vs the NHL. I would go about this research topic by mainly just online research, finding out what has changed throughout the time period of women in hockey.

Who would benefit from this research topic? I believe a lot of people would benefit from this, I feel more women who are just starting out in hockey would benefit by this research to show how things have changed and why they’ve changed.

Surviving the Siberian Wilderness - Case Study

This video was filmed in 2013 by Vice Russia, with a sponsorship from North Face. The main focus of the documentary is on Agafia Lykova’s life, starting when her family consisting of a mother, father, two brothers and two sisters moved to the Mountains of Siberia in 1936. The family did this to avoid political turmoil that they were facing because of their religion and beliefs. Agafia is the last one in the family that is still living, living in the mountains for 70 years, 25 years by herself without any human communication. The closest town to Agafia’s settlement is 160 mile away and only accessible by a 7 day canoe trip.

The invisible backpack was not really mentioned in this documentary. You can clearly see that the sponsorship of North Face had a big impact on this documentary with the high class equipment that the crew had brought in. The crew was using very expensive equipment such as cameras, tents, sleeping bags, and a translator. They were curious to see how Agafia lives in the mountains so secluded from everyone but they don’t see why Agafia is still living there, why she doesn’t go into the town more often. The crew has grown up with a means of communication through face to face contact, through phones, they can travel long distances by cars, buses, planes, ect. Agafia doesn’t have those things and doesn’t see them as a necessity like the crew does or even like we do.

An ethical consideration that was made while constructing the documentary was having a translator to break the communication barrier, since Agafia speaks Russian and the crew did not. The crew would have also needed to have Agafia's permission while attending her settlement to record different day-to-day activities that she does. Some of the day-to-day activities that would require permission to record are: morning prayers, how she stores her food, how she cooks, ect.

If I were to do this study as a student researcher, I would want to spend more time with Agafia to get a better understanding of how she lives, as well as why she chooses to live this way. It would give me a deeper understanding of her relationship with herself, with the land, how she has learned to live in isolation, as well as her daily means of survival. I would still need to bring a translator since I don’t speak Russian and would want to break the communication barrier between Agafia and myself.

Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years (Full Length) - YouTube

Disclaimer

ORPT and finding credible sources

Hello everyone! My name is Taegan Rogers, I’m in my second year at Lakehead University taking Concurrent Education and Outdoor Recreation. What drew me to these programs is that for as long as I can remember I have always wanted to become a kindergarten teacher, I love working with kids and helping them learn and grow. I have coached a hockey and soccer team, helped out in many hockey camps, as well as worked as a swimming instructor and camp instructor. Since doing these things it has become very clear to me that I want to teach. As for the Outdoor Recreation program I was drawn to the adventure aspect as well as expanding my knowledge of the outdoors. I have always loved to be outside exploring in my backyard, going on hikes, being on the water and just everything about the outdoors and what it has to offer, I have always been drawn to it. During high school, there was an outdoor recreation course that was offered. When I was taking this course we did a lot of different activities such as canoeing, hiking, biking as well as indoor rock climbing. We also had to research a university that offers this program, while researching I came across Lakehead University and I was so intrigued by the program that I expanded my research and Lakehead became my first choice for which University to attend.

As a consumer of knowledge, I tend to get my research information from a variety of 3 different sources. I look at different books in the library, academic journals/articles, as well as different textbooks.

Books in the library; I look for well-known authors. I also check the front and back of the book for credentials and areas of expertise of the author or authors.

Academic journals/articles; With academic journals/articles it tells you where the information is coming from at the top of the page before the authors are listed, I also read the summary of the journal before going to the in-depth part to see if the journal/article is going to be useful to what I’m researching.

Textbooks; With finding research through textbooks I go through the table of contexts to go to what pages are relevant to what I'm researching. I use textbooks for the class I'm taking and other textbooks on related topics so that I can get more information than just one textbook has and see if the information matches up in some way.

This relates to this program because we're learning how to properly research different topics as well as how to find good reliable sources for this program as well as other programs you could be in. This will help us for years to come, to have knowledge on how to properly research different topics and have reliable sources when doing a job or just want to learn more on any topic of choice.

The photo was taken by me in Scotland in 2018

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