I want to look at Hawrelak Park as a case study. Seems there was a missed opportunity for incorporating designing with nature (NbS’s) as called for by COP15. I FOIPed the documents and most of the trees coming out are for expansion of parking and other hard surfaces. Water run off will be increased as will operational costs and carbon footprint. Why not hold a competitive design process calling for our green space to design with nature. And why didn’t the city consult with other sovereign nations.
I will work with you and possibly Patsy as well and whomever else you deem appropriate. Maybe we could meet early next week at the cafe outside city hall?
I want to know if there is a way to “define” parks and recreation as a social benefit? Recreation in Canada - Background ‘Renewed Definition of Recreation’ from A framework for Recreation in Canada: A pathways to wellbeing (2015)
Recreation is the experience that results from freely chosen participation in physical, social, intellectual, creative, and spiritual pursuits that enhance individual and community wellbeing. This quote came from a recent Recognizing and Rejecting Racism on March 16, 2023. A recording and transcript of the webinar session here from Saskatchewan https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/96d7706f33a58e6a76a6e467723995c0facf9a623b5a85c6dcccaf96e31abaad
Cited A framework for recreation in Canada, 2015.
And the study on how the problem of exclusion and the solution of inclusion have been discursively produced within A Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015: Pathways to Wellbeing the article is from “Vulnerable,” “At-risk,” “Disadvantaged”: How A Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015: Pathways to Wellbeing Reinscribes Exclusion by Lisa N Tink, Danielle Peers, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk & Bethan C. Kingsley from the University of Alberta. The publishers are Leisure/Loisir, Volume 44, Issue 2 (2020).
I want to look at Hawrelak Park as a case study. Seems there was a missed opportunity for incorporating designing with nature (NbS’s) as called for by COP15. I FOIPed the documents and most of the trees coming out are for expansion of parking and other hard surfaces. Water run off will be increased as will operational costs and carbon footprint. Why not hold a competitive design process calling for our green space to design with nature. And why didn’t the city consult with other sovereign nations.
I will work with you and possibly Patsy as well and whomever else you deem appropriate. Maybe we could meet early next week at the cafe outside city hall?
I want to know if there is a way to “define” parks and recreation as a social benefit? Recreation in Canada - Background ‘Renewed Definition of Recreation’ from A framework for Recreation in Canada: A pathways to wellbeing (2015)
Recreation is the experience that results from freely chosen participation in physical, social, intellectual, creative, and spiritual pursuits that enhance individual and community wellbeing. This quote came from a recent Recognizing and Rejecting Racism on March 16, 2023. A recording and transcript of the webinar session here from Saskatchewan https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/96d7706f33a58e6a76a6e467723995c0facf9a623b5a85c6dcccaf96e31abaad
Cited A framework for recreation in Canada, 2015.
And the study on how the problem of exclusion and the solution of inclusion have been discursively produced within A Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015: Pathways to Wellbeing the article is from “Vulnerable,” “At-risk,” “Disadvantaged”: How A Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015: Pathways to Wellbeing Reinscribes Exclusion by Lisa N Tink, Danielle Peers, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk & Bethan C. Kingsley from the University of Alberta. The publishers are Leisure/Loisir, Volume 44, Issue 2 (2020).
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