My partner and I were given class time this week to work on our Inquiry projects in a setting of our choice. I think we both agreed that meeting with a professor that advocates for Outdoor Education here at UBC was the best way to spend our work period. We didn’t waste any time emailing him and he agreed to meet with us for 30 minutes. After our discussion I feel like I have a wealth of knowledge and a stronger passion for my project. It was so great to speak with someone who lives and breathes a subject that I value so much. I felt myself scrambling to write down thoughts as he spoke, and I jotted down a number of take-aways and leads for further research.

This professor works with an organization named ‘Wild About Vancouver’, and they help provide schools with practical resources to get their students outside – which is exactly what I’m inquiring about! So I plan to look a little more into this website and read some of the case-study schools they have worked on. I think this will be a good place to start for building my resource, and maybe it’s possible to broaden the scope of their studies in order to encompass all schools in B.C. rather than specific ones. I’ll keep you updated!

Chris