Taking to the Water: Personal & Group Exploration

Muskoka Watershed Council Environmental Lecture Series

Taking to the Water Personal & Group Exploration

Steve Cairns, Assistant Professor Nipissing University Muskoka, Ontario

The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are. - Lynn Noel

http://www.tripadvisor.ca/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g155045-d1985612-i29407600Yukon_River-Yukon.html

http://www.oklahomaroadtrips.com/Paddler-Quotes.htm

Love I need you tonight I’m moving through life’s water It seems I am being tossed In great big waves Hope I need you tonight I’m moving through life’s water I could get lost I need you to help me paddle

UPCOMING EVENTS Pause for a Paddle – Celebrate Canadian Rivers Day on Sunday, June 14th at Bowyer’s Beach in Bracebridge.

Annual General Meeting – Friday, June 19th beginning at 11:00 am at Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Rosseau.

RSVP mandatory.

PADDLING EVENTS Big East River X A 40 km marathon canoe, kayak, and SUP race Saturday, June 20, 2015 Huntsville, Ontario Register at http://muskokariverx.com/

Thank you for coming!

Resources Hansen-Ketchum, P., Marck, P.B., & Reutter, L. (2009). Engaging with nature to promote health: New directions for nursing research. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(7), 1527-1538 Mayer, F. S., & Frantz, C. M. (2004). The nature connectedness scale: A measure of individuals' feeling in community with nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 24, 503-515 Norwood. S. L. (2010). Research Essentials: Foundations for Evidence-based Practice. Boston. Pearson Powers, M.., Freedman, D, & Pitner, R. (2012). A Photovoice Facilitator’s Manual. University of South Carolina, College of Social Work. Retrieved from: http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nonformalii.ro%2Fuploads%2Fresurse%2Ffisiere%2FFro m_Snapshot_to_Civic_Action_Photovoice_Manual_july2012.pdf&ei=TEFJVOvYGNKhyASr0YCIBw&usg=AFQjCNErfghw7pbtHd2OcgkNikacc4RUKA&sig2=xKePbJg_HQ70 lODTJsO_nQ&bvm=bv.77880786,d.aWw Risk Management https://vceoutdoorandenvironmentalstudies.wikispaces.com/Unit+1+Outcome+1+Key+knowledge+6 Risk Management Activity https://vceoutdoorandenvironmentalstudies.wikispaces.com/file/view/u1o1kk2.pdf/426826056/u1o1kk2.pdf Joyce M. (1988). Rocks & Rivers, Men & Women: Learning from Each other at Outward Bound . The Journal of Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School (COBWS) Education, 4(1), 22-25. Retrieved from: http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstaff.outwardbound.ca%2Fjournal%2FVol04_1988_COBWS.pd f&ei=Sm8PVKrmAcy1yATa7YGQCA&usg=AFQjCNEOUAJE89gGMPoJbL0vUa9bDpAnrA&sig2=pDxrsdGAe_ckYWZYPML6mw&bvm=bv.74649129,d.aWw (Particularly pages 24 and 25 of this article)

Suggested Reading Bogner, F. (1998). The Influence of Short-Term Outdoor Ecology Education on Long-Term Variables of Environmental Perspective, The Journal of Environmental Education, 29(4), 17-29. Retrieved from: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00958969809599124

By Anu Rao, A. (2014), The canoe reminds us that we are all one, The David Suzuki Foundation, July 24. Retrieved from: http://davidsuzuki.org/blogs/healthy-oceans-blog/2014/07/the-canoe-reminds-us-that-we-are-all-one/