Adventure Risk Research Symposium

 Annual Risk Research Symposium, in partnership with the Wilderness Risk Management Conference Co-Chairs: Dr Jeff Jackson and Dr Clare Dallat Abstracts When Help Is a Swipe Away: Technology, Scope Creep, and EMS Pressure in Algonquin Park The changing profile of backcountry park users and easy access to powerful communication technology has changed how users access help. Data is presented that show a sharp increase in recreation backcountry emergency medical calls in and around Canada's Algonquin Park. This increase in call volume has led to scope creep, exposes system vulnerabilities, and points to other issues in need of consideration. Author: • Matt Cruchet (MSc, BSc, HBOR, ACP), Commander, County of Renfrew Paramedic Service Understanding Weather in the Outdoors: Insights from a National Survey of Practitioners As severe weather events become more frequent and unpredictable, outdoor practitioners face growing challenges in accessing, interpreting, and applying weather informati...

 Hit the link to see the collection of short papers from the 2022 Adventure Risk Research Symposium. You will find the following papers: Understanding climber behaviour in climbing gyms, Jon Heshka, pg. 3 Fatal Incident Patterns Involving Canadian Minors Engaged in Outdoor Learning Activities, Stephen Richie, pg. 9 Developing Safety Competence Among Adventure Guides in the Arctic: A comparison of safety guides’ education in Svalbard, Iceland, and Greenland, Barbara Olga Hild, pg. 16 The Impacts of Social Affiliations Post-Accident: Relationships that help and hinder, Kelli McMahan, pg. 26 Comparative Case Study of Outdoor Education Fatalities in Canada, Jeff Jackson, pg. 33 Second Victims in Outdoor and Adventure Programs – Early data summary, Denise Mitten, pg. 41 The Adventure Risk Research Symposium is a forum to showcase the latest research in adventure risk management and safety research.  Watch for our call...

We hope you can join us at this year's Adventure Risk Research Symposium. This is the third annual gathering of the ARR, held in conjunction with the Wilderness Risk Management Conference (link here ).  Mark your calendar!  When: Thursday, October 14, 1pm Mountain, 3pm Eastern (if you are from Australia or Sweden you are on your own to figure out the time...) Free to attend this symposium - you do not need to register for the conference or pre-register to join us. How: Zoom link to be posted here nearer the date. Capacity limited to the first 300 to sign on, first come first served. We have adventure research presentations from Sweden, Canada, Australia and the United States, including work on Covid practices, park visitation, outdoor injury data, safety climate correlations, second victim research, and assessing first aid competency. See the tab at the top of this page to view the abstracts and full papers (which will be available for free). 

Presenters at the inaugural Adventure Risk Research Symposium Our inaugural Adventure Risk Research Symposium was a hit. Keep an eye soon for a call for new papers for next year! Some of the feedback we received from attendees: "This was phenomenal. There is an urgent need for this in our field. It would be great to see this content and approach ingrained more throughout the mainstream conference." "This workshop was a whirlwind of good information. The need for addressing problems on the systems level was a really good takeaway." Link to the proceedings and papers is here .