

Kelsey Johansen
Feb 28, 202416 min read
Article Breakdown: How Can Public Authorities Support Co-Production of MTB Trails (Iversen, Kristensen, & Arvidsen, 2023)
This blog post explores the findings of Iversen et al's (2023) article on how public authorities support co-produced MTB trails in Denmark.


Kelsey Johansen
Jan 10, 202412 min read
Article Breakdown: Managing Land Use Conflict among Recreational Trail Users (Neumann & Mason, 2019)
This Article Breakdown explores Neumann and Mason's (2017) article on Managing land use conflict among recreational trail users.


Kelsey Johansen
Dec 15, 20234 min read
Call for Papers - SI JORT: Geographies and Mobilities of Hiking in the Post-Pandemic Anthropocene
By Kelsey Johansen About the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (JORT) offers a...


Kelsey Johansen
Nov 15, 202310 min read
Article Breakdown: The Value of Trail Corridors for Conservation Planning (Wilson & Belote, 2022)
This Article Breakdown explores the findings of Wilson and Belote's (2022) article on "The Value of Trails for Bold Conservation Planning".

Kelsey Johansen
Oct 26, 202310 min read
Performance Measurement: How to Collect Data That Matters
This Blog Post is a summary of a presentation delivered as a part of the Recreation NB | Loisir N-B Trail Development Summit.


Kelsey Johansen
Oct 20, 20239 min read
Trails, Social Enterprise, and Collective Impact: Insights from the Literature
In this blog post, Dr. Kelsey Johansen explores the key concepts underlying the Trails and Social Enterprise Research Project.


Kelsey Johansen
Oct 20, 20233 min read
Call for Academic Abstracts: Geographies and Mobilities of Hiking in the Post-Pandemic Anthropocene
Researchers are invited to submit an abstract to the IGC session on 'Geographies and Mobilities of Hiking in the Post-Pandemic Anthropocene.


Kelsey Johansen
Oct 18, 20236 min read
Article Breakdown: The Role of Trails in the Creation of Tourist Space (MacLeod, 2017)
Trails, tracks, and routes are valuable applied tourism products. But what is their role in the construction of tourism spaces?

Kelsey Johansen
Jul 12, 20239 min read
Article Breakdown: Unlikely hikers? Activism, Instagram, and queer mobilities (Stanley, 2020)
In this Article Breakdown, we explore the findings of Stanley's (2020) article and talk about how the findings can be applied to trails.


Kelsey Johansen
May 25, 20235 min read
Article Breakdown: Financing recreational trails through donations (Nowak & Heldt, 2023)
ICYMI: We're bringing you a second look at our first 'Article Breakdown', as published in our May 2023 newsletter.

Kelsey Johansen
Sep 30, 20227 min read
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
by Kelsey Johansen The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its calls to action There were 140 federally run residential schools in...


Kelsey Johansen
Aug 3, 20222 min read
The Trail Research Hub and CTF partner to develop Trail Resource Library
By: Kelsey Johansen As previously announced, in April 2022, the Trail Research Hub and the Canadian Trails Federation signed a Memorandum...


Kelsey Johansen
Jul 18, 20223 min read
Trail Research Hub Acquires Trent-Fleming Trail Studies Unit's Resource Library
By: Kelsey Johansen On Friday July 15th, 2022, the Trail Research Hub acquired the Resource Library curated by the Trent-Fleming Trail...


Kelsey Johansen
May 26, 20227 min read
Recreation Ready or Tourism Ready: What Carrying Capacity Has To Do With It.
By: Kelsey Johansen Recently, a number of tools and guidelines have been released that aim to help trail operators determine whether...

Kelsey Johansen
Apr 15, 20222 min read
Partnership Announcement: The Trail Research Hub and the Canadian Trails Federation
By: Kelsey Johansen The Trail Research Hub and the Canadian Trails Federation are pleased to announce the formalization of their working...


Kelsey Johansen
Mar 21, 202211 min read
The Value of Research for Trails
This blog post introduces our Blog Post Series exploring 'The Value of Research for Trails'.

Kelsey Johansen
Mar 18, 20223 min read
Funding Announcement: The Hydrocut receives Round 2 Canada Healthy Communities Initiative Funds!
Congratulations to the Hydrocut Trails Committee and Waterloo Cycling Club on receipt of $15,000 from Canada Healthy Communities...


Kelsey Johansen
Mar 14, 20223 min read
The Trails and Social Enterprise Research Project is looking for your input!
Are you a trail organization in Ontario or Atlantic Canada that advocates for or operates, manages or stewards trail? If so, we'd love to...


Jane McCulloch
Feb 14, 20223 min read
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Changing Landscape of Trails
by Jane McCulloch This pandemic has taught us all a lot - including reinforcing the value of trails and greenspaces. Over the past two...


Jane McCulloch
Jan 24, 20224 min read
Trail Towns and The Trail Economy: Exploring the Benefits
by Jane McCulloch An unexpected outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in trail usage, and it is expected that the...