Full course description
Elevate Outdoors is an employee development program aimed at creating more inclusive and accessible experiences in the outdoor recreation economy. In this 8-hour asynchronous online course, you will develop the awareness and skills to make Oregon’s outdoor spaces more inclusive and welcoming.
Topics include:
- inclusion and belonging
- the meaning of culture, inclusive spaces and language
- equity as related to outdoor spaces
- historical examples of outdoor exclusion
- current state research toward a more equitable outdoor experience for all
By the end of the training, you will:
- understand the importance and relevance of access, inclusion, and belonging as it relates to the outdoors.
- develop awareness of your own identity and how it affects your life experience.
- appreciate the complexity of people's identities.
- understand the barriers to access in the outdoors
- be able to utilize what you have learned to contribute to the creation of inclusive and welcoming experiences within your own outdoor guide business.