Tracey Dickson

Biography

I have three main areas of research focus: Snowsport injury prevention: For the billion-dollar snowsport industry just down the road from UC it is imperative that safety is a primary area of focus as injuries are bad for business! We have an interdisciplinary team including health, design and IT, looking at what contributes to injury, such as in a Terrain Park, and how to manage return to activity for people with head injuries such as concussion. From a prevention perspective we considered all areas of design: experience, resort, protective equipment and other social determinants of health (e.g. drugs, alcohol, hydration, fatigue) Mega sport event legacies: Mega sport events like the Olympics and Paralympics depend upon volunteers for their operation. There is often the promise that there will be a volunteer legacy for the host community for these events. We have conducted research on volunteers at the 3 last Olympics/Paralympics Games as well as the recent FIFA Women' World Cup, 2015 to seek to identify how we might be able to support the achievement of such a desired legacy Accessible Tourism: For the more than 30% of the population with permanent or temporary access needs, how can we design and or develop tourism opportunities that facilitate their participation in society?

Research Interest

Areas of Research Interest Snowsport and mountain tourism Mega sport event legacies Accessible tourism Research Methods of Interest Have used: Autoethnography, case studies, questionnaires (online and paper-based), observation, interviews, focus groups, videoing, photography. Have worked on data with sample sizes of 1 to 11,000+