Jay Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3622285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manitoba |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From ‘Pool Noodle Tag’ to Building Snow Forts: Experiential Outdoor Education as Pedagogical job Crafting During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic significantly impacted education systems across the world. Physical education teachers were particularly affected by public health mandates, as many were displaced to teach in virtual and/or outdoor contexts while their gymnasiums were co-opted to become classroom learning spaces. Purpose Our research objective was to explore how physical education teachers engaged in job crafting via their pedagog…
“Criminals” and “Killjoys”: An Exploratory News Media Mapping of the Environment-Security Politics at the Olympics
Over the past 4 decades, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has increasingly foregrounded environmental issues in the staging of Olympic Games and selection of host cities. At the same time, critiques of the IOC’s environmental turn point to the unsustainable legacy of the Games and demonstrate the failure of host cities to meet their environmental goals. Research has also revealed the rapid expansion of a surveillance and security infrast…
Is the medium the message? Exploring the intersection of social media and collective action in the San José Bike Party
The San José Bike Party (SJBP) is a diverse collective of cyclists gathering for monthly group rides around the urban centre of San José, California. By leveraging social networking platforms, the SJBP announces a route and theme just prior to the ride each month. We argue that organizing, producing, and participating in these rides constitute a political act which can help to promote civic engagement and collective action. Further, we explored t…
The Show Must Go On: The Strategy and Spectacle of Dana White’s Efforts to Promote UFC 249 During the Coronavirus Pandemic
While most professional sports quickly postponed their seasons due to COVID-19, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) took a decidedly contrarian approach as president Dana White continued to promote UFC 249 until pressure forced its cancelation on April 9, 2020. Drawing from work on sport and spectacle and the media as well as sport management scholarship on crisis management, the authors provide a commentary on the mediated spectacle of Whit…
Keep it rolling: Examining the San José Bike Party with methods on the move
This paper is an exploration of the possibilities for employing multiple ‘moving’ qualitative research methodologies in order to engage and capture embodied emotions and practices of participating in the San José Bike Party (SJBP). SJBP originated in 2004–2005 as an organised community group ride through the urban streets of San José, California. The ride has grown to include 2000–4000 riders of diverse riding levels and social backgrounds. Throu…
From the bottom of a bottle: A sociological examination of the use of alcohol in varsity sport hazing
This study is an examination of the role of alcohol and its central place in university sport hazing rituals, whereby veteran team members require new team members to participate in a rite of passage to gain full access to team membership. Academic research studies as well as media reports on sport hazing reveal the significant extent to which alcohol is closely tied to dangerous behaviors in team initiation rituals. Data was collected using in-d…
Paddling as resistance? Exploring an Indigenous approach to land-based education amongst Manitoba youth
A group involving Métis and Indigenous graduate students from the University of Manitoba and inner-city Indigenous youth developed and participated in an outdoor adventure-based canoe trip in Quetico Provincial Park. The five-day trip was steeped in Métis, Voyageur and Indigenous history and ceremony. This ensuing paper focuses on what is at stake when taking a decolonizing approach toward land-based education involving both Indigenous and non-In…
Ecological Modernization and the 2014 NHL Sustainability Report
In December 2015, the National Hockey League (NHL) was invited to present on a special sport panel showcasing the green leaders of the sport industry, which was hosted as part of the COP 21 United Nations climate change talks in Paris. The NHL has won numerous awards for its environmental initiatives over the last number of years, arguably the most important of which was the release of its 2014 Sustainability Report (SR), where it highlighted its…
Skating on thin ice? An interrogation of Canada’s melting pastime
Outdoor hockey is considered a quintessentially “Canadian” leisure pursuit, and is enjoyed on rinks constructed in local parks within urban centres as well as on frozen ponds in rural regions of the country. Such experiences are being threatened, however, due to increasingly warming winter months and shortened skating seasons caused by climate change. This paper explores the meaning behind the loss of outdoor hockey for Canadians by outlining soc…
The Absence of Resistance Training? Exploring the Politics of Health in High Performance Youth Triathlon
While research and scholarship on the dynamic interconnections between sport and health has steadily grown in the sociocultural study of sport in the past few decades, this paper focuses more directly on the politics of health within sport. Drawing on a small study of the lived experiences and understandings of health, pain/injury, risk and precaution among 12 male and female high performance youth (16–19 years of age) triathletes and three coach…
The Heartbeat of Hamilton: Researcher’s Reflections on Hamilton Children’s Engagement With Visual Research Methodologies to Study the Environment
Traditionally, children's 'voices' have been underrepresented in the field of cultural geography. Rather, 'adultist views' dominate. In this article, we describe the methodological process of undertaking a comprehensive, participatory action visual methodologies project known as the Hamilton Photovoice Project (HPP) with children from low socioeconomic status neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We also discuss the lessons that we have lea…
Sticks and stones: The multifarious effects of body-based harassment on young girls' healthy lifestyle choices
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of girls and boys about the effects that body-based harassment would have on girls' eating habits and engagement in physical activity. Five scenarios were read to focus groups comprised of 12- to 14-year-old students in grades 7 and 8. Each scenario represented behaviours that fall within the definition of body-based harassment. The students were asked how they thought the target of the…
Across the Threshold: A Comparative Analysis of Communitas and Rites of Passage in Sport Hazing and Initiations
Hazing rituals and ceremonies have been described in traditional, historical world cultures, junior and high school, the military, private schools, paramilitary organizations, fraternities and sororities as well as sport (Allan and Madden, 2008; Bryshun and Young, 1999; Campos, Poulos and Sipple, 2005; Fields, Collins, and Comstock, 2010; Linhares de Albuquerque and Paes-Machado 2004; Nuwer 1999; Winslow 1999; Zacharda 2009). Despite the often hu…
Kitchen Table Discourse: Negotiating the "Tricky Ground" of Indigenous Research
This is the publisher's version originally published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, volume 32, number 3, by the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA
Forget Ocean Front Property, We Want Ocean Real Estate
Economic principles operate in much the same way whether on land or in the oceans. It is the very same tragedy of the commons that almost wiped out the buffalo that is now endangering precious fish stocks. The answer to these challenges, in both cases, is privatization. Establishment of private property will not only solve the problems of the over fishing of the ocean commons, but will also create incentives for investors to use new technologies …
Safer and Unsafe Injection Drug Use and Sex Practices Among Injection Drug Users in Halifax, Nova Scotia: An Exploratory Look at Community and Interpersonal Influences
Hindu Temple Development in the United States: Planning and Zoning Issues
Hindu temple construction has become common in suburban areas of the United States, following a steady wave of immigration from India. Immigrants hope to pass along traditional beliefs and cultural practices to a generation rapidly approaching adulthood. Small but committed groups have raised millions of dollars to build over 200 temples in the 1980s and 1990s. Temple builders face the usual land use concerns of any rezoning request, such as prov…
Ethnopharmacology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Intravenous Drug Use and HIV
To enhance understanding about the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and intravenous drug use, this article proposes extending the goals, means, and scope of ethnopharmacology to community based drug abuse research. Data for this article were collected through the National AIDS Demonstration Research (NADR) project in Houston, Texas. The data consist of participant observations and in-depth life history interviews …
Ecological Modernization and the 2014 NHL Sustainability Report
In December 2015, the National Hockey League (NHL) was invited to present on a special sport panel showcasing the green leaders of the sport industry, which was hosted as part of the COP 21 United Nations climate change talks in Paris. The NHL has won numerous awards for its environmental initiatives over the last number of years, arguably the most important of which was the release of its 2014 Sustainability Report (SR), where it highlighted its…
Across the Threshold: A Comparative Analysis of Communitas and Rites of Passage in Sport Hazing and Initiations
Hazing rituals and ceremonies have been described in traditional, historical world cultures, junior and high school, the military, private schools, paramilitary organizations, fraternities and sororities as well as sport (Allan and Madden, 2008; Bryshun and Young, 1999; Campos, Poulos and Sipple, 2005; Fields, Collins, and Comstock, 2010; Linhares de Albuquerque and Paes-Machado 2004; Nuwer 1999; Winslow 1999; Zacharda 2009). Despite the often hu…
The Absence of Resistance Training? Exploring the Politics of Health in High Performance Youth Triathlon
While research and scholarship on the dynamic interconnections between sport and health has steadily grown in the sociocultural study of sport in the past few decades, this paper focuses more directly on the politics of health within sport. Drawing on a small study of the lived experiences and understandings of health, pain/injury, risk and precaution among 12 male and female high performance youth (16–19 years of age) triathletes and three coach…
The Heartbeat of Hamilton: Researcher’s Reflections on Hamilton Children’s Engagement With Visual Research Methodologies to Study the Environment
Traditionally, children's 'voices' have been underrepresented in the field of cultural geography. Rather, 'adultist views' dominate. In this article, we describe the methodological process of undertaking a comprehensive, participatory action visual methodologies project known as the Hamilton Photovoice Project (HPP) with children from low socioeconomic status neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We also discuss the lessons that we have lea…
Sticks and stones: The multifarious effects of body-based harassment on young girls' healthy lifestyle choices
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of girls and boys about the effects that body-based harassment would have on girls' eating habits and engagement in physical activity. Five scenarios were read to focus groups comprised of 12- to 14-year-old students in grades 7 and 8. Each scenario represented behaviours that fall within the definition of body-based harassment. The students were asked how they thought the target of the…
Paddling as resistance? Exploring an Indigenous approach to land-based education amongst Manitoba youth
A group involving Métis and Indigenous graduate students from the University of Manitoba and inner-city Indigenous youth developed and participated in an outdoor adventure-based canoe trip in Quetico Provincial Park. The five-day trip was steeped in Métis, Voyageur and Indigenous history and ceremony. This ensuing paper focuses on what is at stake when taking a decolonizing approach toward land-based education involving both Indigenous and non-In…
Skating on thin ice? An interrogation of Canada’s melting pastime
Outdoor hockey is considered a quintessentially “Canadian” leisure pursuit, and is enjoyed on rinks constructed in local parks within urban centres as well as on frozen ponds in rural regions of the country. Such experiences are being threatened, however, due to increasingly warming winter months and shortened skating seasons caused by climate change. This paper explores the meaning behind the loss of outdoor hockey for Canadians by outlining soc…
Hindu Temple Development in the United States: Planning and Zoning Issues
Hindu temple construction has become common in suburban areas of the United States, following a steady wave of immigration from India. Immigrants hope to pass along traditional beliefs and cultural practices to a generation rapidly approaching adulthood. Small but committed groups have raised millions of dollars to build over 200 temples in the 1980s and 1990s. Temple builders face the usual land use concerns of any rezoning request, such as prov…
Ethnopharmacology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Intravenous Drug Use and HIV
To enhance understanding about the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and intravenous drug use, this article proposes extending the goals, means, and scope of ethnopharmacology to community based drug abuse research. Data for this article were collected through the National AIDS Demonstration Research (NADR) project in Houston, Texas. The data consist of participant observations and in-depth life history interviews …
Hindu Temple Development in the United States: Planning and Zoning Issues
Hindu temple construction has become common in suburban areas of the United States, following a steady wave of immigration from India. Immigrants hope to pass along traditional beliefs and cultural practices to a generation rapidly approaching adulthood. Small but committed groups have raised millions of dollars to build over 200 temples in the 1980s and 1990s. Temple builders face the usual land use concerns of any rezoning request, such as prov…
Safer and Unsafe Injection Drug Use and Sex Practices Among Injection Drug Users in Halifax, Nova Scotia: An Exploratory Look at Community and Interpersonal Influences
Kitchen Table Discourse: Negotiating the "Tricky Ground" of Indigenous Research
This is the publisher's version originally published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, volume 32, number 3, by the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA
Forget Ocean Front Property, We Want Ocean Real Estate
Economic principles operate in much the same way whether on land or in the oceans. It is the very same tragedy of the commons that almost wiped out the buffalo that is now endangering precious fish stocks. The answer to these challenges, in both cases, is privatization. Establishment of private property will not only solve the problems of the over fishing of the ocean commons, but will also create incentives for investors to use new technologies …
Sticks and stones: The multifarious effects of body-based harassment on young girls' healthy lifestyle choices
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of girls and boys about the effects that body-based harassment would have on girls' eating habits and engagement in physical activity. Five scenarios were read to focus groups comprised of 12- to 14-year-old students in grades 7 and 8. Each scenario represented behaviours that fall within the definition of body-based harassment. The students were asked how they thought the target of the…
Across the Threshold: A Comparative Analysis of Communitas and Rites of Passage in Sport Hazing and Initiations
Hazing rituals and ceremonies have been described in traditional, historical world cultures, junior and high school, the military, private schools, paramilitary organizations, fraternities and sororities as well as sport (Allan and Madden, 2008; Bryshun and Young, 1999; Campos, Poulos and Sipple, 2005; Fields, Collins, and Comstock, 2010; Linhares de Albuquerque and Paes-Machado 2004; Nuwer 1999; Winslow 1999; Zacharda 2009). Despite the often hu…
The Heartbeat of Hamilton: Researcher’s Reflections on Hamilton Children’s Engagement With Visual Research Methodologies to Study the Environment
Traditionally, children's 'voices' have been underrepresented in the field of cultural geography. Rather, 'adultist views' dominate. In this article, we describe the methodological process of undertaking a comprehensive, participatory action visual methodologies project known as the Hamilton Photovoice Project (HPP) with children from low socioeconomic status neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. We also discuss the lessons that we have lea…
Skating on thin ice? An interrogation of Canada’s melting pastime
Outdoor hockey is considered a quintessentially “Canadian” leisure pursuit, and is enjoyed on rinks constructed in local parks within urban centres as well as on frozen ponds in rural regions of the country. Such experiences are being threatened, however, due to increasingly warming winter months and shortened skating seasons caused by climate change. This paper explores the meaning behind the loss of outdoor hockey for Canadians by outlining soc…
The Absence of Resistance Training? Exploring the Politics of Health in High Performance Youth Triathlon
While research and scholarship on the dynamic interconnections between sport and health has steadily grown in the sociocultural study of sport in the past few decades, this paper focuses more directly on the politics of health within sport. Drawing on a small study of the lived experiences and understandings of health, pain/injury, risk and precaution among 12 male and female high performance youth (16–19 years of age) triathletes and three coach…
Ecological Modernization and the 2014 NHL Sustainability Report
In December 2015, the National Hockey League (NHL) was invited to present on a special sport panel showcasing the green leaders of the sport industry, which was hosted as part of the COP 21 United Nations climate change talks in Paris. The NHL has won numerous awards for its environmental initiatives over the last number of years, arguably the most important of which was the release of its 2014 Sustainability Report (SR), where it highlighted its…
Paddling as resistance? Exploring an Indigenous approach to land-based education amongst Manitoba youth
A group involving Métis and Indigenous graduate students from the University of Manitoba and inner-city Indigenous youth developed and participated in an outdoor adventure-based canoe trip in Quetico Provincial Park. The five-day trip was steeped in Métis, Voyageur and Indigenous history and ceremony. This ensuing paper focuses on what is at stake when taking a decolonizing approach toward land-based education involving both Indigenous and non-In…
The Show Must Go On: The Strategy and Spectacle of Dana White’s Efforts to Promote UFC 249 During the Coronavirus Pandemic
While most professional sports quickly postponed their seasons due to COVID-19, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) took a decidedly contrarian approach as president Dana White continued to promote UFC 249 until pressure forced its cancelation on April 9, 2020. Drawing from work on sport and spectacle and the media as well as sport management scholarship on crisis management, the authors provide a commentary on the mediated spectacle of Whit…
Keep it rolling: Examining the San José Bike Party with methods on the move
This paper is an exploration of the possibilities for employing multiple ‘moving’ qualitative research methodologies in order to engage and capture embodied emotions and practices of participating in the San José Bike Party (SJBP). SJBP originated in 2004–2005 as an organised community group ride through the urban streets of San José, California. The ride has grown to include 2000–4000 riders of diverse riding levels and social backgrounds. Throu…
From the bottom of a bottle: A sociological examination of the use of alcohol in varsity sport hazing
This study is an examination of the role of alcohol and its central place in university sport hazing rituals, whereby veteran team members require new team members to participate in a rite of passage to gain full access to team membership. Academic research studies as well as media reports on sport hazing reveal the significant extent to which alcohol is closely tied to dangerous behaviors in team initiation rituals. Data was collected using in-d…
Is the medium the message? Exploring the intersection of social media and collective action in the San José Bike Party
The San José Bike Party (SJBP) is a diverse collective of cyclists gathering for monthly group rides around the urban centre of San José, California. By leveraging social networking platforms, the SJBP announces a route and theme just prior to the ride each month. We argue that organizing, producing, and participating in these rides constitute a political act which can help to promote civic engagement and collective action. Further, we explored t…
“Criminals” and “Killjoys”: An Exploratory News Media Mapping of the Environment-Security Politics at the Olympics
Over the past 4 decades, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has increasingly foregrounded environmental issues in the staging of Olympic Games and selection of host cities. At the same time, critiques of the IOC’s environmental turn point to the unsustainable legacy of the Games and demonstrate the failure of host cities to meet their environmental goals. Research has also revealed the rapid expansion of a surveillance and security infrast…
From ‘Pool Noodle Tag’ to Building Snow Forts: Experiential Outdoor Education as Pedagogical job Crafting During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic significantly impacted education systems across the world. Physical education teachers were particularly affected by public health mandates, as many were displaced to teach in virtual and/or outdoor contexts while their gymnasiums were co-opted to become classroom learning spaces. Purpose Our research objective was to explore how physical education teachers engaged in job crafting via their pedagog…
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