Interview Guide: Right to Play
Context: In order to facilitate the goals of my research, I have reached out to various individuals involved with the sport for development organization called Right to Play. Specifically, I have reached out to those actors who have designed and been involved with the Promoting Life Skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) initiative. The PLAY initiative began in 2010 as the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Right to Play began a collaborative partnership with Aboriginal communities and organizations to develop and facilitate sport programs specifically for Aboriginal youth (Coleby & Giles, 2013). To this end, as Kope (2014) describes, “the PLAY program is designed to use sport, recreation, and leadership activities to promote and enhance youth and community development” (pp. 23). …show more content…
What has been the inspiration for designing the Promoting Life Skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program? Sub question: What (if any) international models of SFD initiatives have been integrated into its delivery?
2. How is the PLAY program different than other initiatives that Sports Canada has tried in the past? Sub question: What are the benefits to this particular approach?
3. What have been the biggest inhibitions to the success of SFD programs in Canada directed at Aboriginal youth? Sub question: Do you believe that the PLAY program overcomes these? If yes, why and how?
4. How is more involvement from the government (i.e. the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs) perceived by Aboriginal communities within the context of sport?
5. What issues of race, identity, and culture are present within the facilitation of SFD programs such as PLAY? Sub question: How are these issues handled?
6. How has PLAY attempted to disrupt the reproduction of colonial discourses through SFD initiatives? Sub question: What has been the biggest challenge in this respect?
7. What have the youth’s reactions to the content of the PLAY program
Context: In order to facilitate the goals of my research, I have reached out to various individuals involved with the sport for development organization called Right to Play. Specifically, I have reached out to those actors who have designed and been involved with the Promoting Life Skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) initiative. The PLAY initiative began in 2010 as the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Right to Play began a collaborative partnership with Aboriginal communities and organizations to develop and facilitate sport programs specifically for Aboriginal youth (Coleby & Giles, 2013). To this end, as Kope (2014) describes, “the PLAY program is designed to use sport, recreation, and leadership activities to promote and enhance youth and community development” (pp. 23). …show more content…
What has been the inspiration for designing the Promoting Life Skills in Aboriginal Youth (PLAY) program? Sub question: What (if any) international models of SFD initiatives have been integrated into its delivery?
2. How is the PLAY program different than other initiatives that Sports Canada has tried in the past? Sub question: What are the benefits to this particular approach?
3. What have been the biggest inhibitions to the success of SFD programs in Canada directed at Aboriginal youth? Sub question: Do you believe that the PLAY program overcomes these? If yes, why and how?
4. How is more involvement from the government (i.e. the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs) perceived by Aboriginal communities within the context of sport?
5. What issues of race, identity, and culture are present within the facilitation of SFD programs such as PLAY? Sub question: How are these issues handled?
6. How has PLAY attempted to disrupt the reproduction of colonial discourses through SFD initiatives? Sub question: What has been the biggest challenge in this respect?
7. What have the youth’s reactions to the content of the PLAY program