Based on our time-line, we are each going to go to high park to gather information through both observation and participation. We'll be walking around the park and recording our findings in any way that we can - by taking photos, notes, brochures, etc.
Tomorrow we are all getting together to create a quick questionnaire for visitors of the park to fill out - though we have not formally discussed this, I think that maybe only the people that haven't already gone to the park to do research this week will be involving the questionnaire aspect to their park visit/ exploration.
I personally have not gone yet and won't have time to go until Friday so I will definitely be using the questionnaire as part of my research method. Friday's supposed to be a nicer day: Mix of sun and cloud; high of -1, low of -6 - probably the nicest day this week, so hopefully more people will be out and enjoying the park. I'm going to try to be there between noon and 4 to get as many different people as possible to talk to and observe: people taking a stroll/ jog/ walking their dogs on their lunch break to children getting off school and ending with adults finishing work and getting a start on their weekend.
I love High Park, I've been going there with my family for as long as I can remember and have been going with friends whenever we all have time since most of us live in Toronto now. It's a perfect oasis in the big city and I love exploring it - and trust me there's always more to explore - but for some reason I often end up needing to use my intuition to get to where I want in the park which I think is a problem for people not as familiar with the park (i.e. tourists) or anybody who's taken a wrong turn and can't seem to find out where they are... I guess I'll figure out what the real situation is once I actually get there and do the research on Friday.
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