Below is information for folks planning to submit a walk for Jane's Walk Ottawa-Gatineau 2024. It covers all you need to know about registration. The numbered sections are as follows:
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1. 2024 Dates and Theme
This year's Jane's Walk will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 & 5.
If you have questions, want to give feedback, want to discuss your walk idea, or if you just want to say hello, you can email us (either language) or give us a call.
2. How to register a walk
Details required
We need your name, email address, phone number, walk title, a description of the main topic or theme that you'll be sharing along the way, and the logistics including the starting place, the ending place, the general route you'll follow. If you'd like to see a couple of examples, click here. You can find more examples by going to Past Events in the Walks menu on the website.
Note: Your contact information will not be shown publicly.
We will only use your contact information to:
Double-check that your email address and phone number are entered correctly. Otherwise, we won't be able to contact you to confirm your registration and to share additional information as we prepare for the Jane's Walk weekend.
Walk type. Choose the type of walk you want to enter: in-person, self-guided, or virtual.
Note: Self-guided and virtual walks can be submitted at any time. If you would like to submit one of these types of walks and find the submission page is closed, email us to let us know and we'll turn it on for you.
Choose a day and time: For an in-person walk, you are asked to indicate a time during the weekend that would be convenient for you. Please indicate a preferred day and time when you register. We may ask you to change the time of your walk so that we can spread walks over the weekend to accommodate availability of marshals and/or megaphones. You will be consulted about any change to the time or day.
Language: Walks are welcome in English, French, or other languages. Normally, walks are given in (one of) English or French. You do not need to do both. Our walk form offers both English and French. Please provide the walk description in the language you will use when leading your walk. If you'd like to lead a walk in a language other than French or English, please get in touch so we can talk about the best ways to handle your walk description and publicity.
2a. Process to register on-line: Online Registration (Or click on Submit a walk on the Walk menu at the top of the website.)
Fill in the form with your contact information and your walk information. The system will notify you if you have missed required information.
When you are happy with your entries, click Submit at the bottom of the form.
We will review your entry and contact you within a day or two. See "After you've submitted" below.
2b. Registration recall (short cut for people who have led their walk previously)
If you have led a walk in previous years and you want to re-use most or all of the information from that walk, the form can automatically be filled in with the previous walk information. You will then have a chance to make any required updates before submitting the walk.
How to use recall function:
After the computer fills in the entries from last time, read it over and make any changes that are needed to update the details. Things to check:
2c. Other ways to register:
We don't want to exclude people without access to the Internet or a computer. If you can't use the on-line form, you can fill out and return a form by email or by postal mail. If you would like a form, we can send it by email or postal mail, or you can make arrangements to pick one up. To obtain a form or to get assistance with registration, please email us or call Leigh (613 563-4922) or Louise (613 749-6466).
After you've submitted: Once you've submitted your registration, we'll be in touch with you about your walk. We will send a link so you can see it, and you'll have a chance to request changes before it's posted. We will need your approval on the final walk description before we post it.
If you've submitted a walk but you haven't heard back from us in a day or two, please give us a poke to make sure your registration was received (contact info above).
Walk leaders are invited to submit self-guided walk or virtual walks. Each walk type must be submitted separately.
3. Photos for walk descriptions
We like to have one or more photos or other images to illustrate each walk. A photo will make your walk page unique. If you have a suitable digital photo, you can email it to us after you register your walk. Photos that would be good to illustrate your walk might be a building or a view that will be visible along the way, a group photo of the walk attendees from a previous year, a picture of a relevant item or artifact. An image of a diagram of your route would also be a good choice. As well, we can include links to websites of interest.
4. Covid-19 precautions. Jane's Walk is mainly an outdoor event, which makes transmission of covid-19 and other respiratory viruses less likely. That said, we still want to help everyone feel comfortable while participating. Our covid-19 protocol is being updated for 2024 based on current Ottawa Public Health guidelines. View our guidelines on the website.
5. Group management.
6. Cultural Awareness Guidelines. For walk leaders whose walk topic may include a cultural perspective that differs from their own, we have developed Cultural Awareness guidelines. The guidelines are intended as a self-assessment to examine and hopefully improve cultural sensitivity and authenticity. View Cultural Awareness guidelines. Comments on the guidelines are welcome.
7. Comments welcome about the website or any aspect of Jane's Walk Ottawa-Gatineau. If you have any suggestions or comments on our website contents or how well it works for you, or if you have noticed errors, malfunctions, out-of-date information, or broken links, please let us know (email).
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