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2014 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum. June 9th to 10th, 2014. Saskatoon, SK.
The 2013 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum in Mississauga, ON on June 3rd and 4th was a great success. We are busy and posting slides to http://www.slideshare.net/ckforum For those who were not able to attend this year, this will give you a peek into the great content that was shared. A full...
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The next Innovation Infusion Event: Dr. Geoffrey Godbey (Sir Yue-Kong Pao)
The SpeakerDr. Geoffrey Godbey is a consultant, speaker, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management at Penn State University. The author of ten books and over 100 articles concerning leisure, work, time use, aging, recreation and parks, tourism, health and...
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SLM 604 - Leisure and Sustainability: 2014 Field Trip to Ucluelet and Tofino, BC
Sustainability needs to become a unifying story of hope,a useful myth foretelling the arrival of a new kind of human community.- Chris Turner, The Geography of HopeThe SLM 604 Group. Photo Credit: Maren SchullerusIn January, 2014, and as part of the SLM 604 course: Influencing Change Towards...
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Case Studies in Sustainability: Insights from Students in the Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management Program
Attracting the Creative Class to Powell River, BCBy Maren SchullerusPhoto credit: Maren SchullerusDuring our MA-SLM Case Study course I travelled with my classmates and professors to the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia to get a better understanding of how the communities deal with sustainability...
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Case Studies in Sustainability: Insights from Students in the Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management Program
Food Security in Powell River, BC By Manish Kumar and Humpreet Ahuja Our time spent in Powell River and Sechelt was a valuable learning experience and...
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The next Innovation Infusion Event: Drew Cooper, PacificSport Vancouver Island
The SpeakerDrew Cooper is the General Manager for Nanaimo-based, PacificSport Vancouver Island. The Vancouver Island Centre strives to be that vital link in the sport development system that allows athletes and coaches to seamlessly move through the continuum from grass roots through to high...
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Case Studies in Sustainability: Insights from Students in the Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management Program
Balancing Changing DemographicsBy Justine PowellI think the field class to Powell River and the Lower Sunshine Coast was even more interesting for me than for the other students because I have actually lived in Powell River for 8 years. In fact, when we were first told of the destination for the...
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Case Studies in Sustainability: Insights from Students in the Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management Program
Food Security in Powell RiverBy Amy Li...
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Vancouver Island University and the World Leisure Centre of Excellence acknowledge and thank the Snuneymuxw, Quw’utsun, Tla’amin, Snaw-naw-as and Qualicum First Nation on whose traditional lands we research and share knowledge.