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    MA SLM Student Field Experience: Xinting Liang

    MASLM Field Experience Report: My “Island Time” with Tourism Vancouver IslandBy Xinting (Wendy) LiangIntroductionThanks to my supervisor Dr. Ken Hammer who helped to connect me with Tourism Vancouver Island (TVI), the primary regional Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), I had a practicum with...

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    Wildlife Conservation Practices in Sri Lanka

    Enjoy a captivating slideshow and talk with Dr. Nihal Pushpakumara, Public Health Veterinary Officer from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr. Pushpakumara is involved with a wildlife rehabiliation centre in Sri Lanka, where he cares for elephants and other wildlife.This event is part of VIU's International...

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    Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide

    Every year events of every possible description are held around the world. Be they community events, large academic conferences, business meetings or enormous music concerts, festival, expos, and sporting events, they all have a massive impact on our environment.Gatherings of people for a purpose...

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    International Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism (CMT)

    http://socialsciences.hawaii.edu/conference/cmt2015  CONFERENCE THEME25 Years of CMT: Learning from the Past, Looking to the FutureThe International Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism (CMT) returns to Hawaii 25 years after its inaugural meeting there in 1990.  Recent previous CMT conferences...

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    Innovation Infusion Series: Rob Abbott

    Rob Abbott is the first-ever Executive Director of Business Strategy for the Ministry of Environment, Province of British Columbia (CANADA).  Previously, he was Executive Director of Carbon Neutral Government and Outreach with the Province of B.C.’s Climate Action Secretariat. In this latter role,...

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    Innovation Infusion Series: Webinar with Moniek Hover

    January 20, 2015 @VIU

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    Sustainability Learning Series Programme

    open in original sizeRegistration to the Sustainability Learning Series will open very soon. If you want to receive updates or have any questions, email Nicole Vaugeois: Nicole.Vaugeois@viu.ca

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    Innovation Infusion Series: Jarkko Saarinen

    Jarkko Saarinen is Professor of Human Geography (2003-), at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Senior Research Fellow (2011-) at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg. Previously he has been Professor of Tourism at the University of Botswana, Associate Professor of...

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    This Is Your Year: Social Change Institute 2015

    Web version|Forward!|Register Now"To come together in a beautiful and supportive setting with a hundred people who are all passionate about making the world a better place is a gift. SCI was nothing short of life-changing." - Swarn Leung, SCI 2014Social Change Institute at Hollyhock: June 10 - 14,...

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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.

WLCE Mission

The World Leisure Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Leisure Management brings together established and emerging scholars from around the globe to share innovative ideas, engage in dialogue and collaborate in research and teaching.