"Leisure Makes Life Better"
Pinggu – Beijing World Leisure Congress 2020 Call for Abstracts - New deadline January 31, 2020
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Graduate Student Leisure Research Symposium - May 1st, 2020 - University of Waterloo
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Applications accepted by January 15, 2020.
Read MoreWorld VIUPoints - Dr. Christine Van Winkle
The Department of Recreation and Tourism Management and VIU's World Leisure Centre of Excellence are pleased to welcome Dr. Christine Van Winkle, visiting scholar from the University of Manitoba. Join us on January 23 for Dr. Van Winkle public presentation titled "Keep calm and communicate on:...
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BC Tourism Industry Conference - March 2020
For over 20 years, the BC Tourism Industry Conference has been providing a forum for tourism businesses and stakeholders from around British Columbia to come together to learn from experts and each other about the key issues, challenges and best practices in the industry.Don’t miss the opportunity...
Read MoreIMPACT Sustainability Travel & Tourism - Jan 2020
The third Annual IMPACT Sustainability Travel and Tourism Conference will once again bring together stakeholders from the tourism industry to Victoria, to engage in dialogue and discussions on innovation and the contributions of tourism to Canada's sustainable future.When: January 19 - 22, 2020....
Read MoreNordic Master in Outdoor Studies (Friluftsliv Studier) is now open for applications
New master’s programme, a joint Nordic Master in Outdoor Studies (Friluftsliv Studies), supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers (www.nordicmaster.com), with four collaborating universities – University of Southeast Norway (Bø) (coordinator), Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Swedish School...
Read MoreMessage from WLO in celebration of VIU's WLCE 10th-anniversary
Dr. Cristina Ortega, World Leisure Organization Chief Operating Officer, sent a lovely message last week to our 10th-anniversary celebration.We are honored to actively collaborate with the WLO's mission of making the world a better place for all through leisure, contributing to initiatives that...
Read MoreThesis Presentation: Claire Qianying Lei
Thesis Title: Tourism Information Service: A Case Study of Smart Tourism and the Lipont Art Centre
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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.