Interdisciplinary conference: Culture, Sustainability, and Place: Innovative Approaches for Tourism Development
The United Nations has designated 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. In this context, this conference will explore the place and roles of culture within sustainable tourism and local sustainable development. The conference follows from transdisciplinary work on...
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Announcing the New Research Assistants for the WLCE
The WLCE is pleased to announce our new Research Assistants for the 2016-2017 year including Lan Tran and Di Shan(Shandi). Lan TranLan Tran is a research assistant for the World Leisure Center of Excellence. In this role, she is supporting the Center by hosting a series of public speaking events, a...
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Call for "Latebreaker" Abstracts, Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR15)
15th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR15). May 23-26, 2017. Hosted by The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo.Canadian Association for Leisure Studies / Association canadienne d’études en loisir is pleased to announce a call for “Latebreaker”...
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World VIUPoints Speaker Series: Back to Integrity – The Revival of Traditional Values
The World Leisure Centre of Excellence at VIU (WLCE at VIU) invites you to ourWorld VIUPoints Speaker Series presented by Aurelia Kogler, on the topic of Back to Integrity – The Revival of Traditional Values. The presentation will take place on Friday Oct 28th, 2016 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in...
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World VIUPoints Speaker Series: Social Sustainability of Tourism - A Qualitative Study in Iceland
The World Leisure Centre of Excellence at VIU (WLCE at VIU) invites you to our World VIUPoints Speaker Series presented by Dr. Gudrun Helgadottir, on the topic of Social Sustainability of Tourism: A Qualitative Study in Iceland. The presentation will take place on Thursday Oct 20th, 2016 from 11:30...
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Open call for World Leisure Community of Excellence! World Leisure Organization is now opening and putting in place one of the newest and most desired programs. The title World Leisure Community of Excellence is bestowed by the...
Read MoreInternational Study Tour to the Emirates
Dear WLO friends, You're invited to join ENCATC's 6th International Study Tour to the Emirates from 14-17 March 2017 for a once in a lifetime experience with planned itineraries to Abu Dhabi and Dubai! Designed in partnership...
Read MoreSecond international conference on Tourism and Leisure Studies - April 6-7 UBC, Vancouver
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Second International Conference on Tourism...
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SLM FOCUS NORTH. Tuesday, August 25, 2016 - Vardø, Norway Submitted by Michelle, Madhur and Olivia
SLM FOCUS NORTHTuesday, August 25, 2016 - Vardø, NorwaySubmitted by Michelle, Madhur and OliviaToday we woke up in Vardø to make the journey back to Alta, thereby ending the field school portion of the program. It’s been an intense week, chock full of learning, moving about, presentations and...
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August 30, 2016 - 3:02pm
SLM FOCUS NORTHTuesday, August 25, 2016 - Vardø , NorwayKomafestSubmitted by Suzanne de la Barre, VIU field course facultyThe small island village of Vardø in Varanger has suffered from depopulation for over four decades. Abandoned buildings line the narrow streets, and tell a story of a once...
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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.
2018 WLCE International Field School
Gold River Tourism Strategic Plan
Recreation Prescription Project - VIU CREATE Conference 2019
2018 WLCE International Field School - Brazil
Vancouver Learning Lab with Visiting Scholar Dr. Marco Bevolo
Ghana Research & Study Tour 2019
World VIU Points - Visiting Scholar Dr. Daniel Theriaut
Impact Sustainability Travel & Tourism 2019
Ghana Research & Study Tour 2019
Visiting Scholar Dr. Kelly Bricker and MASLM students and faculty
2018 WLCE International Field School - Brazil
PechaKucha Night Nanaimo Vol.8
PechaKucha Night and VIUWLCE's 10th Anniversary
MASLM Cohort 2019
B250 VIU Faculty of Management
Vancouver Learning Lab
PechaKucha Night Nanaimo Vol.9 - Putting Leisure on the Map