SLM 604 – Vancouver Learning Lab (VLL) December 2015 Report
Sustainability needs to become a unifying story of hope,a useful myth foretelling the arrival of a new kind of human community.- ChrisTurner, The Geography of HopeThe SLM 604 course provides “an opportunity for learners to understand how to influence change towards sustainability in communities...
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2016 Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Conference
15th-18th, May 2016Denver, Colorado, United States of AmericaThe annual Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Conference provides opportunities for discussing and sharing knowledge on the topics of sustainability, ethics, and entrepreneurship. The 5th annual SEE Conference in 2016...
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2016 Innovative Leisure Practices--Call for Case Studies
Innovative Leisure Practices:Cases as Conduits between Theory and Practice – Volume 2 (2016)After the success of the 2015 volume of case studies, the World Leisure Centre of Excellence at Vancouver Island University is accepting case study proposals for inclusion in the 2016 volume of Innovative...
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7th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism—Call For Papers
Sustainable Tourism 201618 - 20 May 2016Valéncia, SpainToday tourism is an important component of development, not only in economic terms but also for knowledge and human welfare. Tourism has long since ceased to be something just for the privileged few and today is an activity accessible to a...
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2016 International Conference on Hospitality, Leisure, Sports and Tourism
CALL FOR PAPERS2016 International Conference on Hospitality, Leisure, Sports, and Tourism-Summer Session(HLST-Summer 2016) 12th to 14th July 2016—Kyoto, JapanThe main objective of this conference is to provide a platform for researchers, academicians, practitioners, as well as industrial...
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Innovation Infusion Review: Betty Weiler
On December 8th, 2015, the World Leisure Centre of Excellence hosted the last Innovation Infusion series event of the year. The public presentation was given by Dr. Betty Weiler, Professor of Tourism at Southern Cross University, Australia, on the topic of Saving Our National Parks from Experience...
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Innovation Infusion: Betty Weiler
The World Leisure Centre of Excellence at VIU would like to invite you to attend our Innovation Infusion Series event on Tuesday, Dec. 8th, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30. p.m. at the Rotary Fieldhouse (850 Third Ave, Nanaimo: 10 minute walk from campus).The topic will be: ‘’Saving Our National Parks from...
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COP21: United Nations Conference on Climate Change
November 30 to December 11, 2015, ParisFrance will chair and host the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), from 30 November to 11 December 2015. The conference is crucial because the expected outcome is a new international...
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Announcing the New Research Assistants for the WLCE
The WLCE is pleased to announce our new Research Assistants for the 2015-2016 year including Yufan Yang, Jessyca Idi, and M Angélica Granja.Yufan YangMy name is Yufan (Veronica) Yang, a student from China currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management program. I’m a...
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8th World Conference for Graduate Research—Call for Abstract Submissions
Deadline (no more than 2,000 words) - 01 February 2016http://www.gradtourismconference.org/With its motto “get connected to international network with prolific scholars and state of the art research topics”, the aim of this conference, hosted by the journal Anatolia, is to provide a forum for...
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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