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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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Case Studies in Sustainability: Insights from Students in the Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management Program
Recreation Development in Powell RiverBy Yihua Chen...
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TED Announces Plans to Move Annual Conference to Vancouver in 2014
TED Announces Plans to Move Annual Conference to Vancouver in 2014Prepares to Celebrate TED's 30th anniversaryOpens registration for TED2014 and TEDActive 2014 on February 11, 2013NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2013 /CNW/ - TED, the nonprofit known for "Ideas Worth Spreading," announces today it will celebrate...
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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.