
Cool February Issue from Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity
February 2013In this Issue1. CAAWS Programs At a Glance2. Women and Leadership Corner3. CAAWS Announces its 2013 WISE Fund Recipients4. Égale Action Call for the Most Influential Women in Sport and Physical Activity in Quebec5. FISU Gender Equality Sport Award6. CPC Call for Nominations for the...
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Philosophy at Play Conference
An inter-disciplinary conference on philosophical aspects of play9-10 April 2013University of Gloucestershire, Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester, GL2 9HW"Philosophy at play?"Play, players, and being at, in or out of play, have been concepts for philosophical debate in the ancient, modern and contemporary...
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First SLM Student Graduates!
Today was an exciting day for the World Leisure Center of Excellence at VIU. Our first two Masters students, Erin Heeney and Laurel Sliskovic walked across the stage to receive their degree from Dr. Ralph Nilson.A nice gathering at the Coast Bastion afterwards allowed the Faculty to meet parents...
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SLM Student Shannon Bence Received SSHRC Scholarship!
Shannon Bence is a successful applicant of the SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship. She applied for this award while in her final year of the Tourism Management Degree program at VIU and is now completing the Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management, held at VIU as...
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Touring Consumption 2013
Touring in terms of travel, tourism or varying aspects of mobilities contribute substantially to particular conventions and rituals of consumer practices, especially with an eye towards the enactment of scripts. However, touring consumption delineates a kind of performance that is not only...
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9th Annual International Conference on Tourism
ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCHCall for Papers and Participation9th Annual International Conference on Tourism, 10-13 June 2013, Athens, GreeceThe Tourism Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 9th Annual International Conference on...
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SLM Students go on Field Trip to Whistler!
The second cohort of SLM students just returned from a field trip to Whistler's Centre for Sustainability (Students departed Nanaimo early Thursday morning, on an ferry destined for West Vancouver. Upon arrival, we ascended a Greyhound bus, which shuttled us to Whistler along the beautiful Sea-to-...
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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.