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World Leisure Centre of Excellence

    Case Study Salt Spring Agricultural Land Preservation and Food Security

    By Llanavis DaviesThe preservation of agricultural land both the space and land quality is directly related to food security and sustainability, as without healthy available land to grow food: people are unable to eat in times of crisis and food shortages. Agriculture on Salt Spring Island (SSI)...

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    Seasonality Challenges at Poets Cove

    By Gordon ClarkOn a recent field trip to Salt Spring and Pender Island, British Columbia, our Sustainable Leisure Management class had the opportunity to learn about innovative sustainability initiatives. The trip was at the end of October. We talked to many people and walked on many farms. The...

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    Sustainable Tourism on Salt Spring Island

    By Huixuan OuYang...

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    Young Adult Retention and Attraction on the Pender Islands

    By Shannon BenceDuring the week of October 22nd-26th, I was fortunate enough to be with my Masters of Sustainable Leisure Management classmates on a learning tour, touring Salt Spring and the Pender Islands located in the Southern Gulf Islands Region. The purpose of our tour was to learn and listen...

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    Health and Wellness on Salt Spring Island

    By Abhinav VermaSalt Spring Island is famously known as a centre for physical health and wellness, well-being. It has several services that are present on the island that gives it this title of being a wellness centre. The Island offers services such as: Yoga, Spas and fitness centres. We can see...

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    Seasonality and Food on the Southern Gulf Islands

    By Anna RomanovaThis blog entry is the result of the one week fieldwork spent on Salt Spring and Pender Islands (http://www.hellobc.com/vancouver-island/popular-areas/gulf-islands.aspx ), where MA SLM students’ group was learning about sustainable issues and challenges that communities are facing...

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    Local Fashion and Salt Spring Island

    By Basemah AlhobishyClothing is a primary nonverbal cue from which assumptions are made in first impressions. Clothing is an important part of the identity construction process and its ability to transmit immense meaning and messages allows clothing to serve as a major component in forming...

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    Laurel Sliskoviv Receives TIABC Pat Corbett Leadership Award

    Laurel Sliskovic, MA Sustainable Leisure Management, Vancouver Island University. "Leadership is about understanding and knowing who I am. it is knowing when to lead and when to follow. Successful leaders are authentic, inspiring and confident." Was awarded the Pat Corbett Leadership award graduate...

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    SLM Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship

    We at the World Leisure Center of Excellence are proud to announce that Monica Shore(http://www.monicashore.com) from the second cohort of SLM students, has recieved the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC)/Parks Canada (PC) Sustainable Tourism Scholarship (http://tiac.travel/scholarship....

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    Synopsis of Sustainable Transportation Relations Affecting the Pender Islands

    By Jake SkinnerThis blog entry is the end result of two weeks of communal inquisition into sustainability issues affecting Salt Spring and Pender Islands. Our first week was the field research. The entire MA SLM student class traveled to Salt Spring and Pender Islands to learn from locals about...

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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.

WLCE Mission

The World Leisure Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Leisure Management brings together established and emerging scholars from around the globe to share innovative ideas, engage in dialogue and collaborate in research and teaching.