Announcing the 1st Volume of Innovative Leisure Practices
The WLCE is pleased to present the first volume of Innovative Leisure Practices. The volume contains 11 case studies profiling innovative practices including:1. Ecotourism, conservation, and sustainability: A case study of the Camrose purple martin festival (Glen T. Hvenegaard and Alanna N....
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Keynote Speaker for WorldVIU Days 2015: Charles Montgomery
Charles Montgomery, an award-winning author and urban experimentalist, is invited as a keynote speaker for WorldVIU Days 2015 on Tuesday, November 3rd at 7:00 pm, in the Shaw Audiorium: Vancouver Island Conference Center.With his latest book Happy City in which he has used insights in happiness...
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Mitacs Globalink Research Award--Calls for Applications
Mitacs is now accepting applications for competitive international research opportunities, including student travel to and from Canada. The deadline to apply is November 20, 2015, at 5 p.m. PST.For students in Canada to do research abroad:Globalink Research Award – MHRD India· Open to...
Read MoreYoung Researcher Award 2016--CALL FOR PAPERS
The European Association for Sociology of Sport is proud to announce the 8th EASS Young Researcher Award. The aim of the award is to facilitate the integration of outstanding graduate students and young researchers into the European community of sociology of sport scholars. The award will be...
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Cumberland: BC’s First Adopter of Social Procurement Framework
Cumberland has become the first municipality in B.C. to adopt the Social Public Procurement framework, which refers to a value-aligned approach to leverage existing public purchasing in order to add social value to the community, in hopes of maximizing returns for taxpayers. After the adoption of...
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2015 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Conference Poster Presentation
2015 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Conference Poster Presentation Joanne A. Schroeder and Seif Borgi The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum was founded in 2012 by Knowledge Mobilization Works to support a growing international community in knowledge mobilization. The Canadian Knowledge...
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Physical Literacy & Wellbeing: Developing a Community of Interest
On October 2, 2015, two keynote speakers, Dr. Dean Kriellaars from the University of Manitoba, together with VIU Professor and World Leisure Organization board member Joanne Schroeder, had presented a public workshop on Physical Literacy...
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Webinar and report on economic need for healthy oceans - April 29
Webinar and report on economic need for healthy oceans - April 29The David Suzuki Foundation invites you to attend a free, one-hour webinar on April 29 at 1pm about the economic need to maintain healthy oceans. It will feature resource and ecological economists Dr. Kai Chan, Michelle Molnar, Ngaio...
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World Leisure Congress 2016 - Call For Papers
2016 LARASA World Leisure CongressCall for PapersThe first World Leisure Congress to be held on African soil aims to explore the main theme “Challenges, Choices and Consequences” by creating a platform for professionals from diverse fields to interact, share and present a context for leisure...
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