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MaSLM Student Field Experience--Yufan (Veronica) Yang

Read more about MaSLM Student Field Experience--Yufan (Veronica) Yang

Vancouver Island Social Innovation Zone

lEiSuRE + iNnoVaTioN = SLM and WLCE!

Lots of ideas were brewing at the Vancouver Island Social Innovation Zone (VISIZ) Symposium at Royal Roads University in Victoria last week!

Presentations by VIUs Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management (SLM) Program and the VIU World Leisure Centre of Excellence (WLCE) highlighted the relationship between Leisure and Innovation. SLM faculty member Suzanne de la Barre and SLM graduate student Prem Singh discussed how leisure and social innovation play a part in addressing ‘wicked’ and ‘persistent’ social problems.

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Innovative Leisure Practices (Volume 1, 2015)

Read more about Innovative Leisure Practices (Volume 1, 2015)

Physical Literacy & Wellbeing: Developing a Community of Interest

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