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Homeless encampments, hotels, and equitable access to public space: Advancing change towards socially sustainable post-pandemic public spaces in Victoria, British Columbia
(VIU Press, 2021-12)This case study will critically examine lessons learned during COVID-19 to inform how we advance change towards socially sustainable public spaces. Through the lens of equity, access to public space for vulnerable populations ... -
Innovative leisure practices: Cases as conduits between theory and practice
(VIU Press, 2021-12)The World Leisure Centre of Excellence (WLCE) at Vancouver Island University is privileged to share its fifth volume of case studies, as part of the Innovative Leisure Practices series. The series aims to provide a forum ... -
Leisure as a cutting edge innovation to increase self-determination and personal resilience
(VIU Press, 2021-12)This chapter discusses the leisure-based innovation, known as Recovery Camp (RC), from the perspective of the developing evidence base on RC’s role in offering leisure-based challenge, support, and facilitation of participant's ... -
Embracing change: The Cayuga Collection's way of building resilience in the tourism industry
(VIU Publications, 2021-12)By introducing Cayuga Collection as one of the world leaders in sustainable travel, my case study explores principles for building organizational resilience. I will illustrate effective and innovative solutions regarding ... -
Finding their way through the weeds: How festivals navigated legalized cannabis
(VIU Publications, 2021-12)With the recent change in public policy, the purpose of this multi-case study is to better understand the implications of cannabis legalization for festivals, including how changes in legislation are affecting policy ... -
The GNAR Initiative: Empowering gateway communities through collaboration
(VIU Publications, 2021-12)Gateway communities throughout the intermountain west are an important part of the tourism experience. They are often the doorstep to the national parks and public lands that draw millions of international and domestic ... -
Innovative and promising practices in sustainable tourism
(VIU Publications, 2021-12)The intent of this volume is to provide an opportunity for academics, extension professionals, industry stakeholders and community practitioners to reflect, discuss and share the innovative approaches that they have taken ... -
Social innovation as a tool to create a more sustainable tourism: The example of the platform socialbnb
(VIU Publications, 2021-12)This case study is about an innovative tourism booking platform, socialbnb, founded by students at the Cologne University in 2018. It describes a new accommodation platform that connects social and ecological NGOs with ... -
Measuring the value of varsity athletics through student retention and the balanced scorecard strategy
(VIU Press, 2021-12)This case study attempts to determine the value of student athletic programs at Canadian universities, using Vancouver Island University (VIU) as a reference case. First, the study compares Canadian varsity athletics to ... -
Achieving sustainability through adaptive reuse strategies: Beijing 798 Arts District demonstrates the power of cultural and creative industry
(VIU Press, 2021-12)This case study demonstrates how an obsolete military factory complex, which manufactured weapon components in the industrialization period, was developed into a center of contemporary art as an example of urban renewal ... -
Sex segregation and the participation of transgender adults in recreational sport in British Columbia, Canada
(VIU Press, 2021-12)The lack of a formal policy on transgender participation in recreational sport results in transgender people struggling alone with stigmatization. Recreational sport guidelines identify inclusion as an imperative in ... -
Place-making: From a residents' initiative to a participatory effect - the case study of BOMBAST
(VIU Press, 2021-12)This case study illustrates an organic bottom-up place-making process, which started with the initiative of a couple of residents who created an invented folktale as a gift to their community. Through the development of a ... -
Exploring culinary experiences of visitors in temporary settings: the case of pop-up restaurants
(VIU Press, 2021-12)In recent years, novel and innovative ways to accommodate diners and visitors’ desire for new experiences have emerged (Warnaby & Shi, 2018). Pop-up restaurants are indicative of this growing trend to provide an appealing ... -
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: A case study
(VIU Press, 2021-12)This case study will explore how the Banff Centre addresses truth and reconciliation to work towards social sustainability through its creative arts programs and community development practices. This case study will use ... -
Leisure education for youth with a lived experience of mental illness, development of the FRESH [Fun Recreation Exercise and Skills for Health] program for a youth cohort in Western Sydney, Australia
(VIU Press, 2020)Mental health disorders account for a significant percentage of disease around the world, with the majority of these disorders developed during adolescence and early adulthood, 12-24 years of age. This period is marked by ... -
Kink as a form of leisure: Kinky events and the people who love them
(VIU Press, 2020)In recent years, there has been a popularization of non-mainstream sexual/cultural practices. The sensation of Fifty Shades of Grey has led to the general public becoming increasingly aware of the kink/BDSM lifestyle. The ... -
Improving communities through innovative financing: A case study of the Baileys Trail System
(VIU Press, 2020)This chapter focuses on how one Appalachian community in southeast Ohio is turning to outdoor recreation for economic repositioning due to the long-term fallout from extractive industries leaving the region. Utilizing a ... -
Measuring community engagement: A case study of Livingston (Calgary, Alberta)
(VIU Press, 2020)This case study focuses on developing an objective, baseline understanding of the opinions and behaviours of residents currently residing in the developing neighborhood of Livingston (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Livingston ... -
Raising the Curtain: At the intersection of education, art, health care and lived experience of dementia
(VIU Press, 2020)This chapter uses the case study of Raising the Curtain (RTC), a community based participatory research project (CBPR), to explore the opportunities and insights that resulted from an education – arts – health care ... -
Innovative leisure practices: Cases as conduits between theory and practice
(VIU Press, 2020)It is the honour of the World Leisure Centre of Excellence at Vancouver Island University to share the fourth volume of case studies that comprise the Innovative Leisure Practices series. As with previous volumes in the ...
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