2020 - Innovative Leisure Practices: Cases as Conduits Between Theory and Practice (Vol. 4)
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
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