World Leisure Centre of Excellence at VIU

There is still time to get tickets to the Rural Recreation Summit or Dr. Jackie Oncescu's keynote address networking reception. If you work in recreation, sport, or leisure services and are concerned about improving equitable and dignified access for all, then you want to attend!

Join us on the Vancouver Island University Nanaimo Campus - registration:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rural-recreation-summit-2024-by-the-wlceviu-tickets-969073694507?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Dr. Edginton visited VIU in 2009 to sign the agreement that designated it a home to a World Leisure Centre of Excellence. His family and friends are in out thoughts as we give thanks to his many contributions to the WLO and leisure studies.

Today, we mourn the loss of Dr. Christopher R. Edginton, a beloved leader in the global leisure community and former Secretary General of the World Leisure Organization. Dr. Edginton dedicated his life to advancing the field of leisure and touched countless lives through his visionary leadership and passion for youth development. His contributions to the WLO and the broader leisure community will never be forgotten. Our deepest condolences to his family and all those who were impacted by his work.

BC Recreation and Parks Association CEO is presenting at the Rural Recreation Conference at Vancouver Island University. November 13! Registration is open now https://wlceatviu.ca/rural-recreation-summit

Speaker Alert! CEO of the BC Recreation and Parks Association - Katie Fenn will lead workshops at the Rural Recreation Summit on November 13 at Vancouver Island University. Communication Pathways Between Health and Recreation Recreation is Health Care. However, the current health care system exists in a vortex driven by acute care needs. To move towards a whole system of health that enables prevention, the recreation sector needs to learn the language of the current system. Join Katie Fenn, in a workshop focused on helping you learn the language of health care and how to navigate the communication pathways between health and recreation. See link in Bio: https://bit.ly/m/wlceatviu @bcrpa | @viu.rta | @cpra_acpl | @viuniversity

We are excited to welcome Dr. Jackie Oncescu back to Vancouver Island University to be a keynote speaker and workshop leader for the Rural Recreation Summit. Her work on co-designing leisure access with equity owed citizens focuses on ensuring dignified access.

Join us Nov 13 & 14 for two days of workshops, networking, and learning! Registration is open…early bird rates until October 1.

Visit www.wlceatviu.ca/rural-recreation-summit for more info

World Leisure Centre of Excellence @ VIU Dr. Jackie Oncescu is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at UNB. She is a passionate social justice researcher and leisure advocate who blends theory with creative community development approaches to help community practice redesign and reimagine sport and recreation provisions tha...

Join us this Thursday - in person or online as Dr. Tom Delamere delivers his Last Lecture as part of the Leisure VIU Points Series.

Thursday 4:00 pm in Building 250, Room 125 on Vancouver Island University's Nanaimo Campus.

Can't come to campus? View on Zoom: https://viu.zoom.us/j/68299521124?pwd=S3I5akZkbVR2dlhwM0lEUjVxWDZldz09

Students who participated in the 2023 World Leisure Centres of Excellence field school before attending the 2023 World Leisure Congress at the University of Otago capped off their learning with PechaKucha style presentations. The students' presentations focused on four themes: Inclusive Leisure, Deviant Leisure, Youth, and Maori Culture.

Undergraduate students from Vancouver Island University (VIU) and graduate students from VIU, Texas State University, and Western Sydney University spent four days in an intense program designed to provide them with a greater appreciation of, and willingness and ability to act for, the leisure needs and interests of underrepresented and marginalized communities. As part of this, students engaged in several leisure experiences and activities offered in and by local communities, including the Māori and Pacifica communities, the q***r community, and those working to support the leisure needs of people with disability issues. They even volunteered at a penguin sanctuary!

The final part of the experience was reflecting on their learning at the World Leisure Congress. https://youtu.be/nFFYPZ-DRS4

World Leisure Organization VIU Research Matters Vancouver Island University VIU Recreation & Tourism Association

PechaKucha WLO Congress 2023 Vancouver Island University (VIU), Texas State University, and Western Sydney University students come together in Dunedin, New Zealand, for the World Leisur...

Students on the World Leisure Organization Field School at the University of Otago in Dunedin, NZ collaborated with local artists to create ideas for a new mural at the U of Otago Business School. We just got updated photos of the final results! So beautiful! It would be amazing to see more street art projects in Nanaimo, British Columbia.

The Festival of Lights is on for another week! If you or someone you know visited the Festival or lives in the study area please forward them the survey links.

Festival of Lights Study

Tourism Management at Vancouver Island University The VIU community acknowledges and thanks the Snuneymuxw, Quw'utsun, Tla'Amin, Snaw-naw-nas and Qualicum First Nations  on whose unceded territories we teach, learn, research, live & share knowledge.