Concurrent Session 1 Wednesday May 24, 10:45 am - 12:00 noon 1A- Sport & Social Change Title Evaluating CSR within a local sport context through consumer attitudes and behaviour Jason and the Argonauts: Exploring how a social intrapreneur created a corporate social responsibility initiative and the difference it made Social entrepreneurship, reporting performance, and organizational ambidexterity in the case of parent charities in B.C., Canada 1B - Aging Title Authors Kristen Rogalsky and Katie Misener Lisa Kikulis and Laura Cousens Yufan Yang, Nicole Vaugeois, and John Predyk Authors “If I want to know anything I just Google it”: Older adults’ functional and social leisure activities Cory Kulcyzycki, Rebecca Genoe, Hannah Marston, Shannon Freeman, Charles Musselwhite, and technology and Haley Rutherford Elder’s self-realization and self-efficacy in a ludic context of Italian learning: Engagement of Nilce Da Silva seniors in university space Contributions of intergenerational service-learning in challenging student assumptions of aging Colleen Whyte The legacies we weave: Transgender older adults’ experiences of identity negotiation 1C- Social Class Title Shea: A women's livelihood to achieve poverty reduction Identity and emotion in young people’s digital sport and leisure stories: Taking it all back to class Late career reflections on the [lack of] relationship between leisure, recreation programming, and unemployment *Ashley Flanagan, Lisbeth Berbary, and Sherry Dupuis Authors *Angelica Granja Erin Sharpe, Brett Lashua, and Cathy van Ingen Mark Havitz Leftist values systems and leisure values: The influence of personal ideology and welfare states Craig Webster and Chih-Lun Alan Yen 1D - Adventure & Nature-based Tourism Title German women's solo travel experiences Author intentionality in Mount Everest mountaineering literature: Analyzing attitudes and purposes Exploring nature-based tourism and visitor learning at an in-situ and ex-situ destination Swim with us: Snorkeler attitudes and behavior towards dolphin tourism experiences 1E - Social Capital Title Social capital in leisure studies: Exploring its past, present and future as a theme in leisure research Social connections among female softball players A goal for social inclusion: Street soccer and social capital 1F - Making the Most of Your Graduate Experience (Graduate Student Session) Title This session (for graduate students only) will feature a panel of senior graduate students and recent graduate alumni tackling topics such as time management, student engagement, burnout, mental health, and next steps. Authors Ondrej Mitas and Lisa Mandelartz Jesse Sheets, Jeremy Robinett, Michael McGowan, and Katharine Pawelko Jill Bueddefeld and Clayton Riddell Carlie Wiener, Paul Wilkinson, and Leesa Fawcett Authors Troy Glover Toni Liechty, Julie Son, Stephanie West, and Jill Naar Julian Macnaughton Authors To be confirmed Concurrent Session 2 Wednesday May 24, 1:15 - 2:30 pm 2A - Managing Youth Sport Title Authors Capturing the realities of sports programmes: systematic ‘messiness’? Sources of resistance to organizational change in youth hockey Engaging community recreation and sport professionals: Inclusive recreational sports or exclusive? John Daniels Spencer Riehl and Ryan Snelgrove The role of neighbourhood associations in facilitating a sense of belonging among neighbourhood residents The relevance of innovation theory of successful aging for baby boomers transitioning to retirement Leisure innovation in coping with co morbidities in older adults Making change, making meaning: Volunteering during the transition to retirement *Lindsay Kalbfleisch, Sarah Byrne, and Darla Fortune Girls’ experiences of post-feminism and the denigration of feminine sports Advancing a fourth wave of feminism in leisure studies Professional women's hockey leagues in North America: A comparative analysis The subtlety of difference: Sexism on and off the soccer field *Laura Kovac 2B - Transition to Retirement Title 2C - Feminisms Title 2D - Tourism, Sport & Event Experience Title Laurene Rehman, Shea Balish, Mark Bruner, Melanie Keats, and Chris Shields Authors Rebecca Genoe, Toni Liechty, and Hannah Marston Chidinma Osinike and Rebecca Genoe Luc Cousineau and Katie Misener Authors Diana Parry and Corey Johnson *Marianna Locke Faith-Anne Wagler and Lisbeth Berbary Authors Motivations for festival patronage expressed by mobile ICT users and non-users: A comparison Elizabeth Halpenny, Christine van Winkle, and Kelly MacKay of Canadian cultural festival parti Trait curiosity, autotelic spectator experiences, and sport participation intention David Drewery, Luke Potwarka, Laura Wood, and Ryan Snelgrove Evolution and spatial reproduction of tourism spaces in historical streets from postmodern *Yu Niu, Degen Wang, and Heather J. Gibson consumer demands: Insights from Suzhou, China Gonzo autoethnography: The story of Monkey Justin Harmon and Rudy Dunlap 2E - Philosophy of Leisure Title Authors Speaking of virtue ethics: What has happened to leisure? Mind the gap: Approaching the research and practice relationship through Plato's notion of justice Leisure Sciences and the humanities “Thank the Gods that such things are”: Retreat and renunciation in Kenneth Grahame’s Pagan Papers Donald McLean Exploring students' expectations and experiences of short-term language programs Engaged learners: Beyond remembering Discrepancies between Japanese undergraduate students’ ideal affect and actual affect in leisure/non-leisure and social contexts Leisure and the operation of ethnic heritage language schools: Engaging legacies for the next generation *Ekaterina McKnight and Karla Boluk Steven Henle 2F - Pedagogy Title Craig Cameron Paul Heintzman Jeff Swim Authors Eiji Ito, Gordon Walker, and Bradley Mannell Sophia Zoupa and George Karlis Concurrent Session 3 Wednesday May 24, 2:45 - 4:00 pm 3A - Community Recreation & Sport Title There was more than Hull-House: Initial findings of a historical and comprehensive overview of leisure activities from 407 American settlement houses circa 1911 The challenges of integration: Exploring community sport councils in Ontario Climate change and community grass-based sport facilities Exploring sense of community in Canadian military communities: Investigating recreation and community services 3B - Healthy Aging Title Authors Rodney Dieser and Christopher Kowalski Martha Barnes and Laura Cousens Cheryl Mallen and Greg Dingle Hilary Pollock Authors Culturally safe falls prevention programs for Inuvialuit elders What's for supper? The impact of food on midlife women's leisure experiences *Julia Frigault and Audrey R. Giles Healthy aging & eustress in the context of leisure among older adults with chronic conditions Jaesung An, Laura L. Payne, and Toni Liechty 3C - Navigating Identity Title Authors Lisa Petty, Joyce Engle, and Jenn Salfi Exploring stay-at-home, single, and gay fathers’ perspectives on their children’s outdoor risky *Michelle Bauer play Religious leisure and identity of Tibetan college students Huimei Liu and Jiawen Fu Drag spaces: A critical ethnography of leisure, gender, sexuality and performance in physical *Gabrielle Skeldon and virtual spaces Social involvement in LGBT-focused sport is associated with identity disclosure: Testing a model Lindsay Kalbfleisch and Steven E. Mock of symbolic self-completion 3D- Tourism Experience Title "There's actually climbing in the Praires": A study of climbing place meaning The gendered natures of polar bear tourism Sense of journey Tourism and leisure in China – A revisit of their relationships and implications 3E - Leisure Time Title Authors Cory Kulczycki Bryan Grimwood, Olga Yudina, Lisbeth Berbary, and Heather Mair Kellee Caton Honggen Xiao Authors Are leisure constraints models reflective or formative?: A confirmatory tetrad analysis of LTPA Shintaro Kono, Eiji Ito, and Gordon J. Walker constraints Exploring the influence of a family holiday on Chinese adolescents' subjective wellbeing *Mingjie Gao Role of leisure in meaning-making and engagement with life Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Tristan D. Hopper, & Emily Messina Vita activa versus vita contemplativa: The social role of leisure and labor from a historical perspective 3F - Pedagogy and Student Experience II Title You are what you study or you study what you are? Identity affirmation through choice of major among emerging adults Applying Potter’s cognitive model of media literacy to the Hooter's restaurant website: 'It was crazy to me how much the Hooter's website sexually objectified women…' A progressivist ideology in the 21st century: A case study of the student-in-residence program at the Western Home Communities Jiri Zuzanek Authors *Shweta Singh and Andrew Lepp Chris Kowalski, Rod Dieser, and Sam Lankford Carolyn Martin, Chris Kowalski, Jerry Harris, and Rodney Dieser Concurrent Session 4 Thursday May 25, 10:45 am - 12:00 noon 4A - Mega-Sport Events Title The Vancouver 2010 Olympics, sense of belonging to local community, and life satisfaction among youth in British Columbia: A regional-level analysis Understanding a demonstration effect of 2015 Pan Am Games track cycling competitions: Exploring relationships between pre-event engagement, trait inspiration, positive affect, and participation intention Exploring residents' support for hosting the Olympic Games: Single and multiple host-city bid perspectives Authors Simon Barrick, Luke Potwarka, and Andrew Kaczynski *Georgia Teare and Luke Potwarka *Jordan Bakhsh and Luke Potwarka Leadership impact on employee perceived workplace fulfillment in the major games context *Lindsay Smith and Kirsty Spence 4B - Editor's Top Tips (Graduate Student Session) Title Authors To begin this session (for graduate students only), journal editors from recreation and leisure disciplines in attendance at CCLR will extend their tips and tricks for manuscript writing and To be confirmed collaborative projects. After a brief question and answer period, the second half of this session is dedicated to collaboration and networking opportunities among graduate students. 4C - Indigenous Peoples and Leisure Title Authors The role of sport in the experience of First Nations, Inuit and Metis residential school survivors: *Colleen Patterson A literature review Rocking the boat: Power, politics, and the Pleasure Craft Operator Card in the Northwest Audrey Giles and Catherine Glass Territories Michael Dubnewick and Tara-Leigh McHugh Thinking with recreation practitioners in the inner city and with Indigenous peoples A war between stories:Colonized and colonizing narratives of sport, recreation and leisure at Dan Henhawk the Six Nations of the Grand River 4D - Family & Leisure I: Meaning Making Title #Family: Exploring why individuals share photos and stories about family leisure on facebook and Instagram Making memories: The power of artifacts in narrating the transition to motherhood Event attendance and family quality-of-life: Creating positive memories and enhancing community pride Sibling relationships in emerging adulthood: Shared leisure and relationship quality 4E - Liberating the Arts from the Therapy Culture in Dementia Care Title Authors Charlene Shannon-McCallum Shannon Hebblethwaite, Meredith Evans, Stephanie Paterson, Dawn Trussell, and Tricia M.K. Xing Raphaela Stadler and Allan Jepson Eric Layland, Camilla Hodge, and Nimay Godbole Authors Transforming dementia care through research-based drama Everyday choreographies of citizenship: Towards a reconceptualization of dance as leisure in long-term care Building connections through the visual arts for persons with dementia Sherry Dupuis, Gail Mitchell, Julia Gray, Christine Jonas-Simpson, and Pia Kontos The arts as a medium for relationships, emergent learning, life enrichment, and engagement Christine Jonas-Simpson, Gail Mitchell, Sherry Dupuis, and Pia Kontos 4F - Leisure Commitment Title Should I be committed? Reaching [way] beyond brand loyalty in leisure studies Pia Kontos and Alisa Grigorovich Lisa Meschino and Sherry Dupuis Authors Mark Havitz Concurrent Session 5 Thursday May 25, 1:15 - 2:30 pm 5A - Marginalized Youth Title Developing a legacy of friendship for people with and without disabilities through multi-year camp experiences LGBTQ residential wilderness camp: “It feels like home” Engagement of “at-risk” youth through meaningful leisure A shared goal: Increasing physically active leisure for children with disabilities experiencing overweight and obesity 5B - Qualitative Inquiry Title Testing our unclipped wings: The politics and personal insights of contemporary qualitative research methods Troubling umbrellas: Engaging complexity within individual legacies The go-along interview as an elicitation tool in leisure research An autoethnography: Understanding my new self following a tibial plateau fracture 5C - Race & Social Justice Title Authors Laurel Richmond and Julie F. Potter Lara Fenton Tristan Hopper, Yoshi Iwasaki, and Tara-Leigh McHugh Katie Isenor, Megan Wasyluk, Nick Reed, and Amy McPherson Authors Sally Shaw and Larena Hoeber Ashley Flanagan and Lisbeth Berbary Robyn Burns, Karen Gallant, Catherine White, and Lara Fenton Anne-Marie Sullivan Authors Tourism as Orientalism The case of Tamir Rice: Implications for leisure studies in engaging societal issues Race, the “born-frees,” and tourists: Engaging with the legacies of apartheid through PhotoVoice Leisure, decolonization, and social justice *Tao Zhou Untying the knot: Leisure perspectives on the experiences of young, divorced women Development of a leisure education program for parents of children with disabilities: Needs analysis Leisure: Tool to develop family resilience in a maternal cancer case LGBTQ parents and navigating community-based youth sport culture Bronwen Valtchanov and Diana Parry The social/recreation community model Leisure, not therapy, in hospital recreation: A case study of leisure at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester Campus) and a delighted ghost of Paul Haun Enhancing quality of life through leisure: Teamwork in long-term care Kenneth Mobily and Rod Dieser Leisure has left the profession: Moving forward with inclusive recreation in the United States Adrienne Johnson 5D - Family & Leisure II Title 5E - Therapeutic Recreation and Inclusion 5F Title Climbing Sherpa: Stories (as legacies) from the Solukhumbu Rasul Mowatt Meghan Muldoon Felice Yuen, Patti Ranahan, and Warren Linds Authors Marie-Michèle Duquette, Carl Lacharité, and Hélène Carbonneau Isabelle Brunet Dawn Trussell, Laura Kovac, and Jennifer Apgar Authors Rod Dieser, Kenneth Mobily, and Renee Ziemer Hélène Carbonneau, Julie Fortier, Pierre-Yves Therriault, and Ginette Aubin Authors Maggie Miller Concurrent Session 6 Thursday May 25, 2:45 - 4:00 pm 6A - Social Psychology of Leisure Title Authors The effects of basic psychological need satisfaction on autonomous motivations during leisure *Nanxi Yan, Gordon Walker, and Shintaro Kono Leisure and happiness Social class and intrinsic motivation during leisure and paid work Hong Kong Chinese workers’ ideal affect and actual affect during leisure, and their correspondence: A follow-up to Mannell et al (2014) Andrew Lepp Gordon Walker The use of video as a data collection tool in narrative inquiry Leisure, art, and advocacy Fighting words: Poetry and social justice in leisure research Tom Griffin Felice Yuen and Darla Fortune Sandra Sjollema and Felice Yuen Guests’ preferences for dialogue and apology following event failure Exploring the influence of customer behaviour on frontline employee engagement David Drewery and Ron McCarville *Ying Fu and Ron McCarville 6B - Visual & Arts-based Methods Title 6C - Customer Service & Management Title *Jingjing Gui, Gordon Walker, and Eiji Ito Authors Authors Interlocal leisure cooperation agreements: Roles and perceptions of local actors in rural areas *Jocelyn Garneau and Marc-André Lavigne Inspiring co-creation by managing common purpose and core values *Evan Gwartz and Kirsty Spence 6D - Family and Leisure III Title Authors To be confirmed 6E - Volunteers Title Authors The legacy of friendship: Exploring the role of volunteer supports for women who have been incarcerated Justice denied: Overcoming barriers to leisure, recreation and volunteering Maximising participation of volunteers with a disability: The role of human resource management Critically exploring the institutional logics and work in sport-for-development: The case of a local sport-for-development programme in Southern Africa Heather Mair, Steven Mock, Bronwen Valtchanov, Rachel Gilmore, Lindsay Kalbfleisch, Richard Norman, Halyna Tepylo, and Pooneh Torabian Barb Hamilton-Hinch, Catherine White, Lara Fenton, and Karen Gallant Tourism employment for refugees: An approach for empowerment and integration Exploring “learn-to” sport programs for newcomers to Canada *Thabit Alomari Simon Barrick, William Bridel, and Joan Bard Miller Border crossing and securitization post 9/11: Exploring experiences of Canadian dual citizens Pooneh Torabian 6F - Leisure and Immigration Title Pam Kappelides and Jennifer Spoor Mitchell McSweeney Authors Music machine against war: Musical landscape of crisis in Syria from Yarmouk refugee camp to S. Ali Mostolizadeh Europe Concurrent Session 7 Friday May 26, 10:45 am - 12:00 noon 7A - Play Title Authors Children’s engagement in risky play during the school day Rediscovering the adult play group Big data and adolescent play in public space *Alicia Gurr and Rebecca Genoe Outcomes of natural play and learning spaces: A collaborative case study with KidActive *Zachary Stevens and Bryan Grimwood 7B - A Call to Action - The Next 25 Years (Graduate Student Session) Title This workshop (for graduate students only) begins by reflecting on the past 25 years of leisure studies scholarship, and then shifts to small breakout groups to brainstorm and envision the next 25 'research actions' for the field of recreation and leisure studies. CCLR15 coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Graduate Leisure Research Symposium organized annually by the Graduate Association of Recreation and Leisure Studies (GARLS) at University of Waterloo. 7C - Hospitality and Tourism Title Genealogical tourism in Quebec: A literature review The lost river dams, diversions, and the death of recreational canoe tripping on Quebec's Rupert River When tourism is a community business: A study of the factors facilitating community-based tourism projects in Quebec Un cadre conceptuel comparatif de l’accueil et de l’hospitalité 7D - Mental Health I Title L.E.A.P.S. Leisure Education & Active Participation for Persons with Schizophrenia & Schizoaffective disorder Leisure education: Untapped potential for cultivating inner well being Museums as welcoming spaces of belonging Identifying the characteristics of welcoming and inclusive recreation settings and programs from a “first voice” perspective 7E - Nature Title David Scott Ben Shirtcliff Authors To be confirmed Authors *Isabelle Brunet Cameron Baldassarra *Gabrielle Thériault Marc LeBlanc and François de Grandpré Authors Shawn Wilkinson and William J. Harvey Catherine Miller Darla Fortune and Raphael Mendoza Karen Gallant, Robyn Burns, Lara Fenton, Susan Hutchinson, Robert Gilbert, Barbara HamiltonHinch, Heidi Lauckner, and Catherine White Authors Connecting through leisure: How leisure activities in urban nature spaces can contribute to the Heidi Lauckner, Lara Fenton, Karen Gallant, and Trisha Dempsey social inclusion of older adults An emotional experience: Urban parks in Amsterdam Victoria Gerschbacher, Claudia Espejo Valle-Inclan, and Ondrej Mitas Exploring recreation use and stewardship of the North Saskatchewan River Valley, Edmonton Elizabeth Halpenny Alberta “When you see nature, nature give you something inside”: The impact of nature-based leisure *Jane Hurly on refugee integration in Canada 7F- Active Living Title Thinking outside the ‘Box’: CrossFit, serious leisure and the broader community The role of the social environment in mediating the relationship between active transportation and wellbeing Corporate fitness centre participation in Australia: A constraints perspective Urban adolescents’ community perceptions as barriers to physical activity Authors *Brandon Blenkarn and Karen Gallant Nasim Naghavi and Bryan Smale James Brandner, Clare Hanlon, Melinda Craike, and John Tower Peter Morden Concurrent Session 8 Friday May 26, 1:15 - 2:30 pm 8A- Youth I Title Authors The relationship between gender, recreational drug use and young rural women’s positioning *Brittney Patton and Erin Sharpe Leisure influences of digital natives: Understanding how adolescents' leisure is affected by *Michaela Allaby smartphone use "That looks awesome! How do we get there?": The journey towards leisure of millennials in the *Lan Le Diem Tran City of Nanaimo LGBTQ youth and safe leisure spaces 8B- Sexuality and Leisure Title *Julia Froese Authors Framing sex through a serious leisure lens When the party ends: An exploration of alcohol-involved sexual assault experiences among female university students BDSM non-play events: Challenges of organizing open events for the kinkster community We do exist: Intersections with bisexuality through creative analytic graphics *Rachele Manett and Karen Gallant Engaging youth rights to the city through DIY skateparks Connecting leisure and small city downtown areas through cultural mapping Active transportation or active trivialization? The discourse of recreation in planning Ben Shirtcliff Nicole Vaugeois, Alanna Williams, Sharon Karsten, and Pam Shaw 8C - Urban Place Making Title Leisure, mobile cinema and urban subtraction: Re-envisioning cities with the “kino-cinebomber” 8D - Mental Health II Title Can “time” be stopped? Exploring the impact of criminal records on community-based leisure/recreation A different view on theory and creating awareness The impact of recreation programs on university student mental health Imagining inclusion: My health, wellbeing and community 8E - Outdoor Recreation Title Do campers’ ecological worldviews influence their choice of camping and outdoor recreation equipment? A study of front-country campers in Alberta The mediating role of sense of environmental responsibility on the association between sense of community and pro-environmental behaviour Cross-cultural perceptions of crowding at Onondaga Cave State Park, Missouri 8F- Wellbeing Title To stay or not to stay: The impact of internships on career intentions in sport and recreation programs Physiological restoration: Exploring the cumulative effects of outdoor time on heart rate variability Self, others and place: Insights into the meaning of being for immigrant artists Physical activity and well-being: Examining access to sport and recreation services for homeless youth in Toronto *Laura Morrison Craig Webster Lisbeth Berbary, Kathryn Wettlaufer, and Ashley Flanagan Authors *Rebecca Mayers and Troy Glover Brett Lashua and Simon Baker Authors *Brittany Weisgarber, Barbara-Ann Hamilton-Hinch, and Catherine White *Jackie Prada Lara Fenton, Robert Gilbert, Cathy White, and Barbara Hamilton-Hinch Ania Landy, Colleen Reid, Maya Alonso, and Marina Morrow Authors Farhad Moghimehfar, Elizabeth Halpenny, and Howard Harshaw Jibin Yu and Bryan Smale *Hyojeong Gemma Shim, KangJae Jerry Lee, and Mark Morgan Authors *Cole McClean and Shannon Kerwin Sharon Tessneer Masha Rouzrokh and Heather Mair Teresa Hill Concurrent Session 9 Friday May 26, 2:45 - 4:00 pm 9A - Youth II Title Authors Développement et validation d’un outil de mesure de la prise de risque récréative et sportive chez les jeunes entre 14 et 24 ans: Résultats *Emilie Belley-Ranger, Hélène Carbonneau, and François Trudeau Positive youth development and volunteering: Youth’s transition from member to volunteer *Evan Webb and George Karlis A qualitative analysis of occupational valence, perceived organizational support, and efficacy levels of youth workers Exploring best practices of positive youth development: Perceptions of frontline and senior staff of recreational youth programs 9B - Policy Title Le besoin d’une politique nationale des loisirs : Brève historique et état de la situation Understanding socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of leisure services users: The need for large-scale estimation of leisure participation A spatial analysis of community wellbeing: Mapping indicators from the Canadian Index of Wellbeing Chris Kowalski and Anthony Smothers Evan Webb and George Karlis Authors Gervais Deschênes Marc-André Lavigne Bryan Smale 9C - Rural Title Authors Still standing? Assessing the media-led construction of tourism development in rural Canada Heather Mair Méthode de soutien au cheminement critique de coopération inter municipale en milieu rural/ André Thibault and Jocelyn Garneau A method to support rural municipalities cooperation critical path Exploring free-choice learning during agritourism Christine van Winkle, Amanda Carins, and Corrie Lynn McDougall Contextualizing rural community recreation: Insights from Powassan, Ontario Kyle Rich, Laura Misener, and Municipality of Powassan Recreation Committee 9D - Connections w/ Fields Title Authors Resistance is futile? Activist burnout and the (un)sustainable future of radical civil leisure Friends with benefits: The relationship between information science and studies of leisure What’s essential to steps to connect?: Learning from the consolidated framework for implementation *Kathryn Wettlaufer Examining the realities and meanings of tourism from a local perspective in Muskoka *Ashley Gallant and Karla Boluk The intersection between mining contaminants and hunting in Northern Ontario communities *Carly Andrews and Paul Heintzman Cashing in on conservation: Capitalism’s legacy in Canadian parks Private land conservation and the case of functional leisure Sean Ryan and Maxwell Harrison James Farmer, Michael Drescher, Jacob Brenner, Stephanie Dickinson, and Eric Knackmuhs Developing interdisciplinary collaborative research in sport and leisure Larena Hoeber and Orland Hoeber 9E - Parks Title 9F - Collaborative Research Title Angela Pollak Susan Hutchinson, Grace Warner, Heidi Lauckner, Brad Meisner, and Katie Isenor Authors Authors
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