Presenting in sessions hosted by the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies, Jesse Couture ‘s talk was titled: “Community, connectivity, and ‘kudos’: Social self-tracking and the lived experience of digitized leisure.” Well done Jesse!
Liv and Shawn present at World Congress of Sociology of Sport Meetings in Dunedin, NZ!
Liv and Shawn attended World Congress of Sociology of Sport meetings hosted at the University of Otago, April 24-27 2019. Here are their presentation titles:
Liv Yoon & Brian Wilson, “Attempting ‘Environmental Sport
Journalism’: The behind-the-scenes story of the
documentary Mount Gariwang: An Olympic
casualty”
Shawn Forde, “Sporting utopias – development, hope, and
alternative futures“
Congratulations to Liv Yoon — on a successful Ph.D. defense!
On April 11, 2019, Liv successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled ‘Mount Gariwang: An Olympic Casualty’. Liv’s dissertation can be found here.
Devra presents at American Association of Geographers (AAG) Meetings!
Held in Washington, DC, April 3-7, 2019 — Devra’s talk was titled:
“Architecture, aesthetic governance, and acceptable forms of citizenship in the ‘Millennial City’: an examination of gated community development in Gurgaon, India”. Well done Devra!
Congratulations to Madison Ardizzi — MA thesis defended!
Madison’s thesis, entitled “Bicycles for development in Uganda : A study of perceptions, organizations and globalization,” can be found here
Liv Yoon and Brian’s new article in Communication & Sport now available
Entitled “Journalism, Environmental Issues, and Sport Mega-Events: A Study of South Korean Media Coverage of the Mount Gariwang Development for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games”
Find it here
Documentary Showing at BC Hydro Theatre on campus — and article in The Ubyssey
Presentations and a documentary showing!
From Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, scholars from around the globe converged in Vancouver for the 39th annual meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport — and Devra, Jesse, Liv, Madison, and Shawn presented! Liv and Brian also had the premiere showing of the documentary ‘Mount Gariwang: An Olympic Casualty’. Click here for details!
New publication by Shawn Forde and colleagues — “A systematic review of sport for development interventions across six global cities”
The article appears in Sport Management Review. Congratulations Shawn!
Liv Yoon receives 2017-2018 Faculty of Education Graduate Teaching Assistant Award!
Congratulations Liv!