Congress Program 2025

CALS 2025

CALS Congress 2025

June 2025

GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE
TORONTO, ON

Program

Day 0: Sunday, June 1, 2024
Sunday, June 1, 2025 Registration 
Time: 8:00AM to 4:00PM 
Location: St. James Campus (200 King St. E.) 

Time: 7:30AM to 4:30PM 
Location: Waterfront Campus (51 Dockside Dr.) 
Day 1: Monday, June 2, 2024
8:00AM- 9:00AM Registration 
Location: St. James Campus (200 King St. E.) 
8:00AM- 9:00AM Registration and Welcome Coffee 
Location: SJC-302 
9:00AM- 9:30AM Opening Ceremony and Territorial Acknowledgement 
Nancy Johnson and David Wolfman 
CALS-Congress Co-Chairs 
Rudi Fischbacher, CHCA Dean
Location: SJC-302                                                                                                                     
9:30AM- 10:30AM Opening Keynote Presentation

Reimagining Togetherness in Relational Ways

Jackie Oncescu, University of New Brunswick 
Location: SJC-302  
10:30AM- 10:45AM Morning Break 
 10:45AM- 12:15PM                                   Concurrent Paper Session 1
Stakeholder Relationships and Knowledge Mobilization 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Julia Froese
Bridging Technology, Community, Recreation, and Tourism 
Location: SJB-357
Moderator: Bronwen Valtchanov 
Engendering togetherness: Knowledge mobilization, exchange, and co-production in curling

Heather Mair, Simon Barrick, Laura Leitch, Luke Potwarka, and Adam Pappas
Using geofencing as a tool to understand park equity

Martha Barnes, Julie Stevens, and Jackie Gervais
Challenging stigma associated with dementia using a documentary film to support dance for life enrichment 

Pia Kontos, Alisa Grigorovich, Romeo Colobong, Jon Parr Vijinski, Devin J. Sodums, Rosanne Aleong, and Rachel J. Bar
AI as a catalyst for recreational water safety and community well-being 

Arash Akhshi
Blowing up the “clinical vacuum”: Reflections on relevance in therapeutic recreation

Colleen Whyte, Darla Fortune, and Rebecca Genoe
Using eye-tracking and physiological sensors for investigating dark tourism and memorial sites
 
Rotem Mashkov, Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, David Zolldan, Hagar Srulovitch and Noam Shoval
Mapping harm and safety: Exploring sexual and dating-based violence on geosocial networking apps in Canada 

Amy Matharu, Diana C. Parry, Christopher Dietzel, Stephanie Duguay, Eric Filice, and Corey W. Johnson
12:15PM- 1:15PM Lunch Break 
Sponsored by The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University 
Location: SJC-302 
 1:15PM- 2:45PM                                   Concurrent Paper Session 2
Gender Experiences and Representations 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Ashley Giroux  
Radical Reimaginings: Labour, Leisure, and Education 
Location: SJB-357 
Moderator: Jennifer Holman 
The divorcées: A feminist exploration of young women’s experiences of divorce

Bronwen L. Valtchanov and Diana C. Parry
“Revolutions are not improvised…”: Occupying the interstices of the anti-work, labouring differently, and rest-as-resistance movements

Kimberly J. Lopez
(Re)constructing representations of homemakers: A multi-method case study

Melanie S. Lim
The Temporary Autonomous Zones of space and the mind

Rasul A. Mowatt

Body is body is home – Project run to you: Exploring black women runners’ perspectives on what it means to be at home in our bodies

Asha Edwin and Janelle Joseph 
Leisure-PUNK? Red pedagogy and praxis for leisure studies curricula

Dan Henhawk
Mothers’ experiences of well-being in prenatal and postnatal yoga at a maternal wellness centre

Trisha Xing and Dawn Trussell
Reclaiming leisure’s politically educative roots: Developing the Theorypractice Lab as a pathway to reignite collective responsibility

Lisbeth A. Berbary and Craig Fortier
2:45PM- 3:00PM Afternoon Refreshment Break
Location: SJB-356                                                                                                                          
3:00PM- 4:15PM                                   Concurrent Paper Session 3
Navigating Injury and Barriers 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Mohadeseh Mahmoudi 
Outdoor Leisure: Stress, Connection, Meaning 
Location: SJB-357
Moderator: Jennifer Holman 
From strength athlete to opioid addict: An autoethnographic exploration of injury, involuntary sport termination, and opioid addiction

Ann Marie Kieley and K. Pushkarenko 
Conceptualizing outdoor recreation stress and implications for outdoor recreation behavior. A Cognitive Appraisal Theory Perspective.

Ian E. Munanura, & Jeffrey D. Kline
Analysing barriers to outdoor rock climbing in Vancouver, British Columbia

Jenniffer Wigglesworth
Applying the Eudaimonic Activity Model to ground the Biophilia Hypothesis

Rebecca Koroll
Exploring accessible geotourism experiences for visually impaired tourists in Shahrekord and Isfahan, Iran

Samaneh Soleimani, Bahram Nekouie Sadry, and Fatemeh Moradi
Experiencing ecological integrity: Bridging nature and culture in Canadian National Parks

Lucas Middleton
4:15PM- 6:00PM CALS Executive Board Members’ Meeting
Location: SJB-336                                                                                                                          
6:30PM- 9:30PM ‘Join or Die’: Reception, Film Screening, and Panel Discussion 

Moderator: Heather Mair 

Panelists: 
Troy Glover, University of Waterloo
Darla Fortune, Concordia University
Bobbie Breckenridge, GenWell 

Location: Waterfront Campus (51 Dockside Dr.)
Room 607 
Day 2: Tuesday, June 3, 2024
8:00AM- 9:00 AM Welcome Coffee 
Location: SJB-357 
9:00AM- 9:15 AM Day 2 Opening Remarks 
CALS-Congress Co-Chairs                                                                                         
 9:15 AM-10:45 AM                                   Concurrent Paper Session 1
Reframing Perspectives in Tourism 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Lucas Middleton 
Cultivating Connection and Community Togetherness 
Location: SJB-357
Moderator: Bronwen Valtchanov 
A cultural critical discourse analysis of hot air-balloon tourist skills, knowledge and emotion

Irit Shmuel and Paolo Mura 
Brooms, bonds, and bonspiels: Interrogating curling’s community-building potential 

Simon Barrick and Heather Mair 
Narratives of equity-deserving Canadian tourism social entrepreneurs in the technology sector: An ethics of care perspective

Gaurav Panse
Leisure as a catalyst for durable and temporary connection: Integrating endogenous and exogenous pathways to social capital

Troy Glover
Bridging the gap between nations through transformative local food experiences

Stephen Hiamey
Integrating leisure in social prescribing: Opportunities and challenges for leisure scholars and practitioners

Amanda Johnson and Janet McKeown
Nourishing connections: How Sikh langar inspires transformative community care

Jasmine Nijjar
10:45AM- 11:00AM  Morning Coffee Break 
Location: SJB-357                                                                                                    
11:00AM- 11:45PMPoster Session 
Location: SJB-356                                                                                                       
Leisure coping for parents of young adults with intellectual disabilities
Bronwen McComb and Sanghee Chun

Creating space for ‘other’ families in travel and leisure: Insights from Filipino Muslim families in the Philippines
Robert Charles Capistrano and Safa Manala-O

Validating the Dementia Public Stigma Scale (DePSS) for use within the recreation and leisure sector
Alisa Grigorovich

The role of the philosophy of therapeutic clowning in the social world
Gervais Deschênes and François Gravelle

Leisure and aging: Leisure for older adults visiting immigrant children 
Nazila Najafi and Garrett Stone

At what “cost”?! The possibilities and conundrums of fitness stakeholder relationships 
Aly Bailey, Shiva Mazrouei, and Meridith Griffin 
12:00PM- 1:45PM   Lunch Break and General Member’s Meeting 
Location: SJA-327A
(200 King Street E)                                                                                                     
1:45PM- 3:00PM                                   Concurrent Paper Session 2
Being Well Together: Leisure, Health and Well-being 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Ashley Giroux 
Leisure Inclusion: Queer Bodies, Policies, and Possibilities 
Location: SJB-357
Moderator: Giana Tomas  
The power of community: A leisure-based approach to postvention

Julia Froese and Lisa McDermott 
Voyeurism, drag performance and queer culture

Fenton Litwiller
Building sustainable peer networks through outdoor orientation programs in support of student well-being

Kelly A. Pilato, Timothy S. O’Connell, and Anna H. Lathrop 
Camp queer inclusion study: Making a case for mattering in camp thought and practice

Luc Cousineau and Mandi Baker
Mental wellness through meaningful leisure: A Lefebvrean analysis of tourism place experiences

Kelley McClinchey
“It’s just tricky with our political climate here”: Experiences and perspectives of anti-trans policy in sports and recreation
 
Celeste Pang, Eva Bošnjak, Gio Dolcecore and Marty Clark
3:00PM- 3:15PM   Afternoon Break                                                                                                         
3:15PM- 4:30PM                                   Concurrent Paper Session 3
Constructing Leisure: Tools, Spaces, Moments 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Mohadeseh Mahmoudi 
Managing the Chaos: Reflections on Generating and Analyzing Online Longitudinal Data [Paper Series] 
Location: SJB-357
Moderator: Rotem Mashkov 
Musicians rehearsing and the affective relationship to their leisure space

Martin Lussier, Charlet Brethomé, and Lucile Ouriou
Paper 1: Using a multiauthor blog to explore baby boomer’s leisure experiences

Rebecca Genoe, Toni Liechty, Wonock Chung, Jenna Fesemyer, Samara Stearns, Kristen Plandowski, and Pattara Tavilsup
Toy, vehicle, or equipment? Parent and children’s constructions of the bicycle in childhood

Erin Sharpe, Jocelyn Murtell, and Alex Stoikos
Paper 2: Diving into reflexive thematic analysis

Rebecca Genoe, Toni Liechty, Wonock Chung, Jenna Fesemyer, Samara Stearns, Kristen Plandowski, and Pattara Tavilsup 
Intentionality and meaning-making in everyday life: A phenomenological exploration of everyday moments of leisure

Karen Gallant, Heidi Lauckner, Ashlyn Stevens, Jacqueline Wojciechowski, and Stephanie Mason
Paper 3: Embracing the chaos: Pitfalls and opportunities of longitudinal analysis in leisure research

Rebecca Genoe, Toni Liechty, Wonock Chung, Jenna Fesemyer, Samara Stearns, Kristen Plandowski, and Pattara Tavilsup 
4:45PM- 6:00PM Student-Led Walking Tour 

Walking Through History: Social and Humanitarian Evolution in Downtown Toronto 

Sarah Olsen

Location: Tour begins at the entrance of 300 Adelaide St East (Building SJB) and ends at the St. Lawrence Market 
6:30PM- 9:00PM George Brown College President’s Reception 
Location: The Quay Venue (100 Queens Quay East)  
Day 3: Wednesday, June 4, 2024
8:00AM- 9:00AM Welcome Coffee 
Location: SJC-302 
9:00AM- 9:15AM Day 3 Opening Remarks 
CALS-Congress Co-Chairs 
Location: SJC-302 
9:15AM- 10:15AM Closing Keynote Presentation 

Indigenous Women’s Health Resurgence through Physical Activity 

Tricia McGuire-Adams
University of Toronto 
Location: SJC-302                                                                                                     
10:15AM- 10:30AM Morning Break
Location: SJC-302 
 10:30AM- 12:00PM                                   Concurrent Paper Session 1
Sustainability and Shared Futures 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Lucas Middleton  
Equity and Access in Leisure Experiences 
Location: SJB-357
Moderator: Julia Froese 
Plogging to bridge generations in a time of climate change

Kaneera Uthayakumaran, Kelsey Harvey, Meridith Griffin, Kristi Allain, Allison Jeffrey and Madison Bird 
“Too special for me”: The meaning and experience of accessing leisure for midlife women experiencing poverty

Jenny Wubs and Erin Sharpe

Who’s not buying it? Negotiating sustainability and consumption with outdoor gear

Erin Sharpe and Jaden Fleming 
More than the machine: Critical perspectives on new Philippine arrivant labour and leisure heard through kuwentuhan

Giana Tomas and Kimberly J. Lopez 
Inclusive development in urban green spaces: Examining immigrants’ accessibility and policy implementation in Edmonton
 
Mohadeseh Mahmoudi and Elizabeth Halpenny 
Leisure as a restorative labour right: Insights from direct care workers in long-term care

Jaylyn Leighton, Giana Tomas, Kimberly J. Lopez, Ashley K. Flanagan, Sherry Dupuis, and Michelle Fleming 
Optimism and obstacles in environmental action: Sustainability in Ontario provincial sports organizations

Teresa Hill, Rob Millington, Simon Darnell, and Brad Millington
Developing an adaptive movement program for older adults living with dementia: A process analysis

Ashley Giroux and Maureen Connoll
12:00PM- 1:00PM Lunch Break 
Location: SJC-302                                                                                                       
1:00PM- 2:15PM                                   Concurrent Paper Session 2
Student-Led Workshop 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Rotem Mashkov  
Regenerative Futures in Tourism 
Location: SJB-356
Moderator: Giana Tomas 
Philosophical implications of leisure studies: A student perspective

Brandon Rehaume, Hannah Clark, Quinn Michelin and Steven Henle 
Regenerative tourism: Towards a model of industry best practice

Jennifer Holman and Bryan Grimwood 
Philosophical implications of leisure studies: A student perspective

Brandon Rehaume, Hannah Clark, Quinn Michelin and Steven Henle
Exploring care embodiment and the regenerative impacts of youth in tourism destination communities: A Hermeneutic phenomenology analysis 

Wut Yee Kyi Pyar and Karla Boluk
Philosophical implications of leisure studies: A student perspective

Brandon Rehaume, Hannah Clark, Quinn Michelin and Steven Henle 
Centering Indigenous entrepreneurs narratives of their visitors’ experiences 

Anke Föller-Carroll and Karla Boluk
Philosophical implications of leisure studies: A student perspective

Brandon Rehaume, Hannah Clark, Quinn Michelin and Steven Henle 
To regenerate research relationships: Re-visiting the Two Row Wampum-Covenant Chain Treaty

Ellie Joseph, Jay Bailey, Karla Boluk and Mahshad Akhoundoghli 
2:15PM- 3:00PM    Closing Remarks and CCLR 2026 Announcement

Kimberly Lopez, University of Waterloo 

Fenton Litwiller, University of Manitoba
Amanda Johnson, Vancouver Island University

Location: SJC-302