Awards & Grants

CALS Leisure Scholar Award
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Description

The Canadian Association for Leisure Studies/Association canadienne d’études en loisir (CALS) Leisure Scholar Award recognises the significant and unique contributions to the field of leisure studies by a Canadian leisure researcher. The Award recipient will have made a notable impact on the scholarly community and/or community at large. The individual has generated and/or influenced new concepts and ideas, provided new insights, advanced innovative perspectives and approaches to research, and ultimately, had a significant impact on the way in which leisure is understood and plays out in the lives of Canadians.

Eligibility & Criteria

  • Canadian citizen or working in Canada;

  • Leisure researcher based at a university or college, research institute, think tank, or government agency; and

  • Active scholar or recently retired (within past two years).

Nomination Process

  • Nominator must submit the following to the Chair of the CALS Awards Committee: (1) a completed nomination form with the name of the nominee, the nominator’s name, a seconder’s name, and three additional signatures of others who support the nomination; (2) two letters in support of the nomination, with one from the nominator and one from the seconder (1,000 words each maximum); and (3) the curriculum vita of the nominee;

  • Candidates can be nominated more than once. If not successful in one year, an individual may be re-nominated in a subsequent year. Nominations will not be carried over from one year to the next, so a new submission must be prepared each year;

  • CALS Award Committee makes recommendation to the Board. If the nominator or nominee is a Committee or Board member, they must recuse themself; and

  • Named in second week of May in each non-CCLR years, and at CCLR during a Congress year.

Presenting the Award

The Leisure Scholar Award is available to be presented every year in conjunction with the CALS annual meeting. A plaque will be given to each recipient and presented to all three recipients at CCLR.

Committee Structure

The CALS Awards Committee includes at least three members of the Board of Directors. When nominations are being considered for the CALS Leisure Scholar and the Emerging Scholar Awards, another member of CALS who is not a member of the Board may be added to the Committee.

Deadline

Submission deadline is March 31, 2024.

Please complete and submit this document with supporting documentation to Dawn Trussell  at dtrussell@brocku.ca