Keynotes

The Eleventh Canadian Congress of Leisure Research is pleased to announce Dr. Ken Balmer as the opening keynote speaker Tuesday May 17^th, 2005.

Ken is a strategic thinker, a futurist and a management consultant with over 25 years experience. He has assisted well over 100 organizations to develop vision, strategic focus, goals, related strategy and implementation plans. Increasingly his work emphasizes change leadership and organizational transformation. Ken has a Ph.D. in planning and has served as a senior manager at both the federal and municipal levels of government, as a professor at three universities, and as executive director in the YMCA system. He is a popular public speaker, a prolific author, and a challenging facilitator. Ken and his partner Brenda Clarke, are the RETHINK Group principals in Western Canada.

Ken’s keynote address ‘The Two Solitudes: Isolation or Impact?’ reflects our congress theme, and is centered on the thesis that "Although we have witnessed many significant collaborations involving academic and practitioner communities, we have missed many more opportunities that could have significantly advanced the field. The ‘collaboration imperative’ is the key to future relevance and sustainability of both communities."

Dr. Susan Markham-Starr is currently Associate Professor in the School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology at Acadia University. She has also been a park planner for the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, recreation planner for the City of Halifax, and a consultant on a variety of research and planning projects in Alberta and Nova Scotia. Susan is on of the few Canadian scholars conducting historic research into the roots of recreation and parks in Canada. She has served the Canadian Parks/Recreation Association as a member of its Policy and Resolutions Committee, writing the CPRA policy on Research; as chair of the Editorial Committee; and as co-chair of the CP/RA 50^th Anniversary Committee, writing several articles for the Recreation Canada history of CP/RA. She is currently president of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies.

"The Two Solitudes Stroll Leisurely Along the Garden Path" Twenty-four years ago, in the weeks after the Third Canadian Congress on Leisure Research at which the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies was formed, Steve Smith wrote in Recreation Research Review about the choices that Canadian leisure researchers had in creating an environment for themselves. He suggested that the muse of leisure studies could create several possible environments for leisure researchers: a desert, a jungle or a garden. In 2000 Susan wrote an article for Leisure/Loisir titled "Notes from the Garden." In that article she followed the garden analogy and attempted to evaluate how the CALS garden was doing. She reviewed the garden’s crop, its various locations, its newer and older contributors, its communications and its partnerships. Susan’s contribution to the plenary session will proceed from that garden analogy and incorporate three streams that link Canadian recreation and leisure studies history, asking how we got to this state of the two solitudes. Those three streams are: the roots of recreation and parks services; the professionalization of recreation and parks practice; and the establishment and growth of leisure research in Canada. Various external influences on those three streams will be identified, as will some explanations for the path that each stream has taken as it progresses into the 21^st century.

Don Hunter has spent over 33 years in the parks, recreation and culture field. This includes serving as General Manager of Parks, Recreation and Culture for the City of Surrey until he retired on Dec. 31, 2002; the Director of Parks and Recreation for the District of Saanich and the City of Port Alberni; and as the Manager of Recreation Services for the City of Regina. This was preceded by 12 years as a professor at the University of Manitoba where he developed and led the Bachelor of Recreation Studies degree program.

Don has served as President of the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, the Chair of Active Living Canada, the Chair of the Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability, and on several other national and provincial committees and task forces.

Don has been recognized by both CPRA and BCRPA with their highest award, the Citation of Outstanding Achievement. He also received the Queens Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 for his service at a national level. In 2002, the City of Surrey was named the "Outstanding City in North America for Improving Public Spaces for Recreation and Promoting Physical Activity", by the PAHO and CDC. Don has spoken extensively at provincial, national and international conferences, and wrote an ongoing "Emerging Trends" column in Parks and Recreation Canada. He has a Ph.D. in Recreation and Park Management from the University of Oregon.

Thomas L. (Tim) Burton, Professor Emeritus, The University of Alberta obtained a B.Sc. (Economics) degree from the University of London in 1963, and a Ph.D. degree in Land Economics from the same university (but a different College) in 1967. During his career, he has held academic appointments at the University of London (1963-1966), the University of Birmingham (1966-1969), Michigan State University (1969-1970), the University of Waterloo (1970-1973), and the University of Alberta (1976-1997). Between these last two appointments, he left academic life to serve as a policy advisor to the Government of Canada (1973-1976) - but eventually tired of the endless frustrations of the federal bureaucracy and returned to academia!

Dr. Burton has held Visiting Professorships at the University of British Columbia (1984), the Royal Melbourne (formerly the Phillip) Institute of Technology in Australia (1985), and the Pennsylvania State University (1989-1990).

Dr. Burton is the author of seven books and editor of six others - all in the recreation, resource, and planning fields. As well, he has authored more than sixty research reports, articles, and papers in academic and professional journals. He was founding President of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies from 1981 to 1984, and served a second term as President from 1987 to 1990. He has attended every Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, except CCLR VIII in Ottawa and CCLR XI in Wolfville, Nova Scotia - to his continuing chagrin! He is a Life Member of the World Leisure and Recreation Association, and a Fellow of the U.S. Academy of Leisure Sciences. In 1997, he received the Award of Merit from the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association for outstanding contributions to recreation development in the province.

Dr. Burton took early retirement from the University of Alberta in June 1997, to spend more time with his son and to become more involved in professional and volunteer activities - although he continued to teach selected courses and to supervise graduate students in his capacity as Professor Emeritus until 2000.

Dr. Burton moved to Black Diamond in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in 2000, and served as an elected Councillor for the Town of Black Diamond from 2001 through 2004. He also served as a volunteer with several local organizations, notably Oilfields High School and the Diamond Valley Boys and Girls Club. He continues to volunteer with the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association and the Community Planning Association of Alberta (where he currently serves on the Board of Directors), and is involved with several international and national recreation and leisure associations.

Recently, he has made a more serious attempt at retirement, having moved two weeks ago to a townhouse in High River, Alberta - located within 500 metres of the Highwood Golf Club where he may yet learn to break 100 for 18 holes!

Thursday May 19

Dr. Donald G. Reid

Dr. Donald G. Reid is a Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph. Dr. Reid’s research focuses on community development and social planning, as well as, tourism and leisure planning. He is particularly concerned with the marginalized in society and their integration into mainstream society and issues of citizenship, generally. Don’s work is centered in Canada and Africa. Publications focus on community development, tourism, leisure and the marginalized in society. Don has recently turned his attention to matters of municipal amalgamation, first in a study that identified the social and psychological constraints to successful amalgamation, a phenomenon recently attempted in many of Canada’s Provinces, and in constructing a Self-Assessment Index that municipalities can employ to determine how well they are doing in that process, and what issues they need to address in order to achieve a better functioning system. Don has also been very active in community leisure planning both from a practical as well as an academic perspective. Additionally, he has authored three books, numerous book chapters and journal articles, as well as a number of professional reports on these subjects.

Kate Sparrow

Kate is a practitioner who believes strongly in the importance of strategically positioning recreation, parks and cultural services as an investment that will significantly improve the health of our citizens and our communities. She has worked in the sector for over 25 years, with a range of experience from small town to major city. Kate is currently the Director of Recreation and Cultural Services for the City of Richmond, British Columbia, a city that has seen significant change over a short period of time, in particular the changing diversity of the community.

Friday May 20 Sunrise Session:

Dr. Roger C. Mannell

Roger Mannell, University of Waterloo, is a psychologist and professor of leisure studies, health studies and gerontology at the University of Waterloo. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Windsor. Roger was Director of the Centre of Leisure Studies at Acadia University before joining the University of Waterloo where he has served as the Director of the Leisure Studies Data Bank as well as Chair of the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies. He will become the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences later this year. His research deals with factors that influence leisure choices, and the impact of these on quality of life and health. This research, funded by the Canadian Population Health Initiative, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Change Foundation, is concerned with life cycle variations in the role of leisure and other lifestyle factors in coping with negative life events and stress. Recent work has dealt with the role played by leisure in helping emergency personnel such as police and paramedics cope with job stress, older adults deal with the stress of bereavement and caregiving, and adolescents and their families cope with time pressure. Roger has authored numerous publications and he co-authored the book, A Social Psychology of Leisure, which was recently translated into Japanese. He has worked with public agencies such as the U.S. Forestry Service and consulted extensively with private sector organizations in evaluating and developing employee assistance programs. Elected a Fellow of the Academy of Leisure Sciences in 1986, he is its current president. Roger was also the 1989 recipient of the Allen V. Sapora Research Award and the 1991 U.S. National Parks and Recreation Association's Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Research Excellence Award.

Friday May 20 Sunset Session:

Dr. Geoffrey Godbey

Dr. Geoffrey Godbey, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University specializes in Specialization, Leisure & Health, Philosophies of Leisure, Futures Research and Trend Analysis, Time Use. Current research interests are relations between use of local government recreation and park services & personal health and use of computers for leisure purposes by older people in the US & People's Republic of China. Dr. Godbey will be providing his insights at the sunset session “What just happened here? So what?”

		The Two Solitudes: Isolation or Impact? The Eleventh Canadian Congress on Leisure Research Hosted by Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, B.C. May 17-20, 2005
		Keynote Speakers We are pleased to present our keynote speakers: Opening Keynote: Dr. Ken Balmer The Eleventh Canadian Congress of Leisure Research is pleased to announce Dr. Ken Balmer as the opening keynote speaker Tuesday May 17^th, 2005. Ken is a strategic thinker, a futurist and a management consultant with over 25 years experience. He has assisted well over 100 organizations to develop vision, strategic focus, goals, related strategy and implementation plans. Increasingly his work emphasizes change leadership and organizational transformation. Ken has a Ph.D. in planning and has served as a senior manager at both the federal and municipal levels of government, as a professor at three universities, and as executive director in the YMCA system. He is a popular public speaker, a prolific author, and a challenging facilitator. Ken and his partner Brenda Clarke, are the RETHINK Group principals in Western Canada. Ken’s keynote address ‘The Two Solitudes: Isolation or Impact?’ reflects our congress theme, and is centered on the thesis that "Although we have witnessed many significant collaborations involving academic and practitioner communities, we have missed many more opportunities that could have significantly advanced the field. The ‘collaboration imperative’ is the key to future relevance and sustainability of both communities." Sunrise Session Keynotes: Wednesday May 18 Dr. Susan Markham-Starr Dr. Susan Markham-Starr is currently Associate Professor in the School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology at Acadia University. She has also been a park planner for the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, recreation planner for the City of Halifax, and a consultant on a variety of research and planning projects in Alberta and Nova Scotia. Susan is on of the few Canadian scholars conducting historic research into the roots of recreation and parks in Canada. She has served the Canadian Parks/Recreation Association as a member of its Policy and Resolutions Committee, writing the CPRA policy on Research; as chair of the Editorial Committee; and as co-chair of the CP/RA 50^th Anniversary Committee, writing several articles for the Recreation Canada history of CP/RA. She is currently president of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies. "The Two Solitudes Stroll Leisurely Along the Garden Path" Twenty-four years ago, in the weeks after the Third Canadian Congress on Leisure Research at which the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies was formed, Steve Smith wrote in Recreation Research Review about the choices that Canadian leisure researchers had in creating an environment for themselves. He suggested that the muse of leisure studies could create several possible environments for leisure researchers: a desert, a jungle or a garden. In 2000 Susan wrote an article for Leisure/Loisir titled "Notes from the Garden." In that article she followed the garden analogy and attempted to evaluate how the CALS garden was doing. She reviewed the garden’s crop, its various locations, its newer and older contributors, its communications and its partnerships. Susan’s contribution to the plenary session will proceed from that garden analogy and incorporate three streams that link Canadian recreation and leisure studies history, asking how we got to this state of the two solitudes. Those three streams are: the roots of recreation and parks services; the professionalization of recreation and parks practice; and the establishment and growth of leisure research in Canada. Various external influences on those three streams will be identified, as will some explanations for the path that each stream has taken as it progresses into the 21^st century. Dr. Don Hunter Don Hunter has spent over 33 years in the parks, recreation and culture field. This includes serving as General Manager of Parks, Recreation and Culture for the City of Surrey until he retired on Dec. 31, 2002; the Director of Parks and Recreation for the District of Saanich and the City of Port Alberni; and as the Manager of Recreation Services for the City of Regina. This was preceded by 12 years as a professor at the University of Manitoba where he developed and led the Bachelor of Recreation Studies degree program. Don has served as President of the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, the Chair of Active Living Canada, the Chair of the Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability, and on several other national and provincial committees and task forces. Don has been recognized by both CPRA and BCRPA with their highest award, the Citation of Outstanding Achievement. He also received the Queens Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 for his service at a national level. In 2002, the City of Surrey was named the "Outstanding City in North America for Improving Public Spaces for Recreation and Promoting Physical Activity", by the PAHO and CDC. Don has spoken extensively at provincial, national and international conferences, and wrote an ongoing "Emerging Trends" column in Parks and Recreation Canada. He has a Ph.D. in Recreation and Park Management from the University of Oregon. Dr. Thomas L. Burton Thomas L. (Tim) Burton, Professor Emeritus, The University of Alberta obtained a B.Sc. (Economics) degree from the University of London in 1963, and a Ph.D. degree in Land Economics from the same university (but a different College) in 1967. During his career, he has held academic appointments at the University of London (1963-1966), the University of Birmingham (1966-1969), Michigan State University (1969-1970), the University of Waterloo (1970-1973), and the University of Alberta (1976-1997). Between these last two appointments, he left academic life to serve as a policy advisor to the Government of Canada (1973-1976) - but eventually tired of the endless frustrations of the federal bureaucracy and returned to academia! Dr. Burton has held Visiting Professorships at the University of British Columbia (1984), the Royal Melbourne (formerly the Phillip) Institute of Technology in Australia (1985), and the Pennsylvania State University (1989-1990). Dr. Burton is the author of seven books and editor of six others - all in the recreation, resource, and planning fields. As well, he has authored more than sixty research reports, articles, and papers in academic and professional journals. He was founding President of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies from 1981 to 1984, and served a second term as President from 1987 to 1990. He has attended every Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, except CCLR VIII in Ottawa and CCLR XI in Wolfville, Nova Scotia - to his continuing chagrin! He is a Life Member of the World Leisure and Recreation Association, and a Fellow of the U.S. Academy of Leisure Sciences. In 1997, he received the Award of Merit from the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association for outstanding contributions to recreation development in the province. Dr. Burton took early retirement from the University of Alberta in June 1997, to spend more time with his son and to become more involved in professional and volunteer activities - although he continued to teach selected courses and to supervise graduate students in his capacity as Professor Emeritus until 2000. Dr. Burton moved to Black Diamond in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in 2000, and served as an elected Councillor for the Town of Black Diamond from 2001 through 2004. He also served as a volunteer with several local organizations, notably Oilfields High School and the Diamond Valley Boys and Girls Club. He continues to volunteer with the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association and the Community Planning Association of Alberta (where he currently serves on the Board of Directors), and is involved with several international and national recreation and leisure associations. Recently, he has made a more serious attempt at retirement, having moved two weeks ago to a townhouse in High River, Alberta - located within 500 metres of the Highwood Golf Club where he may yet learn to break 100 for 18 holes! *Thursday May 19* Dr. Donald G. Reid Dr. Donald G. Reid is a Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph. Dr. Reid’s research focuses on community development and social planning, as well as, tourism and leisure planning. He is particularly concerned with the marginalized in society and their integration into mainstream society and issues of citizenship, generally. Don’s work is centered in Canada and Africa. Publications focus on community development, tourism, leisure and the marginalized in society. Don has recently turned his attention to matters of municipal amalgamation, first in a study that identified the social and psychological constraints to successful amalgamation, a phenomenon recently attempted in many of Canada’s Provinces, and in constructing a Self-Assessment Index that municipalities can employ to determine how well they are doing in that process, and what issues they need to address in order to achieve a better functioning system. Don has also been very active in community leisure planning both from a practical as well as an academic perspective. Additionally, he has authored three books, numerous book chapters and journal articles, as well as a number of professional reports on these subjects. Kate Sparrow Kate is a practitioner who believes strongly in the importance of strategically positioning recreation, parks and cultural services as an investment that will significantly improve the health of our citizens and our communities. She has worked in the sector for over 25 years, with a range of experience from small town to major city. Kate is currently the Director of Recreation and Cultural Services for the City of Richmond, British Columbia, a city that has seen significant change over a short period of time, in particular the changing diversity of the community. *Friday May 20* *Sunrise Session:* Dr. Roger C. Mannell Roger Mannell, University of Waterloo, is a psychologist and professor of leisure studies, health studies and gerontology at the University of Waterloo. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Windsor. Roger was Director of the Centre of Leisure Studies at Acadia University before joining the University of Waterloo where he has served as the Director of the Leisure Studies Data Bank as well as Chair of the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies. He will become the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences later this year. His research deals with factors that influence leisure choices, and the impact of these on quality of life and health. This research, funded by the Canadian Population Health Initiative, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Change Foundation, is concerned with life cycle variations in the role of leisure and other lifestyle factors in coping with negative life events and stress. Recent work has dealt with the role played by leisure in helping emergency personnel such as police and paramedics cope with job stress, older adults deal with the stress of bereavement and caregiving, and adolescents and their families cope with time pressure. Roger has authored numerous publications and he co-authored the book, A Social Psychology of Leisure, which was recently translated into Japanese. He has worked with public agencies such as the U.S. Forestry Service and consulted extensively with private sector organizations in evaluating and developing employee assistance programs. Elected a Fellow of the Academy of Leisure Sciences in 1986, he is its current president. Roger was also the 1989 recipient of the Allen V. Sapora Research Award and the 1991 U.S. National Parks and Recreation Association's Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Research Excellence Award. Friday May 20 Sunset Session: Dr. Geoffrey Godbey Dr. Geoffrey Godbey, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University specializes in Specialization, Leisure & Health, Philosophies of Leisure, Futures Research and Trend Analysis, Time Use. Current research interests are relations between use of local government recreation and park services & personal health and use of computers for leisure purposes by older people in the US & People's Republic of China. Dr. Godbey will be providing his insights at the sunset session “What just happened here? So what?”