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Exploring the Dynamics of Ego Involvement among Canadian Backpackers: An Achievement Goal Interpretation
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-22)ABSTRACT Among outdoor adventure activities, backpacking has grown in popularity among travelers, marketers, and academia in recent years. However, to date research focusing on Canadian backpacker characteristics and ... -
Exploring the Experiences and Perceptions of Community Ambassadors in the New World Community
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-01)Volunteering is a very dominant activity which is represented prominently by university students – a group which represents an important demographic for non-profit organizations and private enterprises. Participating in ... -
Exploring the impact of diverse urban environments on well-being
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-27)The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as not simply the absence of disease or infirmity, but a state in which a complete sense of well-being is present (World Health Organization, 2003). A healthy population ... -
Exploring the Influence of Customer Behaviour on Frontline Employee Engagement
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-05)This study has extended our knowledge of critical customer behaviours experienced by frontline staff members and the potential impacts of such behaviours on their engagement at work. While employee engagement is positively ... -
Exploring the influence of family holidays on Chinese adolescents' subjective wellbeing
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Holiday travel experiences may have potential to increase post-travel subjective wellbeing (SWB). Although positive association between travel and individual’s SWB has been established, extant research on holiday travel ... -
Exploring the role of a Community Organization in the lives of Individuals who are Homeless - A Phenomenological Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-07)The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the role of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic charitable organization, in the lives of those involved in it. Data collection methods consisted of semi-structured ... -
Exploring Therapeutic Relationships In Recreation Therapy at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)Therapeutic relationships were explored using participatory action research in recreation therapy at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC). The 22 recreation therapists at SHSC comprised the research team and were ... -
Exploring volunteering experiences of South Asian Indians and their intersections with community identity and daily life in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-19)There is abundant evidence that volunteering generates both positive and negative impacts on the daily lives of volunteers as well as individuals in the communities they serve (Cavanaugh et al., 2000; Han et al., 2020, ... -
Feelings of Obligation Related to Volunteering as Serious Leisure Within a Communitarian Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-04)This research explores feelings of obligation to volunteer, which lie at the interface of volunteering as simultaneously individual and collective and challenge traditional understandings of volunteering as leisure. The ... -
A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of the Experiences of Community Reintegration for Women Leaving Prison
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-12)Women are a small, yet growing, increasingly diverse and complex group out of the overall Canadian prison population. From 2005 to 2015, the population of people in Canadian prisons rose by approximately 10% and most of ... -
A Framework for Creating a Campus Culture of Compassion: A Participatory Action Research Approach to Equality
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-16)The presence of students with disabilities on university campuses is steadily increasing; however, their total integration and inclusion into campus life has not been as successful (Merchant & Gajar, 1997; Promis, et al., ... -
From Alpha Athlete to Regretful Spectator: The Gendered and Heteronormative Story of My Sporting Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-13)Much research has demonstrated the positive impact sport plays in individuals’ lives; however, there are gendered rates of participation. In particular, adolescent girls participate in sport at a lower rate than their male ... -
Gaining Access at Historic Tourism Sites: A Narrative Case Study of Physical Accessibility at Glamis Castle
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-07)Today, tourists seek authentic experiences from places they visit. For countries where the historic environment is a key component of tourism, the concept of maintaining authenticity is vital to encourage potential visitors. ... -
Gazing back: A feminist postcolonial lens on tourism in the townships of South Africa
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-18)Encountering poverty in tourism is a morally fraught experience. Growing numbers of tourists are desirous of exploring off-the-beaten path adventures and this invariably leads to encounters with the Other in increasingly ... -
Gender and Physically Active Leisure: Testing Constraints as Mechanism
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-26)Most adults fail to achieve the minimum amount of exercise for an active lifestyle (Troiano et al., 2008), which is at least 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity exercise or 75 minutes per week of vigorous-intensity ... -
Goal Communication at Ontario Heritage Sites
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)Professional management literature suggests that goal setting is one of the most important steps in the organizational process as goals provide a clear understanding of the directions in which the organization is heading. ... -
Hand-mapped stories of ‘Canadian’ Blackness, Failed Multiculturalism, and Black Humanity in a Predominantly White Mid-Sized City in South-Western Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-13)The happy, upbeat narratives of multiculturalism in Canada misrepresent lived experiences of individuals who embody Canada’s narrative of multiculturalism and cultural diversity (Berry, 2013; Walcott & Abdillahi, 2019). ... -
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Get me Ouddah Here: The Role of Attachment in Developmental Outcomes at Summer Camp
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-02)From a psychosocial perspective this work examines the role of attachment (Bowlby, 1973; 1988) in the nature of developmental outcomes related to participation in residential summer camp in Canada. Attachment theory posits ... -
The homing of the home: Exploring gendered work, leisure, social construction, and loss through women’s family memory keeping
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-18)Using a feminist, autoethnographic methodology and in depth interviews with twenty-three participants, I sought to better understand the meaning of family memory keeping for women and their families through this research, ... -
Hosting Regional Sport Events: Insights from Emerging Sport Tourism Destinations
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-07)The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate and gain stakeholder insights into the nature of hosting sport tourism events and using them as a regional development strategy in two emerging sport tourism markets ...