Browsing Health (Faculty of) by Supervisor "Grimwood, Bryan"
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Addressing Cultural Vulnerabilities in Arctic Tourism: Kindness as 'Third Space'
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-20)The changing climate and its impending impacts on Northern regions has ultimately initiated increased interest in Arctic tourism, providing tourists with a rationale for travel to these regions before they deteriorate ... -
Beta and bolt hangers: An Actor-Network approach to storying the Niagara Escarpment
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-03)Rock climbing is a messy practice that assembles dynamic landscapes, discursive regimes, processes of defacing, and the interferences of diverse more-than-humans (Barratt, 2012; Rickly, 2017; Rossiter, 2007). This thesis ... -
Elephant-based Volunteer Tourism: An exploration of participant experiences and reflections on captive elephant welfare in Thailand
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Due to the diverse forms of interaction between humans and animals, particularly in tourism settings, it is no surprise that there has been growing scholarship evaluating its intersection (Cohen, 2009; Fennell, 2012 a,b,c, ... -
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Pinery Provincial Park Smartphone Application Pilot Project
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-11)Pinery Provincial Park is the first provincial park in the Ontario Parks system to launch a custom-built smartphone application. This application, titled “Explore Pinery,” was launched in January of 2016 and acts as an ... -
Outcomes of Natural Play and Learning Spaces: A Collaborative Case Study with KidActive
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-22)It has been argued that contemporary environmental issues may be in part attributable to a growing disconnect with the natural world (Liefländer, Fröhlich, Bogner, & Schultz, 2012; Louv, 2005; E. K. Nisbet, Zelenski, & ... -
A phenomenological investigation of spirituality in outdoor recreation experiences
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-22)There exists a rich history of people describing meaningful moments during outdoor recreation as spiritual experiences. These involve connecting to something bigger than yourself, and recognizing your place in a larger ... -
Sacred Memories, Decolonial Futurities
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-02)Employing a collective memory work research methodology, this thesis narrates discussions between four Settler-Christians as they grapple with notions of travel, tourism, Christianity, divinity, and settler colonialism. ... -
“Stop paddling and see where we are”: A postcolonial mobile deconstruction of environmental discourses (re)produced on summer camp canoe trips through Algonquin Park
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)Residential summer camp canoe trippers are important. They are agents of socialization who amalgamate their campers into socially constructed accepted regimes of truth (Csikszentmihalyi, 1981; Grimwood, Gordon & Stevens, ... -
Tracking Denesoline Knowledge and Narratives along Ancestral Waters
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-26)The south slave region of the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada is the home of the Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation (LKDFN) (Pelly, 1996). Like many Indigenous communities across Canada, the Denesoline ...