| Time | Session Title | Session Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Meeting Room Opens, Poster Set Up | N/A |
| 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. | Registration and Light Breakfast | N/A |
| 9:15 - 9:25 a.m. | GARLS President's Address | David Pulgarin-Mesa |
| 9:25 - 9:30 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks | Dale Bellaire |
| 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. | Land Acknowledgement Indigenous Knowledge Keeper | Elder Myeengun Henry |
| 9:45 - 10:00 a.m. | Deans Address | Dean Lili Liu |
| 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Keynote Address: Our differences make the difference: Building a future youth desire and deserve | Dr. Bryan Heal |
| 11:00- 11:15 a.m. | Morning Coffee Break and Poster Presentations | N/A |
| Session 1: Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11:15 - 11:30 a.m. | Severed Ties and Building Bridges: Naturalized Indian-Canadians' Experiences of Citizenship Loss and Pathways to Belonging | Afrah Shaik |
| 11:30 - 11:45 a.m. | Maternal Place Making | Kiana Kohandel |
| 11:45 - 12:00 p.m. | Exploring Meaningful Work Breaks Through Everyday Moments of Leisure | Jacqueline Wojciechowski |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch and Poster Presentations | N/A |
| Session 2: Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1:00- 1:15 p.m. | Volunteer Motivations Across the Lifespan | Alysia Ermacora |
| 1:15 - 1:30 p.m. | Reimagining Care for Aging Disabled Adults | Caitlin Lee Tizzard |
| 1:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Unsettling Leisure: Indigenous Perspectives on Aging, Social Connectedness, and Wellbeing | Dale Bellaire |
| 1:45 - 2:00 p.m. | Who Run The (Disability) World? Women and Intersections of Gender, Care, and Leisure in Disability Work | Ashley Giroux |
| 2:00 - 2:05 p.m. | 5-Minute Movement Break | N/A |
| Session 3: Presentations | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2:05 - 2:20 p.m. | Understanding the Demonstration Effect through East Asian Epistemology: A Case Study of Football in China | Cary Foo |
| 2:20 - 2:35 p.m. |
Othered Sport Experiences: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Long-Term Development Model |
Isaiah Clelland |
| 2:35 - 2:50 p.m. | Social Capital or Social Closure? Rethinking Inclusion in Community Sport | Sihang Chen |
| 2:50 - 3:05 p.m. | Break | |
| Session 4: Presentations and Closing Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3:05 - 3:20 p.m. | Mapping Holistic Emotional Regulation Interventions: A Scoping Review to Inform a Reflective Mental Fitness App | Minh Anh Hao Tran |
| 3:20 - 3:35 p.m. | Dialogical Walking in Participatory Placemaking and Digital Anthology for Knowledge Mobilization | Tawsif Dowla |
| 3:35 - 3:50 p.m. | "Plants are my friends": Settler Foraging in Ontario | Leah Scheffler |
| 3:50 - 4:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks from Department Chair | Dr. Heather Mair |
Poster Presentations
| Presenter Name | Presentation Title |
|---|---|
| Kirsten Mendoza | Staff Perspectives on Caring for Young(er) Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities |
| Christiane Mitchel | (In)flexible Work and Affective Leisure: Experiences of Low-Income Mothers of Young Children |