In 2003, 70 students graduated from Recreation and Leisure Studies. In a recent survey, we found out what they were doing 18 months after graduation.
Note: Information was missing from 13 (19%) of the Recreation and Leisure Studies graduates
Employment (37 of 57, 65%)
Selected job titles
Recreation Worker, Wellington Terrace Home for the Aged, Wellington
Assistant Director, YMCA Camp Howdy, Greater Vancouver Area
Sports Youth Coordinator, City of Kitchener
Exhibitor Contracting and Accounts, One of A Kind Show, Toronto
Senior Program Liaison, Breithaupt Centre Community Services, Kitchener
Program Coordinator, London Children's Connection, London
Recreation Therapist, Park Lane Terrace, Paris
Recreation Therapist, Parkwood Hospital , London
Recreationist in Long-term care facility, Niagara Region
Training Manager, Bob Sotos Reef Divers, Cayman Islands
Recreation Therapist, George Pearson Centre, Vancouver
Recreation Programmer, City of Surrey
Coordinator of Children's Activities, Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club, Toronto
First Year Student Life Coordinator, University of Waterloo
Youth Worker, Lutherwood CODA, Waterloo
Youth Staff, Royal Caribbean
Therapeutic Recreationist, Hamilton
Director of Activation, Twin Oaks Maryhill Long Term Care Facility
Recreation Assistant, Trinity Village Long Term Care Centre
Camp Coordinator, Tim Horton Children's Foundation, St. George
Therapeutic Recreationist, London Regional Mental Health Care, London
Recreation and Volunteer Coordinator, Waterford Nursing Home, Oakville
Human Resources Coordinator, Toronto
Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, Children's Centre in Pediatric Rehab, Toronto
Post-graduate education (18 of 57, 32%)
Every year many Recreation and Leisure Studies graduates choose to continue their academic studies. In 2003, 32% of Recreation and Leisure Studies graduates decided to further their education.
Graduate Studies (2)
Environ. Assessment Impact, Concordia University
Marketing & Consumer Studies, University of Guelph
Education (15)
UWO (5) *4 teaching full-time now
University of Toronto (4)
Nipissing University (2) *both teaching now
Lakehead University *teaching full-time now
Trent University (2003-2004)
Brock University *now teaching
Griffith University
Paramedics (1)
Fanshawe College