
In honour of the Department’s 50th Anniversary the Shaw-Mannell Leisure Research Award will be presented to two recipients who have shown innovative, creative, and courageous research.

The sixth Annual Waterloo West Neighbourhood Fest is a free, drop-in event organized and delivered by University of Waterloo students in partnership with the Stork Family YMCA and Harper Library.

The first annual University of Waterloo Sport Management Competition will bring together teams of undergraduate students enrolled in sport-related disciplines from across the province as they work together to find solutions to a “real life” managerial issue facing a provincially-based sport organization.

Come celebrate our 50th Anniversary by enjoying a movie under the stars.
This Pop-Up Cinema event is free and all are welcome. Please bring your chair, blanket, etc. for seating.
University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario is delighted to host the fifteenth Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR15) on May 23-26, 2017. The conference theme, "Engaging Legacies", looks at co-creating histories of inclusive communities through research, excellence, knowledge translation, innovation and action, as well as creating legacies that are engaging and not soon forgotten. More details available on the official CCLR15 website.
With a focus on aging research, Symposium on Aging Research (SoAR) is a one-day meeting for engaging with graduate student research beyond disciplinary and professional boundaries, and across areas of expertise. SoAR encourages graduate students from any discipline to present, dialogue, and learn about current research on processes, experiences, and systems related to aging.

Dr. Fabian Frenzel, University of Leicester, is an internationally renowned expert in the study of tourism and urban poverty, and the spaces where these two intersect.

Please join us in welcoming Diane Phillips, Professor in the School of Management, Canberra University, to present the following Hallman Lecture. Information about the speaker is available below.