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The Canadian Index of Wellbeing Network, directed by recreation and leisure studies professor Bryan Smale, has developed a composite index to benchmark the nation's state of well-being.

Today technology drives motherhood and motherhood drives technology,” says Parry, an associate professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.

Retirement is changing, and researchers at the RBC Retirement Research Centre at the University of Waterloo are investigating how people can better prepare for the evolving post-career landscape.

If you're looking for a living environment where your floormates are also your classmates, consider the Recreation and Leisure Studies Living-Learning Community.

As the Canadian population continues to age, more and more people will be diagnosed with an illness causing dementia.

Uncertain Futures: Women Leaving Prison and Re-entering Community, a report co-authored by Susan Arai, explores the “importance of building relationships to bridge the chasm between women and their community” after they are released from Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener.

Decentring Work, a new book edited by recreation and leisure studies professors Heather Mair and Susan Arai with Donald Reid of the University of Guelph, questions how and why we have come to value paid employment as the marker of social success and individual self-worth, and investigates the role that leisure might play in its stead.

2012 Alumni Achievement Awards

Applied Health Sciences and the University of Waterloo is proud to recognize alumni who have made outstanding contributions to the health and wellbeing of society through their professional accomplishments, public service, and/or academic excellence. We are honoured to recognize their accomplishments.