Sherry Dupuis named one of 2014's Canadian Women Changing Healthcare
Congratulations to Professor Sherry Dupuis on being recognized as one of Patient Commando's 2014 Canadian Women Changing Healthcare.
Congratulations to Professor Sherry Dupuis on being recognized as one of Patient Commando's 2014 Canadian Women Changing Healthcare.
A new six-month study abroad partnership with University of Florida’s (UF) Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute and the Walt Disney World Resort lets students take UF classes for academic credit while working for one of the world’s leading providers of family travel and leisure experiences.
50 Shades of Grey has been credited with sparking a new era in women’s sexuality. For the first time women can claim — some without shame — that they read sexually explicit material and enjoy it.
People shouldn’t think about retirement as one long vacation, says Roger Mannell.
There are many benefits of sending your child to summer camp.
Dr. Troy Glover and his research team at the University of Waterloo released a study, The Canadian Summer Camp Research Project, in 2011 that explored the outcomes of summer camp participation.
The five-year study concluded that, "Participation in provincially accredited camps promotes positive change in five key areas of development: social integration and citizenship, environmental awareness, attitudes towards physical activity, emotional intelligence and self-confidence and personal development."
With its first Ontario-focused study released today, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) at the University of Waterloo analyzes how well people in the province are really doing in the areas of their lives that matter the most.
In spring 2014, professor Steven Mock (Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, School of Public Health and Health Systems) received the province of Ontario's Early Researcher Award.
The Campus Athletics Research Network (CARN) serves as a “research shop” where undergraduate and masters students select a challenge faced by the Athletics department and address it using theoretically grounded research approaches and techniques.
Jessie Dietz (BA’ 07), the Activity and Marketing Director at Waterloo Heights Retirement Apartments is responsible for marketing the retirement apartments to the appropriate demographic market as well as for designing, implementing, and evaluating recreational programs for the apartment residents.
Kinesiology student Matt Vonk and Bronwen Valtchanov of Recreation and Leisure Studies were selected as this year's winners in the 2014 Applied Health Sciences (AHS) 3MT competition.
During the unique competition for research-based masters thesis and doctoral students, competitors have 1 static slide and 3 minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research to a non-specialist audience.