Stay ConnectedLeisure for Canadians, 2nd ed.
Leisure for Canadians (2nd ed.) begins by offering definitions for leisure, recreation, and play and their respective roles in our society. Two themes recur throughout the book: the role of theory in helping us understand sport and leisure dynamics, and politics and power.
This book also describes how Canadians spend their spare time and explores the diversity within the Canadian social landscape. Moreover, it examines traditional approaches to leisure delivery and strategies for leisure delivery, as well as administrative topics such as program planning issues, human resource development, financing, and marketing efforts.
In addition to teaching at the higher education level, the editors have researched both participants in and providers of leisure service delivery.
Part I: Leisure in Canada
Section A: Understanding Leisure
Chapter 1: Defining Leisure
Chapter 2: Introduction to Play
Chapter 3: Sport and the Community
Chapter 4: Leisure’s Many Roles
Chapter 5: Leveraging Sport Events to Achieve Health and Economic Benefits
Chapter 6: Leisure Theory, Leisure Practice
Chapter 7: The Politics of Leisure
Section B: Canadians and Their Leisure
Chapter 8: Leisure Lifestyles
Chapter 9: Leisure Constraints
Chapter 10: Stressful Living and Leisure as a Meaningful Stress-Coping Pursuit
Chapter 11: Leisure and the Changing Workplace
Chapter 12: Leisure Travel
Chapter 13: Shopping as Leisure
Chapter 14: Consumer Behaviour in Sport
Chapter 15: Urban Recreation
Chapter 16: The Built Environment and Leisure Behaviour
Chapter 17: Leisure in Natural Settings
Chapter 18: Exploring Leisure’s Boundaries
Chapter 19: Sex, Sexuality, and Leisure
Section C: Leisure in a Diverse Canada
Chapter 20: Gender and Leisure
Chapter 21: Multicultural Perspectives
Chapter 22: Aboriginal Leisure in Canada
Chapter 23: Leisure in French Canada
Chapter 24: Leisure Across the Life Course
Chapter 25: Leisure and Disability
Chapter 26: Social Class, Poverty, and Leisure
Part II: Leisure Delivery in Canada
Section D: Traditional Leisure Delivery
Chapter 27: A History of Leisure Provision in Canada
Chapter 28: Private Sector Providers
Section E: Strategies for Leisure Delivery
Chapter 29: Models of Public Leisure Services Delivery
Chapter 30: Leisure Planning
Chapter 31: Mapping the Recreation and Leisure Landscape for Canadians With a Disability
Chapter 32: Community Development
Chapter 33: Leisure Education
Section F: Managing Leisure Services
Chapter 34: Program Planning and Program Evaluation: Practice and Principles
Chapter 35: People-Centred Management
Chapter 36: Marketing Recreation and Leisure Services
Chapter 37: Offering More Than Programs: Creating Solutions for Your Clients
Chapter 38: Financing Leisure Services I: Traditional and Emergent Funding Sources
Chapter 39: Financing Leisure Services II: Cost Control and Budgeting
Chapter 40: Volunteering in Canada
Chapter 41: Event Management