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Call for Abstracts for the Twenty-first Annual

Graduate Student Leisure Research Symposium

Celebrating Diversity

Friday May 3, 2013

Presented by the Graduate Association for Recreation andLeisure Studies

Department of Recreation and Leisure StudiesUniversity of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1

Abstracts must be submitted (e-mailed to: [email protected]) no later than Friday March 8, 2013.

The Graduate Association for Recreation and Leisure Studies (GARLS) is pleased to announce theTwenty-first Annual Graduate Student Leisure Research Symposium to be held May 3rd, 2013. We

invite graduate students interested in any aspect of leisure and tourism research to make a presentation atthe Symposium and to take advantage of this unique opportunity for scholarly and professional growth.The primary objectives of the Symposium are:

1) To offer graduate students the opportunity to present their research and ideas in a supportive,inclusive atmosphere.

2) To advance the state of knowledge about leisure, recreation, and tourism through a public forumof shared research.

3) To facilitate scholarly communication among students and faculty interested in leisure research,and to create the opportunity for constructive criticism and debate.

This years theme, Celebrating Diversity, provides authors with the opportunity to submit researchrelated to various topics in recreation, leisure and tourism, while acknowledging the multitude and

possibilities of epistemological and methodological approaches. The GARLS Symposium has long beenan academic event where diversity is accepted and celebrated, bringing together not only scholars within

the recreation, leisure and tourism fields, but also from other related subject areas.

Papers submitted for presentation may be either a completed research study or a work in progress. Case

studies, philosophical pieces, literature reviews, conceptual development papers, and completedempirical studies are all appropriate formats for presentation. Both oral and poster presentations will be

considered. Traditionally, the format for oral presentations has been limited to fifteen (15) minutes forthe presentation and five to ten minutes for discussion. However, to embrace diverse research

methodologies, alternative presentation formats will also be considered and the appropriate time allotted.

If you would like to present a paper at the Symposium, please submit an abstract to Bethany Mackay or

Faith-Anne Wagler, Symposium Co-Chairs, as per the instructions on the following page. Abstractsmust be submitted by 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 8th, 2013. More information about the symposiumcan be found at http://www.garls8.wix.com/main


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Our Keynote Speaker this year will be Dr. Dawn Trussell, who will be discussing the challenges andimportance of keeping diverse research interests.

In past years our keynote speakers have included:

1999 Ed Jackson (University of Alberta) and Val Freysinger (Miami University)2000 Dan Dustin (Florida International University) and Nancy Theberge (University of Waterloo)

2001 Doug Kleiber (University of Georgia) and Judith Cukier (University of Waterloo)2002 Tom Goodale (George Mason University) and Dorothy Dowling (Travelodge Canada)

2003 Robert Stebbins (University of Calgary)2004 Jennifer MacTavish (University of Manitoba)2005 Bill Stewart ( University of Illinois)

2006 Karla Henderson (North Carolina State University)2007 Kate Connolly (Concordia University)

2008 Corey Johnson (University of Georgia)2009 Chris Rojek (Sage Publications)

2010 Karen Fox (University of Alberta)2011 Deborah Bialeschki (American Camp Association)2012 Mark Havitz (University of Waterloo) and John Haddock (YMCA Kitchener-Waterloo)


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Guidelines for Abstracts

Abstracts submitted for consideration must adhere to the following guidelines. Authors should use Word

or WordPerfect when creating their abstract. The abstract should be a maximum of 250 words in length

(not including references) and should adhere to the Publication Manual of the American PsychologicalAssociation (6th ed.) for proper formatting and referencing. Additionally, the abstracts should be:

a) typed on 8 by 11 paperb) single spacedc) divided by appropriate headingsd) typed in a font no smaller than 12 pointe) formatted with margins of at least 1 on all sides

Authors need to send only one copy of the abstract via email to the address listed below. The abstractshould include a cover page (which will be removed before the abstract goes out for double-blind

review) that contains the following information:

a) Full title of the paper,b) Name, institution, mailing address, email address, telephone number of the authorc) Name of the authors academic supervisor, andd) Authors preference for presentation format. Indicate one of the following:

i) poster onlyii) prefer poster but would do formal oral presentationiii) prefer formal oral presentation but would do posteriv)formal oral presentation only (please indicate if alternative presentation format, exceeding 15

minutes, is required)

Additional Information

Faculty members can be co-authors; however, the main contributing author must be a graduate student.

At least one student co-author must attend and present the accepted paper at the Symposium.

Notification of acceptance will be provided to authors by Wednesday, April 10th, 2013. Those

abstracts accepted will be reproduced in the Symposium Proceedings, so authors will be expected tomodify their abstracts, where needed, based on the reviewers comments, and to re-submit them

electronically by Friday, April 19th, 2013. Failure to meet this deadline may mean the abstract will notappear in the Proceedings.

Submit by March 8th to:

[email protected] (as an email attachment)Bethany Mackay and Faith-Anne Wagler, Co-ChairsTwenty-first Annual Graduate Student Leisure Research Symposium

Department of Recreation and Leisure StudiesUniversity of Waterloo


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Guidelines for Oral Presentations

1) Each oral presentation will be limited to fifteen (15) minutes for the presentation and five to tenminutes for discussion, unless other arrangements are approved in advance by the co-chairs. The

session chair will strictly enforce the time limits to afford everyone the opportunity to share his orher research.

2) Please pay particular attention to your visuals. They should add to rather than detract from yourpresentation. A slide projector, overhead projector, and data projector are available in the conferenceroom. Please let the conference organizers know what your needs are when you submit your revised

abstract for the Symposium proceedings package. Other equipment may be available upon request.

3) The oral presentation for empirical studies should be a concise review of objectives, purpose,methods, analyses, and findings. For works in progress the oral presentation should be a concisereview of objectives, purpose, proposed methodology and potential findings. Conceptual paper

presentations should be an overview of the major ideas and concepts.

4) You will be required to submit your presentation by April 24, 2013 in order to ensure itscompatibility. We would request that you also bring the presentation on a memory stick.

Guidelines for Poster Presentations

The purpose of a poster session is to exhibit the highlights of your research and to encourage face-to-

face communication between the researcher and the Symposium attendees. Poster presentations

generally integrate graphic and/or textual presentations and use displays to bring the specific features ofthe topic to life for the viewer. Even though a poster presentation facilitates the communication of theresearchers ideas to other individuals and encourages the exchange of ideas in an informal setting, anindividual should be able to examine the poster and understand its message without the researcher being

present.

A wall area of approximately 6 by 4 will be available for each researcher to present his or her research.Your poster presentation should be more than just a presentation of data on poster board. It should bewell conceived and designed, and be regarded as an effective teaching tool. Your poster design will

bring Symposium attendees to your poster, but the information you convey will be what they remember.

Set-up of posters will occur from 8-9 am on Friday, May 3, 2013. The Symposium will provide clipsand stick pins for securing posters to the wall area.

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