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Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation I. Message from the Dean ................................................................................................................................. 5 II. Faculty Management ....................................................................................................................................... 6 III. Professoriate 2016-17 .................................................................................................................................... 7 A. Academic Administrative Staff............................................................................................................ 8 B. Golden Bears and Pandas Coaching Staff ...................................................................................... 8 C. Office of Advancement ......................................................................................................................... 11 D. Communications .................................................................................................................................... 11 E. Alberta Centre for Active Living ....................................................................................................... 11 F. Campus & Community Recreation .................................................................................................. 11 G. The Steadward Centre Staff ............................................................................................................... 16 H. Technical staff ......................................................................................................................................... 17 IV. Academic Programs ...................................................................................................................................... 18 A. Undergraduate Enrollment ................................................................................................................ 18 1. 2016/17 Registrations by Year and Program ................................................................................. 18 2. Number of Applications Received Per Program........................................................................... 18 3. Final Admitting Averages .................................................................................................................... 19 B. Undergraduate Student Scholarship Awards ............................................................................. 19 C. Undergraduate Convocation .............................................................................................................. 20 1. November 2016 ................................................................................................................................... 21 2. June 2017 ................................................................................................................................................ 23 V. Graduate Programs ....................................................................................................................................... 27 A. Enrollment ................................................................................................................................................ 27 B. Supervisory Assignments of Graduate Students ....................................................................... 27 C. Graduate Student Scholarship Awards ......................................................................................... 31 D. Graduate Student Research and Publication Awards .............................................................. 35 E. Graduate Studies Convocation .......................................................................................................... 35 1. Fall 2016 Convocation ........................................................................................................................ 35 2. Spring 2017 Convocation ................................................................................................................... 36 F. Graduate Student Employment ........................................................................................................ 36 VI. Research and Scholarly work ..................................................................................................................... 37 A. Total Research Funding ...................................................................................................................... 37 B. Tri-Council Funding .............................................................................................................................. 37 C. Salary Award Grants ............................................................................................................................. 37 Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation Faculty Report 2016-17; Published January 2018, Version 1 Compiler: Jocelyn Love; input provided by the academic, athletic, and recreation services units For the most accurate version of this document, please refer to the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation website. Document is subject to change. Page 2 A. Research Funding 2015-2018 by Principal Investigators in the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation ..................................................................................................................................... 38 B. Publications.............................................................................................................................................. 46 1. Audio Books (1) ................................................................................................................................... 46 2. Book Chapters (25) ............................................................................................................................. 46 VII. Halpenny, E. A., Arellano, A, & Stuart, S.A. (2015). The use and impact of World Heritage Designation by Canadian Heritage Sites— An exploratory media analysis. In L. Bourdeau, M. Gravari- Barbas, & M. Robinson (Eds.), World heritage, tourism and identify: Inscription and co-production (pp. 25-36). New York: Routledge. .................................................................................................................................................... 47 VIII. Halpenny, E.A. (2016). Motivations for a destination wedding in Canada’s mountain parks. In J.S. Hall, & H. Ritchins (Eds.), Mountain tourism: experiences, communities, environments and sustainable futures (pp. 44-57). Oxfordshire, UK: CABI. ............................................................................................................. 47 1. Refereed Publications (171) ............................................................................................................... 48 IX. Faculty Evaluation Committee (FEC) Report 2016 ............................................................................... 61 X. Unit Reports ................................................................................................................................................... 64 A. Alberta Centre for Active Living ....................................................................................................... 64 1. ACAL: Faculty Strategic Priority: Communication ..................................................................... 65 2. ACAL: Faculty Strategic Priority: Exemplary Student Experience .......................................... 67 3. ACAL: Faculty Strategic Priority: Collaboration and Integration ............................................ 67 4. ACAL: Faculty Strategic Priority: Differentiation through Innovation ................................... 69 B. Community and International Engagement ................................................................................. 70 1. International .......................................................................................................................................... 70 Education Abroad Experiences .................................................................................................................... 71 International Visitors ...................................................................................................................................... 75 International Events ........................................................................................................................................ 77 Awards and Funding ....................................................................................................................................... 77 International Agreements - Memorandum of Understandings ............................................................ 78 Other ................................................................................................................................................................. 78 C. Campus & Community Recreation .................................................................................................. 83 Campus & Community Recreation: Vision, Mission & Values .............................................................. 86 Campus & Community Recreation: Staff ................................................................................................... 87 Campus & Community Recreation: Marketing and Promotions ......................................................... 89 Campus & Community Recreation: Resource Management Allocation ............................................ 90 Campus
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