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Rural Recreation Summit: November 13 & 14, 2024
Registration Now Open
Early Bird Registration is Extended until Oct 10
Full Registration: $265 ($350 as of Oct 11)
Student Registration: $120 (limited)
Day Registration: $150
Keynote & Reception: $35
Stay in Nanaimo
The Coast Bastion Hotel in Nanaimo is the official accommodation provider of the Rural Recreation Summit. Delegates can book a Coast King (1 bed) or Coast Queen (2 beds) for $150/night.*
To book, use Ref#: 2646699
Online: http://coa.st/RuralRecreationSummit
Email: info@coasthotels.com
Call 1.800.716.6199
Rate available until October 12, 2024
*($20/person/night for more than 2 guests)
Live in Vancouver?
Take the Hullo Ferry to Nanaimo and catch the shuttle into downtown (130 meters to the Coast Hotel).
Hullo is BC’s new passenger-only fast ferry service, connecting downtown Vancouver to Nanaimo in only 70 minutes. With up to 14 daily sailings, super convenient downtown locations, and high-comfort modern vessels, we’ll have you travelling with ease. With three different comfort levels, access to Wi-Fi and plug-ins, and select seats with tables, it is an ideal way to travel and get work done.
Use the code WLCE15 to receive 15% off regular fare sailings. The offer extends across all fare types and service levels, excluding applicable taxes, mandatory fees, and optional services (e.g., luggage).
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jackie Oncescu is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at UNB. She is a passionate social justice researcher and leisure advocate who blends theory with creative community development approaches to help community practice redesign and reimagine sport and recreation provisions that embrace equity-owed groups. (jackieoncescu.com)
Jackie will also deliver a three-hour workshop focused on helping delegates learn techniques for engaging equity-owed citizens in co-design.
Join us November 13 & 14, 2024
on VIU's Nanaimo Campus.
Workshop: Communication Pathways Between Health and Recreation
Recreation is Health Care. However, the current health care system exists in a vortex driven by acute care needs. To move towards a whole system of health that enables prevention, the recreation sector needs to learn the language of the current system.
Join Katie Fenn, BCRPA CEO, as she helps you learn the language of health care and navigate the communication pathways between health and recreation.
Walk With Me: Arts-Based Community Action Research on the Toxic Drug Crisis
The toxic drug poisoning crisis has blindsided communities, large and small, across the country. Walk With Me utilizes arts-based community action research to make change. To develop a Story Walk, the WWM team listens to People With Lived and Living Experience of the crisis who share their truths with the assurance that their stories will be shared with the public and to those with the power to make change.
Join Dr. Sharon Karsten and other members of the Walk With Me team for a Story Walk and learn how this program is working to make change.
Leisure Education: From Medical Intervention to Public Recreation
Leisure Education is a systematic process of helping participants better understand where, why, how, and with whom they can pursue leisure and achieve its benefits. Moving beyond physical education's preoccupation with physical activity, often defined as sports, leisure education empowers individuals and groups to increase their leisure awareness, negotiate constraints, and broaden their leisure repertoire.
Join Janay Babuin-Funk, Certified Recreation Therapy Specialist, and Dr. Aggie Weighill for a workshop focused on how you can bring leisure education into your community programming.
Recreation Prescription: Social Prescribing in Schools
The Recreation Prescription Project is a partnership between the City of Nanaimo Parks, Recreation and Culture, Vancouver Island University (VIU), and Nanaimo – Ladysmith Public Schools to promote youth health and well-being. The project is grounded in a Social Prescribing Framework, the five goals from the National Framework for Recreation, and the BC Ministry of Education grade 5/6 curriculum and competencies.
Project leaders Darcie Osborne, Joanne Schroeder, and Dr. Amanda Johnson will share more about this innovative project and help you explore ways to harness the power of Recreation Prescription in your community or organization.
2 Days of Workshops
- Redesigning and Reimagining Sport & Recreation Access
- Managing Risk & Crisis Communication
- Social Prescribing 101
- The Role of Leisure Education in Public Recreation
- Communication Pathways Between Health and Recreation
- Navigating the Sometimes Stormy Waters of Politics and Economic Development through Tourism
- Walk With Me: How Arts-Based Community Action Research is Used to Address the Toxic Drug Crisis and Homelessness.
Panelists & Workshop Leaders
- Jackie Oncescu - University of New Brunswick
- Katie Fenn - BCRPA
- Caroline Sparks - RPAY
- Abby Fortune - District of Ucluelet
- Darcie Osborne - City of Nanaimo
- Janay Babuin-Funk - Recreation Therapist
- Sharon Karsten - Walk With Me & VIU
- Jenn Houtby-Ferguson - VIU
- Joanne Schroeder - VIU
- Amanda Johnson - VIU
- Aggie Weighill - VIU