Recognizing research excellence.
The RECL Research Symposium will bring together passionate graduate and undergraduate student researchers, practitioners from the field, and Brock faculty to showcase their research and best practices creating meaningful impacts in the community.
April 9, 2025
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Pond Inlet and MC G310
Brock University
Agenda
| 8:45 to 9:00 AM | Registration and Networking | Pond Inlet |
| 9:15 to 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks and Keynote | Pond Inlet |
| 9:30 to 10:15 AM | Poster Session | Pond Inlet |
| 10:15 to 11:55 AM | Research Presentations | Pond Inlet and MCG310 |
| 11:55 - 12:00 PM | Closing Remarks | Pond Inlet |
Keynote Speaker 9:15 AM
Finding Your Voice
As young professionals begin to navigate their careers, I encourage them to find something they are passionate about and letting that shape their work. For me that was the importance of keeping young girls in sports and aligning women in sport leadership roles.
Salée Johnson-Edwards
Associate Director, Recreation & Community Engagement
Brock University, Brock Sports & Recreation
Poster Presentations 9:30 to 10:15 AM
| Research Topic | Authors |
| Memory Makers: Virtual Scrapbooking for Rural Senior Women | Ryleigh Labrie, Sydney Eisner, Hailey Slattery- Johnson, Emily Skorup |
| Pride in Care | Amanda Valerio, Claudia Ostrowiski, Paige Robillard, Samantha Van Schepen |
| Play me a Memory | Chantelle Berube, Ben Smellie, Uddav Ponnampalam |
| Sharing Dance with Older Adults at Tabor Manor | Alisa Grigorovich, PhD |
| Research Topic | Author |
| Evaluating Brock Intramural Participation Trends | Reon White, Simon Brown, and Stephen Xue |
| Social Media Preferences | Sophia Errazo, Lauren Manlow, Lily Fusco |
| The Factors Influencing Women’s Engagement in Co-Ed and Women-Only Intramural Sports | Riley Blair, Daley Good & Brooke Deal |
| Impacts of Brock Intramurals on Student Well-being | Makenna Kollo, Emma Taylor, and Brian Cheuy |
| Off-Campus Student Perspectives on Brock Intramurals | Hannah Rivard, Tommaso Comitale, Muriko Miller |
| Motivation to Participate in Brock Intramurals | Luke Lisotti, Rossalyn Kennedy, Ethan Campbell |
| How Effective are current promotional strategies in raising awareness about the program? | Nathan Lefebvre, Gurveer Dhanoa and Roman Goforth |
| Research Topic | Authors |
| Loneliness Across the Ages: Bridging the Gap Through Therapeutic Recreation | Riley Blair, Brian Cheuy, Daley Good and Rachel Kiernan |
| Social Media Use and the Contributions of Therapeutic Recreation | Maya Koot and Stephen Xue |
| Therapeutic Recreation Effects Against Ageism | Nathan Sartor, Hannah Rivard, Gabrielle Pelchat |
| Aging in Place: Using Therapeutic Recreation to Address Ontario’s Healthcare Strain | Brooke Deal |
| Poverty in Canada: How Therapeutic Recreation Can Assist Those Living Below the Poverty Line – Ashleigh Reigel and Reon White | |
| TR and Substance Use Disorder | Laura Givens and Muriko Miller |
| Ableism in Therapeutic Recreation | Kira Trebelco |
| TR for Immigrants’ Sense of Belonging | Catherine Musson |
| Research Topic | Author |
| Deficiencies In Military Recreation | Grace Dale |
Presenters 10:15 to 11:55 am
| Presenter | Research Topic | Supervisor |
| Tammy Borgen-Flood | One Goal, Many Paths: A Comparative Perspective on Provincial Sport Policy | Dr. Rich |
| Jenny Wubs | Too Special for Me: The Meaning and Experience of Accessing Leisure for Midlife Women Experiencing Poverty | Dr. Sharpe |
| Maya Koot | Finding Balance: The Role of Hatha Yoga in Enhancing Emotional Well-Being Among University Students Experiencing Anxiety | Dr. Chun |
| Kendra McConkey | Exploring International Self-Care with Therapeutic Recreation Professionals: A Qualitive Descriptive Approach to Inquiry | Dr. Whyte |
| Jaden Fleming | Who’s Not Buying It? Negotiating Sustainability and Consumption with Outdoor Gear | Dr. Sharpe |
| Fatma Asdemir | Leisure Experience among Turkish Women through Acculturation Lens in Canada | Dr. Chun |
| Jenn Iacobucci | Leisure Perceptions in Substance Use Disorder Recovery: An Exploratory Study Proposal | Dr. O’Connell |
| Presenter | Research Topic | Supervisor |
| Mandisa Lau | Using Creative Non-Fiction to Explore the Process of Life Skills Development across Staff in a Baseball-for-Development Summer Camp | Dr. Bean |
| Rachel Kiernan | The Relationship between Leisure Coping Mechanisms and Professional Quality of Life among Recreation Therapists in Long-Term Care Settings | Dr. Hsieh |
| Cary Foo | Sport Policy and Community Embeddedness: A Case Study of Prince Edward Island | Dr. Rich |
| Laura Givens | Exploring the Role of Recreation in the Family Reunification Process within Foster Care: Perspectives of Social Service Workers | Dr. Hsieh |
| Catherine Musson | On-Campus Recreation Participation, Sense of Community, and Social Self-Efficacy | Dr. Forrester |
| Alicia Kuhr | Prospects of the Good Lives Model: An Exploration of its Applicability in Guiding Therapeutic Recreation Services in Forensic Psychiatry | Dr. Hsieh |
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