Jackie Oncescu, Ph.D.
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  • Leisure Rethink
    • Leisure Quest

Presentations & Workshops

Taking what I've discovered in research and sharing the knowledge with the community is a fun and exciting part of my work. I have delivered a number of presentations and workshops at academic and professional conferences. Below are a sample set of presentations/workshops I've delivered.


Poverty & Access to Leisure

  • Working toward equitable community recreation through research. Webinar presented at: Acadia Alumni, Wolfville, NS., November, 2021

  • Supporting equity deserving citizens’ wellbeing during a pandemic: The critical role of municipal parks and recreation departments. Webinar presented at: Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities, Halifax, NS., November 2021

  • Reaching the hard to reach: Using social innovation to support low-income families’ recreation participation. Presented at: Manitoba Recreation Connections Conference, online., March 2021

  • Getting to access and inclusion: A case study of a non-profit recreation organization’s approach to support low-income families’ leisure participation. Paper accepted at: Australia New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies, Queenstown, NZ., December 2019

  • Are we getting to inclusion: A discussion on the in/exclusionary mechanisms in community provisions. Presented at Rec NB Urban Recreation Management Knowledge Exchange. Moncton, NB., January, 2020

  • Exploring community leisure delivery systems and access and social inclusion for low-income families. Presented at: City of Nanaimo Parks and Recreation Staff Training, Nanaimo, BC., April 2018

  • *Reaching the hard to reach: Using social innovation to support low-income families’ recreation participation.  Presented at: Recreation Opportunities Inc. Community Event, Steinbach, MB., May 2018


Community Recreation
  • Conference keynote. Presented: Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association Conference, Yorkton, SK, October 23rd, 2015

  • *Recreation delivery in rural communities. Presented: Interlake Municipal Officials workshops, Winnipeg, MB., April 25th, 2015

  • *Factors supporting and challenging rural community recreation delivery systems. Presented: Manitoba Recreation Connections Conference, Winnipeg, MB. Feb 26th, 2015

  • *The role of rural community recreation services in community development. Paper presented: Canadian Rural Revitalization Federation conference. Prince George, BC, September 26th, 2015

Community Development
  • A rural school closure: The unintended consequences transforming the community’s identity. Panel Presentation: Alberta Rural Education Symposium, Canmore, Alberta, March 2nd, 2015

  • Rural restructuring and community recreation delivery. Paper presented: Canadian Congress of Leisure Research. Halifax, NS., May 23rd, 2014

  • The tourism turnover: Impacting traditional gender roles and rural community life. Paper presented: North Atlantic Forum. Holar, Iceland, June 14th, 2013

Community-Based Leisure Education

  • Reimagining recreation: Recreation provisions in a pandemic. Webinar presented at: Atlantic Canada Professional Development Series, Fredericton, NB., April 2020

  • Community leisure education delivery system for inclusion and access. Presented: Alberta Parks and Recreation Conference, Jasper, AB., October 22nd, 2016.

  • Leisure education, poverty and recreation delivery systems. Presented: World Leisure Centre of Excellent Innovation Series, Nanaimo, BC, April 20th, 2016

  • Community-based leisure education: Using leisure education to create pathways to social inclusion. Presented: Yorkton, SK., December 2016

  • Leisure education and community recreation delivery systems workshop. Presented: Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association Conference, Yorkton, SK, October 24th, 2015


Community Resilience

  • Creating attractive and resilient rural communities. Presented: Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan, Vermillion, AB., September 2016

  • Recreation and community resilience. Paper presented: Canadian Rural Revitalization Federation conference. Prince George, BC,, September 26th, 2014

  • Community resilience and recreation’s role. Presented: Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association, Humboldt, SK., October 23rd, 2014

  • Recreation’s role in community resilience. Webinar presented: Rural Development Institute, Brandon University, MB. March 26th, 2014
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  • About Me
  • Community Engagement
    • Community Research Projects
    • Presentations/Workshops
  • Publications
  • Teaching
    • Courses Taught
  • Leisure Rethink
    • Leisure Quest