You may download the final programme as a pdf file at the bottom of the page.
Arrival & Registration: June 4
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6:30 pm
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Registration and Informal Barbeque Dinner—Fireplace Lounge, East Residence, University of Guelph
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Day 1 ● June 5
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8:00 am
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Registration and Continental Breakfast—Pathobiology Foyer outside of Room 1800
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9:00
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Welcome—Room 1800, Pathobiology Building
Professor Alastair Summerlee, President and Vice Chancellor, University of Guelph
Dr. Marion Joppe, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, University of Guelph
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9:15
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Opening Session ◊ Introduction to TEFI, Goals
Dr. Dianne Dredge, Aalborg University, Denmark—Chair, TEFI Executive Committee
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9:45
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Keynote Presentation ◊ Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes, Dean, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
Discussion Moderator: Dr. Statia Elliot, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, University of Guelph
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10:45
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Coffee Break—Pathobiology Foyer
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11:15
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Special Presentation ◊ Transformational Encounters with Indigenous Communities
Johnny Edmonds, Secretariat Coordinator, World Indigenous Tourism Alliance
Discussion Moderator: Dr. Christian Schott, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
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12:00
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Lunch—Rooms 1707b&c, Ontario Veterinary College Building
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1:00
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Keynote Presentation and Workshop ◊ “The Hive”: Activating Change through Experiential Learning
Chris Castro, Founder & Executive Director, IDEAS for Us (an international sustainability NGO)
Discussion Moderator: Dr. Marion Joppe, University of Guelph
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2:45
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Coffee Break—Pathobiology Foyer
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3:15
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Parallel Sessions: Papers and Thought Bubbles
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Of Home and Away: Lessons of Place and Mobility—Pathobiology 1800
Chair: Dr. Kellee Caton
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Place, Self, and Other: Seeing, Engaging, Remembering, and Learning—Pathobiology 1812
Chair: Dr. Avital Biran
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Inciting Tourism’s Education’s Ethical and Political Imagination—Pathobiology 1813
Chair: Dr. Statia Elliot
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3:15
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· Transformative Learning and Travel
Christian Schott
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· The Marketing of a Siege—Leningrad vs. Sarajevo: Education through the Memo-rializing of Death and Despair
Brent McKenzie
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· Integrating the Study of Ethics into a Hospitality and Leisure Course
Frances Ann Hill
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3:30
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· Critical Pedagogy and Transformational Learning in Tourism: Exploring the Promise of Memory-Work
Pooneh Torabian, Meghan Muldoon, Mahsa Rouzrokh, and Heather Mair
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· Constructing the Rural/Urban Divide through Tourism: Representations and Reflec-tions from Student Experien-tial Learning Experiences
Tristin Vogel, Caileigh MacKinnon, Peter McComie, Ali Mostolizadeh, and Bryan Grimwood
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· Research Practice as Ethical Guide: Developing Ethical Consciousness through Reflexivity in a Visual Research of Tourism
S. Ali Mostolizadeh
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3:45
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· Illuminating the “Black Box” of Travel and Learning
Kai Liang, Kellee Caton, and David J. Hill
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· Study Abroad as a Transformative Experience: Measuring Study Abroad Activities and Outcomes
Garrett Stone (Student Bursary Winner), Brian Hill, Mat Duerden, and Eva Witesman
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· Corporate Political Activity: The Role of Tourism Graduates
Bonnie Canziani
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4:00
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· Liminality and the Short-Term Study Abroad Experience
Carla Almeida Santos and Rebecca E. Van Tine
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· Writing Practices of Freedom in Tourism Research
Maggie C. Miller
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· Tourism, Politics, and Global Food Movements: Conceptua-lization, Alternatives, and Transformational Learning
Heather Mair and Jennifer Sumner
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4:15
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· Towards a Critical Pedagogy of Place in Tourism Education
Bryan S. R. Grimwood
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4:30
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Day 1 Reflection and Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Johan Edelheim, University of Lapland
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5:00
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Down Time
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6:00
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Dinner and Recognition of Bursary Winners—PJ’s Restaurant, Macdonald Stewart Hall
(Informal Reception begins at 5:30 pm)
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8:30
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Social Gathering and Workshop ◊ Gender in the Tourism Academy—Hospitality Suite, Fireplace Lounge, East Residence
Workshop Coordinators: Avital Biran, Dianne Dredge, Ana María Munar
Workshop Facilitators: Adriana Budeanu, Kellee Caton, Tazim Jamal
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Day 2 ● June 6
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8:00 am
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Continental Breakfast—Pathobiology Foyer
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9:00
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Keynote Presentation ◊ Sustainable Community Collaboration—Room 1800, Pathobiology Building
Dr. Tazim Jamal, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Discussion Moderator: Dr. David Fennell, Brock University
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10:00
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Special Presentation ◊ Transform or Perish: A Rationale and Approach to Applying Transformational Learning to Tourism and Hospitality
Anna Pollock, Founder, Conscious Travel
Discussion Moderator: Dr. Bonnie Canziani, University of North Carolina Greensboro
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10:45
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Coffee Break—Pathobiology Foyer
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11:15
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Panel ◊ Perspectives on Transformational Learning: Activism, Empowerment, and Political Agency
Panelists: Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes, Chris Castro, Dr. Tazim Jamal, Johnny Edmonds
Moderator: Anna Pollock
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12:15
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Lunch—Rooms 1707b&c, Ontario Veterinary College Building
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1:15
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Parallel Sessions: Papers and Thought Bubbles
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Innovation and Engagement in the Classroom and Community—Pathobiology 1800
Chair: Dr. Adriana Budeanu
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Reflections on the Contemporary Tourism Academy —Pathobiology 1812
Chair: Dr. Bryan Grimwood
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1:15
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· Transforming Micro-Firm Tourism Networks: Exploring the Road to a Sustainable Learning Community
Leana Reinl and Felicity Kelliher
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· Academic Activism in Tourism Studies: A Philosophical Justification by Four Academics
Rob Hales, Dianne Dredge, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, and Tazim Jamal
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1:30
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· An Exploration of Evolving Learning Communities in the Micro-Firm Rural Tourism Environment: A Multi-Country Study
David Aylward, Leana Reinl, and Felicity Kelliher
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· The Ethics of Excellence in Tourism Research
David Fennell
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1:45
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· A Key Tourism Education Futures Challenge: Facilitating Responsible Leadership Learning for Destination Management and Marketing Organizations
Ernie Heath
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· Making the Case: The Political Repositioning of Tourism
Brendan Paddison and David Kelsey
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2:00
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· iPads, iPhones, People and Projects: The Future of Student Engagement
Brittany Manley (Student Bursary Winner)
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· Exploring Effective Diffusion of Tourism and Hospitality MOOCs
Jamie Murphy, Laurel Horton-Tognazzini, and Alan Williams
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2:15
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· Experiential Learning: Learning Beyond the Classroom—The Branding of Canadian Sparkling Wine: Vinsseaux Traditionnel
Doris Miculan Bradley and Donna Lee Rosen
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· (Psst...Go down the hall to Room 1800 for the wine presentation)
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2:30
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Tea Time: Sponsored by Australia’s OLT Project “Setting the Standard” —Pathobiology Foyer
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3:00
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Panel ◊ Massive Open Online Courses: Transformational Learning in Tourism Education
Panelists: Jamie Murphy, Laurel Horton-Tognazzini, Roberto Daniele, and Kate Varini
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4:00
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Day 2 Reflection and Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Johan Edelheim, University of Lapland
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4:30
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Down Time
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6:00
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Gala Dinner and TEFI Walking Workshop Celebration at Cambridge Mill—Bus leaves from East Village Townhouses to travel to Cambridge Mill
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Day 3 ● June 7
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8:00
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Continental Breakfast—Pathobiology Foyer
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9:00
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Workshop ◊ Tourism Advocacy
Coordinators and Facilitators: Dr. Dianne Dredge and Dr. Ana María Munar
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9:45
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Reflecting On and Consolidating TEFI’s Work
TEFI Executive Team
1. Taking advocacy efforts forward for tourism as a field of study and employment
2. Re-shaping tourism scholarship: relevancy, meaning, and metrics
3. Creative, innovative debate about the impact of future socio-economic trends on tourism education
4. Facilitation of innovative, values-based learning experiences for students at all levels
5. Emergent issues
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11:00
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Coffee Break—Pathobiology Foyer
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11:30
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Wrapping Up TEFI 8
Dr. Dianne Dredge, Chair, and Dr. Christian Schott, Vice Chair, TEFI Executive Committee
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12:00
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Learning Tour: From Community-based Tourism to Teaching TEFI Values in Action
(Boxed Lunches Provided)—Rooms 1707b&c, Ontario Veterinary College Building
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12:30
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Bus Departs from Ontario Veterinary College Parking Lot
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1:30
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Guided Tour of “The Mennonite Story”—The Visitor Centre, 1406 King St. North, St. Jacobs
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2:30
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Bus Departs St. Jacobs for the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market
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2:45
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Free Time to Walk about the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market (Market open until 3:30 pm)
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4:00
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Meet with St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market Representative—Farmers’ Market Office (near the Peddlar’s Village)
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4:30
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Bus Departs for University of Guelph
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5:30
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Sharing of Learning Outcomes—Fireplace Lounge, East Residence
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Dinner - Own arrangements
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