LSR 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gambling, Quality Of Life, Mania

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Leisure Studies
• Course: LSR 1100
• Professor: George Karlis

Document Summary

It is a part of our quality of life; individual/ collective wellbeing; community livability(what"s the school system like, recreational building); cultural norms/values. Community livability is very impacted by well-being factors. Leisure has a huge impact on our cultural norms and values - identity. i. e. hockey is an identity of canada. Sport is a dominant institution in every society. The leisure practices and sporting habits of each nation may vary, but the signi cant societal in uence sport has upon cultural norms and values is undeniable universal. Through the evaluation of a nation"s sporting system, the values, customs, norms, and socialization of any . International ice hockey federation indicates women"s hockey participation continues to increase. Socioeconomic and cultural concerns: hockey is an expensive sport. Canadian women"s hockey players continue to choose ncaa over cis. Bene ts of focusing on improving cis athlete retention: alumni donations, nationalism and overall canadian hockey enhancement, role models, bond with community, money.