Research on leisure and ethnicity: A review of two Canadian bilingual peer-reviewed journals from 2000 to today

Municipal Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services in an Age of Migration and Superdiversity

“…Generally, they have found significant inter-city variations in the extent to which these practices have been embraced by municipalities. The limited body of research on culture, leisure and parks, with ethnicity or race as a major focus (Karlis et al 2020), has found that few municipalities refer to ethnicity or diversity when narrating the cultural identity of place in their culture plans (McVay 2014). Although sport plans in several provincial and municipal jurisdictions identified new Canadians as an underrepresented group in need of targeted outreach, strategies to engage with newcomers were only built into the plans of three cities with substantial immigrant and racialized populations (Institute for Canadian Citizenship 2014).…”

Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference 2021. Leisure identities, health and wellbeing: conference review

“…In addition to the keynote presentations, a panel discussion was included on day two, named "Equity, Inclusivity and Social Justice in Marginalised Leisure Communities". Past research has highlighted the prominence of leisure and health inequalities/constraints globally, impacted by a multitude of intersectional factors such as socio-economic status (Higgerson et al, 2018), gender (Codina & Pestana, 2019), ethnicity (Karlis et al, 2020) and disability (Condie, 2021), amongst others. However, leisure also has the potential to promote social inclusion.…”