Origins

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Origins
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• Many interdependences
• environmental quality for local residents
• quality of tourism experience
• economic viability of tourism industry
• sociopolitical context for management

• Many problems
• pollution and degradation
• unsuitable cultural change
• loss of biodiversity
• unsustainable resource use

Environment
Tourism
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MAY 2006 OFFICIAL MERGER
Centre for the
Environment
Tourism
Department
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of AppliedHealth Sciences
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What is our program
A new synthesis
about?
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• This program is about sustainability
  (environmental, social, economic)
• and its application to tourism and environmental
  issues

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• Interdisciplinary degree focusing on sustainable
  tourism and environment
• Includes
• Natural and built environment
• Economic and business environment
• Socio-cultural and human environment
• Political (policy) environment

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Some of our courses

• Sustainability, Environment, and Tourism
• Culture, Heritage and Tourism
• Sustainable Business Operation in Tourism
• Nature-based Tourism
• Human-dominated Ecosystems
• Economics of the Environment
• Tourism Planning and Development
• Sustainable Integrated Waste Management
• Tourism and Aquatic Ecosystems

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Some of our courses

• Sustainable Transportation
• Ethics, Equity and Environmental Thought
• Biodiversity Conservation
• Ecosystem-based Planning
• Global Issues in Tourism and the Environment
• Cross-cultural Perspectives on Tourism and
  Environment
• Tourism, Sex and Health
• Tourism Ethics
• and many more

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Emphasis on International and Domestic Field
Experiences
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International Field Courses

• Thailand
• Hong Kong
• Croatia

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International Field Courses

• Proposals for semesters abroad in
• New Zealand (Winter 2009)

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International Field Courses

• Proposals for semesters abroad in
• Thailand and Hong Kong (Winter 2010)

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Domestic Field Courses

• Niagara region several courses, both in regular
  academic year and in spring / summer sessions

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Domestic Field Courses

• Eastern Canadian ecozones and tourist regions
  (spring 2008)

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Domestic Field Courses

• Western Canadian ecozones and tourist regions
  (spring 2009)

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FacultyMembers
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Anthony J. Ward

• Associate Professor and Chair, Tourism and
  Environment
• Research areas
• environmental economics
• tourism economics
• economic history
• aboriginal rights and economic outcomes

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Anthony J. Ward

• Associate Professor and former Chair, Economics

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David J. Telfer

• Associate Professor, Tourism and Environment
• (On sabbatical Jul-Dec 2007)
• Research areas
• tourism as a development tool
• linkages between tourism and development theory

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David J. Telfer

• Associate Professor, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• tourism and agriculture
• culinary tourism (food and wine)
• partnerships in rural tourism
• souvenirs

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David T. Brown

• Associate Professor, Tourism and Environment
• Associate Vice President, International
  Cooperation (1999-2004)

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David T. Brown

• Research areas
• sustainability theory
• environmental policy
• trails and greenways
• tourism and technology / digital convergence
• waste management policy and practice
• international education

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Danuta Degrosbois
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• Assistant Professor, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• Tourism Management
• Production and Operations Management
• Operations Research
• Management Science
• Innovation Management

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David Fennell

• Professor, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• tourism ethics
• ecotourism
• nature based tourism

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Atsusko Hashimoto

• Associate Professor, Tourism and Environment
• (On sabbatical Jul-Dec 2007)
• Research areas
• sociology, anthropology and psychology of
  tourism
• sex tourism

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Atsusko Hashimoto

• Associate Professor, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• social inequality and tourism
• souvenirs
• culinary tourism (food and wine)

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John Middleton

• Associate Professor, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• biodiversity conservation in the context of
  sustainable development
• field research, computer simulation

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John Middleton

• Associate Professor, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• species / ecosystems at risk
• Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario Greenbelt
• invasive species
• Massasauga rattlesnake ecology

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Daniel Olsen

• Lecturer, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• religious tourism
• contested heritage
• tourism in peripheral areas

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Ryan Plummer

• Assistant Professor, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• riparian management
• institutional arrangements in environmental and
  tourism management
• co-management systems

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Monika Pompetzki

• Lecturer, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• environmental justice and gender
• environmental sociology
• linking issues of equity and sustainability

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Monika Pompetzki

• Lecturer, Tourism and Environment
• Research areas
• alternative sustainability indicators
• standpoint theory research in mapping social
  relations

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Brown
Middleton
Ward
Telfer
Pompetzki
TREN FACULTY 2007-08
Olsen
Plummer
Degrosbois
Hashimoto
Fennell
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TREN 1F90 Sustainability, Environment and Tourism
COURSE OUTLINE
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Course outline

• Accessible through your WebCT account (later
  this week)
• or directly at
• http//www.brocku.ca/tren/courses/tren1f90/2007/

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Course Outline Highlights
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How do we build a sustainable future?
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Can we explore the world and travel without
destroying it in the process?
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The collective effects and impacts of human
enterprise have stressed our ecological,
economic, and socio-political systems to their
limits, requiring a fundamental re-thinking of
the role of humans on the planet.
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Course Objectives

• TREN 1F90 is an interdisciplinary introduction to
  key issues of sustainability and the principles
  and policies that affect them
• major focus on tourism, its impacts, and its
  opportunities

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Term 1 Fundamentals of Environment and
Sustainability

• Interdisciplinarity and what it means
• Introduction to systems thinking
• Principles of sustainability
• Policy what it is, how its made

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• How the world works basic environmental
  literacy
• biogeochemical cycles
• energy flows and trophic dynamics
• pollution principles and processes
• Complexity and ecosystem function
• Human influences on the ecosphere

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Term 2 Focus on Tourism

• Tourism demand
• Tourism supply
• Economic impacts of tourism
• Social / cultural impacts of tourism
• Political dimensions of tourism
• Tourism planning

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Texts and Readings

• combination of readings from various online
  sources and a reference textbook

Text Wall, Geoffrey and Alister Mathieson.
2006. Tourism Change, Impacts and
Opportunities. Pearson - Prentice Hall, Toronto.
412 pp.
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Welcome to cyberspace

• All students are REQUIRED to have an active Brock
  Internet account to use WebCT, the World Wide
  Web, electronic mail and online information
  resources.

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Welcome to cyberspace

• All assignments and seminar discussion postings
  will be submitted and evaluated ELECTRONICALLY
• See online course outline for details!

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Seminars

• Brock prides itself on its small-group seminar
  system (20 or fewer students per seminar section)

• designed to expand on course topics and to
  develop communication skills in small groups

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Seminars what goes on?

• Every week starting in Week 3, you will
• attend the seminars!
• read the assigned articles / chapters
• arrive prepared to discuss the topics with other
  seminar group members
• participate in seminar activities
• post your comments about the topic on Web-CT 48
  hours in advance

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Seminars what goes on?

• Once each term, you will
• work with one or two class colleagues to assume
  the role of discussion leader for your seminar
  group
• Prepare a creative 30-minute seminar highlighting
  concepts in the readings and lecture for your
  assigned topic

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Assignments

• Assignment 1 (term 1) Understanding
  Environmental Issues and Information Sources
• Assignment 2 (term 2)Tourism Sustainability
  Evaluation

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The fine print

• Students are responsible to read and understand
  policies and regulations in the course outline
  and calendar pertaining to
• Late / Missed Assignments
• Quizzes and Examinations
• Academic Misconduct

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Where TREN is located

• We have moved!
• Dept. of Tourism and Environment offices are now
  located on the first floor of the Shaver
  Building541A Glenridge Avenue                   
       (campus map)

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Have a great year!