Wendy Frisby
Biographic Data
| ID | 143534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wendy Frisby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wendy |
| FAMILY NAME | Frisby |
| SIGNATURE | FRISBY W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Moving from multiculturalism to interculturalism through leisure
I would also like to thank Ruth Jeanes and Simone Fullager for their hospitality and intellectually stimulating discussions while I was in Australia. Thanks is also extended to Troy Glover for his editorial suggestions on this commentary.Notes on the contributorWendy Frisby recently retired as Professor and the Associate Director of Student and Community Development in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. Her research …
Feminist Community Research: Case Studies and Methodologies
Feminist community research is a collaborative, policy-oriented methodology that holds the promise of empowering the disadvantaged and building a more just society. But in the absence of critical analysis and the responsible use of power, this approach can lead to naive or even harmful practices. Grounded as they are in fieldwork, these interdisciplinary case studies acknowledge the real methodological and ethical issues that researchers can enco…
Navigating neoliberal networks: Transnational Internet platforms in sport for development and peace
Internet platforms are increasingly becoming strategic tools for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in international development to collaborate, share information, and gain legitimacy. Drawing on the literature on neoliberalism, sport for development, globalization and networking through communication technologies, this article examines the interpretations of staff working in Canadian and Swiss sport for development and peace (SDP) NG…
Igniting an Agenda for Health Promotion for Women: Critical Perspectives, Evidence-based Practice, and Innovative Knowledge Translation
Unpacking Assumptions About Inclusion in Community-Based Health Promotion: Perspectives of Women Living in Poverty
Community-based health promoters often aim to facilitate "inclusion" when working with marginalized women to address their exclusion and related health issues. Yet the notion of inclusion has not been critically interrogated within this field, resulting in the perpetuation of assumptions that oversimplify it. We provide qualitative evidence on inclusion as a health-promotion strategy from the perspectives of women living in poverty. We collected …
The `f' word has everything to do with it: How feminist theories inform action research
This article considers how feminist theories have and can contribute to action research, while acknowledging some of the tensions that arise when applying and building feminist theories. While feminist theorizing undoubtedly occurs in some action research, whether it is named or not, the gap appears to be in linking local knowledge to existing theoretical frameworks. Feminist theories, even though they are always partial and contested, have acted…
Finding the ‘action’ in feminist participatory action research
Although feminist researchers have increasingly called for participatory and action-oriented research, there have been few analyses of the diverse actions that can occur. We theorized the actions considered and implemented in a feminist participatory action research project (FPAR). For three years we collaborated intensively with a group of diverse women on low income who were involved in a FPAR project designed to reduce social isolation and oth…
Putting “Participatory” into Participatory Forms of Action Research
Although there has been a rise in calls for participatory forms of research, there is little literature on the challenges of involving research participants in all phases of the research process. Actively involving research participants requires new strategies, new researcher and research-participant roles, and consideration of a number of ethical dilemmas. We analyzed the strategies employed and challenges encountered based on our experiences co…
The organizational dynamics of under‐managed partnerships in leisure service departments
The formation of partnerships with the public, non‐profit and commercial sectors is becoming an increasingly common way for leisure service departments in local government to fulfil their mandate under conditions of economic restraint, political pressures and increased demand for services. However, these departments often lack the capacity to successfully manage the number and complexity of partnerships initiated. While under‐managed partnerships…
Factors Affecting the Uptake of Community Recreation as Health Promotion for Women on Low Incomes
Women in Leisure Service Management: Alternative Definitions of Career Success
Based on a review of literature and interviews with thirty women who occupy middle or senior management positions in the field, this paper illustrates how the traditional model of career development is inadequate for understanding the experiences of women in leisure services management. Elements of a women- centered model of career development are introduced and the implications of adopting this model as a basis of human resource development are …
A Conceptual Framework for Measuring the Organizational Structure and Context of Voluntary Leisure Service Organizations
The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for examining the organizational context and structure of voluntary leisure service organizations. While contextual and structural variables have been examined in a diverse range of organizational types (Pugh et al., 1976), the voluntary sector has largely been overlooked as an area of inquiry.This paper first discusses how contextual variables such as organizational age, organizational size, …
Finding the ‘action’ in feminist participatory action research
Although feminist researchers have increasingly called for participatory and action-oriented research, there have been few analyses of the diverse actions that can occur. We theorized the actions considered and implemented in a feminist participatory action research project (FPAR). For three years we collaborated intensively with a group of diverse women on low income who were involved in a FPAR project designed to reduce social isolation and oth…
The `f' word has everything to do with it: How feminist theories inform action research
This article considers how feminist theories have and can contribute to action research, while acknowledging some of the tensions that arise when applying and building feminist theories. While feminist theorizing undoubtedly occurs in some action research, whether it is named or not, the gap appears to be in linking local knowledge to existing theoretical frameworks. Feminist theories, even though they are always partial and contested, have acted…
Navigating neoliberal networks: Transnational Internet platforms in sport for development and peace
Internet platforms are increasingly becoming strategic tools for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in international development to collaborate, share information, and gain legitimacy. Drawing on the literature on neoliberalism, sport for development, globalization and networking through communication technologies, this article examines the interpretations of staff working in Canadian and Swiss sport for development and peace (SDP) NG…
The organizational dynamics of under‐managed partnerships in leisure service departments
The formation of partnerships with the public, non‐profit and commercial sectors is becoming an increasingly common way for leisure service departments in local government to fulfil their mandate under conditions of economic restraint, political pressures and increased demand for services. However, these departments often lack the capacity to successfully manage the number and complexity of partnerships initiated. While under‐managed partnerships…
Unpacking Assumptions About Inclusion in Community-Based Health Promotion: Perspectives of Women Living in Poverty
Community-based health promoters often aim to facilitate "inclusion" when working with marginalized women to address their exclusion and related health issues. Yet the notion of inclusion has not been critically interrogated within this field, resulting in the perpetuation of assumptions that oversimplify it. We provide qualitative evidence on inclusion as a health-promotion strategy from the perspectives of women living in poverty. We collected …
Factors Affecting the Uptake of Community Recreation as Health Promotion for Women on Low Incomes
A Conceptual Framework for Measuring the Organizational Structure and Context of Voluntary Leisure Service Organizations
The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for examining the organizational context and structure of voluntary leisure service organizations. While contextual and structural variables have been examined in a diverse range of organizational types (Pugh et al., 1976), the voluntary sector has largely been overlooked as an area of inquiry.This paper first discusses how contextual variables such as organizational age, organizational size, …
Women in Leisure Service Management: Alternative Definitions of Career Success
Based on a review of literature and interviews with thirty women who occupy middle or senior management positions in the field, this paper illustrates how the traditional model of career development is inadequate for understanding the experiences of women in leisure services management. Elements of a women- centered model of career development are introduced and the implications of adopting this model as a basis of human resource development are …
Moving from multiculturalism to interculturalism through leisure
I would also like to thank Ruth Jeanes and Simone Fullager for their hospitality and intellectually stimulating discussions while I was in Australia. Thanks is also extended to Troy Glover for his editorial suggestions on this commentary.Notes on the contributorWendy Frisby recently retired as Professor and the Associate Director of Student and Community Development in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. Her research …
A Conceptual Framework for Measuring the Organizational Structure and Context of Voluntary Leisure Service Organizations
The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for examining the organizational context and structure of voluntary leisure service organizations. While contextual and structural variables have been examined in a diverse range of organizational types (Pugh et al., 1976), the voluntary sector has largely been overlooked as an area of inquiry.This paper first discusses how contextual variables such as organizational age, organizational size, …
Women in Leisure Service Management: Alternative Definitions of Career Success
Based on a review of literature and interviews with thirty women who occupy middle or senior management positions in the field, this paper illustrates how the traditional model of career development is inadequate for understanding the experiences of women in leisure services management. Elements of a women- centered model of career development are introduced and the implications of adopting this model as a basis of human resource development are …
Factors Affecting the Uptake of Community Recreation as Health Promotion for Women on Low Incomes
The organizational dynamics of under‐managed partnerships in leisure service departments
The formation of partnerships with the public, non‐profit and commercial sectors is becoming an increasingly common way for leisure service departments in local government to fulfil their mandate under conditions of economic restraint, political pressures and increased demand for services. However, these departments often lack the capacity to successfully manage the number and complexity of partnerships initiated. While under‐managed partnerships…
Putting “Participatory” into Participatory Forms of Action Research
Although there has been a rise in calls for participatory forms of research, there is little literature on the challenges of involving research participants in all phases of the research process. Actively involving research participants requires new strategies, new researcher and research-participant roles, and consideration of a number of ethical dilemmas. We analyzed the strategies employed and challenges encountered based on our experiences co…
Finding the ‘action’ in feminist participatory action research
Although feminist researchers have increasingly called for participatory and action-oriented research, there have been few analyses of the diverse actions that can occur. We theorized the actions considered and implemented in a feminist participatory action research project (FPAR). For three years we collaborated intensively with a group of diverse women on low income who were involved in a FPAR project designed to reduce social isolation and oth…
The `f' word has everything to do with it: How feminist theories inform action research
This article considers how feminist theories have and can contribute to action research, while acknowledging some of the tensions that arise when applying and building feminist theories. While feminist theorizing undoubtedly occurs in some action research, whether it is named or not, the gap appears to be in linking local knowledge to existing theoretical frameworks. Feminist theories, even though they are always partial and contested, have acted…
Igniting an Agenda for Health Promotion for Women: Critical Perspectives, Evidence-based Practice, and Innovative Knowledge Translation
Unpacking Assumptions About Inclusion in Community-Based Health Promotion: Perspectives of Women Living in Poverty
Community-based health promoters often aim to facilitate "inclusion" when working with marginalized women to address their exclusion and related health issues. Yet the notion of inclusion has not been critically interrogated within this field, resulting in the perpetuation of assumptions that oversimplify it. We provide qualitative evidence on inclusion as a health-promotion strategy from the perspectives of women living in poverty. We collected …
Feminist Community Research: Case Studies and Methodologies
Feminist community research is a collaborative, policy-oriented methodology that holds the promise of empowering the disadvantaged and building a more just society. But in the absence of critical analysis and the responsible use of power, this approach can lead to naive or even harmful practices. Grounded as they are in fieldwork, these interdisciplinary case studies acknowledge the real methodological and ethical issues that researchers can enco…
Navigating neoliberal networks: Transnational Internet platforms in sport for development and peace
Internet platforms are increasingly becoming strategic tools for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in international development to collaborate, share information, and gain legitimacy. Drawing on the literature on neoliberalism, sport for development, globalization and networking through communication technologies, this article examines the interpretations of staff working in Canadian and Swiss sport for development and peace (SDP) NG…
Moving from multiculturalism to interculturalism through leisure
I would also like to thank Ruth Jeanes and Simone Fullager for their hospitality and intellectually stimulating discussions while I was in Australia. Thanks is also extended to Troy Glover for his editorial suggestions on this commentary.Notes on the contributorWendy Frisby recently retired as Professor and the Associate Director of Student and Community Development in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. Her research …
Political science (10 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Action research (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Citizen journalism (4 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Participatory action research (4 works)