Jackie Oncescu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4036148 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jackie Oncescu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jackie |
| FAMILY NAME | Oncescu |
| SIGNATURE | ONCESCU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Brunswick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1976-0144 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building bridges
This manuscript explores the implementation and outcomes of a codesign prototype called Side-by-Side, intended to enhance belonging for equity-owed residents in community recreation. Developed in partnership with equity-owed residents, Side-by-Side aimed to codesign community tactics to cultivate a sense of belonging with and for equity-owed residents through collective action. Through semi-structured interviews with providers, equity-owed reside…
Community sport and recreation organizations’ inclusion of low-income families in sport and recreation in New Brunswick
Fee assistance programmes (FAPs) used by community sport and recreation organizations (CSROs) are a popular means of addressing the financial barriers low-income families face. However, there is a dearth of literature that speaks to the other ways CSROs support the inclusion of low-income families. The purpose of this study is to use Ponic and Frisby’s organizational dimension of inclusion which was published in 2010, as a conceptual framework to…
Exclusionary Mechanisms of Community Leisure for Low-Income Families
With the rise of neoliberalism, community leisure practitioners have access to fewer resources, which requires adopting the business-like practices of private sector organizations. To ensure access for low-income families, practitioners incorporate economic-based access policies. Despite these efforts, many low-income families are still unable to access community-based leisure provisions. Drawing on data from a case study of a nonprofit organizat…
Supporting rural low-income families
Recreation is an important resource that can support residents' capacity to cope with stress and deal with community crisis, such as a pandemic. However, rural low-income families often experience inequitable access to recreation provisions. COVID-19 pandemic forced municipal recreation departments across Canada to re-evaluate and adapt their provisions, of particular importance for rural low-income families. Through the lens of social liberalism…
Balancing act
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected rural low-income mothers due to intersecting and compounding factors such as gender, race, income, and disability, among others. In this study, we utilized socialist feminist theory to explore the impacts COVID-19 had on rural low-income mothers’ capacity to facilitate leisure and support their families’ well-being. Through semi-structured interviews with 29 rural low-income mothers, our findi…
Keeping citizens living with low incomes at arm’s length away
Through the lens of neoliberalism, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate the techniques of responsibilization in municipal recreation access provisions. Using data from interviews with 16 municipal recreation administrators in Atlantic Canada, we trace responsibilization through fiscal policies and administration schemes characterizing four neoliberalism tenets: privatization, efficiency, individualism, and accountability. Our findings ident…
Neoliberalism’s influence on recreation access provisions
This study examined neoliberalism’s influence on how access provisions are conceptualized and designed by municipal recreation practitioners. Specific attention is paid to how neoliberalism intersects with practitioners’ conceptualizations and administration of recreation access provisions for low-income citizens. Sixteen municipal recreation practitioners in Atlantic Canada were interviewed. Our findings indicated that practitioners viewed acces…
Community recreation provisions that support low-income families’ access to recreation
Families living in poverty face several constraints gaining access to support and resources needed to participate in recreation and leisure activities. Community recreation providers have an important role to play, often utilizing fee assistant programs (FAPs), or low or no cost programming as key strategies. These financial focused strategies, however, only address some of the challenges with which low-income families are confronted. The literat…
Bridging low-income families to community leisure provisions
Despite the financial assistance programmes (FAPs) available in communities, many low-income families still cannot participate in leisure, leaving them excluded from the benefits that can come from participation. To bridge this gap, it has been suggested that leisure education can help ensure individuals, families, and community practitioners develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence so the benefits of leisure are more likely to be experience…
Low-income families and the positive outcomes associated with participation in a community-based leisure education program
Leisure is promoted as critical to enhancing both individual and community wellbeing; however, for individuals living in poverty, access to and participation in leisure is often difficult, which makes experiencing the positive outcomes associated with leisure and recreation even more difficult. The purpose of this paper is to describe the positive outcomes low-income families experienced through participation in a community-based leisure educatio…
The 2010 World Leisure Congress
Low-income families and the positive outcomes associated with participation in a community-based leisure education program
Leisure is promoted as critical to enhancing both individual and community wellbeing; however, for individuals living in poverty, access to and participation in leisure is often difficult, which makes experiencing the positive outcomes associated with leisure and recreation even more difficult. The purpose of this paper is to describe the positive outcomes low-income families experienced through participation in a community-based leisure educatio…
Exclusionary Mechanisms of Community Leisure for Low-Income Families
With the rise of neoliberalism, community leisure practitioners have access to fewer resources, which requires adopting the business-like practices of private sector organizations. To ensure access for low-income families, practitioners incorporate economic-based access policies. Despite these efforts, many low-income families are still unable to access community-based leisure provisions. Drawing on data from a case study of a nonprofit organizat…
Supporting rural low-income families
Recreation is an important resource that can support residents' capacity to cope with stress and deal with community crisis, such as a pandemic. However, rural low-income families often experience inequitable access to recreation provisions. COVID-19 pandemic forced municipal recreation departments across Canada to re-evaluate and adapt their provisions, of particular importance for rural low-income families. Through the lens of social liberalism…
Neoliberalism’s influence on recreation access provisions
This study examined neoliberalism’s influence on how access provisions are conceptualized and designed by municipal recreation practitioners. Specific attention is paid to how neoliberalism intersects with practitioners’ conceptualizations and administration of recreation access provisions for low-income citizens. Sixteen municipal recreation practitioners in Atlantic Canada were interviewed. Our findings indicated that practitioners viewed acces…
The 2010 World Leisure Congress
Low-income families and the positive outcomes associated with participation in a community-based leisure education program
Leisure is promoted as critical to enhancing both individual and community wellbeing; however, for individuals living in poverty, access to and participation in leisure is often difficult, which makes experiencing the positive outcomes associated with leisure and recreation even more difficult. The purpose of this paper is to describe the positive outcomes low-income families experienced through participation in a community-based leisure educatio…
Community recreation provisions that support low-income families’ access to recreation
Families living in poverty face several constraints gaining access to support and resources needed to participate in recreation and leisure activities. Community recreation providers have an important role to play, often utilizing fee assistant programs (FAPs), or low or no cost programming as key strategies. These financial focused strategies, however, only address some of the challenges with which low-income families are confronted. The literat…
Bridging low-income families to community leisure provisions
Despite the financial assistance programmes (FAPs) available in communities, many low-income families still cannot participate in leisure, leaving them excluded from the benefits that can come from participation. To bridge this gap, it has been suggested that leisure education can help ensure individuals, families, and community practitioners develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence so the benefits of leisure are more likely to be experience…
Balancing act
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected rural low-income mothers due to intersecting and compounding factors such as gender, race, income, and disability, among others. In this study, we utilized socialist feminist theory to explore the impacts COVID-19 had on rural low-income mothers’ capacity to facilitate leisure and support their families’ well-being. Through semi-structured interviews with 29 rural low-income mothers, our findi…
Keeping citizens living with low incomes at arm’s length away
Through the lens of neoliberalism, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate the techniques of responsibilization in municipal recreation access provisions. Using data from interviews with 16 municipal recreation administrators in Atlantic Canada, we trace responsibilization through fiscal policies and administration schemes characterizing four neoliberalism tenets: privatization, efficiency, individualism, and accountability. Our findings ident…
Neoliberalism’s influence on recreation access provisions
This study examined neoliberalism’s influence on how access provisions are conceptualized and designed by municipal recreation practitioners. Specific attention is paid to how neoliberalism intersects with practitioners’ conceptualizations and administration of recreation access provisions for low-income citizens. Sixteen municipal recreation practitioners in Atlantic Canada were interviewed. Our findings indicated that practitioners viewed acces…
Supporting rural low-income families
Recreation is an important resource that can support residents' capacity to cope with stress and deal with community crisis, such as a pandemic. However, rural low-income families often experience inequitable access to recreation provisions. COVID-19 pandemic forced municipal recreation departments across Canada to re-evaluate and adapt their provisions, of particular importance for rural low-income families. Through the lens of social liberalism…
Community sport and recreation organizations’ inclusion of low-income families in sport and recreation in New Brunswick
Fee assistance programmes (FAPs) used by community sport and recreation organizations (CSROs) are a popular means of addressing the financial barriers low-income families face. However, there is a dearth of literature that speaks to the other ways CSROs support the inclusion of low-income families. The purpose of this study is to use Ponic and Frisby’s organizational dimension of inclusion which was published in 2010, as a conceptual framework to…
Exclusionary Mechanisms of Community Leisure for Low-Income Families
With the rise of neoliberalism, community leisure practitioners have access to fewer resources, which requires adopting the business-like practices of private sector organizations. To ensure access for low-income families, practitioners incorporate economic-based access policies. Despite these efforts, many low-income families are still unable to access community-based leisure provisions. Drawing on data from a case study of a nonprofit organizat…
Building bridges
This manuscript explores the implementation and outcomes of a codesign prototype called Side-by-Side, intended to enhance belonging for equity-owed residents in community recreation. Developed in partnership with equity-owed residents, Side-by-Side aimed to codesign community tactics to cultivate a sense of belonging with and for equity-owed residents through collective action. Through semi-structured interviews with providers, equity-owed reside…
Political science (10 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Recreation (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Low income (5 works) · Socioeconomics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (5 works)