Bethan Kingsley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4871397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bethan Kingsley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bethan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kingsley |
| SIGNATURE | KINGSLEY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Staff perspectives on the successful families program model
Providing support to address the systemic barriers that teen families face is a logical step toward improving their health and well-being. One area where teen families face multiple obstacles is accessing safe, secure, affordable housing. This paper describes a unique, innovative model of supportive housing developed in combination with wraparound supports, provided to teen parents in Edmonton, Canada. As part of a larger community-based particip…
We become gardens
In this paper, members of the Re-creation Collective offer key methodological practices that nourish us and our work together. These include deep visiting, intersectional praxis, (re)visiting accessibility, and accountability revisited. This methodological sharing is not intended to be prescriptive: there is not one ‘recipe’ for doing this work. We offer an emergent collection of hows, rather than a predictable list of whats. Nor is this sharing …
Responding to the Evaluation Capacity Needs of the Early Childhood Field
For this special issue, our article provides an illustrative example of data integration in a complex mixed methods design. It advances three mixed insights about the evaluation capacity needs of the early childhood field generated by using a mixed methods community-based participatory research (MMCBPR) design. We integrated quantitative findings from an evaluation capacity needs assessment tool with qualitative themes from community consultation…
Awakening to Elsewheres
“Mainstream” spaces of movement cultures within settler colonial states invite bodies that are White, cis, able, thin, and heterosexual, just as “mainstream” academic space validates knowledge about the world produced by these very subjects. Such mainstream assemblages are embedded within the broader structure of settler colonialism, mutually buttressed by White supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and (neo)imperialism. In this article, a Collective of s…
Attempting to Address Conditions of Poverty through an Inclusive Economic Approach in Alberta
This article responds to the call to alter current economic and social systems in light of COVID-19 by documenting initial efforts by a community-university partnership to build an inclusive economy. First, the effects of neoliberalism and oil ex- traction are examined to highlight the inequality that existed in Alberta long before the pandemic began. The paper then outlines four key areas of change: employment and training; social procurement an…
Using Photovoice to Explore Teen Parents’ Perspectives on Raising Healthy Children
Given the unique challenges and strengths of teen parents, specialized supports are needed to help teen families reach their full potential. This study explored, from the perspectives of teen parents involved in a supportive housing program, what helps teen parents raise their children in healthy ways. Aligned with a community-based participatory research approach, we used the photovoice method. Two 6-month rounds of photovoice were conducted, du…
“Vulnerable,” “At-risk,” “Disadvantaged”
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the problem of exclusion and the solution of inclusion have been discursively produced within A Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015: Pathways to Wellbeing.Centred around three main arguments, our analysis demonstrates the ways in which the Framework strategically combines notions of Otherness with discourses of risk and inclusion in order to target social groups that are perceived to be lacking the …
Using developmental evaluation and community-based participatory research to develop a model of supportive housing
‘Pushing the outdoor play agenda’
The purpose of this paper was to examine how practitioners think about and implement nature play in a Canadian context. Using data from interviews with 21 practitioners, we examined two overarching research questions: (1) How do practitioners conceptualise (think about and discuss) nature play? and (2) How do practitioners operationalise (i.e. plan and implement) nature play? The desire to examine how practitioners implement nature play opportuni…
Moving beyond ideology
The suggestion that recreation needs to reaffirm historic values has become a common narrative throughout Canada’s contemporary recreation literature. A central assumption underlying these calls is that re-establishing the field’s social liberal beliefs will highlight the negative effects of neoliberal ideology and begin the process of repositioning recreation as a public good. Recognising, however, that the impact of neoliberalism does not lie s…
So all kids can play? Looking beyond the rhetoric of an equal playing field
This paper explores the meaning and experiences of sport for young people living with lower incomes. Using data from interviews with 10 young people (aged 13–18) and six mothers, we engage with the work of Pierre Bourdieu to provide insight into the varied ways young people living with lower incomes were influenced by their social contexts. Narrative inquiry was used to further understand the meanings of sport for participants and the ways these …
A Part of and Apart from Sport
Sport can present a site of exclusion for many youth who experience disability even when it has a focus on inclusion (Fitzgerald, 2009). While sport practitioners can play a critical role in creating inclusive environments, they frequently struggle to do so. As a consequence, the sport opportunities for young people who experience disability are often inadequate and inequitable. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of youth sp…
The Exclusionary Practices of Youth Sport
Youth who live with lower incomes are known to experience social exclusion in a range of social settings, including sport. Despite efforts to reduce financial constraints to participation, increasing opportunities in these ways has not led to increased involvement. There is a need to move beyond a discussion about barriers and explore the quality of young people’s engagement within sport. The present study consequently sought to understand the sp…
Ethic of care and the competitive Ultimate Frisbee playing experiences of young women
Some young women’s primary reasons for participating in sport (i.e. social interaction and friendship) may not match well with the structures embedded within traditional competitive sport (e.g. winning at all costs, aggression). In response, in this study, we explored if and in what ways these reasons align with an alternative sport – namely, Ultimate Frisbee. We examined how female adolescent players experienced, understood and engaged in Ultima…
Developing sport-based after-school programmes using a participatory action research approach
This paper is based on a three-year research programme, the overall purpose of which was to develop, implement and evaluate sport-based after-school programmes for students in low-income areas of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In addition to presenting the results of this study, the other purpose of this paper was to provide an empirical example of participatory action research, depicting when and how community partners were engaged in the research p…
Questioning the Meaningfulness of Rigour in Community-Based Research
As community-based research (CBR) continues to emerge, CBR practitioners are beginning to ask, 'How do we know if we are doing CBR well?' For some, this question may bring to mind the concept of rigour. Yet, how meaningful is rigour among diverse CBR partners from community, government, and academia? Using an exploratory approach, we engaged in dialogue a group of seven CBR practitioners from diverse contexts and asked the question, 'Is rigour a …
Benefits and challenges associated with sport participation by children and parents from low-income families
Awakening to Elsewheres
“Mainstream” spaces of movement cultures within settler colonial states invite bodies that are White, cis, able, thin, and heterosexual, just as “mainstream” academic space validates knowledge about the world produced by these very subjects. Such mainstream assemblages are embedded within the broader structure of settler colonialism, mutually buttressed by White supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and (neo)imperialism. In this article, a Collective of s…
The Exclusionary Practices of Youth Sport
Youth who live with lower incomes are known to experience social exclusion in a range of social settings, including sport. Despite efforts to reduce financial constraints to participation, increasing opportunities in these ways has not led to increased involvement. There is a need to move beyond a discussion about barriers and explore the quality of young people’s engagement within sport. The present study consequently sought to understand the sp…
Questioning the Meaningfulness of Rigour in Community-Based Research
As community-based research (CBR) continues to emerge, CBR practitioners are beginning to ask, 'How do we know if we are doing CBR well?' For some, this question may bring to mind the concept of rigour. Yet, how meaningful is rigour among diverse CBR partners from community, government, and academia? Using an exploratory approach, we engaged in dialogue a group of seven CBR practitioners from diverse contexts and asked the question, 'Is rigour a …
Using Photovoice to Explore Teen Parents’ Perspectives on Raising Healthy Children
Given the unique challenges and strengths of teen parents, specialized supports are needed to help teen families reach their full potential. This study explored, from the perspectives of teen parents involved in a supportive housing program, what helps teen parents raise their children in healthy ways. Aligned with a community-based participatory research approach, we used the photovoice method. Two 6-month rounds of photovoice were conducted, du…
Moving beyond ideology
The suggestion that recreation needs to reaffirm historic values has become a common narrative throughout Canada’s contemporary recreation literature. A central assumption underlying these calls is that re-establishing the field’s social liberal beliefs will highlight the negative effects of neoliberal ideology and begin the process of repositioning recreation as a public good. Recognising, however, that the impact of neoliberalism does not lie s…
A Part of and Apart from Sport
Sport can present a site of exclusion for many youth who experience disability even when it has a focus on inclusion (Fitzgerald, 2009). While sport practitioners can play a critical role in creating inclusive environments, they frequently struggle to do so. As a consequence, the sport opportunities for young people who experience disability are often inadequate and inequitable. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of youth sp…
Benefits and challenges associated with sport participation by children and parents from low-income families
Developing sport-based after-school programmes using a participatory action research approach
This paper is based on a three-year research programme, the overall purpose of which was to develop, implement and evaluate sport-based after-school programmes for students in low-income areas of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In addition to presenting the results of this study, the other purpose of this paper was to provide an empirical example of participatory action research, depicting when and how community partners were engaged in the research p…
Questioning the Meaningfulness of Rigour in Community-Based Research
As community-based research (CBR) continues to emerge, CBR practitioners are beginning to ask, 'How do we know if we are doing CBR well?' For some, this question may bring to mind the concept of rigour. Yet, how meaningful is rigour among diverse CBR partners from community, government, and academia? Using an exploratory approach, we engaged in dialogue a group of seven CBR practitioners from diverse contexts and asked the question, 'Is rigour a …
The Exclusionary Practices of Youth Sport
Youth who live with lower incomes are known to experience social exclusion in a range of social settings, including sport. Despite efforts to reduce financial constraints to participation, increasing opportunities in these ways has not led to increased involvement. There is a need to move beyond a discussion about barriers and explore the quality of young people’s engagement within sport. The present study consequently sought to understand the sp…
Ethic of care and the competitive Ultimate Frisbee playing experiences of young women
Some young women’s primary reasons for participating in sport (i.e. social interaction and friendship) may not match well with the structures embedded within traditional competitive sport (e.g. winning at all costs, aggression). In response, in this study, we explored if and in what ways these reasons align with an alternative sport – namely, Ultimate Frisbee. We examined how female adolescent players experienced, understood and engaged in Ultima…
So all kids can play? Looking beyond the rhetoric of an equal playing field
This paper explores the meaning and experiences of sport for young people living with lower incomes. Using data from interviews with 10 young people (aged 13–18) and six mothers, we engage with the work of Pierre Bourdieu to provide insight into the varied ways young people living with lower incomes were influenced by their social contexts. Narrative inquiry was used to further understand the meanings of sport for participants and the ways these …
A Part of and Apart from Sport
Sport can present a site of exclusion for many youth who experience disability even when it has a focus on inclusion (Fitzgerald, 2009). While sport practitioners can play a critical role in creating inclusive environments, they frequently struggle to do so. As a consequence, the sport opportunities for young people who experience disability are often inadequate and inequitable. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of youth sp…
“Vulnerable,” “At-risk,” “Disadvantaged”
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the problem of exclusion and the solution of inclusion have been discursively produced within A Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015: Pathways to Wellbeing.Centred around three main arguments, our analysis demonstrates the ways in which the Framework strategically combines notions of Otherness with discourses of risk and inclusion in order to target social groups that are perceived to be lacking the …
Using developmental evaluation and community-based participatory research to develop a model of supportive housing
‘Pushing the outdoor play agenda’
The purpose of this paper was to examine how practitioners think about and implement nature play in a Canadian context. Using data from interviews with 21 practitioners, we examined two overarching research questions: (1) How do practitioners conceptualise (think about and discuss) nature play? and (2) How do practitioners operationalise (i.e. plan and implement) nature play? The desire to examine how practitioners implement nature play opportuni…
Moving beyond ideology
The suggestion that recreation needs to reaffirm historic values has become a common narrative throughout Canada’s contemporary recreation literature. A central assumption underlying these calls is that re-establishing the field’s social liberal beliefs will highlight the negative effects of neoliberal ideology and begin the process of repositioning recreation as a public good. Recognising, however, that the impact of neoliberalism does not lie s…
Attempting to Address Conditions of Poverty through an Inclusive Economic Approach in Alberta
This article responds to the call to alter current economic and social systems in light of COVID-19 by documenting initial efforts by a community-university partnership to build an inclusive economy. First, the effects of neoliberalism and oil ex- traction are examined to highlight the inequality that existed in Alberta long before the pandemic began. The paper then outlines four key areas of change: employment and training; social procurement an…
Using Photovoice to Explore Teen Parents’ Perspectives on Raising Healthy Children
Given the unique challenges and strengths of teen parents, specialized supports are needed to help teen families reach their full potential. This study explored, from the perspectives of teen parents involved in a supportive housing program, what helps teen parents raise their children in healthy ways. Aligned with a community-based participatory research approach, we used the photovoice method. Two 6-month rounds of photovoice were conducted, du…
Responding to the Evaluation Capacity Needs of the Early Childhood Field
For this special issue, our article provides an illustrative example of data integration in a complex mixed methods design. It advances three mixed insights about the evaluation capacity needs of the early childhood field generated by using a mixed methods community-based participatory research (MMCBPR) design. We integrated quantitative findings from an evaluation capacity needs assessment tool with qualitative themes from community consultation…
Awakening to Elsewheres
“Mainstream” spaces of movement cultures within settler colonial states invite bodies that are White, cis, able, thin, and heterosexual, just as “mainstream” academic space validates knowledge about the world produced by these very subjects. Such mainstream assemblages are embedded within the broader structure of settler colonialism, mutually buttressed by White supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and (neo)imperialism. In this article, a Collective of s…
We become gardens
In this paper, members of the Re-creation Collective offer key methodological practices that nourish us and our work together. These include deep visiting, intersectional praxis, (re)visiting accessibility, and accountability revisited. This methodological sharing is not intended to be prescriptive: there is not one ‘recipe’ for doing this work. We offer an emergent collection of hows, rather than a predictable list of whats. Nor is this sharing …
Staff perspectives on the successful families program model
Providing support to address the systemic barriers that teen families face is a logical step toward improving their health and well-being. One area where teen families face multiple obstacles is accessing safe, secure, affordable housing. This paper describes a unique, innovative model of supportive housing developed in combination with wraparound supports, provided to teen parents in Edmonton, Canada. As part of a larger community-based particip…
Sociology (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Citizen journalism (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Participatory action research (5 works)