Jill Bueddefeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 6194271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill Bueddefeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill |
| FAMILY NAME | Bueddefeld |
| SIGNATURE | BUEDDEFELD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2576-6670 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Future-proofing nature-based tourism in Canada
Global climate change, biodiversity loss, health crises, and economic instability converge to form a polycrisis that challenges the sustainable planning, management, and operations of parks, protected, and conserved areas (PPCAs) for biodiversity conservation and nature-based tourism (NBT). Utilising a horizon scan methodology for the first time in the tourism field, this paper engaged experts across Canada to identify and critically examine the …
Measuring adult health and well-being outcomes associated with nature contact in protected areas
Polar bears, climate change, and trusted messengers
Nature-based tourism is often touted as an inherently effective form of ecotourism, where visitors become ambassadors for the places they visit and participate in transformative experiences. However, research demonstrates that behavior change and transformative experiences remain elusive. This study builds upon the Contextual Model of Learning and Transformative Learning Theory by exploring visitors’ learning and behavior change at both in situ a…
Lessons for becoming bison wise and bear aware in Elk Island National Park
Biospheres are working landscapes that promote conservation and sustainable land-use while also providing space for outdoor recreation, environmental education, and research. This study focuses on Elk Island National Park in Alberta, Canada, which is part of the Beaver Hills Biosphere. The park is home to bison and black bears and growing visitor numbers have increased the potential for human-wildlife conflict. With a focus on the promotion of hu…
Wild bears, real bears and zoo bears
Within nature-based tourism research, authenticity has received a great deal of attention in relation to existential authenticity and in examining the authenticity of experiences. Yet very little research exists that explores the ways in which tourists perceive wildlife as more or less authentic, as objects in nature-based tourism discourses. This qualitative case study research explores visitors' perspectives in relation to polar bear tourism in…
Petting bees or building bee boxes? Strategies for transformative learning
This paper presents findings from a research study exploring the effectiveness of three environmental education programs. The first was an interpretive program where visitors learned to safely interact with and ‘pet’ bees (control group), the second was the same interpretive program with the addition of post-visit action resources (interactive treatment group), and the third was a contributory citizen science bee box building project (citizen sci…
The transformative tourism learning model
Methodological Bricolage and Covid-19
This article explores innovative and novel research methods and adaptive approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic to examine visitor learning and proenvironmental behavior. We present a mixed methods study that used a methodological bricolage approach to field-based data collection. The pandemic limited our ability to carry out the original study design. Quickly pivoting, the study was adapted to an explanatory sequential design with a survey, an …
Free-choice learning in agritourism
Agritourism is an effective way to promote sustainable agricultural practices and agricultural literacy. As such, agritourism is an increasingly important way for the general public to learn about agricultural practices, issues, and concepts. It is commonly assumed that agritourism experiences result in learning, yet there is very little research that demonstrates this or explores what kind of learning is possible. This research used personal mea…
The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2
This research advances understanding of mobile device use in a leisure context by applying and expanding the Unified Theory of the Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) to festival settings. Through on-site surveys at three festivals the UTAUT2 model and an adapted version for mobile device use at a festival were examined using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results reveal that the modified UTAUT2 demonstrat…
The role of post-visit action resources in facilitating meaningful free-choice learning after a zoo visit
Places like zoos, where free-choice learning is encouraged, are important for conveying climate change and sustainability issues to the public. Free-choice learning that targets environmentally focused sustainable behavior changes must be meaningful in order to encourage actual behavior change post-visit. However, visitors often fail to translate their learning into behavior change after a visit. This research explores the role of post-visit acti…
The transformative tourism learning model
Methodological Bricolage and Covid-19
This article explores innovative and novel research methods and adaptive approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic to examine visitor learning and proenvironmental behavior. We present a mixed methods study that used a methodological bricolage approach to field-based data collection. The pandemic limited our ability to carry out the original study design. Quickly pivoting, the study was adapted to an explanatory sequential design with a survey, an …
The role of post-visit action resources in facilitating meaningful free-choice learning after a zoo visit
Places like zoos, where free-choice learning is encouraged, are important for conveying climate change and sustainability issues to the public. Free-choice learning that targets environmentally focused sustainable behavior changes must be meaningful in order to encourage actual behavior change post-visit. However, visitors often fail to translate their learning into behavior change after a visit. This research explores the role of post-visit acti…
Wild bears, real bears and zoo bears
Within nature-based tourism research, authenticity has received a great deal of attention in relation to existential authenticity and in examining the authenticity of experiences. Yet very little research exists that explores the ways in which tourists perceive wildlife as more or less authentic, as objects in nature-based tourism discourses. This qualitative case study research explores visitors' perspectives in relation to polar bear tourism in…
Free-choice learning in agritourism
Agritourism is an effective way to promote sustainable agricultural practices and agricultural literacy. As such, agritourism is an increasingly important way for the general public to learn about agricultural practices, issues, and concepts. It is commonly assumed that agritourism experiences result in learning, yet there is very little research that demonstrates this or explores what kind of learning is possible. This research used personal mea…
Petting bees or building bee boxes? Strategies for transformative learning
This paper presents findings from a research study exploring the effectiveness of three environmental education programs. The first was an interpretive program where visitors learned to safely interact with and ‘pet’ bees (control group), the second was the same interpretive program with the addition of post-visit action resources (interactive treatment group), and the third was a contributory citizen science bee box building project (citizen sci…
The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2
This research advances understanding of mobile device use in a leisure context by applying and expanding the Unified Theory of the Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) to festival settings. Through on-site surveys at three festivals the UTAUT2 model and an adapted version for mobile device use at a festival were examined using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results reveal that the modified UTAUT2 demonstrat…
The role of post-visit action resources in facilitating meaningful free-choice learning after a zoo visit
Places like zoos, where free-choice learning is encouraged, are important for conveying climate change and sustainability issues to the public. Free-choice learning that targets environmentally focused sustainable behavior changes must be meaningful in order to encourage actual behavior change post-visit. However, visitors often fail to translate their learning into behavior change after a visit. This research explores the role of post-visit acti…
The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology 2
This research advances understanding of mobile device use in a leisure context by applying and expanding the Unified Theory of the Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) to festival settings. Through on-site surveys at three festivals the UTAUT2 model and an adapted version for mobile device use at a festival were examined using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Results reveal that the modified UTAUT2 demonstrat…
Free-choice learning in agritourism
Agritourism is an effective way to promote sustainable agricultural practices and agricultural literacy. As such, agritourism is an increasingly important way for the general public to learn about agricultural practices, issues, and concepts. It is commonly assumed that agritourism experiences result in learning, yet there is very little research that demonstrates this or explores what kind of learning is possible. This research used personal mea…
Methodological Bricolage and Covid-19
This article explores innovative and novel research methods and adaptive approaches during the COVID-19 pandemic to examine visitor learning and proenvironmental behavior. We present a mixed methods study that used a methodological bricolage approach to field-based data collection. The pandemic limited our ability to carry out the original study design. Quickly pivoting, the study was adapted to an explanatory sequential design with a survey, an …
Wild bears, real bears and zoo bears
Within nature-based tourism research, authenticity has received a great deal of attention in relation to existential authenticity and in examining the authenticity of experiences. Yet very little research exists that explores the ways in which tourists perceive wildlife as more or less authentic, as objects in nature-based tourism discourses. This qualitative case study research explores visitors' perspectives in relation to polar bear tourism in…
Petting bees or building bee boxes? Strategies for transformative learning
This paper presents findings from a research study exploring the effectiveness of three environmental education programs. The first was an interpretive program where visitors learned to safely interact with and ‘pet’ bees (control group), the second was the same interpretive program with the addition of post-visit action resources (interactive treatment group), and the third was a contributory citizen science bee box building project (citizen sci…
The transformative tourism learning model
Lessons for becoming bison wise and bear aware in Elk Island National Park
Biospheres are working landscapes that promote conservation and sustainable land-use while also providing space for outdoor recreation, environmental education, and research. This study focuses on Elk Island National Park in Alberta, Canada, which is part of the Beaver Hills Biosphere. The park is home to bison and black bears and growing visitor numbers have increased the potential for human-wildlife conflict. With a focus on the promotion of hu…
Polar bears, climate change, and trusted messengers
Nature-based tourism is often touted as an inherently effective form of ecotourism, where visitors become ambassadors for the places they visit and participate in transformative experiences. However, research demonstrates that behavior change and transformative experiences remain elusive. This study builds upon the Contextual Model of Learning and Transformative Learning Theory by exploring visitors’ learning and behavior change at both in situ a…
Measuring adult health and well-being outcomes associated with nature contact in protected areas
Future-proofing nature-based tourism in Canada
Global climate change, biodiversity loss, health crises, and economic instability converge to form a polycrisis that challenges the sustainable planning, management, and operations of parks, protected, and conserved areas (PPCAs) for biodiversity conservation and nature-based tourism (NBT). Utilising a horizon scan methodology for the first time in the tourism field, this paper engaged experts across Canada to identify and critically examine the …
Psychology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Tourism (4 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (4 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)