Elizabeth A Halpenny
Biographic Data
| ID | 76973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth A Halpenny |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth A |
| FAMILY NAME | Halpenny |
| SIGNATURE | HALPENNY E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 197 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Future-proofing nature-based tourism in Canada: A horizon scan of emerging challenges
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 …
The ‘healthy parks–healthy people’ movement in Canada: Progress, challenges, and an emerging knowledge and action agenda
In this article, we outline progress and challenges in establishing effective health promotion tied to visitor experiences provided by protected and conserved areas in Canada. Despite an expanding global evidence base, case studies focused on aspects of health and well-being within Canada’s protected and conserved areas remain limited. Data pertaining to motivations, barriers and experiences of visitors are often not collected by governing agenci…
Tourists' savoring of positive emotions and place attachment formation: A Conceptual Paper
With increased interest in emotions and tourism, 'savoring', a process of attending to, enhancing, or prolonging positive emotions, should receive more scholarly attention. This article offers a conceptual look at the issues and perspectives related to the relationship between savoring and place attachment in the tourism context. Drawing from the positive psychology, tourism, and geography literature, we outline 12 propositions to suggest how tou…
Savoring and tourists' positive experiences
A Meta-Study of Qualitative Research Examining Sport and Recreation Experiences of Indigenous Youth
Participation in sport and recreation may contribute to various holistic benefits among Indigenous youth in Canada. However, there is a need for a consolidated evidence base to support the development of sport and recreation opportunities that could facilitate such holistic benefits. The purpose of this research was to produce a meta-study of qualitative research examining sport and recreation experiences of Indigenous youth in Canada. Following …
Front-Country Campers' Constraints, Negotiation, and Pro-Environment Behavioral Intention: An Extension to the Theory of Planned Behavior
The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been successfully tested in leisure and outdoor recreation studies over the last few decades. However, the inclusion of new predictors to improve the theory's predictive power has been encouraged. Utilizing leisure constraints approach, we extended the TPB by adding constraints to the theory. The literature also suggested that individuals employ cognitive and behavioural negotiation strategies to overcome …
How do people negotiate through their constraints to engage in pro-environmental behavior? A study of front-country campers in Alberta, Canada
A Multidimensional Investigation into Children’s Optimal Experiences with Nature
This article combines a review of literature with observations from an empirical study that examined how five children aged 6 to 10 years experienced nature in a botanical garden setting with a focus on the behavioural, sensory, affective and cognitive dimensions of these experiences. Visually expressive methods (sculptures, drawings, photography and sand tray pictures) enabled children to highlight aspects of their experiences in nature that wer…
It was Fun: An Evaluation of Sand Tray Pictures, an Innovative Visually Expressive Method for Researching Children's Experiences with Nature
In order to study children's subjective experiences, researchers need to employ methods that are interesting and engaging but at the same time can produce data that answers research questions. This article critically reflects on the use of an innovative visually expressive method, sand tray pictures, which allows children to communicate their multi-dimensional subjective experiences with nature. In this study, sand tray pictures were compared wit…
Supporting the CBD Aichi Biodiversity Conservation Targets through park tourism: A case study of Parks Canada’s visitor experience programme
Since 2005, Parks Canada has embarked on an agency-wide effort to face the challenge of remaining relevant to Canadians. Visitation to Canada's system of National Parks, National Historic Sites, and National Marines Conservation Areas has been declining, in part, because of a changing social context. Parks Canada Agency believes that fostering visitation will result in individuals' appreciation of and connection with Canada's parks. It is suggest…
Conserving biodiversity through Parks Canada’s volunteer programme
This paper outlines how conservation volunteer programmes contribute to biodiversity protection and conservation in Canada's national parks. An inventory of some of these volunteer programmes is summarized and specific examples of volunteer conservation activities are provided through a case study of Kejimkujik National Park's volunteer programme. Observations from these conservation volunteer initiatives are combined with findings reported in sc…
Protected Area branding strategies to increase stewardship among park constituencies
With the complexity and resource intensity needed to manage parks, protected area managers increasingly rely on their constituencies to assume stewardship responsibilities. To meet the intentions of the Convention on Biodiversity Target 11, thousands of new protected areas will need to be gazetted. This dramatic increase in the number of global protected areas will significantly add to the dependence of managers on their constituencies to be acti…
Leisure Statisfaction and Acculturative Stress: The Case of Chinese-Canadian Immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationship between leisure satisfaction and acculturative stress. Chinese immigrants to Canada were surveyed six months apart. Four kinds of acculturative stress (all at Time 2) were each hierarchically regressed on: age and gender, years in Canada, the corresponding stressor, and six types of leisure satisfaction (all at Time 1). Results indicated that: (a) social leisure satisfaction lessene…
Pro-environmental behaviours and park visitors: The effect of place attachment
Pro-environmental behaviours and park visitors: The effect of place attachment
Leisure Statisfaction and Acculturative Stress: The Case of Chinese-Canadian Immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationship between leisure satisfaction and acculturative stress. Chinese immigrants to Canada were surveyed six months apart. Four kinds of acculturative stress (all at Time 2) were each hierarchically regressed on: age and gender, years in Canada, the corresponding stressor, and six types of leisure satisfaction (all at Time 1). Results indicated that: (a) social leisure satisfaction lessene…
Tourists' savoring of positive emotions and place attachment formation: A Conceptual Paper
With increased interest in emotions and tourism, 'savoring', a process of attending to, enhancing, or prolonging positive emotions, should receive more scholarly attention. This article offers a conceptual look at the issues and perspectives related to the relationship between savoring and place attachment in the tourism context. Drawing from the positive psychology, tourism, and geography literature, we outline 12 propositions to suggest how tou…
How do people negotiate through their constraints to engage in pro-environmental behavior? A study of front-country campers in Alberta, Canada
It was Fun: An Evaluation of Sand Tray Pictures, an Innovative Visually Expressive Method for Researching Children's Experiences with Nature
In order to study children's subjective experiences, researchers need to employ methods that are interesting and engaging but at the same time can produce data that answers research questions. This article critically reflects on the use of an innovative visually expressive method, sand tray pictures, which allows children to communicate their multi-dimensional subjective experiences with nature. In this study, sand tray pictures were compared wit…
Front-Country Campers' Constraints, Negotiation, and Pro-Environment Behavioral Intention: An Extension to the Theory of Planned Behavior
The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been successfully tested in leisure and outdoor recreation studies over the last few decades. However, the inclusion of new predictors to improve the theory's predictive power has been encouraged. Utilizing leisure constraints approach, we extended the TPB by adding constraints to the theory. The literature also suggested that individuals employ cognitive and behavioural negotiation strategies to overcome …
Savoring and tourists' positive experiences
A Multidimensional Investigation into Children’s Optimal Experiences with Nature
This article combines a review of literature with observations from an empirical study that examined how five children aged 6 to 10 years experienced nature in a botanical garden setting with a focus on the behavioural, sensory, affective and cognitive dimensions of these experiences. Visually expressive methods (sculptures, drawings, photography and sand tray pictures) enabled children to highlight aspects of their experiences in nature that wer…
A Meta-Study of Qualitative Research Examining Sport and Recreation Experiences of Indigenous Youth
Participation in sport and recreation may contribute to various holistic benefits among Indigenous youth in Canada. However, there is a need for a consolidated evidence base to support the development of sport and recreation opportunities that could facilitate such holistic benefits. The purpose of this research was to produce a meta-study of qualitative research examining sport and recreation experiences of Indigenous youth in Canada. Following …
Pro-environmental behaviours and park visitors: The effect of place attachment
Leisure Statisfaction and Acculturative Stress: The Case of Chinese-Canadian Immigrants
The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationship between leisure satisfaction and acculturative stress. Chinese immigrants to Canada were surveyed six months apart. Four kinds of acculturative stress (all at Time 2) were each hierarchically regressed on: age and gender, years in Canada, the corresponding stressor, and six types of leisure satisfaction (all at Time 1). Results indicated that: (a) social leisure satisfaction lessene…
Supporting the CBD Aichi Biodiversity Conservation Targets through park tourism: A case study of Parks Canada’s visitor experience programme
Since 2005, Parks Canada has embarked on an agency-wide effort to face the challenge of remaining relevant to Canadians. Visitation to Canada's system of National Parks, National Historic Sites, and National Marines Conservation Areas has been declining, in part, because of a changing social context. Parks Canada Agency believes that fostering visitation will result in individuals' appreciation of and connection with Canada's parks. It is suggest…
Conserving biodiversity through Parks Canada’s volunteer programme
This paper outlines how conservation volunteer programmes contribute to biodiversity protection and conservation in Canada's national parks. An inventory of some of these volunteer programmes is summarized and specific examples of volunteer conservation activities are provided through a case study of Kejimkujik National Park's volunteer programme. Observations from these conservation volunteer initiatives are combined with findings reported in sc…
Protected Area branding strategies to increase stewardship among park constituencies
With the complexity and resource intensity needed to manage parks, protected area managers increasingly rely on their constituencies to assume stewardship responsibilities. To meet the intentions of the Convention on Biodiversity Target 11, thousands of new protected areas will need to be gazetted. This dramatic increase in the number of global protected areas will significantly add to the dependence of managers on their constituencies to be acti…
It was Fun: An Evaluation of Sand Tray Pictures, an Innovative Visually Expressive Method for Researching Children's Experiences with Nature
In order to study children's subjective experiences, researchers need to employ methods that are interesting and engaging but at the same time can produce data that answers research questions. This article critically reflects on the use of an innovative visually expressive method, sand tray pictures, which allows children to communicate their multi-dimensional subjective experiences with nature. In this study, sand tray pictures were compared wit…
A Multidimensional Investigation into Children’s Optimal Experiences with Nature
This article combines a review of literature with observations from an empirical study that examined how five children aged 6 to 10 years experienced nature in a botanical garden setting with a focus on the behavioural, sensory, affective and cognitive dimensions of these experiences. Visually expressive methods (sculptures, drawings, photography and sand tray pictures) enabled children to highlight aspects of their experiences in nature that wer…
How do people negotiate through their constraints to engage in pro-environmental behavior? A study of front-country campers in Alberta, Canada
Front-Country Campers' Constraints, Negotiation, and Pro-Environment Behavioral Intention: An Extension to the Theory of Planned Behavior
The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been successfully tested in leisure and outdoor recreation studies over the last few decades. However, the inclusion of new predictors to improve the theory's predictive power has been encouraged. Utilizing leisure constraints approach, we extended the TPB by adding constraints to the theory. The literature also suggested that individuals employ cognitive and behavioural negotiation strategies to overcome …
A Meta-Study of Qualitative Research Examining Sport and Recreation Experiences of Indigenous Youth
Participation in sport and recreation may contribute to various holistic benefits among Indigenous youth in Canada. However, there is a need for a consolidated evidence base to support the development of sport and recreation opportunities that could facilitate such holistic benefits. The purpose of this research was to produce a meta-study of qualitative research examining sport and recreation experiences of Indigenous youth in Canada. Following …
Savoring and tourists' positive experiences
The ‘healthy parks–healthy people’ movement in Canada: Progress, challenges, and an emerging knowledge and action agenda
In this article, we outline progress and challenges in establishing effective health promotion tied to visitor experiences provided by protected and conserved areas in Canada. Despite an expanding global evidence base, case studies focused on aspects of health and well-being within Canada’s protected and conserved areas remain limited. Data pertaining to motivations, barriers and experiences of visitors are often not collected by governing agenci…
Tourists' savoring of positive emotions and place attachment formation: A Conceptual Paper
With increased interest in emotions and tourism, 'savoring', a process of attending to, enhancing, or prolonging positive emotions, should receive more scholarly attention. This article offers a conceptual look at the issues and perspectives related to the relationship between savoring and place attachment in the tourism context. Drawing from the positive psychology, tourism, and geography literature, we outline 12 propositions to suggest how tou…
Future-proofing nature-based tourism in Canada: A horizon scan of emerging challenges
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 …
Political science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (9 works) · Geography (7 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Tourism (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works)