Darla Fortune
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 75572 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Darla Fortune |
| PRENOMES | Darla |
| SOBRENOME | Fortune |
| ASSINATURA | FORTUNE D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Concordia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8323-2840 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 40 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
“It's easy being together”
It is common for a dementia diagnosis to result in a diminution of social relationships and reduced opportunities for social engagement, putting individuals living with dementia at an increased risk of loneliness. Adult day programs provide a space for individuals with dementia to socialize with people who have a shared diagnosis. Previous research on day programs has primarily focused on their potential to reduce participants' responsive behavio…
Negotiations of responsibility for community and personal care
Uniformed public safety personnels (PSPs) are the first line of care on scenes of distress, where they are put into positions to negotiate the responsibilities of community and personal care. This work helps expose the oppressive nature that systems governing community safety have on bodies that are uniformed. Using critical, narrative approaches, 11 public safety personnel participants were recruited to participate in focus groups and interviews…
Keeping isolation and loneliness at bay
Experiencing a sense of belonging is helpful for warding off loneliness and social isolation. With social isolation and loneliness among older adults increasingly recognized as a societal concern, it is important to understand the conditions that enhance belonging. The purpose of this paper is to share findings of a study that examined the role of a community centre in contributing to belonging for older adults. Forty-nine community centre member…
Mental Illness as a Valued Identity
Living with mental illness often subjects individuals to stigma and exclusion. While leisure plays an important role in supporting inclusion and mental health recovery, we know little about leisure initiatives designed explicitly to promote inclusion by countering stigma and exclusion. This study examined participant experiences in a leisure-based initiative known as a living library. This initiative provides opportunities for individuals living …
Challenging ideas of inclusion to work toward a more just future
Long recognized as a human right (Jones, 2010) and a vital social determinant of our health and well-being (Raphael, 2016), inclusion is an essential component of just societies (Kinsley, 2016). Ou
Insights from recreation and leisure practitioners regarding disparities of advancing long-term care culture change
Culture change in long-term care (LTC) signals a shift from a medical model of care to a social, relational model of caring to support the creation of strong compassionate communities and promote quality of life. Since leisure is a strong contributor to quality of life in LTC, researchers have argued that recreation and leisure practitioners have an important role to play in the culture change movement. In this paper, we describe Canadian recreat…
Neighbourhood associations may promote belonging, but for whom
Much has been written about how neighbourhoods provide a context for socially supportive relationships that contribute to belonging. Within neighbourhoods, people can find close-to-home sources of social support and connection. Neighbourhood associations (NAs) are common forms of mobilization through which neighbours work toward neighbourhood improvement. This study explored perceptions of NA leaders within a mid-sized Canadian city regarding the…
The art hive as a ‘frame of belonging’ for older adults
Community leisure spaces play a critical role in supporting belonging, which, in turn, has a buffering effect on loneliness and social isolation for older adults. This study explored the role of art hives in contributing to belonging for older adults. Typically located in storefronts, subsidized housing, libraries, and museums, art hives are community spaces where everyone, particularly individuals prone to exclusion, are welcomed to make art and…
Leisure and aging in difficult times
Recent years have seen an increase in research on leisure and aging due, in part, to the aging of the population in many economically developed countries. Much of this literature has explored the r
Enhancing belonging within community leisure settings
Experiences of belonging are associated with positive wellbeing. Unfortunately, many individuals in our communities do not experience belonging and are prone to isolation and loneliness. In this paper, we describe five themes that highlight ways to help enhance belonging, particularly for individuals susceptible to exclusion. These themes consist of community spaces that are open, inviting, and accessible; are welcoming; provide opportunities for…
Leisure, Art, and Advocacy
Leisure is increasingly recognized for its role in social justice. Scholars have highlighted specific leisure contexts as sites for social justice, and calls have been made for academics to apply a social justice perspective to their research. The article explores the experiences of women who have been criminalized and their engagement in social justice through a community arts project located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This article focuses on …
Community Re-Entry
In their journeys to prison and community re-entry, women leaving prison tend to share overarching challenges connected to lives of poverty, trauma, and abuse. Community Re-Entry: Uncertain Futures for Women Leaving Prison provides a rare opportunity to hear directly from women who have spent time in a Canadian federal penitentiary. Based on more than a decade of engagement with women in prison, the authors gathered rich and personal information …
Natural leisure spaces in long-term care homes
In promoting high physical activity and productive engagement as the motto of successful aging, society has cast individuals living in long-term care (LTC) homes as aging unsuccessfully [Holstein, M. B., and M. Minkler. 2003. “Self, Society and the ‘New Gerontology’.” The Gerontologist 43: 787–796]. The purpose of this paper is to explore ways natural leisure spaces within an LTC home can challenge deficit-based assumptions of decline and depende…
Sharing the Journey
In this article, we highlight the marginalization and exclusion persons with dementia and their spouses often face in leisure practices and spaces. We then explore aspects of a peer-led community social program aimed at inclusion. Framed in creative analytic practice, the experiences of members of the social program are shared through a composite narrative. This narrative tells the story of a couple from the point of diagnosis who seek support an…
It was like reading a detective novel”
It is like stepping into another world
This paper highlights the possibilities for transformation that exist when a diverse group of participants interested in working together to change the culture of dementia care in long-term care and community care settings use appreciative participatory action research to guide their culture change efforts. These transformations happened throughout the culture change process using appreciative participatory action research. For instance, using ap…
Rethinking Community Within the Context of Social Inclusion as Social Justice
Very little is known about how women’s experiences with inclusion or exclusion shape their entry into community after they have been incarcerated. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine inclusion from the perspective of women entering community after release from a federal prison in Ontario, Canada. This research project combined feminist participatory action research with anti-oppressive theories. Women who had been incarcerated were ask…
Community (Dis)connection Through Leisure for Women in Prison
This article examines incarcerated women's leisure and re-entry into community. Framed in creative analytic practice, two poems reflect two major themes: (1) women's experiences of disconnection from community prior to and deepened by experiences in prison and (2) leisure and community re-entry, which describes complex meanings of leisure for women in prison and implications for return to community. These poems elucidate six often incongruous fac…
Notes from the Sports Club
Reflexive forms of field research acknowledge the impact of the researcher in the production and interpretation of ethnographic data. In this article we highlight and discuss issues that stemmed from their critical reflection while conducting field research in a small sports club in rural Canada. We give consideration to the nature of their role relationships, participation, performances, and negotiation of balance and distance. The resultant sel…
Community (Dis)connection Through Leisure for Women in Prison
This article examines incarcerated women's leisure and re-entry into community. Framed in creative analytic practice, two poems reflect two major themes: (1) women's experiences of disconnection from community prior to and deepened by experiences in prison and (2) leisure and community re-entry, which describes complex meanings of leisure for women in prison and implications for return to community. These poems elucidate six often incongruous fac…
Enhancing belonging within community leisure settings
Experiences of belonging are associated with positive wellbeing. Unfortunately, many individuals in our communities do not experience belonging and are prone to isolation and loneliness. In this paper, we describe five themes that highlight ways to help enhance belonging, particularly for individuals susceptible to exclusion. These themes consist of community spaces that are open, inviting, and accessible; are welcoming; provide opportunities for…
Sharing the Journey
In this article, we highlight the marginalization and exclusion persons with dementia and their spouses often face in leisure practices and spaces. We then explore aspects of a peer-led community social program aimed at inclusion. Framed in creative analytic practice, the experiences of members of the social program are shared through a composite narrative. This narrative tells the story of a couple from the point of diagnosis who seek support an…
It is like stepping into another world
This paper highlights the possibilities for transformation that exist when a diverse group of participants interested in working together to change the culture of dementia care in long-term care and community care settings use appreciative participatory action research to guide their culture change efforts. These transformations happened throughout the culture change process using appreciative participatory action research. For instance, using ap…
Natural leisure spaces in long-term care homes
In promoting high physical activity and productive engagement as the motto of successful aging, society has cast individuals living in long-term care (LTC) homes as aging unsuccessfully [Holstein, M. B., and M. Minkler. 2003. “Self, Society and the ‘New Gerontology’.” The Gerontologist 43: 787–796]. The purpose of this paper is to explore ways natural leisure spaces within an LTC home can challenge deficit-based assumptions of decline and depende…
It was like reading a detective novel”
Notes from the Sports Club
Reflexive forms of field research acknowledge the impact of the researcher in the production and interpretation of ethnographic data. In this article we highlight and discuss issues that stemmed from their critical reflection while conducting field research in a small sports club in rural Canada. We give consideration to the nature of their role relationships, participation, performances, and negotiation of balance and distance. The resultant sel…
Leisure and aging in difficult times
Recent years have seen an increase in research on leisure and aging due, in part, to the aging of the population in many economically developed countries. Much of this literature has explored the r
Leisure, Art, and Advocacy
Leisure is increasingly recognized for its role in social justice. Scholars have highlighted specific leisure contexts as sites for social justice, and calls have been made for academics to apply a social justice perspective to their research. The article explores the experiences of women who have been criminalized and their engagement in social justice through a community arts project located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This article focuses on …
Rethinking Community Within the Context of Social Inclusion as Social Justice
Very little is known about how women’s experiences with inclusion or exclusion shape their entry into community after they have been incarcerated. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine inclusion from the perspective of women entering community after release from a federal prison in Ontario, Canada. This research project combined feminist participatory action research with anti-oppressive theories. Women who had been incarcerated were ask…
Notes from the Sports Club
Reflexive forms of field research acknowledge the impact of the researcher in the production and interpretation of ethnographic data. In this article we highlight and discuss issues that stemmed from their critical reflection while conducting field research in a small sports club in rural Canada. We give consideration to the nature of their role relationships, participation, performances, and negotiation of balance and distance. The resultant sel…
Community (Dis)connection Through Leisure for Women in Prison
This article examines incarcerated women's leisure and re-entry into community. Framed in creative analytic practice, two poems reflect two major themes: (1) women's experiences of disconnection from community prior to and deepened by experiences in prison and (2) leisure and community re-entry, which describes complex meanings of leisure for women in prison and implications for return to community. These poems elucidate six often incongruous fac…
Rethinking Community Within the Context of Social Inclusion as Social Justice
Very little is known about how women’s experiences with inclusion or exclusion shape their entry into community after they have been incarcerated. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine inclusion from the perspective of women entering community after release from a federal prison in Ontario, Canada. This research project combined feminist participatory action research with anti-oppressive theories. Women who had been incarcerated were ask…
It was like reading a detective novel”
It is like stepping into another world
This paper highlights the possibilities for transformation that exist when a diverse group of participants interested in working together to change the culture of dementia care in long-term care and community care settings use appreciative participatory action research to guide their culture change efforts. These transformations happened throughout the culture change process using appreciative participatory action research. For instance, using ap…
Natural leisure spaces in long-term care homes
In promoting high physical activity and productive engagement as the motto of successful aging, society has cast individuals living in long-term care (LTC) homes as aging unsuccessfully [Holstein, M. B., and M. Minkler. 2003. “Self, Society and the ‘New Gerontology’.” The Gerontologist 43: 787–796]. The purpose of this paper is to explore ways natural leisure spaces within an LTC home can challenge deficit-based assumptions of decline and depende…
Sharing the Journey
In this article, we highlight the marginalization and exclusion persons with dementia and their spouses often face in leisure practices and spaces. We then explore aspects of a peer-led community social program aimed at inclusion. Framed in creative analytic practice, the experiences of members of the social program are shared through a composite narrative. This narrative tells the story of a couple from the point of diagnosis who seek support an…
Community Re-Entry
In their journeys to prison and community re-entry, women leaving prison tend to share overarching challenges connected to lives of poverty, trauma, and abuse. Community Re-Entry: Uncertain Futures for Women Leaving Prison provides a rare opportunity to hear directly from women who have spent time in a Canadian federal penitentiary. Based on more than a decade of engagement with women in prison, the authors gathered rich and personal information …
Leisure, Art, and Advocacy
Leisure is increasingly recognized for its role in social justice. Scholars have highlighted specific leisure contexts as sites for social justice, and calls have been made for academics to apply a social justice perspective to their research. The article explores the experiences of women who have been criminalized and their engagement in social justice through a community arts project located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This article focuses on …
The art hive as a ‘frame of belonging’ for older adults
Community leisure spaces play a critical role in supporting belonging, which, in turn, has a buffering effect on loneliness and social isolation for older adults. This study explored the role of art hives in contributing to belonging for older adults. Typically located in storefronts, subsidized housing, libraries, and museums, art hives are community spaces where everyone, particularly individuals prone to exclusion, are welcomed to make art and…
Leisure and aging in difficult times
Recent years have seen an increase in research on leisure and aging due, in part, to the aging of the population in many economically developed countries. Much of this literature has explored the r
Enhancing belonging within community leisure settings
Experiences of belonging are associated with positive wellbeing. Unfortunately, many individuals in our communities do not experience belonging and are prone to isolation and loneliness. In this paper, we describe five themes that highlight ways to help enhance belonging, particularly for individuals susceptible to exclusion. These themes consist of community spaces that are open, inviting, and accessible; are welcoming; provide opportunities for…
Insights from recreation and leisure practitioners regarding disparities of advancing long-term care culture change
Culture change in long-term care (LTC) signals a shift from a medical model of care to a social, relational model of caring to support the creation of strong compassionate communities and promote quality of life. Since leisure is a strong contributor to quality of life in LTC, researchers have argued that recreation and leisure practitioners have an important role to play in the culture change movement. In this paper, we describe Canadian recreat…
Neighbourhood associations may promote belonging, but for whom
Much has been written about how neighbourhoods provide a context for socially supportive relationships that contribute to belonging. Within neighbourhoods, people can find close-to-home sources of social support and connection. Neighbourhood associations (NAs) are common forms of mobilization through which neighbours work toward neighbourhood improvement. This study explored perceptions of NA leaders within a mid-sized Canadian city regarding the…
Challenging ideas of inclusion to work toward a more just future
Long recognized as a human right (Jones, 2010) and a vital social determinant of our health and well-being (Raphael, 2016), inclusion is an essential component of just societies (Kinsley, 2016). Ou
Mental Illness as a Valued Identity
Living with mental illness often subjects individuals to stigma and exclusion. While leisure plays an important role in supporting inclusion and mental health recovery, we know little about leisure initiatives designed explicitly to promote inclusion by countering stigma and exclusion. This study examined participant experiences in a leisure-based initiative known as a living library. This initiative provides opportunities for individuals living …
Negotiations of responsibility for community and personal care
Uniformed public safety personnels (PSPs) are the first line of care on scenes of distress, where they are put into positions to negotiate the responsibilities of community and personal care. This work helps expose the oppressive nature that systems governing community safety have on bodies that are uniformed. Using critical, narrative approaches, 11 public safety personnel participants were recruited to participate in focus groups and interviews…
Keeping isolation and loneliness at bay
Experiencing a sense of belonging is helpful for warding off loneliness and social isolation. With social isolation and loneliness among older adults increasingly recognized as a societal concern, it is important to understand the conditions that enhance belonging. The purpose of this paper is to share findings of a study that examined the role of a community centre in contributing to belonging for older adults. Forty-nine community centre member…
“It's easy being together”
It is common for a dementia diagnosis to result in a diminution of social relationships and reduced opportunities for social engagement, putting individuals living with dementia at an increased risk of loneliness. Adult day programs provide a space for individuals with dementia to socialize with people who have a shared diagnosis. Previous research on day programs has primarily focused on their potential to reduce participants' responsive behavio…
Sociology (14 obras) · Political science (13 obras) · Psychology (11 obras) · Public relations (9 obras) · Social science (8 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Aging and Gerontology Research (5 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras)