Pre-NASSS Conference Symposium
Sponsored by the University of British Columbia School of Human Kinetics
Thinking through the Games: Legacies, Communities and Inclusion:
Reflections on the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010
Symposium
The Liu Institute for Global Issues
University of British Columbia
November 1, 2006
The School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia is hosting a pre-NASSS on the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Legacies Now. Participants will include organizers of the 2010 Olympics, UBC researchers involved in Olympic-related research, graduate students, local community members involved in related activities and NASSS visitors.
The agenda will include keynote speeches, panels and discussions about the planning and activities of the Vancouver Olympic Committee, Legacies Now, and broader initiatives concerning sustainability, diversity and social justice such as Right to Play and Sport for Peace.
We cordially invite NASSS members who are coming to the NASSS conference to plan to join us on November 1. The conference will take place in a beautiful venue, at the Liu Centre for Global Issues on the UBC campus, some 20-30 minutes away from the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in downtown Vancouver. We will provide lunch and, following the day’s activities, UBC will host a reception for participants.
Seating will be limited to 100 people so registration will have to be limited. Please email Christiane Job (Christiane.job@gmail.com) concerning your interest in registration and we will send you a registration form as numbers permit.
PROGRAMME
| 9- 9.15am | WELCOME
University Dignitaries – Brian Sullivan – Vice President Students |
| 9.15- 9.45am | LEGACIES Presider: Bob Sparkes, Director, School of Human Kinetics |
9.45- 10.15 |
Presider: Patricia Vertinsky, School of Human Kinetics |
| 10.15 - 10.45 am |
Presider: Wendy Frisby, School of Human Kinetics |
| 10.45-11 am | COFFEE/TEA BREAK |
| 11 -11.30 am | Presider: Stephen Ward, School of Journalism |
| 11.30-12.00 pm | Presider: Elvin Wyly, Department of Geography |
| 12.00- 12.30 | Presider: Theresa Jantzen, Development Officer, UBC Athletics. |
| 12.30- 1.30pm | LUNCH (Students Poster Session – Right to Play) |
| 1.30- 2.00pm | SPORT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Presider: Bob Sparkes, Director, School of Human Kinetics |
| 2.00 – 2.30 pm |
Presider: Brian Wilson, School of Human Kinetics |
| 2.30-3. 00pm |
Presider: Nikki Hodges, School of Human Kinetics |
| 3.00- 3.30pm | Presider: David Sanderson, School of Human Kinetics |
| 3.30- 400pm |
Presider: Patricia Vertinsky, School of Human Kinetics |
| 4 – 4.30PM | RECEPTION HOSTED BY UBC – Office of the Vice-President Students |
Information
Dear NASSS Members & Conference Attendees:
If you have a book, monograph, or manuscript that you wish to have displayed at NASSS then please get in touch withy our editor and have them send a copy or copies (and any flyers, etc.) to Brian Wilson at the address below. When you talk to them please ask them to also send along any additional books that they think might be relevant for individuals attending the conference. Please stress that not only new books are displayed but that older ones and classics are also displayed since we have many new members and graduate students who are seeking both textbooks and monographs for use in their classes. NASSS is seeking any texts, monographs, manuscripts, workbooks, etc. which focus on any aspect of sport.
I sent an email about 6-8 weeks ago to a large number of publishers but these are directed at corporate offices and Inever know exactly where they go.
Please also forward them the information below.
Thank for your assistance.
DATE & LOCATION: Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA, November 1-4, 2006. NASSS is seeking any texts, monographs, workbooks, etc. which focus on any aspect of sport.
ATTENDEES: Approximately 400 individuals who teach in the area of the Sociology of Sport and other sport related courses, such as Sport Psychology, Sport History, Gender and Sport, Drugs and Sport, Race and Sport, Culture and Sport, Youth Sport, Socialization and Sport, Olympic Sport, International Sport, Economics of Sport, History and Sport, and many others. Some of the attendees are new faculty or graduate students who are now teaching in these areas and are unaware of some of the older book and monographs that are still in print but often not sent for display. I am often asked about why these books are not available. Conference attendees range from some new instructors to full professors, so there is a need to for a wide range of even some older texts and monographs that the newer instructors and faculty members may find useful for their courses. So please, send as many books as you have in your database that might be of interest. Anything on the Olympics would be very relevant since the Winter Olympics at Whistler will only be two years away.
WHERE IS THE EXHIBIT: The exhibit area is adjacent to the registration desk and affords all conference attendees an excellent opportunity to review your organization’s publications. The exhibit area will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (the primary focus of the exhibit is Thursday & Friday), November 2-4, 2006. There is NO CHARGE for sending books, catalogues, etc. for inclusion in our combined book exhibit.
SPONSORING ACTIVITIES: In previous years, various publishers have also taken the opportunity to sponsor the Wednesday or Friday night reception or one of the morning coffee breaks or afternoon softdrink break. If theywould be interested in sponsoring either of these events, please contact me at: Dean Purdy, NASSS Site Coordinator, Box 291, Bowling Green, OH, 43402.
Publishers may also purchase select to set up a display at the conference or to purchase advertising space in the Final Program. These costs are: (1) $120 for registration; (2) $250 for dedicated space in the book display area (as many tables as needed); (3) $150 for a full-page ad (8 1/2” x 11”) in the conference program; and (4) $50 for a flyer placed in each attendee’s registration packet. The price for this entire package is $570. The display, full-page advertisement and flyer may also be purchased separately. The display area is central to the meeting rooms where attendees gather before and after the various conference sessions. If you are interested in any of these options, please contact me at the address displayed at the end of this letter. The Program is set to go to print around first week of October. Please inform me ASAP if you wish to participate in our annual meeting. Send advertising materials to me and books, monographs, and manuscripts for display to Brian Wilson at the address listed below.
Exhibit materials for the combined book exhibit (books, price lists, catalogs, order forms, etc.) should be shipped so that they arrive by October 27, 2006. This affords adequate time to mark the materials and arrange the display. I would appreciate it if you would please email both Professor Brian Wilson, the local site coordinator (address on following page), and myself if you are sending materials to the conference.
Please mail all materials to:
Brian Wilson
School of Human Kinetics
University of British Columbia
156F Auditorium Annex, 1924 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C., CANADA
V6T 1Z2
Phone: 604-822-3884
Fax: 604-822-5884
Email: Brian.Wilson[at]ubc.ca
I hope that you will take this opportunity to join us at our Annual Meeting. I look forward to seeing you. If you have any other questions, please write or call me at the address given below.
Thank you.
Dean Purdy
NASSS Treasurer & Site Coordinator
PO Box 291
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Phone: 419-352-1928
Fax: 419-354-2957
Email: treasurer[at]nasss.org
The link to the Final Session Submissions is now available on the website and can be accessed via the following link: http://nasss.org/2006/final.php
Before you submit your final session(s), please be sure you have done the following:
In the meantime, have a wonderful remainder of the summer and I look forward to seeing you in Vancouver!
Sincerely,
Nancy Spencer, program chair
Read ye, read ye! Another missive/reminder to session organizers from Program Chair Nancy Spencer: Message III to Session Organizers.
Dear Session Organizer,
When you have decided which abstracts you will accept for your session, please take the following steps:
Sincerely,
Nancy Spencer, Program Chair
If you have submitted a Session Proposal that has been approved by the Program Chair, please read the Message to Session Organizers for your duties and responsibilites as a session organizer.
The 27th annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) will be held November 1-4, 2006 at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel-Harbourside in Vancouver, CAN. The theme for this year’s conference is “Re-Imagining Community / Re(En)Visioning Sport.” Those interested in organizing a session should submit a session proposal by May 5, 2006 to the program chair, Nancy Spencer, via the Session Proposal form.
This year’s theme of “Re-Imagining Community/Re(En)Visioning Sport” challenges us to re-imagine how NASSS as an organization can continue to develop as a community of scholars that welcomes a diverse range of scholarship encompassing various theoretical, (inter)national, social, and political perspectives. Just as we consider ways of re-imagining NASSS as a welcoming interpretive and analytical community, we also wish to interrogate ways that we can re-envision sport as a site of greater inclusivity. In this spirit we also welcome sessions which are not directly related to the conference theme. Sessions that enhance interdisciplinary conversations and encourage new ways of thinking about sport are particularly welcome. While we wish to solicit session titles with very broad themes as in the past (e.g., “Sport and the Media”), the program committee is also interested in securing sessions that promote specific or focused content related to the theme. For example, session organizers might focus on various “Interpretive Communities and Sport,” or “Communities of Practice in Sport.”
For further information, please contact Program Chair Nancy Spencer or a member of the program committee:
Nancy Spencer, Program Chair
School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies
233 Eppler Center
Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA
Phone: (419) 372-6927
Email/Courriel: nspencr [at] bgnet.bgsu.edu
Rose Chepyator, jchepyat [at] uga.edu
Delia Douglas, dddougla [at] axionet.com
Mary McDonald, mcdonamg [at] muohio.edu
Yuka Nakamura, yuka.nakamura [at] utoronto.ca
Andrew Parker, andrew.parker [at] warwick.ac.uk
George Sage, ghsage [at] prodigy.net
Damion Thomas, damion [at] uiuc.edu
Steve Walk, swalk [at] Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU
An Early Reminder: A second call seeking papers and posters will begin shortly after the 2006 sessions have been proposed and finalized. The final deadline for submitting paper abstracts and poster abstracts will be June 30, 2006. Look for the “2006 Call for Paper and Poster Abstracts” as well as more details about keynote speakers and conference activities in early May on the NASSS conference website.
General Timeline for Conference Planning:
Take me to: Session Proposals
