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Dr. Susan Tirone
Associate Professor
Dalhousie University

Ph.D. from University of Waterloo

MS from Dalhousie University

BA from University of Waterloo

 

Research Interests

Areas of research include multiculturalism and leisure, poverty and implications for leisure, people with disabilities, youth and leisure.

Selected Refereed and Non-refereed Publications

Tirone, S. (2000). Shifting responsibilities for leisure: Challenges and successes in a low-income community. Published Abstracts of the 2000 NRPA Leisure Research Symposium. Phoenix, Arizona.

Tirone, S. (2000). Racism, indifference and the leisure experiences of South Asian Canadian teens. Leisure/Loisir: The Journal of the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies, 24(1).

Tirone, S. and Pedlar, A. (2000). Understanding the leisure experience of a minority ethnic group: South Asian teens and young adults in Canada. Loisir et Societe/Society and Leisure, (23) 1, 145-169.

Tirone, S. (2001). Growing up within two cultural traditions: The lives and leisure of Canadian South Asian teens. In Anderson, J. and Lawrence, L. (Eds). Gender Issues in Work and Leisure. pp. 67-74. London: Leisure Studies Association Publication.

Tirone, S. (1999). Racism and intolerance in recreation and leisure: A Canadian experience. Abstracts of the Canadian Congress of Leisure Research 9, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Tirone, S. (1999). Continuing Education: A Scenario for Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador Parks and Recreation Association, St. John's NF.

Tirone, S. and Pedlar. A. (1997). Assimilation and Conflict: Leisure experience in the lives of South Asian adolescents in Canada. Published Abstracts of the 1997 NRPA Leisure Research Symposium. Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

 

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