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Selected Published Works

2011  “The Raging Grannies: Narrative construction of gender and aging.” Pp. 126-142 in G. Kenyon, E.  Bohlmeijer, and W. Randall (Eds), (pp. Storying Later Life: Issues, Investigations, and Interventions  in Narrative Gerontology (pp. 126-142). New York: Oxford University Press.

2006    “Serial murder as an act of deviant leisure.” (with Lynn Gunn) Special Issue on Deviant Leisure in Leisure/Loisir: Journal  of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies. 30 (1): 27-53.

2003    “Volunteering for nature: Motivations for participating in a biodiversity conservation volunteer projects.” (with E.A. Halpenny) World Leisure. 2: 38-50.

2003    “Volunteering on nature conservation projects: volunteer experience, attitudes and values.” (with E.A. Halpenny) Tourism Recreation. 28(3):  25-33.

Selected Talks and Unpublished Papers

2012    The Qualitatives 2012, St. John’s Newfoundland entitled: “Celebrating the Ideal Older Woman: How the images in More Magazine construct gender and aging”

2011    “The Discourse of Zoomer Magazine: Anti-aging or Empowering?” (jointly with Deborah K. van den Hoonaard). Aging Old Age Memory Aesthetics Conference 2011, Toronto, ON, March 25-27.

2011    “We are not going to be relegated to wearing  shawls and sitting in rocking chairs!”: How the Raging Grannies Challenge the Social Construction of Age and Gender.” Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Contemporary Issues in Qualitative Research, Brantford, ON, May 12-14.

2011    “The Raging Grannies: A Women’s Collective Act of Resistance and Empowerment.” Canadian Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Fredericton, NB, May 31-June 4.

2010    “From the Founder”: The Shaping of a New Identity for Baby Boomers in Zoomer Magazine,”(jointly with Deborah van den Hoonaard) . Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Social Pragmatism as a Conceptual Foundation, Brantford, ON, May 13-15.

2010    “The Raging Grannies’ Narrative Construction of Gender and Aging.” Narrative Matters Conference,  Fredericton, NB. May 20-23.

2008    “Is Activism Leisure? How Older Women Activists Define their Experience.” World Leisure Congress, Quebec City, QUE, October 6-10.

2008    “Healthy Active Lifestyle: Students’ Perceptions of Life in Old Age, (jointly with Dr. Deborah ven den Hoonarrd).  Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: The Chicago School and Beyond,    Fredericton, NB, May 21-24.

2007    “What is Leisure? The Participants vs the Academics” Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference: Towards New Heights. Fredericton, NB, May 16-19.

2006    “The Raging Grannies: The Meaning of Activism in the Lives of Older Women.” Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Scientific and Educational Meetings:  Acknowledging our past, Building our future, Quebec City, QUE, October 26-28.