UNA Community Centers : Promoting Interculturalism through Physical Activity
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Kinesiology, School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
contributor: University of British Columbia. School of Kinesiology
contributor: University Neighborhoods Association (Vancouver, B.C.)
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
creator: Gavric, Marko
creator: Johnstone, Dannen
creator: Kandola, Mahabhir
creator: Lee, Emily
creator: Lin, Jackie
creator: Liu, Jackson
issued: 2018-11-20T18:14:35Z
issued: 2017-12-07
description: The University Neighbourhood Association (UNA) is a non-for-profit organization that serves approximately 10,000 residents within the community of the University of British Columbia (UBC). UBC neighborhoods are representative of the diversity in Vancouver, and consists of significant immigrant populations from various backgrounds including Chinese, Korean, Persian and European. Although many programs have acknowledged the need for multiculturalism and diversity within physically activity, there is still a need to continually draw attention to the issues involved through research with different cultural groups (Frisby, 2011). In recent years, UNA has had growing difficulty reaching certain population groups within the community and as a result, invited us to evaluate their program. The purpose of this study was conducted to promote intercultural physical activity among residents and increase participation of certain population groups at the UNA community centres. Four separate meetings were held throughout the term with UNA community partners to discuss goals and objectives, project design, and ensure the project remained on schedule. The UNA sent out a survey we created, consisting of Likert scale questions, through their weekly newsletter and a total of 68 residents responded to the survey. Following the survey, a focus group session was conducted and 7 residents attended. The result of our focus group discussion showed that the top three barriers to participation at UNA were; (1) the inability to progress a skill due to a lack of different levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) of classes available; (2) the inflexibility of the registration system and; (3) difficulty understanding the context and content of the class due to language barriers. Our recommendations were given based on the barriers identified: (1) to provide different levels of class progression (beginner, intermediate, advanced) so participants have the choice to further improve their skills, be c…
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note: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability Program Student Research Report UNA Community Centers: Promoting Interculturalism through Physical Activity Marko Gavric, Dannen Johnstone, Mahabhir Kandola Emily Lee, Jackie Lin, and Jackson Liu University of British Columbia KIN 465 December 2017 Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student research project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report”. 2 UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report UNA Community Centers: Promoting Interculturalism through Physical Activity Marko Gavric, Dannen Johnstone, Mahabhir Kandola Emily Lee, Jackie Lin, Jackson Liu Interculturalism, Health, and Physical Activity (KIN 465) School of Kinesiology University of British Columbia Date completed: Thursday, December 7th, 2017 3 UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report Table of Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 4 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………… .. 5 Background Information …………………………………………………………………… .. 6 Literature Review ....................................................................................................... 6 Methodology …………………………………………………………………………….... .... 8 Outcomes, Findings, and Discussion ….. ............................................................................. 9 Recommendations ………………………………………
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0374137
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Undergraduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. KIN 465
subject: Interculturalism
subject: Health
subject: Physical activity
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/67823