Episode 5: Researching recreation in "retirement" with Jane Hurly

Her research centres around how leisure, particularly being in nature, can help with resettlement for new immigrants. Jane shares her own immigration story that took her from the UK to South Africa to Canada, why she decided to pursue her PhD and how we are redefining what it means to be retired. We talk about... Leaving apartheid South Africa to raise a family and build a life in Canada Jane’s storied career in TV, feature films and then communications strategy Returning to university at the age of 60 to get a master’s degree at Royal Roads which led to doing some coursework at the University of Alberta. How unanswered questions from a master’s class in global politics and the massive migrations starting to take place in 2012 turned into the desire to do a PhD Researching leisure and its role in resettlement The process and demands of doing a PhD Finding the right supervisor Challenges with ageism in the educational system The amazing richness of resources in post-secondary libraries I’m proud to be a member of the Alberta Podcast Network , powered by ATB Financial. Special thanks to our sponsors NorQuest College .

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Episode 5: Researching recreation in "retirement" with Jane Hurly is an episode from Back to School Again by Katrina Ingram.

This episode is 47:32 long.

This episode was published on Nov 12, 2019.

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