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2019 NIRSA Schedule

MAY 22ND MAY 23RD MAY 24TH
WEDNESDAY @ WLU THURSDAY @ UWATERLOO FRIDAY @ WLU
8-8:45AM ACTIVE SESSION (CYCLING)
9-9:45AM Key Note: Ron McCarville from 9-10AM KEEPING SUMMER CAMPERS ENGAGED ALL YEAR 
Kevin Linder
HABIT TRACKERS: AN EXPERIMENT IN FOSTERING STUDENT WELLNESS 
Ryan Danziger
ENGAGING WITH THE ACTIVE AGING POPULATION 
Stefanie Kubacki
10-10:45AM Risk Management roundtable Fitness roundtable
Facilities roundtable
Intramurals roundtable
Clubs roundtable
CREATING A UNIFIED ENVIRONMENT 
Jenna Smith and Chris Mehak
VIKES NATION AND THE VALUE OF VOLUNTEERISMJason Wright THE POWER OF 1% BETTER Stacey Majaury
11-11:45AM REGISTRATION OPENS Student Staff roundtable  Managers roundtable Aquatics roundtable  Conditioning roundtable Customer Service roundtable  Camps roundtable STUDENT STAFF MENTORSHIP 
Graham Barnes
READY TO REACT 
Trevor Black
AQUATICS: INDUSTRY UPDATE AND TRENDS Kathleen Finn
12-1PM LUNCH
LUNCH PLUS TRADE SHOW
LUNCH
1-2PM
SafeTalk

Responding to Disclosures and Ally-ship in Post Secondary Education

Condition and Strength Your Program Through Health Promotion, Planning, and Evaluation
2:15-3:00PM YOU GOT MAD SKILLS
Chad Van Dyk
YOU KNOW THE GAME, NOW MEET THE SPORT Victor Gravili DECOLONIZING ATHLETIC SPACES IN HIGHER EDUCATION - THE INDIGENOUS STUDENT SWIM INITIATIVE 
Robin Waley
3:15-4:00PM NIRSA  EMERGENCY PREPARDNESS 
Shelly Makepeace
MULTI-SPORT REC FESTJordan Robinson ACTIVE SESSION 
 

4:30-6:30 PM
Dinner at the Turret
Happy Hour at Fed Hall
Evening Trivia at the Turret Bowling at Kingpin Bingemans

Keynote Description

How Can We Make This Better? Creating a Quality Mindset

The way we think about a problem always determines what kind of solutions we seek. This talk will focus on ways to think about and achieve customer service levels that will attract and retain clients from all over campus.

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Dr. Ron McCarville has been a faculty member at the University of Waterloo since 1989 and served a variety of administrative posts including Associate Dean in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences. Having written extensively on marketing and management issues he regularly shares his ideas in workshops and conference sessions across North America.  

Ron was nominated as one of Ontario’s best lecturers and has been named a Distinguished Teacher at the University of Waterloo. He has appeared on Discovery channel discussing consumer behaviour and his books have been adopted by university programs in both the US and Canada. 

Most recently, Ron has been conducting research on service delivery, online culture and work-life integration.