Professor | Director of the Centre for Sport and Sustainability (CSS)
Email: brian.wilson@ubc.ca
Phone: 604 822 3884
Lab Website: Sport, Environment, Peace, Media
Office: Auditorium Annex, Room 156D | 1924 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2
Mailing Address: War Memorial Gymnasium, Room 210 | 6081 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1
Publications: Research Gate
Education
Simon Fraser University, 2000, SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, (Communication)
McMaster University, 2000, PhD , (Sociology)
The University of British Columbia, 1995, MA, (Human Kinetics)
McMaster University, 1993, BPE, (Physical Education)
Courses Taught
KIN 360 Sport, Peace and Conflict
KIN 381 Sport, Leisure and Popular Culture
KIN 571 Qualitative Methods in Sport, Leisure and Health Studies
Research Area
Research Interests
Research and Teaching
See Research Gate for a list of current publications.
Research and Teaching
My research interests and projects lie in areas related to consumer culture, media, youth, the environment, social inequality, peace, social movements, qualitative methods, and sport and leisure studies generally. I am currently Principal Investigator on an ‘Insight Grant’ funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) entitled Fostering ‘Sport-for-Peace Journalism’ and a Role for Sociologists of Sport. My writing and research programme continues to revolve around findings from two now-completed SSHRC-funded projects. These are entitled Corporate Environmentalism and the Canadian Golf Industry and Connected Youth: A Study of Youth-Driven Social Movements, Globalization, and Community in the Age of the Internet.
Potential Students
Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me at the email address above.