Dr. Heather Mair is an Assistant Professor in the Recreation and Leisure Studies Department, University of Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Mairâ??s research focuses on the challenges and opportunities presented by tourism development in rural Canada. She has authored numerous publications in tourism and leisure studies with a particular focus on community-based tourism planning and development, leisure and volunteer activists, the (social) role of curling clubs in rural Canadian life and the need for enhanced critical and theoretical approaches to leisure and tourism research.

Kellee Caton is associate professor of tourism studies at Thompson Rivers University and co-chair of the Critical Tourism Studies International Network and its North American chapter.

Meghan Muldoon is assistant professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Hainan University-Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College.

Kellee Caton is associate professor of tourism studies at Thompson Rivers University and co-chair of the Critical Tourism Studies International Network and its North American chapter.

Bryan S. R. Grimwood is associate professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo.

Dr. Heather Mair is an Assistant Professor in the Recreation and Leisure Studies Department, University of Waterloo, Canada. Dr. Mairâ??s research focuses on the challenges and opportunities presented by tourism development in rural Canada. She has authored numerous publications in tourism and leisure studies with a particular focus on community-based tourism planning and development, leisure and volunteer activists, the (social) role of curling clubs in rural Canadian life and the need for enhanced critical and theoretical approaches to leisure and tourism research.

Meghan Muldoon is assistant professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Hainan University-Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College.