Mark Lowes, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Adventure sport as an emerging tourism industry in the Canadian North: assessing its prospects for community development
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$31,584
Community economic and social development through sport tourism in Northern Canada
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$21,213
Motorsport, civic identity, and globalization: an international comparative study
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$67,230

All 3 grants and awards

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Adventure sport as an emerging tourism industry in the Canadian North: assessing its prospects for community development

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Lowes, Mark D.

Keywords: sport tourism; northern community development; cultural tourism; sport and socio-economic development

$31,584

Community economic and social development through sport tourism in Northern Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Northern Research Development Program

Principal investigators: Lowes, Mark D.

Keywords: sport tourism; community development; rural geography; rural sociology; Canadian studies; sustainable tourism; place marketing

$21,213

Motorsport, civic identity, and globalization: an international comparative study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Lowes, Mark D.

Keywords: world-class city; international sports mega-events; media studies; civic identity; globalization; urban geography; tourism

$67,230

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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