Kimberly Lopez

Assistant Professor

University of Waterloo

Canada

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Kimberly Lopez is an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Her research areas include leisure studies, mental wellness, and the experiences of immigrants, particularly those living with dementia. Recent publications reflect her interest in community building, body activism, and the impacts of socio-political contexts on leisure practices. Through her work, she advocates for justice-oriented scholarship and relational mentorship.

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Centring kuwentuhan in leisure research: reflections on possibilities, resistance, and transformation

Networked everyday lives in the ‘care-full’ city: A framework for examining the complexities of immigrants living with dementia, carepartners, and care workers

(Re)claiming subversive spaces on TikTok: the complexities of body activisms within physical activity cultures

Practices of Gratitude and Outdoor Leisure

Building community or perpetuating inclusionism? The representation of “inclusion” on fitness facility websites

“It’s the small stuff you can’t see”: Stories of mental wellness, community, and leisure told by new arrivants of colour to a mid-sized, South-Western Ontario city

Leisure research amid socio-political unrest: A reflection on struggle in turbulent times

Relational mentorship for justice-oriented scholarship: space for care, reckoning, and supported discomfort

Musings on becoming the ghost in the machine: writing into practice subversive academic relations towards care

The Impact of COVID-19 on Older Adults’ Perceptions of Virtual Care: Qualitative Study

#BodyPositive? A critical exploration of the body positive movement within physical cultures taking an intersectionality approach

Understanding racialised older adults’ experiences of the Canadian healthcare system, and codesigning solutions: protocol for a qualitative study in nine languages

“It’s a whole new way of doing things”: the digital divide and leisure as resistance in a time of physical distance

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Jennifer Boger

Samantha Biglieri

Aly Bailey

Ann Fudge Schormans

Bryan Grimwood

Rachel Weldrick

Maxwell Hartt

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