Conferences
Kelsey has been involved in numerous international conferences, including presenting papers and posters. She has also engaged in conference organization, serving on conference scientific committees and as a conference volunteer.
Conference Organization
2008 - 2009 Ecological and Environmental Impacts of Climate Change Symposium
Host: Centre for Northern Studies, Lakehead University, Canada (6th - 7th March 2009).
Role: Symposium Coordinator
Conference Scientific Committees
2017 CAUTHE Annual Conference: Time for big ideas? Re-thinking the field for tomorrow.
Host: University of Otago, New Zealand (7th – 11th February 2017).
2013 CAUTHE Annual Conference: Tourism and Global Change: on the edge of something big.
Host: Lincoln University, New Zealand (11th to 14th February 2013).
Conference Presentations
Johansen, K. (2019). Willing Workers on Organic Farms - Representation and Othering through Food. At the 2019 ATLAS Gastronomy and Tourism Research Group Meeting: Gastronomy and Tourism - Reflections on local food consumption in urban and rural areas, Universidade de Évora - Colégio do Espírito Santo, Évora, Portugal, February 20th – 23rd, 2019.
Johansen, K. (2017). ‘Becoming WWOOFer, Being Me’: Enacting and Embodying (Leisure) Identities. At the 2017 Leisure Studies Association Conference, Leeds Beckett University, Rose Bowl City Campus, Leeds, United Kingdom, July 4th – 6th 2017. AWARDED BEST PAPER PRIZE.
Johansen, K. (2017). Sharing Economy Implications for WWOOF Participation. At the 2017 Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 29th – June 2nd 2017.
Johansen, K. (2015). Negotiating Authenticity, Intimacy and Conflict that Accompanies ‘Backstage’ Access WWOOFing in New Zealand. At the Canadian Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, June 1st – June 5th 2015.
Johansen, K. & Lemelin, R.H. (2015). Chuuk Lagoon: Management Challenges Communicating Conflicting Narratives at Marine Battlefields to Dive Tourists. At the Canadian Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting, Special Session on ‘Tourism to Destinations with a Controversial Past: Issues and Problems in the Management of Dark Heritage Sites’. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, June 1st – June 5th 2015.
Johansen, K. (2015). Making Bread and Breaking Bread: Host-Guest Interactions among WWOOF Participants in New Zealand. At the Canadian Association of Food Studies Conference - Capital Ideas: Nourishing Debates, Minds and Bodies. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, May 30th - June 2nd, 2015.
Lemelin, H., Powys Whyte, K., Wilson, C., Higgins-Desbiolles, F., Hemming, S. & Johansen, K. (2013). Battlefields, Repatriation, and Indigenous Peoples Addressing dissonant heritage in warfare tourism in Australia and North America in the 21st Century. At the 5th International Critical Tourism Studies Conference - Tourism Critical Practice: Activating Dreams into Action, Sarajevo, Bosnia, June 25th – 28th, 2013.
Johansen, K. & Spence, K. (2012). Implementing the Trans Canada Trail 2017 Connectivity Plan in Northern Ontario, Canada: Tourism, Hiking and Rural Development. At the 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas (Outdoor Recreation in Change - Current Knowledge and Future Challenges), Stockholm, Sweden, August 21-24, 2012.
Johansen, K., Koster, R. & Hunt, L. (2012). Environmental Messages, Diver Attitudes and Depreciative Behaviours: Does How We Communicate Environmental Messages to Recreational Divers and Dive Tourists Really Matter? At the 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas (Outdoor Recreation in Change - Current Knowledge and Future Challenges), Stockholm, Sweden, August 21-24, 2012.
Johansen, K. (2010). Boating Tourism and Community Economic Development: Understanding Boater Market Segmentation and Amenity and Service Preferences Post-Recession. At the Travel and Tourism Research Association Canada Chapter Conference (Research on the Road to Recovery), October 13-15, 2010, Quebec City, Canada.
Conference Posters
Johansen, K. & Lemelin, R.H. (2010). Recognizing Arthropod Discourse Disorder in Multidisciplinary Journals: A Content Analysis. At the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB: Conservation for a changing planet), July 3-7, 2010, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
Johansen, K. & Koster, R. (2010). Scuba Diving Tourism in Truk Lagoon: Implications for Cultural Heritage Preservation. At the 2010 Society for Economic Anthropology Contested Economies Conference (Global Tourism and Cultural Heritage), April 8-10, 2010, Tampa, USA.
Johansen, K. & Koster, R. (2009). Assessing Diver Impacts on Marine Environments in Palau, Yap and Chuuk: Is a New Diver Education Model Needed? At the Travel and Tourism Research Association Canada Chapter Conference (Student Research Symposium), October 14-16, 2009, Guelph, Canada.
Conference Volunteer
2013 Sixth International Outdoor Education Research Conference (IOERC)
Host: University of Otago (25th to 29th November 2013)