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President of the World Leisure Congress, Mr. Michel Beauregard, and Secretary General of the World Leisure Organisation, Mr. Derek Casey.

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The panel of the continents was made up of Mr. Youssouf Fall from Senegal, Mr. André Thibault from Canada (Chairman for the session), Mr. J. A. Francis Lobo from Australia, Mrs. Karla A. Henderson from the United States, Mr. Luiz Octavio Lima de Camargo from Brazil, and Mr. Dong-Sung Cho from Korea. Absent from the picture: Mr. Jean Viard from France.

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Opening cocktail of the World Leisure Congress Québec 2008 at Québec City’s Musée de la civilisation: President of the World Leisure Congress Québec 2008, Mr. Michel Beauregard, Honorary Chairman, Mr. Jean-Paul L’Allier, Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports, Mrs. Michelle Courchesne, President of the World Leisure Organisation, Mr. Derek Casey, and Secretary General of the World Leisure Organisation, Mr. Christopher R. Edginton.

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Mayor of ChunCheon, Mr. Lee Kwang-jun,  President of the World Leisure Congress Québec 2008, Mr. Michel Beauregard, Chair of Board of Directors of the World Leisure Organization, Mr. Derek Casey and President of ChunCheon 2010 World Leisure Organizing Committee, Mr. Son Eun-nam.

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In the foreground, members of the panel of continents ready to take on their first day.

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All week, delegates were able to appreciate the smiles of our professional and efficient volunteers.

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Honorary Chairman, Mr. Jean-Paul L’Allier, Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports, Mrs. Michelle Courchesne at the Opening cocktail of the World Leisure Congress Québec 2008 at Québec City’s Musée de la civilisation.

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Opening address of Mrs. Michelle Courchesne, Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports.

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Over 800 delegates were present at the Congress opening cocktail.

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Mr. François Soulage, Mrs. Nancy Neamtan, Mrs. Lynda Binhas, Mrs. Sonia Vaillancourt, Mrs. Danilo Santos de Miranda and Mr. Louis Jolin (Chair) presented the workshop: Conditions under wich Social Economy and Social Tourism Organization Stay Alive in France, in Brasil and in Quebec.

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Mr. Andrew Jordan Miller, Mrs. Arianne Varvalhedo Reis, Mr. Pierre Trudel and Mr. Steve Castonguay (Chair) presented the workshop: Outdoor Recreation: Trails and Corridors.

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Mr. Jacques Kirouac (Chair), Mr. Jean-Michel Coëffé, Mrs. Andrée Gignac and Mr. Harvey L. Mead presented the workshop: Sustainable Development: Challenges for Leisure et Social Tourism Organizations.

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Mr. André Michaud (Chair), Mr. Pierre Riley, Mrs. Sonia Vaillancourt, Mr. Daniel Jean and Mr. Jacques Henrard presented the workshop: Civil Society Associations and Public Institution Interaction in Quebec and in France: Issues and Trends.

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Mr. Pierre Vigeant, Mrs. Mélanie Bouthillette, Mrs. Geneviève Shield (Chair), Mrs. Micheline Renaud, Mr. Louis Jolin, Mr. Jean-Marie Lafortune and Mr. Pierre-Paul Leduc presented the workshop: Research on the Social Contribution of Leisure Organizations: Three Cases to Illustrate Social, Economic and Creative Development.

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Keynote Speakers and panellists of Tuesday, October 7th : On the screen : Mr. Gaetan Morency, Vice President of Citizenship, Cirque du Soleil. On stage : Mr. Norberto Tonini, President of the International Bureau of Social Tourism, Mr. Chris Rojek, Professor of Sociology and Culture, School of Social Sciences in West London (England), Mrs. Danielle-Claude Chartré, Assistant Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Culture, Communications and Status of Women, Mr. Scott Haldane, President and General Manager of Greater Toronto’s YMCA, Mr. Gilles Pronovost, Professor at the University of Québec in Trois-Rivières (Chairman).

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The President of the 2008 Quebec World Leisure Congress, Mr. Michel Beauregard and the President of the World Leisure Organization, Mr. Derek Casey and some of the delegation of student of the Cégep du Vieux Montréal. More than 800 students from 5 different province of Canada participated at the Congress.

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One of the 450 workshops and sessions wich were offered to delegates.

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73 poster presentations were offered to our delegates.

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Keynote Speakers and panellists of Tuesday, October 7th: Mr. Scott Haldane, President and General Manager of Greater Toronto’s YMCA, Mr. Gilles Pronovost, Professor at the University of Québec in Trois-Rivières (Chairman), Mrs. Danielle-Claude Chartré, Assistant Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Culture, Communications and Status of Women and Mr. Chris Rojek, Professor of Sociology and Culture, School of Social Sciences in West London (England).

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Chair and Director of the event, M. Michel Beauregard and M. Luc Toupin.

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Keynote Speakers of Tuesday: Mr. Gaetan Morency, Vice President of Citizenship, Cirque du Soleil.

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Champlain, founding father of Québec City, dropped by to say hello to our delegates!

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A part of the delegation of the International Bureau of Social Tourism (BITS) : (stand) Mrs. Ania Diekmann (Belgium), Mr. Raphael Wilczkowski (Poland), Mr. Louis Jolin (Canada), Mrs. Sonia Vaillancourt (Canada), Mrs. Anne Dumez (Belgium), Mrs. Dolores Ordònez (Spain), (sit) Mr. Michel Vandendriessche (Belgium), Mr. Jean-Marc Mignon (France), Mr. Sergio Rodriguez (Mexico) and Mr. Javier Bustamente (Spain).

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A part of the members of the Board of Directors of the International Bureau of Social Tourism (BITS) and BITS-Americas : (stand) Mr. Norberto Tonini (Chair of BITS), Mr. Michel Beauregard (President of the event), M. Gerardo Perez (vice-president of BITS-Americas), Mrs. Veronica Gomez (director of BITS-Americas), Mr. Patrick Brault (administrator of BITS), Mr. Jacques Perreault (chairman of BITS-Americas), (sit) Mr. Luc Gobin (administrator of BITS), Mr. Charles Étienne Bélanger (director of BITS), Mr. Jean Blétard (General Secretary of BITS) and Mr. Pierre Tremblay administrator of BITS-Americas).

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Mr. Serge Mathon, Mrs. Marie-Soleil Goudreault-Quessy, Mr. Pierre Trudel, Mrs. Julie Fortier, Mrs. Marie-Claude Allard, Mr. Jean-Marie Lafortune and Mrs. Geneviève Shield (Chair) presented the workshop: Research on the Social Contribution of Leisure Organization: Three Cases that Illustrate Cultural and Environmental Heritage Enhancement.

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Mr. Guy Chatham, Mr. Michel Cadieux, Mr. François Duaphin and Mr. Éric Myles (in replacement of Jean-François Picard) presented the workshop: Imaginative Infrastructure in Leisure and Recreation.

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Mr. Jacques Henrard, Mrs. Isabelle Monforte, Mrs. Marie Magdeleine Hilaire, Mr. Robert Rodrigue and Mr. Yves Beauregard (Chair) presented the workshop: Access to Holiday Resources.

Two distinguished scholars were named recipients of the Hillel Ruskin Memorial Scholar Lecture Award by the World Leisure Organisation, it is a Quebec personality, Dr. Gilles Provonost, Professeur Associé, Département des sciences du loisir et de la communication sociale, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and Dr. Atara Sivan, Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

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On October 8th, 2008, La Route verte, which was developed by Vélo Québec Association received the World Leisure Innovation Prize. Mrs. Suzanne Lareau, President and General Manager of Vélo Québec, and Mr. Jean-François Pronovost, General Manager of Vélo Québec Association received their award from the hands of Mr. Derek Casey, President of the World Leisure Organization.

For more information:
www.worldleisure.org/innovation_prize.html

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One of the most important leisure trade shows in the world opened its doors to delegates on October 8th during the World Leisure Congress Québec 2008. Reuniting over 164 exhibitors from all sectors of activity such as equipment, games, tourism, sports, leisure, safety and animation, this trade show has been instrumental in establishing preferential contacts between workers in the field of leisure and suppliers of products and services in leisure.

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Mr. Jean-Paul L’Allier Receives Honorary Membership of the Conseil québécois du loisir. Mr. Jean-Paul L’Allier receives his honorary membership from the hands of the President of the Conseil québécois du loisir and the World Leisure Congress 2008, Mr. Michel Beauregard.

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Keynote Speakers and panellists of Wednesday, October 8th: Mr. Louis Jolin, professor at the Université du Québec in Montreal (Chair), the honorary president, Jean-Paul L'Allier, Esq., Mrs. Linda Caldwell is a Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management at The Pennsylvania State University, : Mr.. Gérard Beaudet, Director at the Urban Planning Institute at the University of Montreal, Mr. Serge Fortin, Vice-President of the Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités (Quebec Federation of Municipalities) and prefect for the Témiscouata region; and Mr.. Abdou Salam Fall, sociologist and researcher at the Institut fondamental d’Afrique noire (IFAN) (Fundamental Institute of Black Africa) in Dakar, Senegal.

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Keynote Speaker of Wednesday, Jean-Paul L'Allier, Esq.

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The World Leisure Congress Québec 2008 beat the former participation record with a total of 4,468 participants registered in the various activities offered during this 5-day event.

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Mr. Gerald Mirecki, President of the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association and Mr. Denis Servais, President of the Association québécoise du loisir municipal officially declared the trade show open from a rather unusual location!!!

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Panellists of Thursday, October 9th: Mr. David Compton, Professor of Parks, Recreation & Tourism at the University of Utah, Mrs. Suzanne Lareau, President and General Manager of Vélo Québec and Dr. Alain Poirier, National Director of Public Health and Assistant Deputy Minister for Quebec's Ministry of Health and Social Services.

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Smiling delegates and halls filled to capacity during the entire Congress.

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Mrs. Sonia Vaillancourt, Mrs. Lucie Dumais and Mrs. Louise Sutton presented the workshop: The Partnership Research Model Used by University – Community Alliance and Quebec Partnership Research Network in Social Economy.

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Mr. Daniel Caron (Chair), Mr. Jean-Marie Lafortune, Mrs. Martine Mauroy, Mrs. Anouk Bélanger and Mrs. Claudette Bolduc presented the workshop: Contribution of Cultural Leisure and Amateur Practice in Cultural Development and Accessibility: Challenges and Issues.

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Mr. Michel Fafard, Mr. Michel Garneau, Mr. Michel Cadieux and Mrs. Andrée Gignac (Chair) presented the workshop: Supporting Safe Outdoor Activities: Opportunities and Barriers.

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Mr. Pierre Morin, Mr. Louis Jolin, Mrs. Lucie Fréchette, Mrs. Sonia Vaillancourt, Mrs. Louise Sutton (Chair) and Mr. Jocelyn Morier presented the workshop: A Guide to Leisure Accessibility.

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Mr. Alexandre Meunier, Mrs. Julie Fortier, Mrs. Andrée Gignac and Mr. Mario Chamberland (Chair) presented the workshop: How Leisure Can Facilitate Community Involvement and Volunteerism for Youth.

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Mr. David Malloy, Mr. Daniel Caron, Mrs. Marie-France Delage, Mr. Darrell Melvie and Mr. Larry Ketcheson presented the workshop: Challenges with Leisure and Recreation Infrastructures.

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Mr. Michel Cadieux, Mr. Steve Castonguay (Chair), Mrs. Lise Talbot, Mr. Jean-Marc Purenne and Mr. Yess Gacem presented the workshop: Access to Oudoor Recreation: A Long-term Perspective.

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BITS President, Mr. Norberto Tonini and WLO President Mr. Derek Casey signed a cooperation agreement between the two organisations in order to facilitate exchanges of information, the joint realisation of research projects, symposiums, seminars and of common initiatives at the international level, as well as the mutual welcome of representatives to their respective congresses.

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BITS-Americas representatives: Mr. Jacques Perreault, President; Mr. Gerardo Perez, Vice-President; Mrs. Veronica Gomez, Coordinator and Mr. Daniel Pouplot, Treasurer.

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Mr. Michel Beauregard, President of the Congress, and Mr. André Thibault, Program Committee Director, received the Distinguished Service Award from the World Leisure Organisation.

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The assistant deputy minister, Mr. Claude Mailhot, delivered a message from the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports at the closing banquet.

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The organising committee for the 11th World Leisure Congress Chuncheon 2010, made a lively and enticing presentation during the closing banquet.  In 2010, the place to be will be in South Korea!

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The Congress Director, Mr. Luc Toupin, and the master of ceremonies, Archy, invited the gentlemen to remove their jackets and the women to remove their high heels and head to the dance floor.  Time to swing those hips and let yourself go!

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The popular band, Karma Kameleon heated things up with the classic sound of the ‘80s.

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Over 800 delegates were present at the closing banquet and enjoyed Karma Kameleon’s inebriating show.

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The members of the Panel of the Continents presented the Summary of the event.

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The 10th World Leisure Congress ended on the morning of October 10th with the proclamation of the Québec Declaration, adopted beforehand by the World Leisure Organization and several of the event's partners.  The proclamation was made by two young students in the field of leisure.

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Mr. Jean-Paul L’Allier requests the adoption of the Québec Declaration from the audience.

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The flag of the World Leisure Organization was handed over to the ChunCheon 2010 World Leisure Organizing Committee.

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Mr. Régis Labeaume, mayor of Québec City, spoke at the passing of Flag.

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Mr. Lee Kwang-jun, Mayor of ChunCheon, also spoke at the passing of Flag.

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Mr. Son Eun-nam, President of ChunCheon 2010 World Leisure Organizing Committee, invited the delegates to come in Korea.

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Mr. Derek Casey, Chair of Board of Directors, and Mr. Christopher Edginton, Secretary General, handed over the World Leisure Organization flag to Mr. Lee Kwang-jun, Mayor of ChunCheon, and Mr. Son Eun-nam, President of ChunCheon 2010 World Leisure Organizing Committee.

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The Honorary Chairman, Mr. Jean-Paul L’Allier and representatives of the World Leisure Organization stand by some of the volunteers who played an important role in organizing the event.