Dan Henhawk, PhD

Biography

Dr. Dan Henhawk's research interests revolve around the multiple conceptualizations of leisure and the socio-cultural study of sport and recreation. The main thread of his research seeks to trouble modern Western conceptualizations of leisure and, by extension, notions of work through a critical Indigenous lens. In his work, he strives to privilege Indigenous ways of knowing and of being in the world.

Education

  • PhD, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo (2018)
  • M.A., Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo (2007)
  • B.A., Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo (2004)

Research summary

Dr. Henhawk's research aims to explore how understandings and meanings of leisure are changing in relation to understandings of work. He is also interested in Indigenous notions of decolonization, indigenization, sovereignty and self-determination. During his studies, Dr. Henhawk studied sport in the Indigenous context and engaged in auto-ethnographical research related to my experiences as an Indigenous person engaged in modern, competitive sport.

 

Courses

  • Introduction to Outdoor and Land-Based Recreation (REC 2130)
  • History of Physical Activity and Leisure (KPER 2170)