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Fenton Litwiller

They/Them

Associate Professor

Dr. Fenton Litwiller (they/them/theirs) (University of Manitoba) is a leisure scholar who uses qualitative and post-qualitative research methods and critical theories to account for 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences, identities, and expressions.

Publications/Papers

Dykstra, K. J., and Fenton Litwiller. 2020. “‘Are You Trying to Make Them Gay?’: Culture Wars, Anxieties about Genderplay, and the Subsequent Impacts on Youth.” Leisure Sciences, 1–12.,

Gallant, Karen, Susan Hutchinson, Catherine M. White, Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, Fenton Litwiller, Heidi Lauckner, and Robyn Burns. 2020. “Reaching out to Welcome in: Guidelines for Socially Inclusive Recreation Settings and Programs for People with Mental Health Challenges” 44 (3): 327–51.,

Litwiller, Fenton, Catherine White, Karen Anne Gallant, Robert Gilbert, Susan Hutchinson, Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, and Heidi Lauckner. 2017. “The Benefits of Recreation for the Recovery and Social Inclusion of Individuals with Mental Illness: An Integrative Review.” Leisure Sciences 39 (1): 1–19.

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