PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
Each Province and Territory has a department which plays a key role in the recreation delivery system. Policy development, research, resource allocation, providing support to the sector, and ensuring that the interests of recreation are considered by other government departments and agencies are some of the key roles. As such, these departments play an influential role within the overall recreation delivery system.
Acadia Rec Grads have always been represented within the provincial government departments responsible for recreation. Examples of roles they have held include the following:
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These positions are influential in shaping future directions for the recreation sector as well as determining where financial resources will be directed. At least half the provinces in Canada have had Acadia Recreation Graduates fill such key roles. Graduates have also served in key positions in other provincial government departments related to recreation including Tourism, Parks, and Natural Resources. Making use of skills learned in the degree that relate to aspects other than recreation, positions such as Senior Systems Developer,
Dept. of Justice; Coordinator-Job Resource Centre; Director Payroll Client Relations, Department of Internal Services; and Manager Organizational Change Management have been filled by Recreation alumni. Keeping within the realm of government, certain individuals have become involved in the political system in Canada having served as MLAs, Constituency Assistants, Government Whip, Ministerial Advisors, and Political Party Research Associates.
Dept. of Justice; Coordinator-Job Resource Centre; Director Payroll Client Relations, Department of Internal Services; and Manager Organizational Change Management have been filled by Recreation alumni. Keeping within the realm of government, certain individuals have become involved in the political system in Canada having served as MLAs, Constituency Assistants, Government Whip, Ministerial Advisors, and Political Party Research Associates.
ALUMNAE CAREER PROFILE
Dawn (MacNevin) Stegen ’87 began her career working with the Canadian Red Cross as the Nova Scotia Manager of boating safety for 10 years. The following decade, she served as Executive Director of Recreation Nova Scotia (RNS), a not for profit provincial organization that resulted from the merger of the Recreation Association of Nova Scotia, the Recreation Council on Disability in Nova Scotia, and Volunteer Nova Scotia. RNS advocates on behalf of all Nova Scotians for quality recreation and leisure services. In 2009, she joined the provincial government as the Director of Regional Representatives with the Department of Health and Wellness (Sport and Recreation Division), and with a government restructuring in 2016, she became Director of Regional Services for the Department of Communities, Culture, and Heritage which includes recreation services.