Heather Mair, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests include understanding the role of tourism, leisure, and sport in the development of communities. Heather has been involved in a wide range of projects, including evaluating the role of social supports for women who have been incarcerated, assessing the impacts of tourism on rural communities, investigating curling clubs as spaces for health and wellbeing, and exploring the potential of food practices in fostering social activism.