Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada

Nova Scotia, Canada Canada

Education

Dr. Wanda George is adjunct professor and researcher in the Department of Business Administration and Tourism and Hospitality Management at Mount Saint Vincent University, where she specializes in tourism planning and development. Her research and scholarship concentrates on the complex relationships and interconnections amongst tourism, commodification of local culture, community change and rural sustainability. Much of her research has been in rural Canada. She has completed a study (2010) of residents' attitudes and perceptions towards tourism development in Les Îles de la Madeleine, Quebec. She is Founding Director of the World Heritage Tourism Research Network (WHTRN) (www.whtrn.c...