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Margo is Interim Program Director for The Vanier Institute of the Family and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ. Prior to joining Vanier and before that GREO, she was the Associate Director, Research for the CIW. In this role, she was engaged extensively in social indicators research both at the national level and in partnership with communities across Canada. Margo holds a Ph.D. in Leisure Studies from the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, and has research expertise in time use and the work-leisure relationship. She is particularly interested in changing employment trends and practices, and the implications of these and other social changes for mental health and quality of life.

Selected publications

Hilbrecht, M. & Smale, B. (2016). Leisure/Loisir, 40(1), 31-54. doi: 10.1080/14927713.2016.1144964.

Hilbrecht, M., Lero, D., Schryer, E., Mock, S.E., & Smale, B. (2016). Understanding the association between time spent caregiving and wellbeing among employed adults: Testing a model of work-life fit and sense of community. Community, Work and Family. Available online. doi:

Hilbrecht, M., Smale, B., & Mock, S.E. (2016). . Applied Research on Quality of Life. Available online. doi: 10.1007/s11482-016-9479-2

​Smale, B., & Hilbrecht, M. (2016). . In R. Phillips & C. Wong (Eds.), The handbook of community wellbeing. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Zuzanek, J., & Hilbrecht, M. (2016). Enforced leisure: Time use and its wellbeing implications. Time and Society. Available online. doi: 10.1177/0961463X16678252

Hilbrecht, M. (2015). . Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 28(1), 75-96.

Hilbrecht, M. & Lero, D. (2014). Self-employment and family life: Constructing work-life balance when you’re “always on”. Community, Work and Family, 17(1), 20-42.

Hilbrecht, M., Smale, B., & Mock, S.E. (2014). Highway to health? Commute time and wellbeing among Canadian adults. World Leisure Journal, 56(2), 151-163.

Hilbrecht, M., Shaw, S.M., Delamere, F. & Havitz, M. (2008). . Leisure/Loisir, 32(2), 541-571.

Hilbrecht, M., Shaw, S.M., Johnson, L.C., Andrey, J. (2008). . Gender, Work and Organization, 15(5), 454-476.