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Pregnancy : a social construction
(1997)
Departing from conventional social science approaches to pregnancy and the pregnant
woman’s body this study examines pregnancy as experience", a socially constructed state of
being where attitudes about sexuality and ...
Safeguarding the "springs of life" : women's contributions to social and moral reform in Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, 1900-1930
(1998)
This thesis examines women's involvement in the moral and social reform movement under the umbrella of social purity, as it occurred in Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, between 1900-1930. I analyze the role of two ...
Physicians' perceptions of elderly alcohol abuse
(1998)
Alcohol abuse Is often hidden and unrecognized problem among
seniors. Although the degree of the aged affected by alcohol abuse may not be
extremely high, alcohol consumption appears to be particularly toxic In the
elderly, ...
Cutting grass : the uncertainty of coming of age in the post-Fordist era
(2000)
An ethnographic description and analysis of a small group of young adult males (Kingston, Ontario) trying to make the transition from employment as a youth into the adult world of work. Discussion of the interrelationships ...
Mapping feminist praxis and identity : a case study of women's health activism in Northwestern Ontario, 1980-1992
(2001)
Thesis examines women's involvement in organizing around women's health in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario by constructing a social history of key groups -- The Women and Health Sub-committee, the Women's Health Action ...
Failure in the frostbelt : the city in winter / by Andriko John Lozowy.
(2007)
"The result of a culture rigidly atomized by individual autonomy has meant that even winter’s icy chill has not prompted a spirit of collective gathering amongst citizens. Instead, the contemporary urban winter is marked ...
Constructing local culture in a near media monopoloy
(2003)
The main objective of this thesis is to examine how the local radio news media in
Thunder Bay construct local culture. Two paradigms are used to explain this process:
instrumentalism and structuralism. Although other ...
Worldviews in transition : the changing nature of the Lake Nipigon Anishinabek Metis
(2003)
In Northwestern Ontario (NWO) there is a need to assure a more complete
understanding of the Indigenous voice. The researcher, who examined existing theories
and research methodologies in sociology, determined that these ...