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Open Access Publishing in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada
(2016)
The publishing practices of scientists and academics have profound effects on the way that science and academia internally progress and influence external public debates. The culmination of empirical, theoretical, and ...
First Nations’ Equity Experts Talking about Differential Treatment, Identity Tension and Cultural Sovereignty: An Application of Weber’s Sociology
(2015)
Service providers, researchers and policy makers acknowledge that First Nations, and other marginalized citizens, encounter disproportionate barriers to being heard, feeling respected, developing trust, and accessing care ...
Lived Experiences of Sexual Violence
(2016)
This thesis is an exploration of how individuals who have experienced sexual violence understand their experience(s). A feminist, mixed-methods approach was used to better capture the wide range of experiences of my ...
Northern exposure: a comparison study of Alaska and Yukon models of measuring community wellbeing
(2015-02-02)
The main objective of this study is to examine models of measuring community wellbeing in Alaska and Yukon to determine if they were developed with the input of residents and if these models reflect local living conditions. ...
An ostensible exercise in modernity: law, religious intervention, and social science in the case of Bedford vs. Canada
(2014-01-22)
Drawing on Adele Clarke’s (2005) method of situational analysis as well insights from the social construction of social problems approach (Spector and Kitsuse 1977; Best 2008), symbolic interactionism (Prus 1999) and ...
Mobile miners: work, home, and hazards in Yukon's mining industry
(2015-06-15)
This thesis examines the impacts that long-distance commuting operations have for workers in Yukon's mining industry. The Canadian mining industry has transitioned from the traditional Taylorist operations of the twentieth ...
Expert on her own body: contested framings of risk and expertise in discourses on unassisted childbirth
(2014-01-22)
In spite of transitions to the culture of childbirth in late 20th century developed nations, the past decade has seen a rise of a new movement advocating for unassisted childbirth – that is, childbirth managed entirely by ...
'Here comes the sun': Enriching lives and reducing agitation for residents with dementia in long-term care homes
(2015-06-15)
This study sought to investigate the consequences of offering socially derived
programs geared to reduce agitation in residents of a secure dementia unit in a LTC
home. Data were collected through the generation of field ...
Identity in a love marriage? Exploring the consequences of South Asian women's choice to take part in inter-racial relationships
(2015-06-15)
This thesis examines the challenges faced by young South Asian Canadian women when
they choose to become involved in interracial intimate relationships. A feminist intersectional
framework was used to analyze the ‘othering’ ...
Trust and surveillance : four themes and definitions / by Stephanie Schutte.
(2010)
This is a study that examines the impacts surveillance can have on trust levels in society. The main purpose is to attempt to determine whether surveillance negotiates, manipulates, replaces or damages trust in others. The ...