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French Canadian adolescents in a minority milieu
(1997)
This inquiry describes the lived experience of minority francophone adolescents in Thunder Bay, Ontario. A
snowball sampling approach was used to recruit 22 participants for interviews where they were asked to talk
about ...
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 ...
Retooling gender? a constructivist analysis of Tomboy Tools / by Rebecca Collins-Nelsen.
(2010)
"In this study, I will examine the case of 'Tomboy Tools' as a form of gendered material culture. I will analyze the way this company has come to cross the traditional gender boundaries placed on women that has historically ...
Aging with a long-term physical impairment: An ever-changing process
(2009-05-28)
The experience of people aging with long-term physical impairments is a relatively new
area of research which requires further attention. There will be more people who reach old age
who have lived with a long-term physical ...
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 ...