Browsing by Discipline
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Fanning the flames? Negotiating gendered identity in forest fire suppression
(2006)This thesis is an examination of gendered identity in a regional Canadian community. Using ethnographic observation and in-depth interviews, I explore the ways in which female forest firefighters negotiate ‘competent’ ... -
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 ... -
Front yard machines : interpreting cultural landscapes in Thunder Bay
(2004)The house and the yard have ceased to be solely functional objects. Rather, today they are often invested with tremendous amounts of time and money resulting in objects which transcend traditionally functional roles to ... -
Green Belt Movement of Kenya : a gender analysis
(2000)The Green Belt Movement of Kenya is an environmental conservation movement that began in 1977 as a project of women planting trees. It has since grown into a popular movement in Kenya expanding its goals of environment ... -
Hegemonic masculinity : just another day at the gym?
(2000)This thesis is an examination of masculinity and gym culture in a regional Canadian community. Through ethnographic observation and in depth interviews I explore the ways in which masculinity is Hterally embodied in the ... -
Impact of culture and social inequality on risk communication : a case study of the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation, Southern Manitoba
(2003)This thesis examines the sociocultural factors that influenced risk perception and risk communication among the residents of Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation in Southern Manitoba during the flood of 1997. I discuss ... -
In the eye of the beholder : an investigation of insider perspectives on the concept of successful aging
(2003)This research study is an exploration regarding the concept of successful aging and what it means to older individuals whose voices have commonly been disregarded in research o f this nature. Data were collected from a ... -
Indicators of fear of victimization
(1993)The main objective of this thesis was to examine the indicators of fear of victimization by incorporating the variables age, gender, living arrangement and security precautions into Warr and Stafford’s (1983) conceptual ... -
Internet use of linguistic minorities within a dominant culture : a case study of Francophones in Northwestern Ontario / by Nicole Corbett.
(2007)Outside the province of Québec, Francophones are often marginalized with regard to availability of products in their language. The Internet, a growing phenomenon, is marketed as a tool, which provides information and ... -
Kind of prohibition : alcohol administration in pre-computer Ontario, Canada 1927-1975
(2006)This thesis describes in detail the development of a vast bureaucracy of surveillance by provincial authorities around alcohol control, and concerns itself with the categories employed in a vast social sorting operation ... -
Labour market segmentation and differing retirement arrangements
(1989)Labour market segmentation theory was developed as an explanation for ongoing poverty among some groups of people. According to this theory, the problem is in the structure of the work world, rather than in individual ... -
Little community that could but wouldn't : a case study of controversy, innovation and social change among northern Ojibwa
(1984)The main conclusion arrived at in this thesis is that social change in northern Ojibwa communities is linked to the balance of power and dependence found between various individuals and groups. To arrive at this the ... -
Male same-sex couples and the division of household labour
(2005)Studies on heterosexual couples show that women continue to perform the overwhelming majority of household tasks, and that factors, such as gender, parental influence, relationship status, income, education, age, and ... -
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 ... -
Media representations of white supremacy groups : a content analysis of two Ontario newspapers, 1977 to 1992
(1999)This thesis investigates how the print media represents white supremacy groups. More specifically, articles concerned with white supremacy groups are examined from The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star from 1977 to ... -
Negotiating healthy sexuality : factors influencing dual contraceptive use by female university students in Northern Ontario
(2006)In spite of the rising rates of sexually transmitted diseases among young women in Canada (and particularly in the North), the factors affecting the use of dual contraception to prevent both pregnancy and STDs remain ... -
Older adults as volunteers in Thunder Bay
(1993)This is a descriptive and exploratory study which examines the characteristics and expressed motivations among older adults in Thunder Bay toward volunteerism and if altruism is in fact the main reason for why older ...