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First Year, Online University, and the Trouble of Digital Community
(2021-04)
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a novel learning environment for all universities; however, this novelty is twofold for first year students. The aim of this project is to explore the experience first years have had as ...
Young Adults and Their Parents: The (Mis)understandings That Define Mental Illness
(2021-04)
Using a symbolic interactionist perspective, I explore and identify meanings of young adult mental illness that are constructed through the relationship between young adults and their parents. Thus far, research on mental ...
How and Why Heritage Performers Represent the Past in the Present
(2021-04)
This study explores the motivations of heritage performers to take on their roles and how they understand their representation of history. While there is a wide array of literature on visitor experience at heritage sites, ...
At the Tipping Point: Intersections of Wage, Gift, and Solidarity in Halifax Restaurant Work
(2021-04)
Tipping is a social norm that is reinforced by many people’s regular participation in it. Through semi-structured interviews, this exploratory, qualitative study how customers, servers, and managers understand, experience, ...
“I Don’t Suffer from ADHD, I Suffer from Other People”: ADHD, Stigma, and Academic Life
(2021-04)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that has been proven to be stigmatized. There are substantial gaps in the literature pertaining to adulthood ADHD and stigma from the point ...
Staying Connected: Life Online During the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2021-04)
The Covid-19 pandemic brought about lockdowns and public health guidelines and left Canadians to grapple with the changes it inflicted on their daily lives. With the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 a great deal of ...