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“More traumatic and humiliating than assault itself”: Exploring students’ perceptions of Dalhousie University’s management of sexual assault issues
(2017-04)
Sexual assault on university campuses remains a pervasive issue, with Dalhousie University being no exception. It has been argued that universities regularly fail their victims of sexual assault as they do not adequately ...
Tapping into Mental Health: Exploring Indigenous Water and Mental Health Issues through Canadian Media
(2017-04)
It seems both unjust and ironic that the first peoples on the land now known as Canada are some of the last to obtain access to their fundamental human rights. This research explores the occurrence of relationship, region, ...
Spending Right? Precariat Students’ Experience of Student Loans
(2015-06-01)
Drawing on the concepts of “habitus” (Bourdieu & Passeron, 1990), “stigma management,” (Goffman, 1963) and “moral boundaries” (Sayer, 2005) which feature strongly in the existing literature on working-class students, this ...
Who Cares About Feminism? Young Adults’ Attitudes Towards Feminist Theory
(2015-05-29)
Feminism appears to be in limbo. With aims of the first, second and third waves of the feminist movement having been achieved, young adults are unsure what feminism stands for or refrain from identifying with the label ...
RU OK? Determining the Effects of Parenting through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in First Year University
(2015-05-29)
In recent academic discourse and pop culture, the “helicopter parent” has created some controversy. The majority of the discourse regarding this type of childrearing argues that these parenting techniques may interfere ...
Contemporary Settler Colonialism: Media framing of Indigenous collective action in Elsipogtog, Mi’kma’ki
(2015-06-01)
Contemporary settler colonialism depends on resource development, and is supported by the socially reproductive structure, media. I analyze a particular event that took place in Elsipogtog in the summer of 2013, where ...
Connecting Anonymously: How Recovery is Represented Online
(2016-04)
This study explores how an online forum is used in recovery from addictive substance use. By doing a content analysis of the forum REDDITORSINRECOVERY, online supports were found to be helpful in providing a space to ...
Community Perceptions of Mainline Needle Exchange: A Qualitative Study
(2015-05-29)
Community resistance to syringe exchange programs (SEPs) across Canada and the United States and severely limits the efficacy of SEPs as a harm reduction strategy. Based on interviews with residents and community leaders ...
Got Balls? Examining the Association between Sports Fandom and Hegemonic Masculinity
(2015-05-29)
This research explores the role of the Big 4 sports leagues (NBA: National Basketball Association, MLB: Major League Baseball, NHL: National Hockey League and NFL: National Football League) in the reproduction of hegemonic ...
Power and Resistance: Navigating Boundaries of Talk and Silence in the Part-Time Workplace
(2015-05-29)
This project explores power dynamics in the part-time workplace and their relation to the creation of boundaries of acceptability of talk, especially about workplace concerns. After a review of literature on ignorance, ...