This study explores the impact of sport on the lives of 15-19 year old female participants in the Physically Active Youth program in Namibia by examining how they reinforce or resist dominant gender discourses in their ...

Despite the rising labour force participation rates of women and the gender wage gap closing, women are still more likely to take leave following the birth of a child. To promote fathers’ participation in parental leave, ...

This study examines the experiences of integration and marginalization of six youth from refugee backgrounds living in Halifax. The research identifies formal and informal supports they access as well as barriers and ...

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 ...

Scholarship in medical anthropology has a history of characterizing chronic illness as a “deviant” condition. Emerging research problematizes this paradigm, however, and demands its reconsideration. The growing recognition ...

In the early 1990s, a Halifax band named Sloan broke Into the alternative rock scene with their debut album Smeared (1993), released by Geffen Records, which received critical and commercial success in both Canada and the ...