Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Migration"
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Citizenship, Memory, Identity: Life Histories of Palestinian Migrants to Canada
(2019-11-28)My thesis describes the significance of refugee camp experiences on Palestinian migrants to Canada. I portray the ways in which political solidarity and individual aspirations relate though life history interviews with ... -
Forgotten Ecologies: Architecture for Natural Coexistence within Albertan Agrarian Landscapes
(2023-07-19)Western epistemologies based on a dualism between man and “nature” have created economic systems at war with ecological systems. The segmented Alberta prairie landscape perpetuates this dualistic thought through economic ... -
The Haitian-Dominican Contradiction: Migration and Development in the Dominican Republic
(2017-07-26)This thesis explores the connection between migration and development in the Dominican Republic, specifically in regards to people of Haitian descent there. To examine the connection, perceptions held by Dominican citizens ... -
Hospitality or Hostility? The Detention of Irregular Arrivals and Asylum-seekers in Canada as explained by the Hostile Environment Framework
(2022-08-19)Between April 2019 and March 2020, Canada detained 8,825 immigrants. This evidence runs contrary to the image of Canada as a migration haven. In the context of rising anti-immigrant policies in the Global North, Canada has ... -
Influence of Extrinsic Factors on Movements and Reproductive Success of Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
(2017-03-03)Small pelagic seabirds are valuable indicators of changes in marine ecosystems because they range widely and feed at low trophic levels, and so respond rapidly to changes in ocean conditions. Globally, rapid climatic ... -
MAIDS, MEDIA, AND MIGRATION: FILIPINO NEWS MEDIA IN MONTRÉAL AND THE TRANSNATIONAL LIVES OF LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS
(2011-05-05)This thesis explores the role of media in the lives of live-in caregivers in Montréal by looking at two Filipino newspapers and mainstream news coverage on Filipinas and the Philippines. While Filipino newspapers elaborate ... -
Temporarily “Essential”: Canadian News Media Coverage of Migrant Agricultural Workers during the COVID-19 Era
This thesis analyzes news media representations of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) to consider how the program and its workers are framed among stakeholder groups with particular attention to the COVID-19 ...