Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "history"
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Black Sinatras, White Panthers: Race, Genre and Performance in Detroit Black Pop and Rock, 1960-1970
(2010-12-20)This paper explores several narratives of race and racialized music production in postwar American popular musics, to study the ways in which race has played an intrinsic role in structuring not only contemporary expectations ... -
An Everyday Monument: Architecture as a Frame to Reveal the Historical and Liminal Site
(2015)The city is a manifestation of culture, containing its history and informing its transformation. Preservation and erasure of the historical city through regulation distances its artifacts and spaces from everyday lived ... -
‘FIGHTING IN THE DARK’: CHARLES FREDERICK FRASER AND THE HALIFAX ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND, 1850 - 1915
(2011-08-19)The Halifax Asylum for the Blind, the first residential school for blind children in Canada, opened its doors in 1872 as a charitable institution with educational goals. This work explores the foundation of the Asylum in ... -
In Defence of Home Places: Environmental Activism in Nova Scotia, 1970-1985
(2014-09-10)This dissertation traces the origins and development of environmental activism in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, from the late 1950s to 1990, with a central focus on the period from 1970 to 1985, during which the ... -
On the "Poverty of Responsibility": A Study of the History of Child Protection Law and Jurisprudence in Nova Scotia
(2015)This thesis presents a history of child protection law and jurisprudence in Nova Scotia. The thesis begins by examining the development of the first child protection statute in Canada, the Nova Scotia Prevention and ... -
THROUGH CHORA: CREATING "RECEPTACLE OF BECOMING" AS MEDIATOR OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE POST-INDUSTRIAL SITE IN VANCOUVER, FALSE CREEK FLATS
(2014-08-19)Plato’s concept of “Chora” is defined as the interval between “being” and “becoming,” which he interprets as a “receptacle of becoming,”. This paper seeks to examine the inherent Chora of False Creek Flats, a post-industrial ...