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Bunching Violets: An exploration into Queer Femmes' construction of identity and belonging
(2022-04)This research seeks to broaden the dialogue surrounding queer presentation, identity construction and femininity. Specifically, I look at what it takes to externalize identity within a queer context, and how femmes subvert ... -
Can a State Decolonize Itself? A Critical Analysis of Bolivia's State-Led Decolonization Process
(2014-08-21)This study examines how state involvement has affected Bolivia’s decolonization process. By comparing interviews on decolonization with various indigenous organizations and with the state’s Vice Ministry of Decolonization, ... -
CAN GENDER (IN)EQUITABLE ORGANIZATIONS DELIVER FEMINIST PROGRAMMING? AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CANADA’S FEMINIST INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE POLICY IN UGANDA
(2021-04-16)Through a focus on Ugandan civil society organisations (CSOs) receiving funding from the Government of Canada (GOC) for gender equality programming under the Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP), this research ... -
Canadian Political Parties: Origin, Character, Impact
(University of Chicago Press, 1977-03)Reviews the book Canadian Political Parties: Origin, Character, Impact," by Frederick C. Engelmann and Mildred A. Schwartz. -
Caring by Example: Assessing South Korea's knowledge sharing initiative for universal health coverage in low and middle-income countries
(2017-08-30)South Korea, once one of the poorest countries in the world, achieved universal health coverage (UHC) in 1989 in a record 12 years. Based on this success, the country now shares its expertise through its training course ... -
Carving in and “Carving Out” Space: Gender in the Halifax Skateboarding Subculture
(2022-04)Skateboarding was made without rules, confinement, or regulation; it is a subculture (Beal, 1996) with an ideology that counters normative authority and, more specifically, standards of masculinity. Yet skateboarding ... -
“The Case of Catherine Dammartin: Friends, Fellows, and the Survival of Celibacy in England’s Protestant Universities"
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Case Studies of Effectiveness in First Nations Policing: Development of a Research Framework: Final Report prepared for the Aboriginal Policing Directorate
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Castaldi, Simone. Drawn and Dangerous. Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2011. 150 p. ISBN: 978-1-60473-749-3
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THE CHALLENGES OF IDENTIFYING TRAFFICKED CHILDREN: THE EXPERIENCES OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GHANAIAN FISHING INDUSTRY
(2021-04-26)This thesis uses the Ecological Systems Theory and Qualitative Research methods to explore the identification of child trafficking for labour in the Ghanaian Fishing Industry by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The ... -
Childless or Childfree? Women’s Narratives of Ambivalence and Identity
(2017-04)The childlessness discourse is overpowered by biomedical interventions of infertility, while ambivalence is overlooked. This study aims to vocalize this overlooked perspective by focusing on the identity narratives of seven ... -
Chimera Research and Stem Cell Therapies for Human Neurodegenerative Disorders
(Cambridge University Press, 2007)In April 2005, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) published its Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. These voluntary guidelines are among the most permissive in the world—in a country that prohibits ... -
Climate Change and the Coloniality of Foodways: Linking the Replication of an Unsustainable Scale of Ruminant Consumption to Western Cultural Imperialism
(2021-04-12)This thesis examines the cultural processes attributable to a global protein transition toward climate change inducing ruminant products. It employs the theoretical lens of the colonial matrix of power to contend that a ... -
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Coercion in Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis
(Dalhousie University, 2020-03)Throughout Octavia E. Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy, which introduces humanity to an alien species called the Oankali, there are many imbalances of power. Between violence from toxic masculinity and alien sedatives, the ... -
COMMUNICATING DEVELOPMENT: EXAMINING THE TENSIONS BETWEEN EFFECTIVENESS AND ETHICS IN THE MARKETING STRATEGIES OF CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NGOS
(2019-08-29)Over the last two decades, development scholars and communication practitioners have become increasingly aware of the relevance of communications in marketing development issues, as well as the influence these approaches ... -
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 ...