Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Decolonization"
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Architecture of Reconciliation on the Lachine Canal: A Story of Decolonization over Seven Generations
(2023-07-07)This thesis proposes strategies for architecture to redress the impacts of colonization and industrialization that have overshadowed and erased Indigenous narratives from public memory in lands and waters of Tiohtiá:ke ... -
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, ... -
DECOLONIZATION THROUGH MADNESS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CONTEXT OF BANGLADESH
(2022-12-31)The global mental health movement has given rise to a new discourse on the implication of the use of psychiatric-biomedical categories of disorder to standardize a global approach to mental health and illness. The aim of ... -
Land is Home: Healing the Narrative of “Indigenous Homelessness” in Yellowknife
(2024-04-15)“Indigenous Homelessness” in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, stemmed from a settler colonial legacy, where processes of urbanization and housing policies have disrupted the connection between people and the land. This ... -
Looking Forward to a Food Sovereign Future: The Role of Tradition-Informed Values and Indigeneity in the Carcross/Tagish First Nation Community Garden
(2018-12-07)This thesis offers an exploratory case-study of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation’s (CTFN) community garden. It aims to understand the extent to which the garden can facilitate cultural preservation. Using data from interviews ... -
Tea & Toast: Exploring encounters of care through community-specific mental health and addiction peer support in the Eskasoni First Nation
(2022-05-03)This work explores encounters of care between service users and providers at Eskasoni Mental Health Services’ Crisis and Referral Centre, established in 2010, in the Eskasoni First Nation located in Unama’ki (Cape Breton, ... -
Teaching Coloniality: How the Education System Impacts Indigenous and Settler Relations
(2020-05-15)This paper will highlight the findings from my MA Sociology thesis where I explore the intersections of critical pedagogy and Indigenous and settler relations in a post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) ... -
Toward a Mi'kma'ki Art Music: Implications of the Peace and Friendship Treaties for Western Art Music in Nova Scotia
(2023-08-30)This paper explores the implications of the Treaties of Peace and Friendship for Western art music in Nova Scotia. By examining the Treaties not only as historic documents but, from Mi’kmaw perspectives, as living ...