Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Neoliberalism"
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An Allegory of Value: American Literature within Neoliberalism
(2020-09-11)This thesis offers an allegorical reading of contemporary American literature’s critical response to neoliberalism’s reshaping of cultural and social value. Focusing on four literary recipients of the MacArthur Foundation ... -
Imprints of the Everyday: Architecture for Incremental Interventions
(2021-08-19)Urban erasure, as a result of tabula rasa redevelopments and the privatization of public spaces within London, are wiping out the idiosyncratic imprints of the city’s inhabitants. Through unfolding the power of ephemeral ... -
Navigating Precarious Paths: An Assessment of the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Migrant Workers
(2024-07-10)Temporary migrant workers on closed work permits are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. To address this, the Government of Canada introduced the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers (OWP-V) in June 2019. This permit ... -
Risky Business: Industrial Disaster and the Cost of Energy Extraction in Lisa Moore's February and Leo McKay Jr.'s Twenty-six
(2016-08-26)Our assumptions about the costs of industrial energy extraction underlie its discourse. Literature can create a space to question the validity of dominant paradigms. Lisa Moore’s February and Leo McKay Jr.’s Twenty-six, ...