Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Race"
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The 'Diversity' Campus
(2017-05-02)The purpose of this project is to analyze the morals and logics informing ‘diversity’ policy at Dalhousie University. In order to do so, this project uses the ‘genealogical’ methods developed by Michel Foucault, as well ... -
ETHNICITY AND PAIN: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EXPRESSION OF PAIN AMONG FOUR ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS IN CANADA
(2016-01-08)Introduction: Approximately one in five Canadian adults suffers from chronic pain, a condition which has been associated with reduced quality of life, reduced psychological adjustment, increased disability, potential for ... -
EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF RACE AND WEIGHT IN THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF BLACK CANADIANS
(2023-08-17)Despite perceptions of Canada as an inclusive nation, hegemony is enacted through institutions of the nation state and serves to oppress specific populations. For Black populations in Canada, oppression is often operationalized ... -
G’WAN WITCHA THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE! THE EXPERIENCES OF RACIALIZED PROFESSORS AT NOVA SCOTIAN UNIVERSITIES
(2022-04-29)Up to now, existing studies suggest that there is a lack of literature on the experiences of racialized professors in Canadian academia, particularly Black and South Asian professors. Through critical race theory and ... -
"To Be Sold:" The Commodification of Black Bodies and the Dehumanization of Enslaved Africans in Jamaican Slave Sale Advertisements, 1780-1800
(2018-08-28)The dehumanization and commodification of enslaved Africans was predicated on eighteenth century constructions of Africans as categorically different and naturally inferior. By the closing decades of the eighteenth century, ...