Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Women"
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Constrained Women in "Omkara": Marriage, Mythology, and Movies
(2017-09-01)Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara is an unconventional Bollywood film that draws on the story of Othello to explore themes of suppression and vengeance that can be traced back to Indian mythology. The film invokes the allure of ... -
Exploring Access to Domestic Violence Services for Immigrant Women Survivors in Halifax and Ways to Promote Resilience Through Service Provision
(2017-08-30)The present study explores the access to domestic violence services for immigrant women survivors in Halifax. The purpose of the research is to learn how service providers can integrate an approach that is strengths based ... -
Exploring Safer and Unsafe Drug Use and Sexual Practices Among Female Injection Drug Users Living in Small Towns / Rural Communities, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
(2011-12-07)The purpose of this qualitative research study was to understand the facilitators and/or barriers to safer drug use and sexual practices among a sample of young female injection drug users (IDUs) who live in small towns/rural ... -
Exploring the Possible Impacts of a Guaranteed Livable Income on Low Income Women with Disabilities in Nova Scotia: A Grounded Theory Analysis
(2024-04-09)Women with disabilities are more likely rely on income assistance than women without disabilities or men with disabilities. In Nova Scotia, income assistance rates fall significantly below the poverty line, placing women ... -
Ideal Rule in Shakespeare's Romances: Politics in "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest"
(2013-08-21)The Winter’s Tale (1611) and The Tempest (1611) are two of Shakespeare’s romances, written under the patronage of James I of England. While Shakespeare’s history plays have received extensive critical attention regarding ... -
A NEW PLATFORM FOR SEXUALIZED VIOLENCE: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S DATING APP EXPERIENCES
(2023-12-04)The high rate of sexualized violence against women poses an urgent social issue and significant human rights problem. While not new for women, the proliferation of modern technology, particularly the surge in online ... -
Rejuvenating the Renaissance Sonnet: Writing in a Woman's Voice
(2014-08-21)By looking at the female authored sonnet-letter in Shakespeare’s All’s Well, That Ends Well (1603) and Lady Mary Wroth’s 1621 sonnet sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, this thesis contests Arthur F. Marotti’s claim that ... -
ROLE OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ON CROP DIVERSIFICATION: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL BANGLADESH
(2020-12-17)As arable land is declining and global climate is changing, crop diversification has become a desirable tool for safeguarding livelihood of farming household from extreme climate events, ensuring food security, and dietary ... -
SURVIVING THE IMPACT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF RACISM ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING: AN EXPLORATION OF WOMEN OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY LIVING IN NOVA SCOTIA
(2018-02-08)A paucity of research is available about the impact of racism on the health and well-being of women of African ancestry who are living in Nova Scotia. The purpose of this research was to contribute to that lacuna. This ... -
“Till Society be Differently Constituted, Much Cannot be Expected from Education”: Feminist Imaginings of Women’s Rights and Education in Wollstonecraft, Hays, Robinson, and Thelwall
(2021-08-31)This project elucidates the connection between the philosophical treatises written by Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Hays, Mary Robinson, and John Thelwall in the 1790s advocating women’s rights and education and Wollstonecraft’s, ...