Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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An Uncertain Glory of Bangladesh: Development as Freedom and Bangladesh under the Awami Regime (2009-2020)
(2021-08-17)This study explores whether Bangladesh has been able to translate its achievements in the economic and social aspects of development to the political aspects of development under the Awami League (2009-2020). Contemporary ... -
Getting Acquainted: The Hidden Value of (In)Significant Others
(2019-04)In the context of modern personal life, acquaintances are becoming a growing feature of people’s personal communities. However, their significance is often framed in terms of their instrumentality. What we understand less ... -
Staying Connected: Life Online During the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2021-04)The Covid-19 pandemic brought about lockdowns and public health guidelines and left Canadians to grapple with the changes it inflicted on their daily lives. With the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 a great deal of ... -
“I Don’t Suffer from ADHD, I Suffer from Other People”: ADHD, Stigma, and Academic Life
(2021-04)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that has been proven to be stigmatized. There are substantial gaps in the literature pertaining to adulthood ADHD and stigma from the point ... -
At the Tipping Point: Intersections of Wage, Gift, and Solidarity in Halifax Restaurant Work
(2021-04)Tipping is a social norm that is reinforced by many people’s regular participation in it. Through semi-structured interviews, this exploratory, qualitative study how customers, servers, and managers understand, experience, ... -
How and Why Heritage Performers Represent the Past in the Present
(2021-04)This study explores the motivations of heritage performers to take on their roles and how they understand their representation of history. While there is a wide array of literature on visitor experience at heritage sites, ... -
Young Adults and Their Parents: The (Mis)understandings That Define Mental Illness
(2021-04)Using a symbolic interactionist perspective, I explore and identify meanings of young adult mental illness that are constructed through the relationship between young adults and their parents. Thus far, research on mental ... -
First Year, Online University, and the Trouble of Digital Community
(2021-04)The COVID-19 pandemic has created a novel learning environment for all universities; however, this novelty is twofold for first year students. The aim of this project is to explore the experience first years have had as ... -
THE UNHEARD VOICES OF SEX WORKERS IN INDIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION BACK INTO SOCIETY
(2021-04-29)The sex industry in India is full of tragedy, victimization and struggle, and embedded within in it all are the suppressed voices of women. The purpose of this research is to understand the experience, structures, process ... -
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 ... -
Representations of Women and Gender Equality in the Nonprofit Sector in Ukraine
(2021-04-20)The problem of gender stereotypes and lack of gender sensitivity has been a persistent problem in Ukraine. Educating the population and raising awareness about gender equality has been an important focus of many women’s ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Holding Out for a Tragic Hero
(2021-03-03)
