International Development Studies Graduate Theses: Recent submissions
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National Food Security in Cuba: By What Means?
(2018-10-30)Using data retrieved from the FAO’s food database (FAOSTAT), food security is calculated in Cuba as the annual average recommended daily dietary needs (RDDNs) consumed from imported and domestically grown foods. Domestically ... -
Best Practices for Human Rights Education in Atlantic Canada
(2018-08-30)The purpose of this thesis is to determine the best practice for human rights education (HRE) in Atlantic Canada. Through secondary data collection and analysis, this thesis also explores if HRE should be implemented in a ... -
STRATEGIES TO TACKLE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN CUBA: COMMUNITY-LEVEL EFFORTS AND CHALLENGES
(2018-08-29)Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is the most prevailing form of Violence Against Women (VAW). Due to this common occurrence, it is essential to develop effective measures to combat IPV. Through field research conducted in ... -
Violence Against Refugee Women and Mitigation Programs: Highlighting the Perspectives of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
(2018-08-28)Refugee women and girls are among those most vulnerable to violence. This thesis examines how Syrian refugees view efforts to prevent and address such violence in their host community. Through interviews with both NGO staff ... -
Decolonizing Childbirth: Inuit Midwifery and the Return of Delivery to the Canadian North
(2018-08-27)Since the 1970s, the mandatory evacuation of Inuit women to southern Canada for hospitalized childbirth has resulted in many negative impacts on communities including a loss of culture in the form of traditional knowledge ... -
Understanding Ecologies: Post-Conflict Service Provision and the Resilience of Children Born in Captivity
(2018-04-27)The conflict in northern Uganda often provokes images similar to those in the 2012 viral video of a warlord abducting young children and forcibly recruiting them to battle in a civil war. While these images helped to garner ... -
TELENOVELAS AND NARCONOVELAS: LOVE AND INTIMACY IN CALI, COLOMBIA
(2018-04-27)This thesis explores the importance of Latin American soap operas – henceforth telenovelas – and narconovelas – contemporary audiovisual productions inspired in the phenomenon of drug trafficking in Colombia – in the ... -
MUSIC IN PEACEBUILDING: Examining Music within the Peacebuilding Discipline
(2018-04-25)This thesis will examine the peacebuilding discourse, alongside current findings in the music discourse, to determine whether the integration of music could enhance current peacebuilding practices. Music is an important ... -
OWNING FOOD: THE IMPACT OF LIVING IN MALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS ON WOMEN’S FOOD SECURITY – A CASE STUDY OF THE KUMBUNGU DISTRICT IN NORTHERN GHANA
(2017-08-31)In 2012, the WFP conducted a food vulnerability survey in districts of northern Ghana. The report identified female-headed households in the region as the most vulnerable in terms of food insecurity - 38% of households ... -
Better must come: Citizenship and belonging after statelessness
(2017-08-30)In light of the UNHCR’s global #IBELONG Campaign to end statelessness by 2024, this paper examines the benefits of citizenship acquisition among Sri Lanka’s previously stateless Up-country Tamil population. From 1948 until ... -
Caring by Example: Assessing South Korea's knowledge sharing initiative for universal health coverage in low and middle-income countries
(2017-08-30)South Korea, once one of the poorest countries in the world, achieved universal health coverage (UHC) in 1989 in a record 12 years. Based on this success, the country now shares its expertise through its training course ... -
The Haitian-Dominican Contradiction: Migration and Development in the Dominican Republic
(2017-07-26)This thesis explores the connection between migration and development in the Dominican Republic, specifically in regards to people of Haitian descent there. To examine the connection, perceptions held by Dominican citizens ... -
USER PERSPECTIVES ON A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF EMPOWER PLAYGROUND’S PLAY SYSTEMS ON THE PEDIATORKOPE ISLAND IN GHANA
(2016-09-01)Ghana has challenges with providing reliable access to electricity for its citizens. Sporadic power outages mean that for many hours during the day, households, businesses and industries have limited or no access to ... -
Home in the Garden: A Case Study of the Lhotsampa Refugee Community’s Use of a Community Garden in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2016-08-26)In 2011, the Lhotsampa refugees from Bhutan who live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, worked with an immigrant services group to institute the Glen Garden community garden. Participation in the garden is especially important to ... -
Sharing the Catch: Understanding Women's Roles and Work in Uganda's Lake Victoria Fisheries
(2016-08-25)This paper examines the divisions of labour between women and men in the artisanal fisheries of Uganda’s Lake Victoria. Traditionally in Uganda gender norms prescribe fishing as a male occupation, while women have generally ... -
How do international peacebuilding organizations navigate the sovereignty of post war countries? An analysis of the experiences of the UN Peacebuilding Commission in Burundi.
(2016-04-29)This thesis explores how the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), established with the mandate to provide political accompaniment to countries emerging from violent conflicts, approaches the question of sovereignty ... -
A Hunhu-Ubuntu Informed Critique of Patriotic History Discourse and Chimurenga Nationalism
(2016-04-08)This thesis critiques the political discursive hegemony of Patriotic History and Chimurenga Nationalism from the year 2000 from the perspective of the ethics of Hunhu-Ubuntu philosophy. I ask, while claiming to offer ... -
GEOs and Gender: GEOs and What They Mean for Women Farmers in Kenya
(2015)Kenya is on the brink of becoming the fourth African nation to commercialize genetically engineered organisms (GEOs). The Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) program is expected to publicly release a variety of drought ... -
The 'New' Development Regime in Ecuador: Implications for the Highland Indigenous Movement
(2015)Beginning in 2007, Rafael Correa’s presidency has marked a new era in Ecuadorian politics. Correa has been a vocal opponent of the Washington Consensus and has vastly expanded social spending and development programming. ... -
LARGE-SCALE LAND ACQUISITIONS IN TANZANIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON WATER SECURITY
(2015)The surge in large-scale land acquisitions – or ‘land grabs’ – following the financial crisis has provoked a polarised debate centred on the role of foreign investment in African agriculture. A critical and often overlooked, ...