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Finding meaning in hospice palliative care : an interpretive phenomenological study
This interpretive phenomenological study examines five caregivers’ hospice palliative care experiences. The goal of this study was to find out how hospice palliative care became meaningful to these caregivers and what that ... -
Healthcare organizations' twitter communication : an integrative review
This integrative literature review examines how healthcare organizations communicate in Twitter and how they can communicate on Twitter. Twitter provides healthcare organizations with new ways to engage with the public and ... -
Information security’s perception of phishing tactics
This research develops qualitative knowledge from the information security industry about communication tactics as a type of security vulnerability in infosec. These perspectives included security practitioners and popular ... -
Terra Firma and the digitally co-present migrant : exploring the significance of landscape for the newcomer
This thesis presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis in anecdotal narratives of several digitally co-present migrants’ agency, access, and attachment process in the context of their new geography, the landscape ... -
Reconciliation in the news : a framing analysis of residential schools and the TRC in Canadian national newspapers
The news media play an important role in our society by framing issues and helping to set the public agenda. However, through the use of framing, news media can also privilege entrenched interests and particular worldviews. ... -
Right now, not yet, it's yet : Canadian Catholic women negotiate feminist and spiritual identities
This interpretive phenomenological study examines the experiences of five Canadian Roman Catholic feminist women who choose to manage their identities from inside of the Catholic Church. Narratives illuminate the multitude ... -
“Fear promotes the status quo” : surveillance discourses and environmental activism in Canada
This paper explores the topics of state surveillance and democratic participation. It examines how targeted surveillance—backed by the implicit threat of state violence—shapes the behaviour and sense of identity of Canadian ... -
Emotive use of language in annual municipal financial reports
Each year a number of Canadian municipalities issue their annual financial report presenting to their respective residents the summary of the fiscal year. These reports facilitate emotive use of language impacting the ... -
Masculinities and engaging older men at seniors’ centres through social marketing
Older men are at risk for social isolation, which poses significant risks to their psychosocial health. Seniors’ centres offer opportunities for social support networks; however, older men attend far less than women. Social ... -
Stewards of the land, water and sky : Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s relationship with the Burrard inlet
This thesis investigates Tsleil-Waututh peoples’ relationship with the Burrard Inlet brought forth by community members and representatives of Tsleil-Waututh Nation as a marker of their collective identity. A modern history ... -
#AmWriting : how authors negotiate their individual creative labour on social media
In this participatory arts-based research project, I tasked four poetry and fiction writers, with a creative project to determine how the individual nature of the author’s creative labour is negotiated on social ... -
MINE : A public ethnography of the case of Minera San Xavier in Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico
Canadian companies lead the world in the development of mineral commodities and mining is crucial to the Canadian economy. Recent research shows instances of civilian criminalization, injury, and even death in connection ... -
But who's the man? Representations of sexuality and the feminist potential of orange is the new black
The amount of sexual content on television has grown exponentially over the last two decades. Much of this content works to enforce heteronormative ideals and demonstrate a male/active, female/passive dichotomy when ... -
Walking the talk : leading change-related communications in Girl Guides of Canada–Guides du Canada, British Columbia Council
This interpretive phenomenological study used an appreciative inquiry-based methods approach to explore how Girl Guides of Canada―Guides du Canada, BC Council could leverage its organizational values to communicate and ... -
Digital dating in Kelowna, BC : examining how women experience online dating in a small, Canadian city
Today, many individuals seek to establish intimate relationships using various forms of computer-mediated communication, including online dating sites and mobile applications. Investigating the ways in which location, in ... -
Local government and land use engagement with First Nations : surfacing positive stories for future land use consultation successes
In 2004, a Supreme Court of Canada ruling established that the Crown has a duty to consult and accommodate when there is knowledge that land use proposals may impact Indigenous rights. In 2015, the Canadian federal ... -
“Whimsical and fun and weird and interesting” : prosocial community in minecraft
Over 700 million people worldwide are socializing and spending time, sometimes significant amounts, in online multiplayer games, and these social spaces can be important sites of community. Unfortunately, levels of civility, ... -
A home improvement reality : exposing the myths and ideologies in budget 'home and garden' programs
There is a culture industry deeply invested in alerting consumers to what is “trending” in virtually every element of our lives today, especially with regards to the home and how it is meant to look. This study focuses on ... -
Dear Peta : what the seal means to the Jerry Cans
A fundamental part of being Inuit today means being a person who hunts and for whom sealing serves as a sharing paradigm that involves family and social networks (Wenzel, 1987). This worldview conflicts with those of animal ... -
Patient confidential : nurses’ social media use in the 21st Century
The rise of social media has corresponded with an explosion in use by healthcare professionals: from online forums and clinical discussions groups to health-care conference ‘tweetups’, social media is being embraced by ...
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