Browsing School of Communication and Culture by Title
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The tools and materials of making : an ethnography of makers
(2020-07-20)The maker and handmade movement have influenced many aspects of our popular culture. The embracing of the handmade has become a value-based proposition for many consumers. So much so that the maker is the subject of much ... -
To Die For: The Semiotic Seductive Power of the Tanned Body
(University of California Press, 2004-08)Human skin burns with prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light. This simple physiological process acquires meaning through social interaction—whereby tanned skin assumes symbolic and semiotic properties. In this article we ... -
Toward a Technography of Everyday Life: The Methodological Legacy of James W. Carey's Ecology of Technoculture as Communication
(SAGE Publications, 2009)This article identifies Carey's contributions to the concept of technoculture and attempts to systematize his writings on communication, culture, and technology in order to craft a methodological strategy for the study of ... -
A tribal journey : canoes, traditions, and cultural continuity
(2011-08-09)In addressing the necessity of cultural transmission from one generation to the next, this ethnographic study examines ways that Indigenous canoe journeys enable communication of ancestral teachings and traditions, ... -
The twitter citizen : contributing to civil society discussion or adding to the noise?
(2013-09-17)This study examined the civic properties afforded by Twitter and considered whether hashtag communities achieve issues-pluralism in order to facilitate at least some viewpoints to popular expression otherwise absent from ... -
An uncharitable chill : a critical exploration of how changes in federal policy and political climate are affecting advocacy-oriented charities
(2015-10-20)Starting in 2012, the Canadian federal government deployed denunciatory rhetoric against environmental organizations and charities, increased enforcement of regulations governing resources that charities devote to “political ... -
Unheard stories : narrative inquiry of the cross-cultural adaptation experiences of refugee women in metro Vancouver
(2012-07-13)The purpose of this study is to explore the barriers and opportunities that government-assisted refugee (GAR) women experience in settlement. Using a narrative inquiry approach, I elicited the stories of fourteen GAR ... -
Unlikely connections : place-based learning in online post-secondary education
(2021-03-04)Place-based learning has been setting its roots in academia for some time and only recently has it expanded its reach into the realm of online courses in post-secondary institutions. This research is twofold: It discusses ... -
Unveiling Yukon intergovernmental communication
(2011-07-11)Yukon is unique in Canada for its four orders of government—federal, territorial, First Nation and municipal. Determining the differences in communication characteristics, strategies, mechanisms, and processes of the ... -
Values-based post-secondary brand architecture modelling
(2021-09-29)In an environment where funds are shrinking and competition is increasing, post-secondary institutions would benefit from the unification of administration, service staff, and faculty efforts under a single authentic brand ... -
Walking the talk : leading change-related communications in Girl Guides of Canada–Guides du Canada, British Columbia Council
(2017-09-21)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 ... -
West coast waters : fishing this place
(2015-01-15)Utilizing ethnographic and autoethnographic approaches this research explores the culture of recreational sport fishing around the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Grounded in the interpretivist paradigm, this research ... -
“We’re not just Canadian” : identity negotiations of Canadian Sikh women living with their in-laws
(2017-08-29)It may be unusual to hear about married couples choosing to live permanently with the husband’s parents, especially in Canada. However, it is common knowledge among Canadian Sikhs that the tradition of patrilocality remains ... -
What big teeth you have : an educational approach to wolf conservation
(2015-07-24)As the subject of deep-seated cultural and historical antipathies and revulsion, the wolf presents a unique challenge for wildlife educators working to promote its conservation and value as a species while they are forced ... -
What is Canadian experience, eh? A financial industry perspective
(2013-09-17)This research identifies the dimensions of Canadian experience from the perspective of recruiters in the financial industry. Lack of Canadian experience is a systemic barrier to successful economic adaptation of new ... -
What’s that noise? The blogged lived experiences of mental health conditions (MHCs) through interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
(2021-11-30)Mental health is a significant part of our lives, with one in three Canadians braving a mental health condition (MHC) such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), major depressive disorder (MDD), social anxiety disorder ... -
Where Did That Come From? Indigenous Activists Discuss the Creation of Canada’s National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry
(2017-06-26)Nine Indigenous activists and writers share their thoughts in this audio documentary on how Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's national inquiry came to rise in political importance during Canada's 2015 federal ... -
“Whimsical and fun and weird and interesting” : prosocial community in minecraft
(2017-09-04)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, ... -
“Why won’t they mix?”: barriers to Indigenous/non-Indigenous youth relationships in Yukon high schools
(2020-01-10)The Yukon territory is home to fourteen First Nations, eleven of them self-governing. Close to 25% percent of the Yukon’s population is Indigenous. In the 5 high schools of the Yukon’s capital city of Whitehorse however, ... -
Will You Marry Me?: Spectacle and Consumption in the Ritual of Marriage Proposals
(John Wiley & Sons, 2004-07)This article examines the marriage proposal ritual in contemporary American society. A marriage proposal represents a critical shift in a romantic relationship; by formalizing one’s engagement through the exchange of ...
