Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Safety culture in oil and gas : factors that contribute to cultures of non-report
(2016-10-25)This study addresses cultures of non-report in the oil and gas industry in Alberta, Canada. The purpose of the study was to determine what human, workplace/organizational, and external factors contribute to the presence ... -
Seeds of sustainability : food literacy communication in sharing gardens
(2014-10-03)Food is omnipresent in our lives. As humans, we spend a great deal of time thinking about it, growing it, marketing it, looking for it, and consuming it. Yet access to food is anything but guaranteed, even in a thriving ... -
Sense from the senseless : understanding how journalists make sense of everyday trauma
(2013-07-05)A significant body of research documents the experiences of war correspondents and the impact covering conflict has on them. Far fewer studies focus on the impact that covering everyday trauma has on journalists. This ... -
Skylines and hemlines : a visual exploration of expatriate women’s negotiation and definition of appropriate dress in the changing cityscape of Doha
(2016-10-26)This paper uses visual ethnography to explore the narratives of definition and negotiation of appropriate dress for eighteen expatriate women who currently live in Qatar’s capital Doha. Rapid shifts to the physical and ... -
Social media and health communication for seniors
(2016-10-26)The number of Canadians aged 65 years and older continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. The current over-burdened healthcare system must identify and implement alternative mechanisms for delivering care to this ... -
Social media enter the stadium : a case study on the political economy of media at the 2010 Winter Olympics
(2011-07-11)Just prior to the opening of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, a 21-year-old Georgian luger died after his sled left the Whistler Sliding Centre track travelling at 140 kilometres an hour. The following paper uses Critical ... -
Starving for words : the evolution of interpersonal communication from anorexia to wellness
(2014-09-08)This study explores the evolution of identity, authenticity, and the quality of interpersonal communications in the journey from anorexia nervosa to wellness. Framed by Altman and Taylor's social penetration theory and ... -
Stewards of the land, water and sky : Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s relationship with the Burrard inlet
(2018-02-10)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 ... -
The Supermom syndrome : an intervention against the need to be king of the mothering mountain
(2011-10-22)Through a layered account format combining theory, performative autoethnographic vignettes, and dialogical exchanges, the author explores the performances of Supermotherhood as they materialize within her life and ... -
Sustaining cultural heritage : the impact of eBannok on the Akha women of Thailand
(2014-07-04)This field study is informed by the principles of social constructivism and the theoretical perspectives of postcolonial theory and standpoint feminist theory. It represents the impact of the Thailand-based artisan cooperative ... -
Talking with our mouths full : performance and feasting as intercultural dialogue
(2015-07-16)In May 2015, Vancouver Moving Theatre produced The Big House, a theatrical feast in which culturally significant food, art, and narratives were shared. The intent was to create a space for "coming together". The feast was ... -
The technology of hope : twitter and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign
(2015-09-01)On April 14, 2014 Boko Haram, an Islamic militant group, abducted 274 girls from a secondary school in the Chibok region of northeastern Nigeria. The mass abduction of the Chibok girls shook Nigerians and spurred a social ... -
Terra Firma and the digitally co-present migrant : exploring the significance of landscape for the newcomer
(2018-08-30)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 ... -
The Cumberland commons : a forest ethnography
(2019-09-24)This study is a forest ethnography, which is an ethnographic genre that explores “what forests are” and “how they came to be” primarily by examining the complex social histories of those that live near forested spaces. ... -
The dyad leadership model : defining a new physician/nurse relationship
(2019-08-13)Health care systems across Canada continue to be challenged to meet the growing health care demands of the population. These challenges are set against the backdrop of fiscal realities that demand strong leadership that ... -
The proposed Michel Coal Project : exploring ideal impact assessment relationships through an appreciative inquiry lens in an evolving reconciliation landscape
(2022-07-28)In collaboration with a local Métis chartered community in British Columbia (BC), I used an appreciative inquiry lens to explore ideal impact assessment relationships within an evolving Indigenous capacity and reconciliation ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
