Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Participatory development communication and child well-being in Northern Ghana : a journey
(2014-07-11)Children in the West African country of Ghana may face many challenges to their safety and well-being, including trafficking, child labour, sexual abuse, violent discipline, gender inequality, and neglect. This paper relates ... -
Pathways to transformation : mapping leadership language through one organization's journey
(2015-08-14)Organizational transformation is complex and challenging, as is a leader’s role in that transformation. This thesis examines the role of leadership communication in the success of organizational culture change in one ... -
Patient confidential : nurses’ social media use in the 21st Century
(2017-08-30)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 ... -
Personalized compassionate care : an appreciative inquiry exploring the positive core of Canadian health care
(2012-11-15)This research explores how individuals make sense of their own lived experiences of health through the sharing of their stories and how the collectively shared meaning can be used to identify core values fundamental to ... -
Play preparation in pediatric radiotherapy : an autoethnographic examination
(2014-07-22)This study takes an autoethnographic approach to explore the personal experiences of a radiation therapist who implements sessions of play preparation for pediatric cancer patients. Central themes, ideas, and transformations ... -
Promoting living wage in Hamilton : a comparative case study of faith-based activism
(2014-08-01)The literature contains much debate about the living wage, but few studies focus on faith activism. Since the living wage debate began in the late 1800s, Christian practice has led the movement culture of the western working ... -
Proposing new media narratives to create an ethical space of engagement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada
(2014-07-23)The media narratives of Indigenous people in Canada have traditionally been based in the colonial policies of late nineteenth-century Canada, showing racist attitudes and echoing the assimilation policy of the federal ... -
Re-constructing the past : a critical discourse analysis of three alcohol memoirs
(2020-06-30)The basic, objective manifestation of the problematic use of alcohol is a physical dependence on the substance. However, what we call alcohol addiction is a web of meanings that have become embedded through language in ... -
Re-energizing the not-for-profit sector : a critical discourse analysis of expenditures
(2018-11-16)Discourse related to expenditures in the not-for-profit sector limits the capacity for these organizations to invest in long-term, sustainable solutions for change. Using a Foucauldian perspective and a Faircloughian ... -
Recognizing the value of emotions : an exploration of emotional resiliency and intercultural competence amongst international development workers
(2015-08-25)Intercultural competence is an important skill-set for international development workers. However, it can be more difficult to cultivate than academic models would indicate since it can be emotionally and mentally taxing ... -
Reconciliation in the news : a framing analysis of residential schools and the TRC in Canadian national newspapers
(2018-08-17)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. ... -
Recruitment to retention : post-graduation adaptation of international students
(2015-08-12)Coupled with strategic and recent immigration policy shifts, Canada has taken substantial efforts to recruit and retain international students. Viewed as a future Canadian-educated skilled workforce, international students ... -
Redefining journalism : convergence in the public sphere
(2012-10-22)In this paper I explore how participatory journalism is changing organizational structure and production practices at the publicly funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto (CBC). Using practical action research ... -
Redefining womanhood in the west : how yoga helps women transcend damaging and limiting perceptions in western society
(2014-08-28)Western society often subjects women to damaging perceptions and expectations. For instance, there is a deeply unhealthy focus on women's physical appearance; also there are normative roles and ways of behaving that are ... -
Rendered unconscious feminism, race and the NFL : the Ray Rice scandal as a site of critical inquiry
(2016-10-25)The public relations failure of the National Football league during the Ray Rice scandal reveals historic and systematic mechanisms of oppression facilitated through hegemonic ideologies of masculinity, femininity, race ... -
Retaining the millennial generation within the Canadian public sector
(2013-06-25)The following thesis project investigated whether there is a need for change in organizational culture within the Canadian public sector in order to retain Millennials within the public service. Therefore the purpose of ... -
Right now, not yet, it's yet : Canadian Catholic women negotiate feminist and spiritual identities
(2018-07-25)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 ... -
Rwandan women entrepreneurs ; the gendered enterprise of nation-building
(2013-07-26)Women entrepreneurship has been well-studied, over the past 30 years, in OECD countries. However, women's roles as entrepreneurs advancing economic development in war torn and post conflict countries are under-studied. ... -
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 ...
