Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Digital communication can support compassionate leaders and compassionate workplaces
(2013-06-25)This thesis explores how digital communication can support compassionate leaders and compassionate workplaces. Through grounded theory methods, exploration and understanding emerged from compassionate leader semi-structured ... -
Digital dating in Kelowna, BC : examining how women experience online dating in a small, Canadian city
(2017-09-13)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 ... -
Digital democracy : from Gutenberg to Gates
(2016-08-23)Canadians in the 18 to 24-year-old age bracket have a measurably high level of engagement in computer mediated communication (CMC) and a measurably low level of engagement in traditional politics, in comparison to older ... -
Digital meditation platforms : searching for "App"iness
(2019-01-19)Meditation and mindfulness apps are a popular and convenient option for busy meditators to access improved mental health. Millions of people now meditate with a wearable or smartphone app, which suggests that we need to ... -
Dome is where the heart is : exploring intentional community in Victoria, B.C.
(2020-04-23)This ethnographic research was conducted to better understand how living in an intentional community may be promoting environmental integrity, personal and community well-being and to gain insight into the intentions and ... -
The domestic worker as postcolonial subject : a policy and discourse analysis of the Canadian Government's "Caregiver Program"
(2015-08-31)This qualitative research explores the discursive construction of the notion of temporary foreign workers, examines in what sense migrant domestic workers can be understood as postcolonial subjects, and analyzes the nature ... -
Dying to be seen : an interpretive study of porcelain portraits on grave markers
(2010-09-16)This article explores the roles that porcelain portraits on grave markers play in identity construction and performance. Through semi-structured interviews, the biographies of five individuals are examined and then ... -
Embodying Yahguudang : respectful relations between Indigenous and settler people(s) on Haida Gwaii
(2021-01-30)Indigenous–non-Indigenous relations have been fraught with ignorance, misunderstandings, and racism since the imposition of Settler colonialism on Turtle Island. Our current era is characterized by change, and as tensions ... -
Emotive use of language in annual municipal financial reports
(2018-05-10)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 ... -
Endurance and evanescence : on the practice and performance of silence and meditation
(2013-07-03)Through the use of autoethnography (Bochner & Ellis, 2000) and ethnodramatic performance (Saladana, 2003) this thesis presents an articulation of how the practice of meditation and silence influences identity and communication. ... -
Enough is enough : epiphanies, voluntary simplicity & the good life
(2019-07-16)What started as a mystery to unravel, a quest to identify how people might find a sense of ‘the good life’ through voluntary simplicity, turned into something much more. Through this ethnographic and ultimately philosophical ... -
Envisioning the role of sport as a tool for community-level peace building in Kisumu, Kenya
(2015-09-18)As the sport for development and peace (SDP) movement continues to gain momentum within a variety of contexts, from the international to the grassroots level, there is an increasing need to better understand how SDP ... -
Equal space on the flight deck : challenging the myth of the professional pilot
(2020-04-16)Currently, women in the field of aviation constitute less than six percent of the professional pilot population, while the demand for pilots is unparalleled. The purpose of this study is to understand how female pilots ... -
Examination of Canadian parents' awareness of early intervention supports for their child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder : a co-cultural perspective
(2014-07-11)Using co-cultural theory, this study compares how a sample of parents in Canada perceive what early intervention supports are available for their child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Participants consisted ... -
Explaining “explaining” : a phenomenological study of meaning making
(2016-08-18)This research sought to provide a description of the processes used by individuals who guide others to understanding and a set of terminology to explain these processes in order to “explain explaining”. A review of literature ... -
Exploring the effects of self-esteem on self-presentation and consumption on Instagram
(2022-08-25)Self-esteem is one contributing factor to a person’s self-presentation in accordance to their perceived contextual expectations. The theory of self-presentation compares life to a stage on which people perform and engage ... -
Expressing civic rights for individuals with intellectual disabilities : social network responsibility and silences in communication
(2022-09-08)This study explores the role of communications in the understanding of expressions of civic rights for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). One expression of the low social capital held by ... -
Fear and power in Northern Uganda : a symbolic interactionist approach
(2013-05-17)This thesis explores how fear is used as a communication strategy to create and enhance power in conflict setting. I drew the data from six in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted in northern Uganda, a region that ... -
“Fear promotes the status quo” : surveillance discourses and environmental activism in Canada
(2018-06-29)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 ... -
Finding meaning in hospice palliative care : an interpretive phenomenological study
(2019-03-07)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 ...
