Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Fostering research uptake and evidence-use in applied clinical settings
(2014-07-28)Radiation Therapy health care practitioners need access to actionable, evidence-based, and solution-focused research in order to make the best clinical decisions possible. This paper presents a qualitative case study which ... -
From avoidance to mitigation : engaged communication to identify and mitigate mining impacts on communities
(2014-11-04)Active listening facilitates the identification of impacts and mitigation strategies of Sama Nickel's mining exploration activities on an Ivorian, West African community. Early awareness of potential negative impacts to ... -
From page to practice : communication theory and its value for public relations educators and practitioners
(2011-12-20)A robust scholarly discussion had been conducted for more than 30 years on the professional impact of theory on communication practice, including Vocate‘s important observation in 1997 that a rigorous education in theory ... -
From trees to bluebirds : the impact of engagement and framing on the communication of conservation on Vancouver Island
(2017-08-25)The study addresses how strategic social media messaging affects awareness and understanding of scientific discourse around conservation issues. The media effects literature suggests that conservation non-governmental ... -
Gendered discussion of politicians in news : how can we prepare future female politicians for media gender bias?
(2015-09-24)This research adds to the pre-existing knowledge of gender bias towards women in media. Through a focused review of political news media in British Columbia, this research found little evidence of gender bias towards women ... -
Getting through tough times : interpersonal communication coping strategies during job loss
(2010-09-16)This research paper describes what role interpersonal communication plays in coping with and accepting job loss. The study is framed by theories of stress, appraisal, coping, and the theory of Fundamental Interpersonal ... -
Health literacy in Toronto : applying the TOFHLA to identify the gap between physician and patient
(2016-10-26)This study takes a modern approach applying the TOFHLA to Torontonians in order to identify some of the contributing factors impacting the physician-patient divide. The TOFHLA questionnaire with added customized pre-screening ... -
Healthcare organizations' twitter communication : an integrative review
(2018-12-13)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 ...
