Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Longhouse and greenhouse : searching for food security in a community-based research project
(2015-03-12)This applied, community-based research study used an Indigenous methodology to explore food security programs at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in Ontario. The research focuses on factors that affect food security ... -
Making Lemonade : examining female empowerment through visual music media
(2020-09-30)This research study explores popular culture through visual music media, specifically Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album titled Lemonade. Through a social constructionist lens, a phenomenological approach, and by incorporating ... -
Masculinities and engaging older men at seniors’ centres through social marketing
(2018-05-08)Older men are at risk for social isolation, which poses significant risks to their psychosocial health. Seniors’ centres offer opportunities for social support networks; however, older men attend far less than women. Social ... -
Mattering and vulnerability : a phenomenological study of experiences within the community of inquiry
(2014-07-15)Understanding how adults perceive learning experiences online can help institutions, administrators, instructional designers, and teachers to develop, design, and deliver programs that support, motivate, engage, and retain ... -
#MeAfterToo—the hashtag that toppled hegemons? A feminist narrative case study of #MeToo
(2019-07-16)Unlike many less successful precursors, #MeToo exploded onto social media in a way in which previous viral feminist hashtags had not. Created by activist Tarana Burke and later picked up and amplified by multiple celebrity ... -
The Métis Nation registry : exploring identity, meaning, and culture
(2012-06-27)In 2004, Métis Nation offices began to register and issue identification cards to Métis citizens who met certain criteria. While many Métis people did register, and are registering, there are many who have not, and will ... -
MINE : A public ethnography of the case of Minera San Xavier in Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico
(2018-01-22)Canadian companies lead the world in the development of mineral commodities and mining is crucial to the Canadian economy. Recent research shows instances of civilian criminalization, injury, and even death in connection ... -
Mobile technology and women’s empowerment in post-revolution Egypt
(2017-03-06)This study examines how young Egyptian women are accessing and utilising mobile technology to contribute to their socio-economic empowerment. Toward that end, this project employed qualitative interviews to discover women’s ... -
Narratives in adolescent immigration : understanding barriers in self-identity development
(2013-08-07)This thesis examines immigrants' acculturation with a specific focus on adolescents and the development of their self-identity overtime as immigrants in Canada. Adolescence is already a period of change and transition; ... -
Narratives of successful collaborations between alternative media and women's groups
(2013-08-02)Despite the existing fragmentation amongst social change agents serving women on Vancouver's downtown east side, they are seeking fresh and innovative ways to work together to communicate their social change needs and to ... -
Netflix or news? An examination of young Canadians’ appetite to pay for online journalism
(2020-03-16)This thesis explores factors that influence the willingness to pay (WTP) of young Canadian adults for digital journalistic/news content using the uses and gratifications (U&G) approach. U&G is a user-centred theory of ... -
New In the Wheat City : a photovoice exploration of new residents’ relationship with community and place
(2021-02-02)For communities like Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, that are affected by shrinking birth rates and young Canadians flocking to urban centres, the city’s growth is directly linked to immigration, including the settlement, ... -
New models of journalism in Alberta and British Columbia : changing the metajournalistic discourse of community news
(2021-06-25)For decades, the Canadian news media industry has been eroded by a myriad of factors including media conglomeration, the changing digital landscape, and declining advertising revenue—a situation which has only been exacerbated ... -
New-media social networks, issue networks, and policy communities : getting and using power
(2010-09-16)This PAR project used applied communications to get and use power to influence public policy. Informed by social and policy network theories, the method used Facebook as an organizing tool to create and position a recreation ... -
‘No Canadian experience’ barrier : a participatory approach to examining the barrier’s affect on new immigrants
(2010-06-22)New immigrants to Canada, specifically those of non-Western origin, frequently experience the phenomenon of the ‘no Canadian work experience’ employment barrier. This paper is based on information gathered in a focus group ... -
No doggy bag please : Chinese attitudes on food waste
(2015-08-12)As an emerging economy, food waste has become a hot topic in China within the last two years because of increasing appetites and shrinking landfills. Although there are an increasing number of studies on food waste in ... -
No place to call home - a visual ethnography on North Korean defectors in Toronto
(2016-11-08)After the arduous journey escaping the North Korean regime and residing for a period of time in South Korea, many North Korean defectors make their way to Canada and claim refugee status. The North Korean population in the ... -
Non-religious and religious minority international students at an evangelical university : politely ignoring what is positively uncomfortable
(2015-08-25)This qualitative study sought to discover how non-religious and religious minority international students negotiate the overtly religious aspects of their experience at an evangelical Christian university and what acculturation ... -
The non-voting majority : a study of non-voting in the 2011 Vancouver municipal election
(2013-03-21)All levels of governments in Canada are seeing a continued decrease in voting during elections. The lowest voter turnout rates are at the municipal level--the 2011 Vancouver municipal election saw only 34 percent of eligible ... -
Not the ladies’ tees : how gendered practices and language in the golf industry in Ontario impact women’s engagement
(2021-09-10)In sporting industries, including the golf industry, there is a long-standing history of gendered practices events, exclusion, and “typical ‘ expectations” (Breger et al. 2019 p. 274 These practice are evident in golf ...
