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Canada's Greek Moment: Transnational Politics, Activists, and Spies During the Long Sixties
(2017-07-27)
This dissertation examines Greek immigrant homeland politics during the period of Greeces military dictatorship, 1967 to 1974, in Toronto and Montreal. It carefully considers the internal dynamics of anti-junta activism ...
Imagined Communities of 'Whiteness': Racial-Nationalist Origins of Settler-State Formation in Argentina and Canada, 1840-1914
(2019-03-05)
This dissertation sits at the intersection of critical international political economy and a decolonizing, anti-racist approach to empirical political science. Specifically, I examine how liberal state forms are presupposed ...
Roj Means Sun
(2016-09-20)
My thesis project, a 22-minute dramatic film, focuses on the life of ROJIN(12),
a young Kurdish-Canadian girl who has just lost her father Agir in a battle in Iraqi
Kurdistan. Throughout the film, we follow Rojin as she ...
Speaking Together: Exploring Discourses of 'Dutchness' in Language Learning, Voluntarism, and Active Citizenship
(2016-09-20)
My dissertation examines everyday understandings of citizenship as expressed by voluntary Dutch language coaches in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Based on thirteen months of ethnographic research, the primary methods used ...
Governing Irregular Migration: Logics and Practices in Spanish Immigration Policy
(2015-08-28)
Since the first substantive changes to Spanish immigration laws in the 1980s, immigration to Spain and the policies designed to govern it have changed greatly. The pace of this continuous transformation has recently slowed ...
A Secondary Analysis of the Differences in Accessing Health and Social Services Between Ethnically Diverse Individuals and the Mainstream Society
(2015-08-28)
Background: Mental illness is the third leading cause of disability and premature death in Canada. Research shows that access issues are a major concern, especially ethnically diverse individuals who may experience greater ...
Barriers Exist for Newcomers to Access Spaces for Sport and Recreation
(2011)
Newcomers and other groups experience barriers from being active in sports and physical activity. This is a result of institutional racism. Many spaces do not address the varied and distinct needs of different groups, ...
Candy Crush
(2016-09-20)
Candy Crush is a short experimental film that explores varied experiences of migrants who leave their childhood memories and historical roots behind. It interweaves two narratives; the reminiscences of a migrant (myself) ...
Geopolitics, State-Formation and Economic Development in Quebec and Ontario
(2015-08-28)
This dissertation challenges the prevailing periodization of Quebec and Ontario’s economic development in Canadian historiography by contrasting the specificity of capitalist social relations with the non-capitalist forms ...
The Sublime in Contemporary Art and Politics: The Post 9/11 Art of Middle Eastern Diaspora in North America
(2016-09-20)
This dissertation takes ethnographic approach to researching art with an emphasis on the artistic practices of Middle Eastern diasporic artists in Canada and the USA. This dissertation moves from an account of aesthetic ...