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Young, well-educated and adaptable people: Chilean exiles, identity and daily life in Canada, 1973 to the present day
"This dissertation describes the challenges and changes to lifestyle and identity experienced by twenty-one Chileans who came to Canada as exiles between 1973 and 1978. It is based largely on the testimony of the exiles ...
Choices and compromises: the abortion movement in Canada 1969-1988
This dissertation explores pro-choice activism in Canada following the 1969 omnibus bill that decriminalized abortion. The 1969 legal amendments permitted abortions performed in accredited hospitals and approved by the ...
Saranjaam
"It was only during my second year of MF A studies at York University that I decided which film I wanted to make for my thesis project. I had faced several setbacks in my first year of Masters studies - some of which help ...
A community-based study of the effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy with school-aged children in Toronto, Canada
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a widely used treatment model for trauma-exposed children and adolescents (Cohen, Mannarino, & Deblinger, 2006). In this study, a randomized, waitlist-control design ...
Time, technology and troublemakers: 'fast activism' and the alter-globalization movement in Canada
"This study documents and critically evaluates the history of the alter-globalization movement in Canada. It makes a contribution to existing scholarship by providing the most comprehensive historical account available of ...
Safe schools for (almost) everyone: the Christian Right's resistance to Ontario's LGBT inclusive 'Accepting Schools Act'
The Christian Right is an important and influential voice in contemporary political discourses and popular culture within Canadian society. This research seeks to analyze the discourses and framing strategies utilized in ...
Patterns of variability in the fatty acid and stable isotope profiles of ice algae, phytoplankton, and zooplankton during early spring in the Canadian High Arctic
Sea ice-associated primary producers are a major source of energy within Arctic marine ecosystems, particularly when pelagic primary growth is temporally and spatially limited. Using samples and data collected in spring ...
"""We are the blue berets:"" problematizing peacekeeping in postwar Canada"
"This dissertation highlights some of the innumerable ways that participation in UN peacekeeping efforts became one of the central symbols employed in Canadian self-identification from 1956 to 1997. What emerges is a web ...
Traces of motion: making the learning visible in creative dance education
What is the learning that happens in creative dance in an elementary school setting? Can pedagogical documentation, inspired by the educators of Reggio Emilia, make this learning visible to the various stakeholders in ...
The causes, character and consequences of economic growth in Canada, 1974-2008: a classical political economic analysis
"This dissertation explores the dynamics of capital accumulation in Canada over the last four decades, including the long downturn from 197 4 to 1990, the subsequent slump, and the long upturn from 1993 to 2008. To this ...