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The Meaning of Syrian Refugees in Canada: an Old and a New Meaning and a Discussion of their Labour Market
(2020-11-13)When the Syrian nation began a revolution demanding rights and freedom; Bashar Al-Assad lead the republic into a war that resulted in the largest mass migration since world war two. In their challenging journey to resettle ... -
Online Information for Caregivers of Adolescents with Autism
(2020-08-11)Many adolescents with autism live at home with their immediate family. Family members, usually the mother, are often the caregivers of these adolescents. These families are present in all levels of society. Many find their ... -
Evolution of Gender Representation in the Islamic Republic of Iran's Grade One Persian TextBook
(2020-08-11)The aim of this study is to explore how the gendered policies of Irans Islamic Republic are represented in the grade one Persian textbook, which is used throughout the state-run education system. Specifically, this study ... -
Challenges of Humanitarian Aid International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs) in Myanmar
(2019-11-22)In Myanmar, there are currently over 100 INGOs, and out of these, 43 are providing humanitarian aid and development activities in conjunction with eight UN organizations. However, whether humanitarian operations have ... -
Paving the Road to Peace: Transnational Solidarity for Survivors of Military Sexual Slavery by Imperial Japan through the Observation of the Wednesday Demonstration
(2019-11-22)The Wednesday Demonstration is a weekly protest for former comfort women to demand an apology and legal compensation from the Japanese government. This thesis examines the different aspects of the comfort women movement ... -
Multigenerational Trauma and the Canadian Black Woman: A Subjective Inquiry into the Enduring Black Slave Experience
(2019-07-02)Numerous recent studies argue that mental health is a primary determinant of a societys general wellbeing. However, as important as these studies are said to be insofar as the advancement in the treatment(s) of mental ... -
Every Stain a Story: The Use of Textures on Costumes in Hollywood Action, Horror, and Sci-Fi Movies
(2019-07-02)Dirt on clothing in Hollywood movies signifies cultural agreement about what is seen as defilement in everyday life. Artificially aged and distressed costumes are common in Hollywood films, and especially in genres like ... -
Identity Resilience Within the Coloured South African Community in Canada; Exploring the Impact of Settler Colonialism, Racialization and Diasporic Movement on Racial/Self Identification
(2019-03-05)This thesis is an interdisciplinary examination of the resilience of Coloured South African racial identity/self identification. I assert that the dark legacy of settler colonialism, and its concomitant racialization and ... -
The Erasure of Little Jamaica: Exploring the Role of Design in the Gentrification of Toronto's Eglinton Avenue West
(2019-03-05)Toronto is undergoing a series of neoliberal changes related to a large regional transit development initiative for the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton (Freeman and Hume 2015). This has resulted in the construction of ... -
"Anchored in Our Culture, Focused on Our Future": Negotiating Spaces for Somali Women in Toronto through Gashanti UNITY
(2019-03-05)This research presents and analyses the experiences of second-generation Somali women in Toronto, and argues that there is a significant gap in research about young Somali-Canadian women, and the way they utilize different ... -
Doing Just Business: An Empirical Analysis of Mining Multinationals, Human Rights and Sustainable Community Development in Western Ghana
(2019-03-05)This interdisciplinary research examines the ability of gold mining multinationals to fulfill their human rights obligations and investigates how local communities in Ghana attempt to hold these corporations accountable ... -
Transplantation and Personal, Preferred Music: A Quality of Life Study
(2018-11-21)This project is a multiple methods, open-label, clinical experiment that provided iPods, headphones, and personal, preferred music to transplant patients to improve their quality of life. In total, the study enrolled 46 ... -
Neurodiversity and the Use of Art to Facilitate Communicating Emotions; A Preliminary Study
(2018-11-21)This research study explored whether art can be used to facilitate communicating emotions among individuals with ASD. A total of ten participants were included in this study. Five participants were diagnosed with ASD and ... -
Understanding Social Inclusion from the Perspective of Tamil Seniors and Service Providers in the Greater Toronto Area
(2018-11-21)Understanding Tamil seniors perspectives on social inclusion in the Greater Toronto Area is critical to inform programs and policies. The researcher engaged with 27 Tamil seniors and 13 service providers using Concept ... -
Black Youth Educational Under-Achievement Problem: How Peer Influence, Social Attitudes, Education Policy, & Family Circumstance Unite to Maintain this Problem in the Ontario Public School System
(2018-11-21)This research paper is concerned with the problem of black youths educational underachievement in Ontario public schools. The general aim of the thesis is to demonstrate that this problem is not one that education policy ... -
To Dye For: From Seed to Storage An Examination of Three Purple Garments
(2018-11-21)Dyes, both natural and synthetic were a critical part of textile manufacture in the nineteenth century. Using an interdisciplinary and material culture approach, this thesis uses three extant purple dresses to follow the ... -
Evaluating the Shopping Aisles for Emotional Needs (SAFEN) Assessment: Promoting the Emotional Health Needs of Children and Youth
(2018-11-21)This creative thesis consists of a preliminary evaluation of SAFEN (Shopping Aisles for Emotional Needs), a self-assessment design for youth. SAFEN engages youth in identifying their internalizing feelings, strengths, ... -
Unsettling Resistance: Decolonizing Social Movement Theory
(2018-11-21)Social Movement Studies (SMS) is the primary academic field of theorizing political mobilization. On one hand, this rich body of literature has provided important insight into the social phenomenon responsible for collective ... -
Art, Community & Belonging
(2018-08-27)Communication with others and developing a sense of belonging are challenges that immigrants, including children, must face in a new society. These challenges become a major obstacle when paired with lack of knowledge of ... -
Perceived Acceleration in Stereoscopic Animation
(2018-05-28)In stereoscopic media, a sensation of depth is produced through the differences of images presented to the left and the right eyes. These differences are a result of binocular parallax caused by the separation of the cameras ...
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