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Hummingbird oil she breast: Testimony and Resistance in Vincentian Redemption Songs
(2022-03-03)Negro Slavery Described by a Negro: Being the Narrative of Ashton Warner (1831), Shake Keanes The Angel Horn (2005) and H. Nigel Thomass Spirits in the Dark (1993) witness to the communities and individuals who have resisted ... -
Young Terrorists or Young Innocents? Examining Canadian Public Policies and Praxis in Abandoning, Repatriating, and Integrating Children Born of ISIS's Members
(2022-03-03)This research examines the 25 Canadian children detained in Al-Hol detention camp whose mother in the camp or their family in Canada wishes they would be repatriated to their country of origin, in this case, Canada. This ... -
The Potential Impact of Dance for Disabled Young Adults
(2021-11-15)Research has shown that dance may greatly benefit the disabled community. Regular participation in dance classes has been shown to have a positive effect on participants mood (Barnstaple & DeSouza, 2017; Houston & McGill, ... -
There is a Dissonance and Density: Disrupting Queer Trauma Through Performative Embodiment Practices
(2021-11-15)This research-creation thesis presents that through performative actions, Queer performers embody and shift both individual and communal traumas. For this thesis, I have created a Queer performance event series entitled ... -
Infamous Mobsters and Legalized Trauma: A Justice Approach Towards the Sociology of Black Masculinities and Generational Trauma
(2021-11-15)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that Black men are at a noticeably higher risk for exposure to trauma. Most are unaware of the sociohistorical beginnings of masculinity and manhood. Therefore, ... -
"Can Anybody See?": Masculinities in Musical Theatre and Post-Secondary Musical Theatre Training
(2021-11-15)Twenty first-century post-secondary students demonstrate a dissonance with the musical theatre canon and current training methods. My research invites post-secondary students to contribute as critical co-investigators, ... -
The Caribana Parade: Storming and Issues of Power and Control
(2021-07-06)The parade is the highlight of the Toronto Carnival/Caribana festival, which has become an important part of Torontos and Canadas identity; but for more than twenty years it has been affected by storming, an act of ... -
Surveilling Modern Surveillance: An Examination of the Impacts of Surveillance on Marginalized Identities and Police Behaviour
(2021-07-06)The meaning of public and private space in Canada is increasingly being controlled and defined technocratically along identity-based lines. In view of this reality, the rise of state-led and state-sponsored surveillance ... -
This Work Is Tagged Asexual Character: An Analysis of Asexuality in Fanfiction
(2021-03-08)Although asexual activism and asexuality scholars show that asexuality encompasses a wide range of experiences, asexual people remain an understudied sexual minority. Pop-cultural representations of asexuality are uncommon, ... -
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 ...
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