Interdisciplinary Studies

Multigenerational Trauma and the Canadian Black Woman: A Subjective Inquiry into the Enduring Black Slave Experience

Cuffy, Loferne Pauline (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

Dierker, Urs Axel Georg (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

Von Langsdorff, Gillian Yvonne (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

Gordon, Debbie (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

Ali, Muna (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

Kwakyewah, Cynthia (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

McKnight, Robert Hugh (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

Deker, Lina (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

Sathiyamoorthy, Thrmiga (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

McBean, Marcell Allison (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

Gilbert, Alexandra Lynn (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

Gamble, Samartha Sharon (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

Mills, Meghan (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

Afshar, Niloufar Shahriar (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

Laldin, Sidrah Abdul Rahman (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 ...

In the Voices of the Ancestors: Izangoma Trance Processes and Embodied Narratives Towards Decolonization Praxis

Rogerson, Rebecca (2018-05-28)

Izangoma, or diviners, are one type of traditional healer in Southern Africa. Despite colonial efforts to delegitimize and criminalize traditional healing and medicine, there are 300,000-350,000 traditional healers in South ...

The Non-Recognition or Devaluation of Foreign Professional Immigrants Credentials in Canada: The Impact on the Receiving Country (Canada) and the Immigrants

Osaze, Emmanuel Dean (2018-03-01)

This research thesis is concerned with the problem of the non-recognition or devaluation of the credentials of foreign professional immigrants in Canada. For decades, the Canadian government has admitted large numbers of ...