Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Making home and making welcome: An oral history of the New Canadians Centre and immigration to Peterborough, Ontario from 1979 to 1997

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Macnab, Maddy, Thesis advisor (ths): Sangster, Joan, Thesis advisor (ths): Chazan, May, Degree committee member (dgc): Lem, Winnie, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis documents an oral history of the New Canadians Centre, the only immigrant-serving organization in Peterborough, Ontario. This case study builds on scholarship that critically examines immigrant settlement work in Canada. Drawing on interviews and archival research, and employing the analytical concept of home, I investigate how differently-located actors have practiced home… more
Full Text: MAKING HOME AND MAKING WELCOME: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE NEW CANADIANS CENTRE AND IMMIGRATION TO PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO FROM 1979 TO 1997 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …

Representations of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canadian Art

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Strautins, Yasmin, Thesis advisor (ths): Sangster, Joan, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis focuses specifically on artistic projects that address violence against indigenous women and uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine their meaning and reception. I argue that the mainstream media has negatively stereotyped missing and murdered indigenous women and that art projects have the ability to reframe their lives to the viewing public. I focus on five case… more
Full Text: REPRESENTATIONS OF MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN CANADIAN ART A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …

Workplace Bullying in Ontario Healthcare Settings: Examining the Relationship Between Bullying, Gender, and Policy

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Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Jessup, Sarah, Thesis advisor (ths): Sangster, Joan, Degree committee member (dgc): Hobbs, Margaret, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis builds on scholarship that highlights how expected gender roles serve to both normalize and obscure forms of violence and hostility in health care workplaces. An analysis of 25 labour arbitrations involving cases of bullying reveals how gender relations is a factor in these grievances and relevant policies in Ontario health care facilities. Reinforced by underlying… more
Full Text: WORKPLACE BULLYING IN ONTARIO HEALTHCARE SETTINGS: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BULLYING, GENDER, AND POLICY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …

Rights, Resources, and Resistance: Pan-Indigenous Political Organizations in Northeastern Alberta, 1968-1984

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Wilson, Kimberly, Thesis advisor (ths): Bocking, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Sangster, Joan, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The development of pan-Indigenous political organizations in northeastern Alberta in the context of oil and gas development during the 1970s created disparate effects on Indigenous communities in the region. Resistance to assimilation policies led the Indian Association of Alberta to transform itself into a unified voice that represented Aboriginal and treaty rights in the late 1960s;… more
Full Text: RIGHTS, RESOURCES, AND RESISTANCE: PAN-INDIGENOUS POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA, 1968-1984 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty …