Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This study examines how student activism around the closure of Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School (PCVS), an inner-city school in a medium–sized Ontario town has influenced youths' life experiences, views on power, political engagement, and personal agency. Following a critical narrative methodology, this qualitative study, conducted four to five years after the school… more Full Text: RESISTANCE REVISITED: HOW STUDENT ACTIVISM AROUND THE PCVS SCHOOL CLOSURE INFLUENCED YOUTHS’ LIFE EXPERIENCES, VIEWS ON POWER, POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT, AND PERSONAL AGENCY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the …