Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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eng
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Reconceptualizing a Post-Secondary Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

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Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Thompson, Patty, Thesis advisor (ths): Iannacci, Luigi, Degree committee member (dgc): Niblett, Blair, Degree committee member (dgc): Rich, Sharon, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The number of post-secondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities has been on the rise since the early 1990's (Plotner &amp; Marshall, 2015). However, research focused on student experiences within these programs has been predominantly from faculty, mainstream students and parent's perspectives without accounting for what the students themselves are… more

The History and Legacy of the "Orillia Asylum for Idiots:" Children's Experiences of Institutional Violence

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Viscardis, Katharine, Thesis advisor (ths): Miron, Janet, Degree committee member (dgc): Iannacci, Luigi, Degree committee member (dgc): Marshall, Dominique, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The "Orillia Asylum for Idiots" (1861 - 2009), Canada's oldest and largest facility for the care and protection of children and adults with disabilities, was once praised as a beacon of humanitarian progress and described as a "community within a community." Yet, survivors who lived in the facility during the post Second World War period, a time described as the… more

Resistance Revisited: How Student Activism around the PCVS School Closure Influenced Youths' Life Experiences, Views on Power, Political Engagement, and Personal Agency

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Cristall, Ferne, Thesis advisor (ths): Iannacci, Luigi, Degree committee member (dgc): Niblett, Blair, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
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