Year: 2025, 2025
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Baranik, Lauren Alexandra, Thesis advisor (ths): Nicol, Heather, Degree committee member (dgc): O'Donoghue, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): McCartney, Leslie, Degree committee member (dgc): Dunaway, Finis, Degree committee member (dgc): Slowey, Gabrielle, Degree committee member (dgc): FitzMaurice, Kevin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This is a community-based research project investigating the ability to meet a vision of co-governance. This dissertation investigates the effectiveness of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) as a treaty-implementing institution under Chapter 12 of the Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA). The UFA, a modern treaty between Yukon First Nations (YFNs), Canada, and… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Leckie, Toban Mackenzie Young, Thesis advisor (ths): Nicol, Heather, Thesis advisor (ths): Harrison, Julia, Degree committee member (dgc): FitzMaurice, Kevin, Degree committee member (dgc): Maher, Patrick T, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>In August of 2014, the Sahtú Dene community of Délı̨nę launched a first-of-its-kind, collaborative pilot project entitled "Destination Deline". Fortuitously, the launch coincided precisely with the field research component of this research project, which had originally sought to investigate the marked lack of Indigenous participation, employment and partnership in the Northwest… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>This study examines the intersection between nuclear energy in Ontario, Canada, with popular forces acting upon it between the 1940s and the mid-1980s. It finds that nuclear energy
was the target of changing epistemology as society shifted to a post-modern framework in its
perception of technology. Technology was irreparably associated with potential encroaching
governmental… more Full Text: I PROFOUNDLY MISUNDERSTOOD: NUCLEAR ENERGY IN ONTARIO, 1940s – 1980s 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 UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>From the early days of colonization, the use of stereotypes has negatively impacted Indigenous women. One mode of transmitting those stereotypes is through fiction. This thesis examines Indigenous female characters in contemporary crime fiction, written by non-Indigenous Canadian authors, for evidence of stereotype depiction. Two novels were selected for this study, The Last Good Day by… more Full Text: The Depiction of Indigenous Women in Crime Fiction Written by Non-Indigenous Authors A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>From the early days of colonization, the use of stereotypes has negatively impacted Indigenous women. One mode of transmitting those stereotypes is through fiction. This thesis examines Indigenous female characters in contemporary crime fiction, written by non-Indigenous Canadian authors, for evidence of stereotype depiction. Two novels were selected for this study, The Last Good Day by… more Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This study examines the intersection between nuclear energy in Ontario, Canada, with popular forces acting upon it between the 1940s and the mid-1980s. It finds that nuclear energy
was the target of changing epistemology as society shifted to a post-modern framework in its
perception of technology. Technology was irreparably associated with potential encroaching
governmental… more Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Brant, Holly Karennenha:wi, Thesis advisor (ths): Nicol, Heather, Degree committee member (dgc): Brant Castellano, Marlene, Degree committee member (dgc): Graham, Katherine, Degree committee member (dgc): Milloy, John, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>For this study, I asked Tyendinaga's healthcare professionals if they had any solutions to make the healthcare system run more smoothly when working with settlers. I wanted answers to four questions: 1. what role does our culture play in implementing or delivering mental/physical/spiritual/emotional midwifery/health/social services? 2. are there any gaps in services, or more… more Year: 2022, 2022
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Abstract: <p>This thesis examines how political and social issues have molded and alteredCanada's penal system since the nineteenth-century. From early Anglo-Canadian society to Joseph Archambault's 1938 Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Penal System of Canada, the Canadian penal system waxed and waned against social and political tides. As rehabilitative justice took hold… more Full Text: How Did We Get Here? Exploring Socio-Political Influences in Canadian Penitentiaries: 1800-1955 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2020, 2020
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Abstract: <p>This study identifies and examines interlinkages between climate change and sustainable development, environmental security, and adaptive capacity through a case study of two communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region: Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. It seeks to understand how these two communities perceive climate change and define sustainable development, particularly in relation to oil… more Full Text: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC: INUVIK AND TUKTOYAKTUK A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts …
Year: 2018, 2018
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Abstract: <p>This thesis explores the neoliberal governmentality approach to education for Northern economic development that was prevalent from 2006 to 2015, during Stephen Harper's period as Prime Minister of Canada. Using a grounded theory approach, this thesis identifies three themes – Indigenous integration, education, and employment for labour force/ economic development – to direct an… more Full Text: BUILDING INDIVIDUALS, BUILDING THE ECONOMY: LABOUR FORCE DEVELOPMENT IN CANADA’S TERRITORIAL NORTH A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in Arts in the Faculty of Arts …
Year: 2013, 2013
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Abstract: <p>The inclusion and application of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) has become a central and often demanded element of policy making involving Indigenous peoples. However, there are very few examples that exist in the literature and elsewhere that show how IK can be effectively integrated into decisions, policies, and programs. In response to these challenges, this research explored what… more Full Text: BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INCORPORATION IN POLICY MAKING: THE NUNATSIAVUT CASE 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 …
