Year: 2025, 2025
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Slater-Meadows, Angela, Thesis advisor (ths): Buccieri, Kristy, Degree committee member (dgc): Rapaport, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Chivers, Sally, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Many middle-class families, according to Whiteman (2023) find it challenging to manage unless both parents contribute financially through employment. I chose to become a professional because I'd wanted better employment options. My academic research interests soon had me wondering what working-while-parenting experiences were like for other professionals. The overarching topic of my… more Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>It is through spending time outside that we develop the ecological literacy and caring attachments to the land that will lead to greater concern and responsibility for the more-than-human world. But intermediate students in the formal education system are taught almost exclusively indoors, especially in winter. If Canadian teachers remain mostly inside when it is cold, they forego many… more Full Text: I want to do so much more, but I just do not know what to do: Intermediate Teachers’ Interactions with the Outdoors in Winter A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>It is through spending time outside that we develop the ecological literacy and caring attachments to the land that will lead to greater concern and responsibility for the more-than-human world. But intermediate students in the formal education system are taught almost exclusively indoors, especially in winter. If Canadian teachers remain mostly inside when it is cold, they forego many… more Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Canadian authored diverse LGBTQ2S children's picture books can help counter socialized aspects of heteronormativity and other forms of oppression. This thesis outlines the challenging process for identifying and locating Canadian authored diverse LGBTQ2S children's picture books, with suggestions provided for mitigating this process. Twenty-two books (list and summaries… more Full Text: Finding Cowboy Joe: The Search for Canadian Authored Diverse LGBTQ2S Picture Books to Help Counter Heteronormativity in the Elementary Classroom A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the …
