Year: 2026, 2026
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This dissertation, titled "Echoes of Injustice: Regulating Indigenous Masculinity through Canadian Legal and Colonial Systems, "examines how the Canadian criminal justice system—through its denial of colonial violence and its regulation of Indigenous masculinity—has contributed to the ongoing criminalization and marginalization of Indigenous men. By critically engaging with… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Cullingham, Sarah Catherine, Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Changfoot, Nadine, Degree committee member (dgc): McClelland, Alex, Degree committee member (dgc): Doll, Agnieszka, Degree committee member (dgc): Penner, Devin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>A new regime governing cannabis production, distribution, and access came into effect across Canada in 2018. With the passing of the Cannabis Act (2018) a new legal cannabis industry began taking shape across the country, with specific manifestations at the local and provincial levels. In this study, I take up the standpoint of people who use cannabis and explore how access is organized… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Trefzger Clarke, Lisa Joyce Helena, Thesis advisor (ths): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Boucher, Lisa, Degree committee member (dgc): Handlarski, Denise, Degree committee member (dgc): Cole, Jenn, Degree committee member (dgc): Arraiz Matute, Alexandra, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study examines the formal, informal, and non-formal learning experiences offeminist-identified counsellors and psychotherapists working within the Violence
Against Women (VAW) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) sector of community-
based social services in Ontario, Canada. Using critical, feminist polyethnography and
intersectional and feminist theories, this study discusses the… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Warnar, Hendrik Matthew, Thesis advisor (ths): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Graham, Amanda, Degree committee member (dgc): MacKinnon, Shauna, Degree committee member (dgc): Newhouse, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Abele, Frances, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis focuses on the Atoskiwin Training and Employment Centre of Excellence (ATEC) in NelsonHouse, Manitoba, and its contribution to Aboriginal adult education and the economic development of
the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN). The study examines ATEC within the larger history of NCN's
relationship with its land, hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba, and Wahbung:… more Full Text: ABORIGINAL ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING: THE HISTORY OF HYDRO DEVELOPMENT IN MANITOBA AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ATOSKIWIN TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT CENTRE IN NISICHAWAYASIHK CREE NATION A Thesis Submitted to the School for the Study of Canada TRENT …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Warnar, Hendrik Matthew, Thesis advisor (ths): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Graham, Amanda, Degree committee member (dgc): MacKinnon, Shauna, Degree committee member (dgc): Newhouse, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Abele, Frances, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis focuses on the Atoskiwin Training and Employment Centre of Excellence (ATEC) in NelsonHouse, Manitoba, and its contribution to Aboriginal adult education and the economic development of
the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN). The study examines ATEC within the larger history of NCN's
relationship with its land, hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba, and Wahbung:… 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: 2023, 2023
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Poulin, Laura Iona Leone, Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark W, Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, Mary, Degree committee member (dgc): Patrick, Donna, Degree committee member (dgc): Woodend, Kirsten, Degree committee member (dgc): Brassolotto, Julia, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Aligning health services with aging populations is the fundamental issue of modern Canadian health policy, yet rural older populations still experience compromised patient safety and poor-quality care as they transfer between care settings. As such, contemporary scholars acknowledge that more contextually sensitive studies are needed to better understand the unique health and care… more Full Text: RURAL OLDER ADULT TRANSITIONS IN CARE A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, …
Year: 2022, 2022
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Showalter, Anne Louise, Thesis advisor (ths): Chivers, Sally, Thesis advisor (ths): Steffler, Margaret, Degree committee member (dgc): Loiselle, Andre, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Marchessault, Janine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Memorable Movie Watching: Viewer Ruminations about Memory in Four Canadian Films and their IMDb User Reviews explores how four Canadian films released in the decade around the turn of the millennium tell stories of memory and remembering, and how User Reviewers writing on the IMDb.com engage with, respond to, and re–remember those narratives filtered through their own remembered personal… more Full Text: MEMORABLE MOVIE WATCHING: VIEWER RUMINATIONS ABOUT MEMORY IN FOUR CANADIAN FILMS AND THEIR IMDB USER REVIEWS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This doctoral research project is a part of the quest for an inclusive telling of Canada's national identity and will focus on the creation of a memorialization Keeping Place model to commemorate the Indian Residential School system in Canada. My dissertation is interdisciplinary and contributes to the fields of cultural history, memory and post-colonial studies. In response to the… more Full Text: “The Darkest Tapestry”: Indian Residential School Memorialization at the Keeping Place at Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
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 Full Text: THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THE “ORILLIA ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS:” CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES OF INSTITUTIONAL VIOLENCE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …
Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This study will focus on how immigrants from Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries use humour as a tool for integration and belonging (and ultimately citizenship) in Canada. My aim is to investigate, through a detailed analysis of popular culture productions from immigrant communities, the strategies and techniques of humour that immigrants employ as a mode of communication with fellow… more Full Text: Laughing to be Citizens: Multiculturalism, Humour, Belonging and the Cultural Productions of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants in Canada. A Thesis submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of …
Year: 2019, 2019
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Hurlington, Kingsley G., Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark W, Degree committee member (dgc): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Patrick, Donna, Degree committee member (dgc): Russell, Elizabeth, Degree committee member (dgc): Wiles, Janine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This dissertation explored how rural communities enhance the capacity of youth to both navigate and negotiate healthy identities and well-being in the context of social ecological resilience. Resilience refers to the capacity for individuals to have good outcomes in spite of exposure to significant adversity. Rural communities are often identified as places of deficit both in scholarly… more Full Text: SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING? PLACE-BASED RESILIENCE IN RURAL CANADIAN YOUTH A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>From 1950-1995, the Canadian government investigated the phenomenon of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), amassing over 15,000 pages of documentation about, among other matters, nearly 4,500 unique sightings. This investigation was largely passive and disconnected, spread across a number of federal departments and agencies that infrequently communicated about the subject. Two official… more Full Text: A HISTORY OF CANADA’S UFO INVESTIGATION, 1950-1995 A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>How can educators use drama to nurture an ability in their students to identify and challenge the discourses and practices that have historically perpetuated oppression and inequality within Canada — without miring them in those narratives of oppression? This dissertation discusses the work of De-Railed, a theatre group that worked with youth in Hamilton Rapids, a Toronto neighbourhood… more Full Text: FROM TORONTO TO AFRICVILLE: YOUTH PERFORMING HISTORY AS RESISTANCE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hill, Lauren Ann, Thesis advisor (ths): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Mumford, Marrie, Degree committee member (dgc): Ryan, Allan J, Degree committee member (dgc): Arraiz Matute, Alexandra, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This dissertation explores a 2017 elementary school Hoop Dance project that was organized by a white music teacher, and taught by an Indigenous artist in Peterborough, Ontario. It aims to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, numbers 10 and 63, which ask the federal government to sufficiently fund legislation that incorporates the following principles:… more Full Text: THE HOOP DANCE PROJECT: SEARCHING FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN AN ONTARIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …
Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Canada takes a national approach to border management. While this ensures that security practices are consistent across the country, it also fails to consider that different regions in Canada may have their own border needs. This dissertation, therefore, seeks to determine if border management priorities in Northern Canada are the same as in Southern Canada, along the 49th parallel.</… more Full Text: Securitization, Borders, and the Canadian North: A Regional Approach A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of the Arts and Science …
Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This dissertation examines the historical relationship between settler colonialism, capitalism, and the rise of state schooling in what is now known as British Columbia between 1849 and 1900. It aims to "unsettle" conventional views of Canadian schooling history by bringing accounts of Indigenous and non-Indigenous education into one analytical frame, and it shows how the state… more Full Text: COLONIALISM, CAPITALISM, AND THE RISE OF STATE SCHOOLING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1849-1900 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
