Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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eng
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Copyright for all items in the Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
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The Pervert's New Statesman: Justice Weekly, Advocacy, and Sexuality in Post-War Canada

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Harding, Devon, Thesis advisor (ths): Dummitt, Christopher, Degree committee member (dgc): Durand, Caroline, Degree committee member (dgc): Miron, Janet, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Justice Weekly was a tabloid published in Toronto from 1946 to 1972. The popular narrative is that it was an unremarkable, obscure, and pornographic paper which was co-opted by gay and homophile voices in the 1950s. But why did a magazine best remembered, as Mordecai Richler put it, as "the pervert's new statesman" publish this material? This thesis argues that Justice… more

A History of Canada's UFO Investigation, 1950-1995

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Year: 2019, 2019
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Thesis advisor (ths): Dummitt, Christopher, Degree committee member (dgc): Jones-Imhotep, Edward, Degree committee member (dgc): Hodgins, Peter, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
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