Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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    The Pervert's New Statesman: Justice Weekly, Advocacy, and Sexuality in Post-War Canada

    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

    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

    The Branding of the Prime Minister: 'Uncle Louis' and Brand Politics in the Elections of Louis St. Laurent 1949-1957

    Year: 2017, 2017
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Baldwin, Cory, Thesis advisor (ths): Dummitt, Christopher, Degree committee member (dgc): Anastakis, Dimitry, Degree committee member (dgc): Cazorla-Sanchez, Antonio, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>From 1949-1957, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was the face of the Liberal Party. Party branding was wholly devoted to his friendly, 'Uncle Louis' brand image. St. Laurent's image was manipulated and manufactured without public preconception, establishing the modern tactics of personal branding still used by his successors. This thesis studies the elections of 1949, 1953… more