Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia, 1849-1900

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Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Carleton, Sean, Thesis advisor (ths): Palmer, Bryan D., Degree committee member (dgc): Milloy, John S., Degree committee member (dgc): Sangster, Joan, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
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

Union Organizing in the Canadian Banking Industry, 1940–1980

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Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Smith, Julia, Thesis advisor (ths): Sangster, Joan, Degree committee member (dgc): Palmer, Bryan, Degree committee member (dgc): Warksett, Rosemary, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>In this dissertation, I examine union organizing in the Canadian banking industry between 1940 and 1980. By demonstrating that bank workers consistently sought to unionize throughout the twentieth century, I challenge claims that bank employees and other private sector white-collar workers have low rates of unionization because they are not interested in unions or suffer from false… more