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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
- 1Abdykadyrova, Aisulu
- 1Acton, Kelsie
- 1Allen, Spencer James
- 1Andrijiw, Andre Michael
- 1Arthuso, Fernanda Z
- 1Bell, Linnea Mae
- 5McHugh, Tara-Leigh (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
- 3Berry, Tanya (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
- 3Goodwin, Donna (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
- 3Mosewich, Amber (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
- 3Reichwein, PearlAnn (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
- 3Rodgers, Wendy (Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation)
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Journeying Through Sport with Self-Compassion: Athlete Narratives of Navigating Pressure and Struggle
DownloadFall 2022
In high-level sport, there is often an overemphasis on performance which can lead to a decline in athletes’ physical health, mental well-being, and quality of life (Douglas & Carless, 2009; Smith, 2010). Development of adaptive coping resources, such as self-compassion, may help mitigate threats...
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Magic and Madness: An Autoethnographic Creative Nonfiction Arts-based Research Project Exploring the Makings of Mad Home Within and Outside of Dance Spaces
DownloadSpring 2021
The following thesis is an artistic exploration interested in discovering how Mad Home (Eales, 2018) can be crafted within dance spaces. In doing so, I discovered how my experiences with madness have infiltrated, inhabited, and influenced my experiences within normative dance spaces and beyond....
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Making Mad Home and Other Love Stories: Mad Performative Autoethnography, Collaborative Research-Creation, and Mad-Accessible Trauma-Informed Practice
DownloadSpring 2019
This is a love story about Mad research-creation, and about what we can learn when we draw together Mad theory with Mad performance and Mad-accessible, anti-oppressive, trauma- informed practice. This research-creation project gives weight to social and political conceptualizations of, as well as...
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Spring 2020
This dissertation highlights the value for researchers to visibilize settler colonialism as an important social structure and context in sport management by exploring the implication of two international Indigenous sport events, both hosted in Canada during the country’s celebration of its 150th...
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Fall 2018
The overall purpose of this dissertation research was to gain a better understanding of the meaningful engagement of youth at risk in recreation and leisure contexts. To address this purpose, three studies were conducted. The first study completed explores how youth-led leisure opportunities can...
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Fall 2019
Defining and characterizing leisure remains a central issue in the field of leisure and recreation studies; yet there are different views of what constitutes leisure, and researchers have yet to come to an agreement. This issue is more complicated for researchers from non-Western countries like...
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Measuring Conscious Monitoring and Metacognition of Motor Performance at the Start, Middle, and End of a Reaching Movement
DownloadFall 2024
The ability to monitor our arm position during goal-directed behaviour allows us to bring our limb to a target as accurately as possible. Despite our success in executing accurate movements, some work suggests that individuals have limited access to information about their limb position...
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Measuring Structural and Functional Characteristics of the Medial Longitudinal Arch: Building a Classification System
DownloadFall 2019
Historically, foot type has been classified on a single, linear continuum ranging from flat, to normal, to high, with minimal distinction made between differences in the medial longitudinal arch (MLA) orientation in different postures or tasks. Structural arch data has been recorded in various...
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Spring 2021
The purpose of this dissertation was to empirically explain the role of mobile device use in hiking activity and its impact on hikers’ leisure constraints and negotiation behaviors. To achieve this, one research project was designed and executed; its results are presented here in three separate...
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My Continuing Journey from Adoption to Identification as a Cree man: An Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry
DownloadSpring 2019
This autobiographical narrative inquiry is an inquiry into my experiences as an infant adopted into a white family through to my experiences of finding my birth mom and finding my Cree homeplace. I begin with little knowledge of Aboriginal peoples and their lives. Through inquiry into my school...