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Fall 2018

Simmons, Jonathan

This dissertation joins a vibrant conversation about atheism in Canada. Although the sociology of non-religion has exploded in the last decade, Canada remains an understudied component of atheism research. Consequently, the focus of this research is secularist activists in a major Canadian city,...

Fall 2018

Daena Crosby

This thesis is a comprehensive qualitative study of four youth-serving organizations, iHuman Youth Society (iHuman) and YOUCAN Youth Services (YOUCAN) in Edmonton, and Ndinawewaaganag Endaawaad Youth Resource Centre (Ndinawe) and Spence Neighbourhood Association (SNA) in Winnipeg. I analyze the...

Fall 2018

Mokhtari, Mitra Kaitlyn Bates

Based on 13 in-depth interviews with young Somali-Canadians, this research sought to explore the experiences of students in Edmonton’s public schools. Given the literature interrogating anti-Black racism and carceral logic within schools, including the specific ways that authority figures –...

Spring 2019

Kohl, Ashley

Classification systems in prisons have consequences in both formal and informal ways for inmates. Protective custody (PC) units are especially unique spaces in which traditionally the most vilified populations – informally often referred to as “skinners, rats, and scaredy cats” – have been...

Fall 2019

Bogdan, Eva Angelyna

Flooding is a major problem across Canada, causing more property damage than any other hazard, and is expected to increase in severity due to climate change. Alberta’s 2013 floods—one of the most expensive natural disasters in Canada’s history—revealed the vulnerability of the province to such...

Fall 2019

Braun, Jennifer AJ

Since the first days of cultivation of the land, women have played an essential role in the development of agriculture of the Canadian prairies. Over the past 150 years, as prairie agriculture has undergone a range of socio-cultural, economic and technical changes, so too have the roles,...

Spring 2019

Jackson, Emma

On May 3rd, 2016, a wildfire swept through the Northern Alberta resource community of Fort McMurray, scouring the political-economic landscape of what has become a notorious outpost of transnational capital and leading to the largest prolonged evacuation in Canadian history. In serving as the...

Spring 2019

Karimi, Ahmad

During the past two decades, Canada has accepted over hundreds of LGBT asylum seekers, including gay Iranian men. Iran is among the very few countries where some same-sex sexual interactions are illegal and punishable by the death penalty. Iranian sexual minorities to leave their home country to...

Spring 2019

Barron, Gary, RS

People seldom question the work that goes into producing numbers and less often ask what work it is that numbers do to grab our attention, affect how we communicate, change our own work, thinking, and how this organizes society. In this dissertation I share results of my investigation into the...

Fall 2019

Myette, Natasha KJ

Early school leavers can provide valuable insight on their experiences within the educational sector. This research explores Indigenous understandings of success, particularly those that are not reflected in contemporary mainstream educational institutions. This thesis includes 11 narrative...