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2006

Davis, Laura Katherine Strong

Spring 2013

Mangiardi, Rosemarie

Educational decision-makers rarely legitimize youth’s perspectives in constructing ‘effective’ sex education. In this study, I concentrated on what students have to say about this aspect of their educational experience, and learned how decision-makers respond to youth’s perspectives. I draw on...

Fall 2009

Ugor, Paul

Abstract This dissertation reflects on how young people in Nigeria have appropriated global media technology in forging a local cinema industry, popularly known as Nollywood. First begun as a renegade cinematic art by jobless youth in the late 1980s, Nollywood has become the third biggest film...

Spring 2018

Onuczko, Tracy

As a result of science being viewed as universal and promoting Eurocentric values, science education has been suggested to be inaccessible for culturally and linguistically diverse students as measured by achievement gaps, poor standardized test results, and racial and ethnic disparities in...

Fall 2013

Ward, Richard L

On a longtemps connu le Canada comme un médiateur raisonnable et respecté qui vise un certain équilibre dans sa position par rapport au conflit israélo-arabe au Moyen-Orient. Cette réputation lui a permis de jouer un rôle d’équilibre sur la scène internationale. Plus de 64 ans après la création...

Spring 2017

Brice, Melanie Allison

This study is an examination of the multiple literacy practices of four Aboriginal children in a Western Canadian prairie urban classroom. It is framed using sociocultural theory that posits that the literacy learning of children occurs in a social environment through a co-constructed,...

Spring 2015

Brazil, Jasmine R

This research project sought to explore the answer to the following research questions: 1) Which experiences do Aboriginal female gang associates identify as reasons for gang membership? 2) Which experiences do Aboriginal female gang associates identify as reasons for gang-exit? and 3) Were there...

Fall 2021

O'Brien, Daniel

Background: Evidenced-informed strategies are urgently needed to support families who are struggling with a youth’s substance use disorder. One strategy used in several Canadian provinces is involuntary stabilization programs, which involve the apprehension and confinement of youth whose...

Spring 2023

Turlock, Landon

Reports of hate crimes in Canada increased by 72% from 2019 to 2021 (Moreau, 2022). Hate crimes have significant negative impacts on both those directly impacted and members of targeted communities (Erentzen & Schuller, 2020). Canadian research primarily focuses on the effects of hate crimes and...