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Fall 2013
This dissertation examines the relationship between Canadian newspapers, the development of Alberta’s oil sands, and neoliberalism. It uses both content and discourse analysis to analyze coverage of oil sands development in six English-Canadian newspapers between October 1, 2005 and October 31,...
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Canadians’ Anti-Masking Attitudes on Twitter During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Several countries recommended universal masking as a preventive health measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 before public health officials in Canada started endorsing public mask wearing. In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, public use of face masks was controversial. Many...
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Cannabis use among Canadian university students: Norm perceptions and interest in online supports
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Cannabis is one of the most widely used and misused substances, yet research on plausible intervention targets and strategies to reduce cannabis use is underdeveloped. This thesis addressed these issues in two secondary analyses of population survey data in the 2018 Campus Experiences with...
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk factors in Canadian-born and Immigrant Children and Youth in the Canadian Health Measures Survey
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Immigrants make up almost 20% of Canada’s population. Recent adult immigrants to Canada are generally in better health than those born in Canada. However, we know little about whether this is also the case in children. We compared mean levels and prevalence of adverse levels of CVD risk factors...
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Spring 2022
In this dissertation, I identify an aesthetic tradition in settler literary texts that parallels the settler state’s political response to such policies as multiculturalism and Reconciliation. I argue that modern Canadian fiction in English continues the tradition of romantic art in Hegel’s...
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China’s energy relations with Canada, Kazakhstan, and Russia: Discursive politics of energy
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At the heart of my research is an interest in the interplay between politics and sociocultural contexts in international energy politics. I explore this interplay by examining the development of bilateral energy relations between China and three oil-rich countries – Canada, Kazakhstan, and...
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Spring 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore Chinese immigrants’ experiences with human services during the transition to parenthood. The data were generated through three rounds of individual interviews with six Chinese immigrant couples. Latent content analysis was used to identify primary patterns...
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Climate Justice: Protecting the Rights to Life and Health of Marginalized Rural Communities in Canada and Nigeria
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This study examines the negative impacts of climate change on the rights to life and health of marginalized communities by using as cases studies, rural Niger-Delta and Indigenous communities in oil producing areas of Nigeria and Canada. The case studies reveal that marginalization and inequality...
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Fall 2021
Black community-based education programs play a critical role in helping Black students’ educational development. Yet work done in these programs and their perceived educational contributions are under-researched in the Canadian context. This study used qualitative case study methodology to...