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2017-08-10

Stefan, Krista

Fall 2012

Cline, Shawn

From a twenty-year distance, the fall of the Berlin Wall still remains and continues to reinforce its place in history as not only a pivotal event, but also, owing to the circumstances under which it took place, a unique event in the space of both memory and news media. The relationship between...

2023-10-03

Pabayo, Roman A.

SSHRC IG awarded 2024: In this project we examine social inequity in voting in Canada and its impact on health. Our three research objectives are to 1) contextualze perceived barriers to voting, 2) identify the relationship between voter turnout within residential areas and health and determine...

Fall 2013

Way, Laura Anne

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,...

Spring 2021

Vachon-Chabot, Amy Caroline

Political memes were omnipresent on social media during the 2019 Canadian federal election. Nonetheless, how do political memes affect Canadian voters? This question remains unanswered today. This thesis seeks to fill in the existing research gap by following the footsteps and methodology used by...

2014-10-15

Klumpp, Tilman

SSHRC Awarded IG 2015: The objective of the proposed research program is to explore the relationship between political speech, its regulation through the law, and the political and economic consequences of the regulation of speech. Part 1 is a theoretical analysis of the role of private and...

2005

Castro-Rea, J.

Fall 2016

Chaari, Ahmed

Social Networks become an important part of people's lives. A large number of individuals contribute to their contents. All aspects of everyday life -- from work to politics, and further from entertainment to personal events -- are reflected in posts generated on a daily basis. Those posts are...

2019-08-26

Sandhu, Niyam Rohit

This research examines the perceptions of social media’s role in public policy deliberation from the viewpoints of those who were either engaged with or influenced by Twitter during the development of provincial legislation. This case study examines the development of Bill 10 and includes a...

Fall 2015

Wagner, Angelia C

This study examines the role of gender and municipal context in the political communication strategies of Canadian municipal candidates. Specifically, how do differences in candidates’ personal characteristics, municipal context, political circumstances, and campaign resources shape their...