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Fall 2009
Children with autism can have a variety of feeding challenges and there is a paucity of research on the strategies that are effective in addressing these challenges. This study used constructivist grounded theory methodology to determine the process used by mothers to feed their children with...
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2021-06-01
Like moms all over the globe, Edmonton, Alberta moms struggled during the COVID-19 lockdowns for many reasons, including the increased workloads, expectations, and the impacts of the social isolation on their children and themselves. Using a mixed-qualitative approach, this study analyzed...
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Networking through regional accents: The influence of individual differences in social network properties on regional accent processing
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This thesis investigates the influence of social network size and social network “racial” diversity on regional accent processing. 122 participants listened to recorded English speech produced by 24 native English speakers. These 24 native speakers consisted of six different English speech...
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2015
Sopcak, Nicolette, Williamson, Deanna L., Letourneau, Nicole, Stewart, Miriam, Kushner, Kaysi, E., Pitre, Nicole Y., Breitkreuz, Rhonda, Rempel, Gwen
We examined first-time fathers’ and mothers’ perspectives about their ideal world of support in the context of dominant social ideology, ethno-cultural ideals, and the pragmatics of their everyday family, workplace, and socioeconomic circumstances during their first 18 months as parents. Twelve...
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2021-08-01
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020 brought with it the enforced closure of in-person services for congregations in Canada, which resulted in many of the same congregations moving to online worship services. The purpose of this study is to explore what happened with this transition,...
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Pregnancy and Motherhood: Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination in the Canadian Workplace
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This thesis analyses discrimination against pregnant women and new mothers in Canadian workplaces, and examines how the current legal framework is insufficient to combat harmful stereotypes surrounding motherhood that result in subtle forms of pregnancy discrimination. It argues that the parental...
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Fall 2011
A Social Network or Information Network is a structure made up of nodes representing entities, and edges representing the relationships among nodes. Understanding the behaviour of social networks is known as Social Network Analysis (SNA). One of the most important applications of SNA is to find...
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Fall 2014
Diasporic identities may involve shifting forms of socio-economic class, status, culture, ethnicity and the like depending on one’s relationship with others (Lan, 2003; Pe-Pua, 2003; Seki, 2012). Social networking sites (SNSs) may offer transnationals to do more than just keep in touch with...
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Fall 2014
Informal institutions such as social networks are often drawn upon in order to protect households from market failures. Social networks often involve gift giving both within and outside the family network to cope with production uncertainties and food insecurity. But some community members avoid...