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2022-05-16

Ethan Reitz

Canada, a nation-state founded on colonialism, “a form of structured dispossession,” (Coulthard, 2014, p. 7) has made efforts to amend for harms caused to First Peoples by its racist policies. Yet conflicts around Indigenous sovereignty continue to play out, often in remote territories where...

2022-08-02

Colin McHattie

There has been an increased focus on the importance of financial literacy education (FLE) over the past several decades. FLE is touted as a solution to the financial hardship many people are facing in our society, but even with this increased focus, the chasm between the most affluent and most...

2022-08-14

Taylor (Tess) E. Syrowik

In today’s digitised society, people actively share their lives on social media networks, including popular platforms like Instagram. For parents this can include sharing, and sometimes oversharing, about their children. This is called sharenting, and previous research has shown that it can...

2022-08-01

Courtney Marion Wagner

Purpose: To examine the role that reflective, conscious curation of body-image-related Instagram content has on users and the suitability of participant diaries in collecting this information. Methods: Three female Instagram users took part in a qualitative phenomenological study where they...

2022-01-01

Gordon Gow

Leadership for Social Innovation is a complete course workbook created for the Peter Lougheed Leadership College. The workbook takes an evidence-based approach to social innovation through the lens of leadership studies. The workbook contains a series of learning activities including problem...

2022-08-02

Al Hammouri, Saba

Purpose: To understand the level of intercultural literacy exhibited by Canadian post-secondary institutions in their efforts to communicate and recruit international students through the use of targeted publications, such as the viewbook. Design: This project uses a case study approach that...

2022-06-01

Elizabeth Bruce

The role of professional health regulators and how they resolve complaints against practitioners has been examined and studied in many jurisdictions in the west. Much of the research has focused on the impact the complaint process has on disciplined professionals and complainants. This research...

2022-03-29

Smayda, Nicole

The purpose of this study is to examine the use of strategic communication as a means of rationalizing organizational change through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in selected news releases. The approach draws on literature reviews examining the link between communication approaches and M&A...

2022-03-30

Gillian Harris

Now more than ever, small business owners are relying on social media, such as Instagram, to find customers, connect with them, build relationships, and provide value by offering their products/services. Instagram users scroll rapidly through their feeds and see photos, videos and captions and...

2022-08-02

Aguilar, Anne-Marie L.

Today, supporting equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization (EDID) has become one of the top priorities for Canadian post-secondary institutions. Universities across Canada have taken various steps to achieve this goal, efforts ranging from reviewing the composition of senior management...