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Day In, Day Out: Exploring the Experiences of the Homeless Working Poor in Calgary, Alberta
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This thesis explores the experiences of the homeless working poor in Calgary, Alberta through semi-structured interviews with local homeless sector service providers (n=7) and homeless working poor individuals (n=24). The results are interpreted within a capital theory framework focusing on...
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Maintaining the mission: a comparative case study of two youth-serving, nonprofit agencies in Edmonton, Alberta
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This study explores the impact of social, economic, and political environments on social service nonprofit and voluntary organizations in Edmonton and Alberta. Using comparative case-study methodology, the research examines how two youth-serving nonprofit agencies in Edmonton experience and...
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Parental Socioeconomic Status and Students' Postsecondary Educational Attainment: Exploring the Mediating Role of Students' Participation in Extracurricular Activities During High School
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An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest (Benjamin Franklin). Benjamin Franklin's cogent observation continues to hold true in North America. Postsecondary educational attainment is a consistent and reliable indicator of an individual's wellbeing in adulthood (Ermisch & Pronzato,...
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Planning for the Future of Urban Mobility: Interviews with Planning Professionals in Five Major Canadian Cities
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Given that our urban centres have been dominated by the private car for a hundred years, this thesis asked what is next for Canadian cities. Previous research on the future of urban mobility, and specifically city planning and autonomous vehicles, has been from an American or Australian context....
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Professional identity, commitment and gender in engineering: exploring the (mis)match between dispositions and cultures
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This dissertation examines the gendered experience of professional engineers in Alberta, Canada. The study is based on qualitative interview data collected from men and women trained in engineering (n=36) and textual analysis of materials produced by engineering organizations (Association of...
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Spring 2011
A social practices theoretical framework and mixed methodology are used to explore household sustainable daily practices in Edmonton, AB. Sustainable daily practices involve those actions undertaken by households to minimize their impact on the environment (e.g., cycling to avoid driving)....
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Fall 2010
This study explored the current state of alcohol-impaired driving as well as the changes in alcohol-impaired driving over time among Albertans. Based on self-report data from the annual Alberta Surveys 1991, 1992, 1997, and 2009, this study also traced the shift in the impact of standard...
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The Role of Communication in Presenting Union Relevance: An Analysis of the United Nurses of Alberta
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For the past 30 years unions have faced declining membership density because of a combination of increasingly hostile employers and governments, as well as industrial restructuring and globalization. In response, a number of studies have attempted to shed light on possible union renewal...
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The Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Alberta: Exploring the Key Determinants of Public Opinion
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This research explores public opinion regarding the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program in Canada. It is situated within an important moment in the program’s history, in a province with particularly widespread reliance on it. Utilizing the 2013 Alberta Survey – a province-wide telephone survey...
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Working Together? Settlement Services and Immigrant Employment in Mid-Sized Canadian Cities
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This dissertation challenges the narrative of Canada as a welcoming and inclusive nation. Critical race theory and intersectional feminism provide a framework that assesses newcomer labour market experiences from the perspectives of two different stakeholder groups, immigrant professionals and...