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2015

Donna Irene Wilson

Using hermeneutic inquiry with a critical theory lens, I sought to document and unconceal the involvement of the United Church of Canada in a case of sexual abuse of children at the Edmonton Residential School during 1950 to 1960. Through analysis of the archival data, I sought to understand how...

Spring 2017

Bohle, Darren M

This study examines the concept of agonistic reconciliation in the context of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, a commission established to address the settler colonial legacy of residential schools which generations of indigenous children were forced to attend. Agonistic...

Fall 2018

Shortt, Rebecca

For the past 400 years Indigenous peoples in Canada have actively resisted colonial impositions on their way of life (Simpson, 2011). The impact of the relationship that non-Indigenous people have had with Indigenous people during these times of resistance has been both positive and negative. The...

Fall 2017

Gurski, Karlie J

In the decade since the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) went into effect, governments have been promoting, discussing and celebrating the idea of reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the state. However, in many policy arenas, governments are continuing practices...

Fall 2018

Moran, Richard

In this dissertation, I demonstrate that the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) history of residential schooling is fundamentally incomplete for a variety of reasons, many out of the TRC’s control. This incompleteness necessitates further investigation into the...

Spring 2022

McKnight, Ellorie

Almost 60% of Canada’s freshwater drains North, where air temperatures are increasing at twice the global rate. Despite the exposure of northern lakes to higher rates of change and their ecological, hydrological, and cultural importance, baseline knowledge and monitoring of their water properties...

Spring 2022

Keskin, Emrah

Since the mid-1990s, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) programs have become a common means of peacebuilding following civil war, alongside re-structuring political institutions, transitional justice initiatives and refugee return. Psychology research suggests that MHPSS programs are...

Fall 2009

LaBoucane-Benson, Patti-Ann Terra

Although there is a vast body of literature on family resilience, very little represents research from an explicitly Indigenous paradigm. This research process included an Indigenous research path and a case study informed by Indigenous worldview. The data collected in both informed the findings...

Fall 2017

Lovett, Travis D

This Thesis discusses how Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) can reconcile First Nations to resource development in Canada. IBAs, as their name suggests, allocate benefits to an Aboriginal community in exchange for impacting their rights and/or land through resource development. This Thesis...