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Spring 2021

Yurkiw, Jennifer

Guided by a relational developmental systems perspective, stress generation hypothesis, and gender relations theory, this thesis examined two major research questions: (1) What are the longitudinal associations between self-reported depression symptoms, sexual communication, and sexual satisfaction

? and (2) Are there gender differences in the associations between depression, sexual communication, and sexual satisfaction? To accomplish this goal, three waves of longitudinal data gathered from 959 participants in the German Family Panel (pairfam), a multi-disciplinary study with annual survey data

Spring 2014

Snyder, Emily

Indigenous laws are complexly gendered yet there is a lack of research on this subject. As the field of indigenous law is growing, and as indigenous laws are being revitalized, it is crucial that gender analyses be included given that law and decolonization politics are not disconnected from

broader social dynamics. In this dissertation, I engage in a discussion about the possibilities and challenges relating to research on indigenous laws and gender by examining Cree legal educational materials. This study focuses on: 1) how the educational materials, which are meant to advocate empowerment

that Cree women are represented in limited ways in the educational materials – first, through the absence of women, and second, through limited representations which include women only in relation to traditional gender roles and ‘women’s issues.’ Indigenous feminist legal analysis necessitates moving

Fall 2011

Raphael, Daisy

This study explores the relationship between masculinity and political leadership as it was constructed in political humour about the 2008 Canadian federal election. I used content and discourse analysis methods to examine gendered depictions of the two frontrunners in that election – Stéphane...

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Walter, Connie Mildred.

Fall 2015

Rayner, Isabelle A.

This thesis is based on a textual analysis of three translations of a book in the New Testament, Ephesians, to look for differences in the translators’ treatment of gender. The three versions used are the older 1984 New International Version (NIV) and a retranslation of the NIV that uses inclusive

, does not seem to require a more gender inclusive version of the Bible, especially since French is a gendered language.

Fall 2010

Kumbamu, Ashok

, knowledge translation between laboratory and farmer, and the impact of global knowledge-based technology on local knowledge systems, socio-cultural practices, the nature-society relationship, and gender relations. I use a global ethnography methodology and draw on a series of field interviews with farmers

agricultural producers from their means and conditions of production), socio-cultural systems (the construction of hegemonic discourse about genetically modified organisms, agricultural deskilling, gender relations), and ecosystems (a process of mastering nature, monoculturization, environmental risks

, metabolic rift) in the context of neoliberal globalization. My fieldwork study of the “Gene Revolution” provides closer, more fine-grained research and analysis of its impacts with sensitivity to local class and status, gender and cultural issues, and the ways in which farmers’ technology adoption

Spring 2017

Sluchinski, Kerry

set. This study has found that ta is used by institutions as a personalization device to achieve engagement in a variety of interactional settings. The intended gender referent of ta is largely correlated with the sentence type in which it is embedded. When used in a declarative sentence, ta often

corresponds to neuter gender, i.e. the standard character它for ‘it’. Likewise, when ta is used in interrogatives or imperatives it corresponds to either male or female gender (他or她) depending on a reader’s interpretation. The texts where ta appears (ta–texts) have four main environments and two main purposes

2010

Carbonaro, Mike, Cutumisu, Maria, Schaeffer, Jonathan, Szafron, Duane

(higher-order thinking, Computing Science abstraction skills, activity enjoyment). Therefore, we claim that this approach is a viable gender-neutral approach to teaching Computing Science in particular and Science in general that may increase female participation in the discipline.

Fall 2017

Keyes, Nadia

The purpose of this study is to extend the rape myth literature to intimate partner violence (IPV) myths by evaluating the prevalence of IPV myth acceptance and clarifying whether gender and prior IPV victimization are associated with IPV myth acceptance. To this end, three research questions were

explored: 1) What is the prevalence of IPV myth acceptance amongst a student population? 2) Does gender correlate with IPV myth acceptance? 3) Do victims and non-victims of IPV accept IPV myths differently? University of Alberta students were contacted via posters and classroom presentations to participate

Spring 2024

Cima, Samantha

Though victimized less than women and gender non-conforming individuals, college men are four to five times more likely to experience sexual assault than men who have not attended post-secondary (Forsman, 2017). Despite this increased risk, little is known about sexually assaulted college men’s

help-seeking tendencies are, therefore, a worthwhile focus. My dissertation evaluates how college men’s gender privilege intersects with race, sexuality, and disability status to mobilize different pathways of informal and campus help-seeking following sexual victimization. I analyze 2019 data provided

results. I first provide rates of college sexual assault (CSA) by gender, sexuality, race, and disability, followed by a descriptive analysis of the sociodemographic characteristics of sexually victimized college men. I find that one in four women and transgender/gender non-conforming students