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Title New Icelandic Ethnoscapes: Material, Visual, and Oral Terrains of Cultural Expression in Icelandic-Canadian history, 1875 – Present

Excerpt This dissertation uses the Icelandic-Canadian community to discuss alternate media and the production of “ethnoscapes,” or landscapes of ethnic identity, on the prairies from 1875 to the present. Drawing from larger historiographies of food, gender, material culture, oral history, and commemoration, it offers an investigation into power, acculturation, and representation using often-marginalized terrains of Canadian […]

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SDGs Gender EqualityNo PovertyZero Hunger

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Title The Construction of Self-identity and Positive Behavioural Change in Pregnant and Parenting Young Women

Excerpt The purpose of this mixed method study was to investigate the relationship between the narrative construction of self-identity and positive change in antisocial behaviour in pregnant and parenting young women. It focused on two related aspects of identity development: (1) individuals’ conceptualizations of their personally salient self-values; and (2) “self-action coherence”: the process of constructing […]

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Author Breen, Andrea

Advisor Arnold, Mary Louise

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Departments Human Development and Applied Psychology

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Title Spiritual Diversity in Modern Ontario Catholic Education: How Youth Imbue an Anti-colonial Identity Through Faith

Excerpt Approximately one in two parents across the province of Ontario, regardless of personal religious beliefs, now choose to enrol their children in a public Roman Catholic secondary school over the public secular school counterpart. The Ontario Roman Catholic school system has historically struggled for recognition and independence as an equally legitimate system in the province. […]

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Author Brennan, Terri-Lynn Kay

Advisor Dei, George Jerry Sefa

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Title “Continuing a normal life as a normal person”: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study on the Reconstruction of Self Identity of Chinese Women Within the Lived Experience of Breast Cancer Survivorship

Excerpt Breast cancer incidence in Chinese women is rising in North America. However, a critical review of the empirical research reveals a clear under-representation of the breast cancer survivorship experiences of ethnic minority women, particularly those of Chinese origin. A breast cancer diagnosis not only disrupts a woman’s everyday life but also, and more importantly, her […]

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Author Cheng, Terry Tien

Advisor Williams, Charmaine

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SDGs Gender EqualityGood Health and Well-BeingReduced Inequalities

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Title How Undergraduate Students Think about Higher Education and Prepare for Employment

Excerpt This study explores of how university students understand the relationship between a liberal arts undergraduate degree and becoming employment-ready. The study employs a phenomenological approach. Surveys and interviews of students were conducted on the Faculty of Arts and Science students at the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Supplementary data were obtained from […]

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Author Chindalo, Pannel

Advisor Bascia, Nina

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Keywords employment, labour

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Title Social Capital and Inequality in Singapore

Excerpt Written as three publishable papers, this dissertation examines the sources of several forms of social capital in Singapore, and the effects of social capital on occupational success. Using representative survey data from Singapore, these papers make several important theoretical contributions: The first paper examines how and why categorical forms of stratification such as gender and […]

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Author Chua, Vincent Kynn Hong

Advisor Erickson, Bonnie

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthGender Equality

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Title An Investigation of the Impact of Mentoring on Students’ Decisions to Pursue Professions in Medicine/Health Sciences: A Sociocultural Framework for Multicultural Science Education

Excerpt In the 21st Century and beyond, it is clear that science and technology will be a catalyst in strengthening economic competitiveness and fostering social cohesion. However, some minoritized students are not engaged in science or related careers in science such as medicine. This study addresses the systemic issue of equitable and accessible science education as […]

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Author Clarke, Leroy

Advisor Wallace, John

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Title Exploring Sources of Human and Environmental Fluorochemical Contamination

Excerpt Perfluorinated carboxylates (PFCAs) and perfluorinated sulfonates (PFSAs) are found almost ubiquitously in the environment, however their direct production and use is limited. The focus of this thesis was to explore connections between observed contamination with the manufacture and/or use of commercial fluorochemical materials. Perfluorinated sulfonamides (PFSAms) are semi-volatile materials used in the manufacture of commercial […]

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Author D'eon, Jessica C.

Advisor Mabury, Scott A.

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SDGs Clean Water and SanitationClimate ActionResponsible Consumption and Production

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Title As We Move Ahead Together: Foregrounding Reconciliating and Renewed First Nation/ Non-Aboriginal Relations in Environmental Management and Research

Excerpt The research project upon which this dissertation is based focused on enhancing understandings of the nature of current First Nations/non-Aboriginal relations in environmental management. The project was undertaken as a collaborative initiative by the author, a non-Aboriginal doctoral researcher, in partnership with Walpole Island First Nation. The research served as an opportunity for co-producing knowledge […]

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Author Dalton, Zoe

Advisor McGregor, Deborah

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SDGs Climate ActionLife Below Water

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Title Living on the Edge: The Predicament of a Rural Indigenous Santal Community in Bangladesh

Excerpt This thesis explores the ways in which the legacy of colonialism continues to shape the material and non-material conditions of rural indigenous communities in Bangladesh. This research examines the complex confluence of power, politics, economics, and identities in rural Bangladesh; it explores the web of local, national, and global mechanisms that (re)create and maintain oppressive […]

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Author Debnath, Mrinal Kanti

Advisor Olson, Paul

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SDGs Quality EducationSustainable Cities and Communities

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