This online database contains the full-text of PhD dissertations and Masters’ theses of Wilfrid Laurier University students from 1982 forward. These documents are made available for personal study and research purposes only, in accordance with the Canadian Copyright Act and the Creative Commons license—CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivative Works). Under this license, works must always be attributed to the copyright holder (original author), cannot be used for any commercial purposes, and may not be altered. Any other use would require the permission of the copyright holder. Students can choose to withdraw their dissertation and/or thesis from this database. For additional inquiries, please contact the repository administrator via e-mail or by telephone at 519-884-0710 ext. 2073.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Grief Amidst the Guns: Death in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, Brittany Catherine Dunn
The Wilderness Which Never Was: A History of the Białowieża Forest 1850–1947, Rafal Stolarz
Scarred by the White Plague: A Health History of Tuberculosis and the Great War, Eric Story
What Traces Did They Leave?: The Varied Involvement in Book Culture of Three ‘Conventional’ Premodern Englishwomen, Katrina Van Der Ahe
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
A Departmental Dilemma: The Genesis of Canadian Military Export Policy, 1945-1960, Paul Esau
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Ghost Story of the Great War: Spiritualism, Psychical Research and the British War Experience, 1914-1939., Kyle Falcon
HADRIAN IV (1154-1159) AND THE “BULL” LAUDABILITER: A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, Sebastian Lidbetter
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Writing Activism: Indigenous Newsprint Media in the Era of Red Power, Elizabeth Best
Modernizing Midwifery: Managing Childbirth in Ontario and the British Isles, 1900–1950, Gwenith Cross
BAS BLEUS, DIVORCEUSES, DECEITFUL PROSTITUTES OR “LIVE ALLEGORIES” OF CHANGE? PARISIAN WORKING-CLASS WOMEN AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1848, Natasha A. Gardonyi
The Forgotten Front: British Home Defence and the Invasion Scare of 1914, Alexander Maavara
THE COMPLEXITY OF CANADIAN ANTI-COMMUNISM, 1945-1967, Ian Muller
Venus in the Trenches: The Treatment of Venereal Disease in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, Lyndsay Rosenthal
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The Making of aState in Waiting: The Lives of Fatah Political Prisoners, 1967 to 1985, Rebecca Granato
Cold War by “Other Means”: Canada’s Foreign Relations with Communist Eastern Europe, 1957-1963, Cory Scurr
Climate and Capitalism: English Perceptions of Newfoundland's Natural Environment and Economic Value, 1610-1699, Joshua Tavenor
The Science of Defence: Security, Research, and the North in Cold War Canada, Matthew Shane Wiseman
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
More than Stone and Iron: Indigenous History and Incarceration in Canada, 1834-1996, Seth Adema
A Sickly Season: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Mainguy Commission, Keith D. Calow
"Death knows but one rule of arithmetic": Discourses of Death and Grief in the Trenches, Brittany C. Dunn
Grassroots Consumption: Ontario Farm Families’ Consumption Practices, 1900-45, Andrea M. Gal
Birth Pangs: Maternity, Medicine, and Feminine Delicacy in English Canada, 1867-1950, Whitney L. Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
FOR THE UNION MAKES US STRONG: THE İSTANBUL METAL WORKERS AND THEIR STRUGGLE FOR UNIONIZATION IN TURKEY, 1947-1970, Özgür Balkılıç
“…tamquam civili causa” – The Reception of Vegetius and Frontinus in Geremia da Montagnone’s Compendium moralium notabilium, Aaron J. Bolarinho
A "Weapon of Starvation": The Politics, Propaganda, and Morality of Britain's Hunger Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919, Alyssa Cundy
The Rise and Fall of Canada's Cold War Air Force, 1948-1968, Bertram C. Frandsen
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Cornelius Aurelius: The Upcycling Humanist - A Study of the Libellus de Patientia, Samantha James
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Thompsons’ Town: Family, Industry, and Material Culture in Indiana, Ontario, 1830–1900, Laura Kathleen Quirk
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Commanding the Green Centre Line in Normandy: A Case Study of Division Command in the Second World War, Angelo N. Caravaggio
Leaders in Conflict: Diefenbaker, Kennedy, and Canada’s Response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Matthew Gurney
Illusion of Coexistence: The Waldorf Schools in the Third Reich, 1933–1941, Karen Priestman
The Rules of Engagement: German Women and British Occupiers, 1945–1949, Barbara Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The Caribou Hut: Newfoundlanders, Servicemen, and the St. John’s Home Front During the Second World War, Kenneth Tam
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Working Italy’s Passage: The Italian Army and the Allies’ Hopes for it in the Co-belligerency, 1943–1944, Kate Betts-Wilmott
Golden Pheasants and Eastern Kings: The German District Administration in the Occupied Soviet Union, 1941–1944, Stephen A. Connor
The Reception of Thomas of Ireland’s Manipulas florum in Calvinist Geneva: Sex and Marriage in Jacob Stoer’s 1593 Edition, Nicholas Must
The creation of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service and its role in Canadian naval intelligence and communications, 1939-45, Julie Anne Redstone-Lewis
Devotion and the Political: Sermon and Devotional Literature in the Reigns of Henri IV and Louis XIII, 1598–1643, Jason Sager
The Sense of Duty: Canadian Ideas of the Citizen Soldier, 1896–1917, James A. Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Operational research in RAF Bomber Command, 1941-1945 (Britain), Randall Thomas Wakelam
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Keeping the faith: The Presbyterian press in peace and war, 1913-1919, Michelle Fowler
The treatment of evacuated war neuroses casualties in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, Mark Osborne Humphries
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Battalion leadership in the Essex Scottish Regiment and the 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade during the Second World War, John James Maker
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Canadian theatre: The battle of St. Lawrence and its aftermath, May-October 1942, Andrew Paul Burtch
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
And still they answered the call: The women of Waterloo County, 1939-1947 (Ontario), Heather L. Moran
A spirit of enterprise: The Western Fair Association, London, Ontario: 1867-1947, Inge Vibeke Sanmiya
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
The 'Mad Fourth': The 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion at war, 1914-1916, Andrew Iarocci
Operational research and the Royal Canadian Air Force Eastern Air Command's search for efficiency in airborne anti-submarine warfare, 1942-1945, Dean C. Ruffilli
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
'Our glory and our grief': Toronto and the Great War (Ontario), Ian Hugh Maclean Miller
Winning the war, winning the peace: The image of the 'Indian' in English-Canada, 1930-1948, Robert Scott Sheffield
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Behind the scenes at Naval Service headquarters: Bureaucratic politics and the dismissal of Vice-Admiral Percy W. Nelles (John Joseph Connolly), Richard Oliver Mayne
Victims and criminals: Schutzmannschaft battalion 118 (Belarus, Ukraine), Natalia Petrouchkevitch
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Tactical air power in the Normandy campaign: The role of 83 Group (France), Christopher Robert Evans
War and state collapse: The case of Sierra Leone, Lansana Gberie
Answering the call for reform: The Toronto and Montreal Chinese missions, 1894-1925 (Ontario, Quebec), Jeffrey Paul Plante
To close with and destroy: The experience of Canloan officers in the North West European Campaign, 1944-1945 (World War II), Brian G. Rawding
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Prostitutes and Prostitution: A Case Study of “Disorderly Women” in Hamilton, Ontario, 1879-1886, Shelly Marie Blom
Urban Reform, Middle-Class Vaules, and Agricultural Society in Ontario, 1880-1914, Sherry Lee Ann McNeil
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
From enmity towards alliance: The United States and German demilitarization, 1942-1947, Oliver Haller
Quasem ilep'. I Canadian Corps breaks the Gothic Line: Summer, 1944, Lee A. Windsor
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Admiral Sir Reginald Drax and British strategic policy: Festina lente, Robert Lynn Davison
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Close air support in Normandy: The case of First U.S. Army and IX Tactical Air Command. A question of doctrine, training and experience, B. Michael Bechthold
The Canadian Officers' Training Corps: Support for military training in the universities of Canada, 1908-1935, Daniel Thomas Byers
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
The English feminist debate over protective labour legislation, 1880-1914, Leanne Baugh-Peterson
Toward financial accountability: The creation of the Board of Audit in Upper Canada, 1791-1864, Michael D. Booker
German-Soviet cooperation in the Baltic States and Poland, 1918 to 1920, Brian David Cameron
Heavenly messages and the path to redemption: An examination of inspired prophecy in mid-seventeenth century England, Gerald Lorentz
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
'Let them educate themselves': The reform of separate schools in Ottawa, 1882-1912 (Canada), Peter Anthony Postrozny
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Black education in Canada West: A parochial solution to a secular problem. Rev. M. M. Dillon and the Colonial Church and School Society, Christopher Bruce Elliot
A new mandate for UNFICYP the Canadian Contingent in Cyprus, July-August 1974, Robert J. Gravelle
Charles H. Millard, architect of industrial unionism in Canada, Jeffrey L. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Polish Immigrant Relations with the Roman Catholic Church in Urban Ontario, 1896-1923, Alex Bros
The Passage of the Public Service Staff Relations Act, 1965-1967, Ian P. MacMillan
Professor C.F. Thiele Father of Canadian band music, John Mellor
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
J.W. Bengough and Grip the Canadian editorial cartoon comes of age, Dennis Edward Blake
Highland light infantry of Canada, 1940-1944, Richard Mark Dykeman
The friction of war: A study of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 1940-1945, Geoffrey Hayes
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment at war, 1943-1945, Shaun R.G. Brown
James Layton Ralston and manpower for the Canadian army, John Robinson Campbell
“Soldiers of Industry”: Women in the Canadian Labour Force, 1939-1951, Roslyn Louise Cluett
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Luctor et Emergo: The impact of the Second World War on Zeeland, Dirk Marc De Waard
The Sentinel and Orange and Protestant Advocate, 1877-1896: An Orange view of Canada, Andrew Thomson
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Marcus Garvey and the philosophy of black pride, Sophia Teresa Skyers
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Influences Affecting the Treatment of Women Prisoners in Toronto, 1880 to 1890, M. Jennifer Brown
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
A Study of Missionary Activity in the Diocese of Athabasca, 1884-1903, George Michael Brandak