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.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Grief Amidst the Guns: Death in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, Brittany Catherine Dunn

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Always a Part of the Land: Settler Colonialism, Indigenous Histories, and the Commemoration of National Historic Sites, 1919- 2019, Cody Groat

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The Wilderness Which Never Was: A History of the Białowieża Forest 1850–1947, Rafal Stolarz

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Scarred by the White Plague: A Health History of Tuberculosis and the Great War, Eric Story

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What Traces Did They Leave?: The Varied Involvement in Book Culture of Three ‘Conventional’ Premodern Englishwomen, Katrina Van Der Ahe

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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A Departmental Dilemma: The Genesis of Canadian Military Export Policy, 1945-1960, Paul Esau

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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A Marriage of Intersecting Needs: The Procurement of the Canadian Patrol Frigates by the Pierre Trudeau Government, 1977-1983, Garison Ma

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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The Ghost Story of the Great War: Spiritualism, Psychical Research and the British War Experience, 1914-1939., Kyle Falcon

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HADRIAN IV (1154-1159) AND THE “BULL” LAUDABILITER: A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, Sebastian Lidbetter

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Writing Activism: Indigenous Newsprint Media in the Era of Red Power, Elizabeth Best

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Modernizing Midwifery: Managing Childbirth in Ontario and the British Isles, 1900–1950, Gwenith Cross

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BAS BLEUS, DIVORCEUSES, DECEITFUL PROSTITUTES OR “LIVE ALLEGORIES” OF CHANGE? PARISIAN WORKING-CLASS WOMEN AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1848, Natasha A. Gardonyi

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The Forgotten Front: British Home Defence and the Invasion Scare of 1914, Alexander Maavara

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THE COMPLEXITY OF CANADIAN ANTI-COMMUNISM, 1945-1967, Ian Muller

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Venus in the Trenches: The Treatment of Venereal Disease in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, Lyndsay Rosenthal

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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The Making of aState in Waiting: The Lives of Fatah Political Prisoners, 1967 to 1985, Rebecca Granato

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Cold War by “Other Means”: Canada’s Foreign Relations with Communist Eastern Europe, 1957-1963, Cory Scurr

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Climate and Capitalism: English Perceptions of Newfoundland's Natural Environment and Economic Value, 1610-1699, Joshua Tavenor

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The Science of Defence: Security, Research, and the North in Cold War Canada, Matthew Shane Wiseman

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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More than Stone and Iron: Indigenous History and Incarceration in Canada, 1834-1996, Seth Adema

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A Sickly Season: The Royal Canadian Navy and the Mainguy Commission, Keith D. Calow

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"Death knows but one rule of arithmetic": Discourses of Death and Grief in the Trenches, Brittany C. Dunn

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Grassroots Consumption: Ontario Farm Families’ Consumption Practices, 1900-45, Andrea M. Gal

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Birth Pangs: Maternity, Medicine, and Feminine Delicacy in English Canada, 1867-1950, Whitney L. Wood

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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FOR THE UNION MAKES US STRONG: THE İSTANBUL METAL WORKERS AND THEIR STRUGGLE FOR UNIONIZATION IN TURKEY, 1947-1970, Özgür Balkılıç

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“…tamquam civili causa” – The Reception of Vegetius and Frontinus in Geremia da Montagnone’s Compendium moralium notabilium, Aaron J. Bolarinho

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A "Weapon of Starvation": The Politics, Propaganda, and Morality of Britain's Hunger Blockade of Germany, 1914-1919, Alyssa Cundy

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The Rise and Fall of Canada's Cold War Air Force, 1948-1968, Bertram C. Frandsen

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Cornelius Aurelius: The Upcycling Humanist - A Study of the Libellus de Patientia, Samantha James

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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The Thompsons’ Town: Family, Industry, and Material Culture in Indiana, Ontario, 1830–1900, Laura Kathleen Quirk

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Commanding the Green Centre Line in Normandy: A Case Study of Division Command in the Second World War, Angelo N. Caravaggio

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Leaders in Conflict: Diefenbaker, Kennedy, and Canada’s Response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, Matthew Gurney

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Illusion of Coexistence: The Waldorf Schools in the Third Reich, 1933–1941, Karen Priestman

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The Rules of Engagement: German Women and British Occupiers, 1945–1949, Barbara Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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The Caribou Hut: Newfoundlanders, Servicemen, and the St. John’s Home Front During the Second World War, Kenneth Tam

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Working Italy’s Passage: The Italian Army and the Allies’ Hopes for it in the Co-belligerency, 1943–1944, Kate Betts-Wilmott

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Golden Pheasants and Eastern Kings: The German District Administration in the Occupied Soviet Union, 1941–1944, Stephen A. Connor

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The Reception of Thomas of Ireland’s Manipulas florum in Calvinist Geneva: Sex and Marriage in Jacob Stoer’s 1593 Edition, Nicholas Must

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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

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Devotion and the Political: Sermon and Devotional Literature in the Reigns of Henri IV and Louis XIII, 1598–1643, Jason Sager

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The Sense of Duty: Canadian Ideas of the Citizen Soldier, 1896–1917, James A. Wood

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Operational research in RAF Bomber Command, 1941-1945 (Britain), Randall Thomas Wakelam

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Keeping the faith: The Presbyterian press in peace and war, 1913-1919, Michelle Fowler

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The treatment of evacuated war neuroses casualties in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, Mark Osborne Humphries

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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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

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Canadian theatre: The battle of St. Lawrence and its aftermath, May-October 1942, Andrew Paul Burtch

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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The occupation of Groningen, Netherland, September 1944-April 1945 and the liberation of the city of Groningen by the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, April 13-16, 1945, Ralph Dykstra

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And still they answered the call: The women of Waterloo County, 1939-1947 (Ontario), Heather L. Moran

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A spirit of enterprise: The Western Fair Association, London, Ontario: 1867-1947, Inge Vibeke Sanmiya

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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The 'Mad Fourth': The 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion at war, 1914-1916, Andrew Iarocci

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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

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'Our glory and our grief': Toronto and the Great War (Ontario), Ian Hugh Maclean Miller

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Tradition and memory in Protestant Ontario: Anglican and Methodist clerical discourses during Queen Victoria's Golden (1887) and Diamond (1897) Jubilee celebrations, Garry D. Peters

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Winning the war, winning the peace: The image of the 'Indian' in English-Canada, 1930-1948, Robert Scott Sheffield

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Behind the scenes at Naval Service headquarters: Bureaucratic politics and the dismissal of Vice-Admiral Percy W. Nelles (John Joseph Connolly), Richard Oliver Mayne

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Victims and criminals: Schutzmannschaft battalion 118 (Belarus, Ukraine), Natalia Petrouchkevitch

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Tactical air power in the Normandy campaign: The role of 83 Group (France), Christopher Robert Evans

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War and state collapse: The case of Sierra Leone, Lansana Gberie

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Answering the call for reform: The Toronto and Montreal Chinese missions, 1894-1925 (Ontario, Quebec), Jeffrey Paul Plante

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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

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Prostitutes and Prostitution: A Case Study of “Disorderly Women” in Hamilton, Ontario, 1879-1886, Shelly Marie Blom

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Urban Reform, Middle-Class Vaules, and Agricultural Society in Ontario, 1880-1914, Sherry Lee Ann McNeil

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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From enmity towards alliance: The United States and German demilitarization, 1942-1947, Oliver Haller

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Quasem ilep'. I Canadian Corps breaks the Gothic Line: Summer, 1944, Lee A. Windsor

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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Marking the line: The surveying career (1872-1892) of Otto Julius Klotz. The professionalization of dominion land surveyers and patronage in the federal civil service, Brenda Ackerman

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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Admiral Sir Reginald Drax and British strategic policy: Festina lente, Robert Lynn Davison

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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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

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The Canadian Officers' Training Corps: Support for military training in the universities of Canada, 1908-1935, Daniel Thomas Byers

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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The English feminist debate over protective labour legislation, 1880-1914, Leanne Baugh-Peterson

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Toward financial accountability: The creation of the Board of Audit in Upper Canada, 1791-1864, Michael D. Booker

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German-Soviet cooperation in the Baltic States and Poland, 1918 to 1920, Brian David Cameron

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Heavenly messages and the path to redemption: An examination of inspired prophecy in mid-seventeenth century England, Gerald Lorentz

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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'Let them educate themselves': The reform of separate schools in Ottawa, 1882-1912 (Canada), Peter Anthony Postrozny

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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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

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A new mandate for UNFICYP the Canadian Contingent in Cyprus, July-August 1974, Robert J. Gravelle

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Charles H. Millard, architect of industrial unionism in Canada, Jeffrey L. Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 1986

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Polish Immigrant Relations with the Roman Catholic Church in Urban Ontario, 1896-1923, Alex Bros

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The Passage of the Public Service Staff Relations Act, 1965-1967, Ian P. MacMillan

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Professor C.F. Thiele Father of Canadian band music, John Mellor

Theses/Dissertations from 1985

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J.W. Bengough and Grip the Canadian editorial cartoon comes of age, Dennis Edward Blake

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Highland light infantry of Canada, 1940-1944, Richard Mark Dykeman

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The friction of war: A study of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 1940-1945, Geoffrey Hayes

Theses/Dissertations from 1984

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The Loyal Edmonton Regiment at war, 1943-1945, Shaun R.G. Brown

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James Layton Ralston and manpower for the Canadian army, John Robinson Campbell

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“Soldiers of Industry”: Women in the Canadian Labour Force, 1939-1951, Roslyn Louise Cluett

Theses/Dissertations from 1983

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Luctor et Emergo: The impact of the Second World War on Zeeland, Dirk Marc De Waard

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The Sentinel and Orange and Protestant Advocate, 1877-1896: An Orange view of Canada, Andrew Thomson

Theses/Dissertations from 1982

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Marcus Garvey and the philosophy of black pride, Sophia Teresa Skyers

Theses/Dissertations from 1975

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Influences Affecting the Treatment of Women Prisoners in Toronto, 1880 to 1890, M. Jennifer Brown

Theses/Dissertations from 1972

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A Study of Missionary Activity in the Diocese of Athabasca, 1884-1903, George Michael Brandak