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
Experiences of Peer Interaction Amongst Autistic LGBTQ+ Youth in Secondary Institutions, Brianna Comeau
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Swimming Against the Tide: The Relational Praxis of Social Justice in Social Work, Samantha Clarke
Deep in the shadows of loss: An exploration of grief, mourning, and intellectual disability, Cara Grosset
“It Felt Like a Sense of Rape:” Women’s Experiences of Strip Searching in Prison as Gendered, Misogynoir, and Colonial Genocidal Sexual Violence, Jessica Hutchison
Anishinaabeg Niizh Manitoag: Asha Amaa, We Were Always Here, Jacqueline F. Nobiss X
Towards ending incarceration of Indigenous peoples in Canada: A critical, narrative inquiry of hegemonic power in the Gladue report process, Judah Oudshoorn
Disrupting and expanding the discourse: Palliative care clinicians' experiences with patients' non-physical suffering, Maxxine Rattner
Best Practices for Social Workers Engaging with Spiritual/Religious Clients, Stewart J. Smith Mr.
Navigating Waters: Experiences of Filipino Canadian Identity Making in the Diaspora, John Felix Tolentino
"I'm not working, but I'm a professional": Precarious employment pathways, consequences, and resistance strategies impacting the health of racialized immigrant women, Elizabeth C. Watters
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
IMAGINING WHITE VICTIMS AND PUNISHING BLACK TRAUMA: WHITENESS, ANTI-BLACKNESS, TRAUMA, AND SOCIAL WORK IN CANADIAN K-12 SCHOOLS, Christine Mayor
The untended garden: How adoptees navigate relationships with first family members, Dawn Michele McCormick Tracz
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Faith-Inspired Praxis of Love, Monica Chi
Unpredictable Paths into Care: Examining HIV and MS Care Relationships in Southern Ontario, Melissa Popiel
THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE A CHILD DIAGNOSED WITH AN EATING DISORDER: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY, Jennifer Scarborough
From Tajikistan to Russia and Back: Understanding Changes in Gender Relations Through the Lived Experiences of Tajik Migrant Workers in Russia, Tahmina Shokirova
Exploring Compassion in the Ontario Child Welfare System., Gissele Taraba
“ACCEPT THE IDEA THAT NEURODIVERSE KIDS EXIST”: DYSLEXIC NARRATIVES AND NEURODIVERSITY PARADIGM VISIONS, Monica van Schaik
Who is the stranger really? A Reluctant Autoethnography of the Strange Situation Procedure, Tara Yazdani
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
IMPROVING ENCOUNTERS WITH PEOPLE WHO HOLD CONTENTIOUS DIFFERENCES: AN EXPLORATION, Morgan Braganza
VICTIMIZED AND CRIMINALIZED BLACK WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES WITH THE POLICE IN THE CONTEXT OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, Patrina Duhaney
Exploring the Relationship Between Gender, Race, and Space, and Toronto Community Housing Policy, Anita Rachel Ewan
“I’ve Got to Run Again”: Experiences of Social Workers Seeking Municipal Office in Ontario, Carly Greco
“There’s no manual for this” : A Multi-Case Study Exploring Familial Experiences of Maternal Incarceration, Lauren Hawthorne
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: Understanding the Phenomenon of Adults who are Sexually Attracted to Children, Heather Horn
What is it about Coda and Will? Exploring the experiences of school social workers using canine-assisted therapy in their clinical practice with students., Suzanne McDermid
Tough but not enough: Female university athletes self-reported mental toughness, Kerrie Trottier
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Transformative Social Work Education: Student Learning Needs and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action, Garrison McCleary
Exploring the Personhood and Citizenship of Persons with Disabilities among Konkombas in Rural Ghana, Festus Moasun
Processing Youth Adventure Wellness Experiences: Poetic Representations of Youth’s Peace Bus Experiences, Ty TH Nguyen
Unseen and Unheard: Exploring the Mental Health of Mostly Heterosexual College Students, Shannon Pendleton
The Experience of Mindful Self-Compassion, Erika Ristok
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Professional relationships: Bifurcations, threshold concepts, and MSW student voices., Todd Adamowich
STORIES AS SITES OF RESISTANCE: RECLAIMING MEN’S NARRATIVES OF CONCURRENT SUBSTANCE USE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, Stephanie Baker
Social Positioning in Social Work Practice: Stories of Hopes and Struggles among Racialized Minority Workers, Utamika Cummings
Exploring Patient Satisfaction among Transgender and Non-Binary Identified Healthcare Users: The Role of Microaggressions and Inclusive Healthcare Settings, Stevie Forbes-Roberts
Ecological Ethics and Social Work Therapy Practice, Karma Guindon
Gasping for Breath: Women’s Concerns and the Politics of Community Development in Rural Ghana, Charles Gyan
Exploring the Discourses of Compulsive Hair-Pulling: A Body-Mapping Study, Julia Mason
IT TAKES A VILLAGE-SCHOOLING OUT OF PLACE: SCHOOL EXPERIENCES OF BLACK AFRICAN YOUTH IN WATERLOO REGION, Olufunke Oba 5726040
A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF FAMILIES’ EXPERIENCES WITH FOOD INSECURITY IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, Elias Omer
THE HOLD ME TIGHT PROGRAM FOR COUPLES BECOMING PARENTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Debbie Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Reflexivity and Organizational Culture: A Comparative Case Study, Chloe Frisina
"The Outside of the Inside;" Experiences of Discovering Home and Community within Waterloo Region, Nicole Greig
GOING BEYOND THE BEST INSUFFICIENT OPTION: AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVES WITHIN TWO NON-PROFIT SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS IN ONTARIO, Amy Joyce Shuttleworth
Students' Experiences of the Scent-Free Initiative at the Faculty of Social Work, Tanya Marie Smith
The Risk of Risk: An Exploration of the Impact of “Risk” on Child Welfare Decision-making, Jill K. Stoddart
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Climate change and social work: Our roles and barriers to action, Tina Cumby
CARING IN TRANSITION: HOME CARE WORKERS’ EXPERIENCES OF CARE RELATIONSHIPS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA, Liu Hong
Host Community Narratives of Volunteer Tourism in Ghana: From Developmentalism to Social Justice, Danielle E. Lediard
Let's Talk About (Consensual) Sex!, Eleanor M. McGrath
Exploring women’s perspectives of living with mental illness, stigma, and receiving community services, Alexa L. Stovold and Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy
Leadership Practice, Organizational Culture and New Managerialism: Strengths, Challenges, Variations and Contradictions in Three Children's Service Agencies, Rosemary E. Vito
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
"It's Not Written in Stone": A Narrative Analysis of the Mothering Experiences of Women who Experienced Childhood Sexual Abuse by a Family Member, Eva L.P. Burrill
Attitudes Toward Couple Therapy in Helping Profession Graduate Students, Laura Demoe
An Exploration of Employment Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence in the Region of Waterloo, Alishau Diebold Mrs.
The Spirit of Haudenosaunee Youth: The Transformation of Identity and Well-being Through Culture-based Activism, Bonnie M. Freeman
Embracing the Grey Zone: Navigating flexible boundaries at Welcome Inn Community Centre, Carly H. Gaylor
Perceptions of Determining Factors: A Case Study of Eviction Risks of People Who Hoard in Waterloo Region, Emily J. Gibson
"Where's the support?": An Exploratory Study of Supports for Primary Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Toronto Region, Nicole H. Siron
MAPS OF MARGINALIZATION: EXPLORING THE HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCES OF MEN AND WOMEN WITH FIBROMYALGIA, Michelle J. Skop
"It's a Very Silent Pain": A Phenomenological Study of Women Who Are in a Relationship with a Sexually Addicted Spouse, Jacqueline S. Thibodeau
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A HEART-BASED SUFI MINDFULNESS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE EMPLOYING SELF-JOURNEYING, Faruk Arslan
Emerging From The Wreckage: The Exploration of Mental Health, Stigma, and My Experiences of Living With Obsessive-Compulsive "Disorder", Katelyn P. Harrington
Youth Recidivism: A Qualitative Study of Risk and Resilience, Jesse M. Near Ms.
Intersectional Exposures: Exploring the Health Effect of Employment with KAAJAL Immigrant/Refugee Women in Grand Erie through Photovoice, Bharati Sethi Ms
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A Discourse Analysis of Ontario's Family Health Teams, Rachelle Ashcroft
Agency or Agencies? Catalysts of Resilience in Drop-In Participants, Andy D. Bayer
"The Road Less Travelled;" Women's Journeys to Community Leadership in the Waterloo Region, Lyndsey A. Butcher
Taking Up Space: A Case Study Exploration of the Relationship Between Citizenship and Free Humanities Programs in Canada, Jessica L. Klassen
“IT FEELS LIKE HOME”: THE IMPACTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ON MALE YOUTH – PERSPECTIVES OF YOUTH AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AT FIVE BEDS TO HOME, Sarah Michelle Ogden
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
ENHANCING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PREVENTION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH INFLUENTIAL CONTEXTUAL FACTORS, Alice Schmidt Hanbidge
A Critical Review of the Mandatory Reporting Protocol, Elayne M. Tanner
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
An Exploration of Factors Impacting Youth Volunteers Who Provide Indirect Services, Andrea M. McArthur
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Dance in Contexts: Exploring the Complexity of the Helping/Healing Process with a Focus on Client Satisfaction, Margriet de Zeeuw Wright
Bringing Medicine to the Hamlet: Exploring the Experiences of Older Women in Rural Bangladesh Who Seek Health Care, Md. Abul Hossen
An Exploration of Counselling Practices with Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Should Therapists Ask About Thoughts or Behaviour Involving Sex with Children?, Angela Karen Hovey
Exploring the Concepts of Partnership and their Implications for HIV and AIDS Prevention and Care in Two Ghanian Communities, Jonathan Lomotey
What the Body Stories of Girls Tell Us About Autonomy and Connection During Adolescence, Colleen McMillan
The Experience of New Workers in the Field of Child Welfare, Teena M. Shah
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Getting the Bug: Exploring Running Group Therapy for Youth with Affective Disorders, Jamie Lee Bell
Secondary Traumatic Stress: The Hidden Trauma in Child and Youth Counsellors, Michelle Linda Bloom