Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Exit Through the Giftshop: Claims-making and the Construction of a Countercultural Brand, Cecil McGlynn
“In the Eyes of the State”: The Construction of LGBTQIA+ Individuals in India, Suman Mondal
Mainstream Media Portrayal of Banishment and Nation-Imposed Punishment, Keely Ormond
"Better Equipped"? Examining The Role of Social Work in Clinical Countering Violent Extremism, David Yuzva Clement
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Empathy in Police Officers Undergoing De-escalation Simulation Training: A Comparison Between Virtual Reality and Live Action Modalities, Jacqueline Kohl
“ANYTHING FROM THE LAND IS GOOD”: UNDERSTANDING HOW COMMUNITY GARDENING IN KAKISA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CAN CONTRIBUTE TO INDIGENOUS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, Michelle Malandra
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Feeling Fat: Theorizing Intergenerational Body Narratives Through Affect, Katie Cook
Paper Gangsters: White Collar and Corporate Crime on Film, Jacob Kavoukis
'Indirect Pathways Into Practice': Philippine Internationally Educated Nurses and Their Entry Into Ontario's Nursing Profession, Lualhati Marcelino
Loose Coupling, Burden Shuffling, and Pervasive Penality: The Role of Bylaw Enforcement in Managing Homelessness, Natasha Martino
Parental Incarceration and Stigma: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Children's Books, Samantha Nguyen
An Analysis of Collective Efficacy as a Predictor of Gun Violence in Toronto, Carly Richards
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
BODY-WORN CAMERAS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS IN CANADIAN POLICING: A QUALITATIVE STUDY, Chelsea Doiron
WORKING JOBLESSNESS: YOUNG PEOPLE DEPLOYING 21ST CENTURY SKILLS IN POST-CONFLICT LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE, Frances Fortune
Rainbow Writes: Peer-Led Creative Writing Groups’ Potential for Promoting 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Wellbeing, Ceilidh Harrison
What is Canada Doing? An Analysis of Canadian University Sexual Violence Policies, Konnor Legault
How Did We Learn About Sex? —— Sex Education and Sexual Health in Chinese Youth, Yujuan Liu
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
Policing and Fatherhood Identities: A Gendered Analysis of the Work and Home Experiences of Police Fathers Before and During COVID-19, Danielle Thompson
Who is the stranger really? A Reluctant Autoethnography of the Strange Situation Procedure, Tara Yazdani
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Risk Factors Related to School Shootings, Best Anaele
Constructions of Sympathy: A Media Discourse Analysis of Detained Children and Youth in Canada, Lauren Ashby
THROUGH THE LURKING GLASS: A QUALITATIVE MEDIA ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL GENDER NORMS AND STALKING DEPICTIONS IN FILM, Alexandra Baril
Positive Wellbeing Among University Students from Diverse Communities: A Place-Based Approach, Kevin Bonnell
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
Cultural diversity in interdependent sport teams, Michael J. Godfrey
FANM PA CHITA: MOBILITIES, INTIMATE LABOUR, AND POLITICAL SUBJECTIVITIES AMONG HAITIAN WOMEN ON THE MOVE, Masaya Llavaneras Blanco
A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION INTO THE SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES OF HEALTHCARE SERIAL KILLERS, Florence Tang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
REFUGEES FROM SYRIA CAUGHT BETWEEN WAR AND BORDERS: A JOURNEY TOWARDS PROTECTION, Maissaa Almustafa
Exploring Profiles of LGBTQ Social Wellbeing in Waterloo Region, Canada, Kendra Hardy
Parents who kill: Media constructions of male and female filicide cases, Mary McCluskey
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
EXPLORING CASE VARIABLES PREDICTIVE OF HISTORIES OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN INCIDENTS OF POLICE-INVOLVED FIREARM FATALITIES IN CANADA, Michael Ouellet
The Legitimation & Networked Unification of #NoDAPL: Diverse Discourses of Value Validate a Collective Identity, Jacqueline Marie Ouellette
The Geography of Crime: Placing Geographers in the Space of Criminologists, Anthony WV Piscitelli
Bridging the Gaps in Bringing in the Bystander: An Intersectional Approach to Campus-Based Sexual Violence Prevention, Anne E. Rudzinski
Beneficial Mourning by Inmates Who have Lost a Significant Person, James Bradley Shoemaker
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Navigating Risks Across Borders: The Lived Experiences of Central American Women Migrants, Carla Angulo-Pasel
Attending to the Needs of Inuit Inmates in Canada: Exploring the Perceptions of Correctional Officers and Nunavut Officials, Kosta H. Barka
Police Use of Twitter: 21st Century Community Policing, Nicole Coomber
Social Positioning in Social Work Practice: Stories of Hopes and Struggles among Racialized Minority Workers, Utamika Cummings
Criminal Heroes in Television: Exploring Moral Ambiguity in Law and Justice, Amy Henry
NARRATIVES OF BABY BOOMERS: ENVISIONING LATE LIFE SPIRITUAL RESOURCES, Jane A. Kuepfer
IT TAKES A VILLAGE-SCHOOLING OUT OF PLACE: SCHOOL EXPERIENCES OF BLACK AFRICAN YOUTH IN WATERLOO REGION, Olufunke Oba 5726040
A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ONLINE SELF-HARM SUPPORT FORUMS: EXAMINING USERS’ ONLINE ACTIVITIES DURING SELF-HARM DESISTANCE PROCESSES, Claudia Volpe
THE HOLD ME TIGHT PROGRAM FOR COUPLES BECOMING PARENTS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Debbie Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
FROM BRAIN DRAIN TO BRAIN TRAIN – A TRANSNATIONAL CASE ANALYSIS OF NIGERIAN MIGRANT HEALTH CARE WORKERS, Sheri Adekola
Loose Coupling and Defining Deviance Down: Correctional Officers’ Perceptions of Organizational Responses to Mental Health and Well-being., Victoria M. Baker
JAILHOUSE INFORMANTS IN CANADIAN CRIMINAL COURTS, Olena Beshley
Immigration, Integration and Ingestion: The Role of Food and Drink in Transnational Experience for North African Muslim Immigrants in Paris and Montréal, Rachel D. Brown
First Nations and Adaptive Water Governance in Southern Ontario, Canada, Thomas Dyck
Bye Bye Binary: Exploring Non-Binary Youths' Experiences of Mental Health, Discrimination, and Community Belongingness, Ellis Furman
Exclusion From Rights Through Extra-Territoriality at Home: The Case of Paris Roissy-Charles De Gaulle Airport's Waiting Zone, Pauline GJ Maillet
Meeting the Needs of Victims: An Examination of Victims' Coping Strategies and Victim Services in Canada, Jenniffer Olenewa
BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS: Surveillance, Fear and Crime Control in Found-Footage Horror Films, Cassandra Persaud
“Serial killers are interesting, they’re not heroes”: Moral boundaries, identity management, and emotional work within an online community, Michael Spychaj
"It ain't easy being on the streets": Understanding the Needs of Street-Involved Youth in Southern Ontario through a Client-Centred Approach, Samantha Danielle Styczynski
Exploring Police Officers' Perceptions of Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Teams Within a Nodal Policing Framework, Trevor Viersen
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
More than Stone and Iron: Indigenous History and Incarceration in Canada, 1834-1996, Seth Adema
Social Justice and Worker Cooperatives, Gurveer Shaan Dhillon
SOCIAL PROBLEMS, BIOMEDICAL ANSWERS? HOW CAUSES OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS AFFECT CHOICE OF SOLUTIONS, Bianca C. Dreyer
You Will Be Punished: Media Depictions of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Caitlin Elliott
Pregnancy, birth, and mothering behind bars: A case study of one woman's journey through the Ontario criminal justice and jail systems, Sarah Fiander
CARING IN TRANSITION: HOME CARE WORKERS’ EXPERIENCES OF CARE RELATIONSHIPS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA, Liu Hong
Policing and the Dirty Underbelly: Understanding Narratives of Police Deviance on Social Media Platforms, Amanda Lancia
REPRESENTATIONS OF STRANGER AND NON-STRANGER HOMICIDE: A QUALITATIVE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF CANADIAN NEWS MEDIA, Gabriella L. Leone
Twerking, Alcohol, and Fame: The Construction of Disney Celebrities in the Media, Carla R. López
Experiences of Victimization and Health Care Access Among Non-metropolitan LGBTQ+ Individuals, Ashley-Ann Marcotte
No More Mind Games: Content Analysis of In-Game Commentary of the National Football League’s Concussion Problem, Jeffrey Parker
Holding Canada Accountable: An Evaluation of Canada's Compliance to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Jackson A. Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario: Integrating Christian Principles with the Practicality of Farming, Suzanne M. Armstrong
An Exploration of Employment Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence in the Region of Waterloo, Alishau Diebold Mrs.
The Reinvention of the Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy and the Limits of Religious Pluralism, Michael T. Peterson Rev. Dr.
The Reinvention of the Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy and the Limits of Religious Pluralism, Michael T. Peterson Rev. Dr.
EXPLORING THE MOMENTS AND MEMORY OF TOURIST EXPERIENCES IN PERU, Sarah Quinlan Cutler
Critical Champions or Careless Condemners? Exploring News Media Constructions in Cases of Wrongful Conviction, Katherine Rozad
Exploring Interactions Between Police and People with Mental Illness, Krystle L. Shore Ms.
Hunting for 'Paper Gangsters': An Institutional Analysis of Intelligence-led Policing in a Canadian Context, Crystal Weston
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A HEART-BASED SUFI MINDFULNESS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE EMPLOYING SELF-JOURNEYING, Faruk Arslan
Fight the Dead, Fear the Living: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives of Fear, Governance and Social Control, Samantha Lynn Kolpin