Incoming Students 2012-13

PhD

Debra Gentle

current child welfare policy, and what such policy tells us about citizenship for the children and the parents involved

Karen Everett

Securitization of immigration in Canada and the US since the events of Sept. 11, 2001

Bradley Robillard

process of cultural mapping and the rhetoric of identity, cultural diversity and multiculturalism that underpin it

MA course-based (MRP)

Julia Anderson

The Istanbul Principles for Civil Society Effectiveness: Understanding Canada's Contribution and Legacy

Emma Morgan-Thorp

performance as a medium for cultural expression & social change - particularly about indigenous women's theatre in Canada

Jesse Munroe

the Canadian National Exhibition: "a bold attempt to crystallize national identity helped prevent its formation"

MA thesis-based

Louis Bertrand

identifying Canadian cultural, social landmarks or reference points that can be used to activate what linguistics research George Lakoff calls the 'nurturant parent' frame

Kaitlin Brillinger

Surban revitalization - Peterborough as case study

Evan Brockest

evaluating new discourses of "consumer activism" against the backdrop of a global environment marked by increased protest and resultant efforts to regulate, contain and restrict dissenting activities

Erin Dokis

examining Indigenous education and exploring alliances between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples within the academy; specifically the Indigenous undergraduate student experience

Stefanie Fraser

prisons in Canada: over-representation of Aboriginal and African-Canadians; reparative justice models; possible ramifications of new Omnibus Crime Bill

Hugo Kitching

examine how the Cree's knowledge of birds could assist scientists' current understanding combined with an historical analysis of the exchange of natural history knowledge between indigenous peoples and Europeans during the 17th and 18th centuries

Jesse Lever

researching the establishment of a new National Park by Parks Canada: process, consultation, consequences to local community

Mykelle Pacquing

Indigenous cultural institutions of dance, song and story telling in Canada & the Phillipines as tools of healing from results of colonization

Kaitlyn Watson

how mapping by Europeans & Indigenous peoples of Atlantic coast to present day Ontario between 1497-1700 exemplifies cultural illustrations of space & place

Sarah Werner

history of settler colonialism in N.S. and impacts of this history on Mi'kmaq women