Archived Theses

Interuniversity Women's Studies M.A. Program of Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University

Theses Title, Date Of Defense & Graduation Dates


SAINT MARY’S

Sandra Gabriele (SMU), August 1998 "SURVEILLED WOMEN: SUBJECTIVITY, THE BODY AND MODERN PANOPTICISM".  Grad:  October 1998

Clarinda Spykerman (SMU), June 2001  "BODILY INSIGHTS FROM THE CRONE WOMAN:  PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY"  Grad:  October 2001

Azza Anis (SMU), June 2001  "CHARTIING NEW DIRECTIONS:  REFLECTIONS ON WOMEN'S POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN SUDAN"  Grad:  October 2001

Pamela McKane (SMU), June 2001  "MAIDENS, MOTHERS AND RABBLE ROUSERS:  WOMEN'S POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND, 1790-2001"  Grad:  October 2001

Herawaty Abbas (SMU), September 2001  "THE NOTION OF POWER AS IT IS REFLECTED IN THE EDIBLE WOMAN AND KARMILA:  A COMPARATIVE STUDY".  Grad:  October 2001

Julie Singleton (SMU), September 2001  "REPRODUCING GENES:  A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF GENES IN THE AGE OF 'HIGH TECH' PARENTHOOD"  Grad:  October 2001

Darlene Wood (SMU), March 2002  "THE POLITICS OF LESBIAN INVISIBILITY:  A NOVA SCOTIA STUDY"  Grad:  October 2002

Srabani Maitra (SMU), August 2002   "WHERE DO GIRLS STAND IN THE BUREAUCRATIC MAZE?  A CASE STUDY OF THE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG GIRLCHILDREN, NGU'S AND GOVERNMENT IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA"  Grad:  October 2002

Nicole Watson (SMU), January 2003  "HOW CAN A FEMINIST AGENDA BE INTEGRATED INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION?"  Grad:  May 2003

Lucille Harper (SMU), November 2003 "WOMEN'S CENTRES AND WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE SERVICES IN NOVA SCOTIA:   RESISTING MULTIPLE-STATE PRESSURES TO DE-POLITICIZE" Grad:  Spring 2004

Farah Chowdhury (SMU), June 2004  “PROBLEMS OF WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN BANGALADESH:  AN EMPIRICAL STUDY”   Grad:  November 2004

Nasheeba Selim (SMU), September 2004   “SEX TRADE WORKERS IN BANGLADESH:  AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE SEX WORKERS’ MOVEMENT WITHIN THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT AND PATRIARCHY, 18TH CENTURY-2002”   Grad:  November 2004

Monnah Green (SMU), February 2005  “JOB STRESS IN THE PINK GHETTO:  CLERICAL WORKERS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY”   Grad:  May 2005

Laure Lafrance (SMU), February 2005  “FEMICIDE AND THE POLITICS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:  A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF NEWS REPRESENTATIONS OF LETHAL MALE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN”   Grad:  May 2005

Olubunmi Oyinsan (SMU), September 5, 2006   “HEALING TONGUES:  AN EXPLORATION OF THE IMPACT OF ORATURE ON LITERARY TEXTS BY BLACK WOMEN”   Grad:  October, 2006

Amanda Topen (SMU), November 16, 2006   “LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA”   Grad:   May 2007

Alecia Green (SMU), January 19, 2007  “WHOSE REVOLUTION IS TELEVISED?:  AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIA FEMALE YOUTH RESPOND TO SEXUAL POLITICS IN HIP HOP CULTURE & EVERYDAY LIFE”   Grad:   May 2007

Linda Kearley (SMU), April 16, 2007  “ENDING THE SILENCE:  OLDER LESBIANS, CONCERNS AND CONSIDERATIONS AS CAREGIVERS”    Grad:   May 2007

Kristel vomScheidt (SMU), September 12, 2007  “ASSOCIATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS A ROUTE TO PUBLIC OFFICE:  WOMEN IN NOVA SCOTIA MUNICIPAL POLITICS”   Grad:   October 2007

Awatef Rasheed (SMU), August 2006   “IRAQI WOMEN:  MECHANISMS OF SHADOWING SUBORDINATION AND INFERIORIZATION”    Grad:  October 2008

Kristen Haase (SMU), September 2008  “CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT POLICY IN URBAN SASKATCHEWAN:  A FEMINIST CASE STUDY”   Grad:  October 2008

Nanok Cha (SMU), March 30, 2009  “KOREAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN’S LIVED EXPERIENCES IN HALIFAX:  CHALLENGING GENDER RELATIONS IN FAMILY, WORK & COMMUNITY”  Grad:  May 2009

Danielle Sharp (SMU), January 22, 2010  “STITCHING TOGETHER A PAST TO CREATE A FUTURE;  WOMEN, QUILTING GROUPS AND COMMUNITY IN RURAL SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK”,   Grad:  May 2010

Wendy Robinson (SMU), August 11, 2010  “PARTICIPATION ENGENDERING BELONGING:  A STUDY OF TEN IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY”Grad:  October 2010

Eda Acara (SMU), August 24, 2010  “A CASE STUDY ON THE DISCOURSE OF WOMEN’S CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN TURKEY”, Grad:  October 2010

Eliana Clay (SMU), April 14, 2011  “CAMPAIGNING AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FROM THE WOMEN’S AND FEMINIST MOVEMENT:  A CASE STUDY OF THE CUIDADO! EL MACHISMO MATA CAMPAIGN IN CHILE”, Grad:  May 2011

Julie Thompson (SMU), March 21, 2011  “DEATH BECOMES HER:  REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE DEATH AND DYING IN THREE OF SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES”, Grad May 2011

Jane Gavin-Hebert (SMU), August 16, 2011  PLURAL DESIRES:  FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY AS ANARCHIST PRAXIS”, Grad Fall 2011

Caroline Brunet (SMU), April 10, 2013  "DOMINATING DISCOURSES, IMPOSING IDEOLOGIES:  EMBODIMENT AND FEMININITY IN A CANADIAN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE TRILOGY", Grad Fall 2013

Golsa Kafili (SMU), July 18, 2013  "A STUDY OF INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES, IDENTITY FORMATION, AND SENSE OF HOME AND BELONGING;  IRANIAN FEMALE AND MALE NEWCOMER YOUTH IN HALIFAX", Grad Fall 2013

Katie Boudreau (SMU), Oct, 2013  “GENDER AND PALENTINIAN ACTIVISM FOLLOWING THE A; AQSA INFIFADA”. Grad 2014

Jennie Donovan (SMU), Dec, 2013  MULTIPLE TRUTHS AND CONTESTED IDENTITIES:  POWER, GENDER AND GOVERNANCE IN FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF SHOCK THERAPY”,  Grad 2014

Annette McLellan (SMU),           ‘TOWARDS A VEGAN ECOFEMINIST CRITICAL CARE THEORY:  A SEARCH FOR A COMPASSIONATE, RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, POSTHUMANIST PARADIGM”, Grad 2014

Janis Sampson (SMU), GENDER AS PERFORMANCE:  GIRLS NEGOTIATING THEIR GENDERED IDENTITIES, Grad Fall 2014

Rachel Fry (SMU), THE ROLE OF FEMINISM IN CRAFT ACTIVISM, Grad 2014

Kelly Grant (SMU), Apr 2015  SEDITIONARIES, Grad Spring 2015


MOUNT SAINT VINCENT

Natasha Bailey (MSVU), August 1999 "(RE)PRODUCING RESPONSIBILITY:  TALKING WITH WOMEN ABOUT THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL@.  Grad:  October 1999 * 1st MSVU grad

Lisa Walters (MSVU), August 1999 "NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:  COMING OUT AND IDENTITY FORMATION OF MIDDLE AGE LESBIANS IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES".  Grad:  October 1999 *1st MSVU grad

Mary "Kimberley" McGuigan (MSVU), April 2000  AOUTSIDE THE NORM OF MATERNITY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE CHOSEN VOLUNTARY CHILDLESSNESS@.  Grad:  May 2000

Suzanne Musgrave (MSVU), August 2000  ABETWEEN NAP-TIME AND NINE-TO-FIVE:  WORKPLACE DAYCARE AS A STEP TOWARD SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY FOR EMPLOYED MOTHERS@.  Grad:  October 2000

Brenda Hattie Longmire (MSVU), September 2001  "SIT DOWN, BROTHER":  ALICE B. GARRIGUS AND THE PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLIES OF NEWFOUNDLAND.  Grad:  October 2001

Kira McCarthy (MSVU), September 2001   "LESBIAN COMMUNITIES:  STRATEGIES, BARRIERS AND THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION"  Grad:  October 2001

Jessica Bailey (MSVU), August 2002   "THE EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION OF MIDWIVES IN THREE CANADIAN PROVINCES"  Grad:  October 2002

Mary Jollimore (MSVU), September 2002  "YES, BUT HOW MANY TATTOOS DOES SHE HAVE?":  A REVIEW OF THE PORTRAYAL OF OLYMPIC SPORTS WOMEN IN 'SPORTS ILLUSTRATED' MAGAZINE, 1980-2002.  Grad:  October 2002

Cari-Lynn Clough (MSVU), March 2003   "SHE CLEANS, THEREFORE SHE IS:  AN ANALYSIS OF TELEVISION COMMERCIALS FOR HOUSEHOLD CLEANING PRODUCTS".  Grad:  May 2003
Recipient of:   -  Governor General’s Medal of Excellence for Grad Studies

                         -  Senate Medal of Distinction for Highest Aggregate

                         -  Graduate Thesis Award from MSVU 2003

Ann McCabe (MSVU), August 2004   “THE VOICES OF OLDER WOMEN ON THEIR HEALTH CARE NEEDS”    Grad:   October 2004

Patricia Helen Thille (MSVU), December 2004  “WOMEN-CENTRED SENSITIVE PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR WEIGHT ISSUES:  A PROACTIVE PRIMARY PREVENTION APPROACH” Grad:  May 2005 

Recipient of:   -  Governor General’s Medal of Excellence for Grad Studies

                         -  Senate Medal of Distinction for Highest Aggregate

Angela McLellan (MSVU), March 2005  “NEGOTIATING SOULS FOR LIVES:  THE SITUATIONS OF FILIPINA WOMEN IN THE SEX TOURISM INDUSTRY”   Grad:   October 2005

Jocelyne Natasha Pinterics (MSVU), October 19, 2005  “BIG & BAWDY BODIES:  A FEMINIST/CULTURAL STUDIES ANALYSIS OF FAT & FRISKY PERFORMANCES”  Grad:  May 2006

Kerry Sartor (MSVU), March 23, 2006  “THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF MOTHERHOOD:  A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY TEXTS”    Grad:  May 2006

Stephanie Fletcher (MSVU), July 21, 2006  “THE CANADIAN POLICY RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS IN CARE:  OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR WOMEN”   Grad:  October 2006

Viola Winstanley (MSVU), September 5, 2006   “BEING A TELLER IN A TIME OF GLOBALIZATION:  THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF FIVE WOMEN BANK WORKERS IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA”     Grad:   October, 2006.
Recipient of:  - Graduate Thesis Award from MSVU 2006

Carolina Crewe (MSVU), December 12, 2006   “EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF INCORPORATING HOLISTIC MIDWIFERY INTO THE UNIVERSITY MIDWIFERY EDUCATION STRUCTURE IN ONTARIO AND BRITISH COLUMBIA”    Grad:   May, 2007

Leah McKeen (MSVU), November 25, 2008  THE POLITICS OF OMISSION:  RELIGION IN WOMEN’S STUDIES    Grad:  May, 2009

Momoko Migita (MSVU), February 6, 2009  GENDER-FREE EDUCATION IN JAPAN:  POSTMODERN FEMINIST APPROACHES TO KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION IN CLASSROOMS  Grad:  May, 2009

Lyndsay Pearson (MSVU), December 4, 2008  THE REVOLUTION IS [JUST] A T-SHIRT AWAY:  T-SHIRT ACTIVISM, EMBODIED POLITICS AND THIRD WAVE FEMINISM  Grad:  May 2009

Lori Root (MSVU), November 4, 2008   “I MAY BE LOST BUT I KNOW HOW TO FIND MY WAY”:  THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF FILIPINA CAREGIVERS IN THE LIVE-IN CAREGIVER PROGRAM IN HALIFAX    Grad:  May 2009

Sharon Woodill (MSVU), October 28, 2008   DOMINATION IN ECOFEMINIST DISCOURSE   Grad: May 2009

Recipient of:   -  Governor General’s Medal of Excellence for Grad Studies

                         -  Senate Medal of Distinction for Highest Aggregate

Julien Davis (MSVU), September 11, 2009  A DISCIPLINE IN TRANSITION:  TRANS INCLUSION IN GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES IN CANADA   Grad:  October 2009

Andrea D’Sylva (MSVU), September 24, 2009  YOU CAN’T BE GOAN AND NOT EAT GOAN FOOD.  THE INTERSECTION OF GENDER, FOOD AND IDENTITY:  A CASE STUDY OF GOAN WOMEN IN THE GREATER TORONTO AREA   Grad:  October 2009
Recipient of:  -  Senate Medal of Distinction for Highest Aggregate

Tanya Barber (MSVU), March 18, 2011  “JOURNALLING THROUGH MOTHERHOOD:  A PERSONAL EXPLORATION OF THE THERAPEUTIC AND EMPOWERING POTENTIAL OF JOURNALLING”, Grad.  May 2011

Jolani Rhodenizer (MSVU), Dec. 20, 2011 "POST-COLONIAL COMPLICATIONS FOR FEMINIST ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING - AN AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHY FROM THE SULTANATE OF OMAN",  Grad. May 2012

Sarah Morgan (MSVU), Dec. 7, 2012  'HOW WOMEN TAKE UP POLITICAL SPACE:  THROUGH THE EYES OF WOMEN IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT",  Grad May 2014

Jennifer MacLatchy (MSVU), April 15, 2014  GOING OUT OF BOUNDS, FROM CRITICAL SPECTATORSHIP TO EMBODIED PERFORMANCE:  PUTTING QUEER FEMINIST PERFORMANCE METHODOLOGIES TO WORK IN QUEER AND MARGINAL CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPES’      Grad  May 2014

Lisbeth Nielsen (MSVU), Sept. 2, 2014  ‘LOW INCOME MOTHERS’ CRITIQUE OF SERVICES:  A PARTICIPATORY STUDY ON WHAT COULD BE CHANGED”,  Grad Fall 2014

Sara Leger (MSVU), June 18, 2015, A COMMUNITY UNITED?  UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY, Grad Fall 2015

Geoffrey Matheson (MSVU), June 19, 2015  GETTING TO YES:  AN ANALYSIS OF CONNELL’S THEORY OF HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY AND SEXUAL CONSENT COMMUNICATION, Grad Fall 2015

Susan Manning (MSVU), March 11, 2016  WEAVING OUR STORIES OF DISPLACEMENT:  GENDER, PLACE AND IDENTITY IN NEWFOUNDLAND    Grad:  May 2016

Marlene Ramos (MSVU), August 25, 2016  “ANONYMOUS IS A WOMAN”:  THE FILIPINA BORDADORAS AND THE EMERGENCE OF FINE EUROPEAN-STYLE EMBROIDERY TRADITION IN COLONIAL PHILIPPINES, 19TH – 20TH CENTURIES    Grad:  November 2016

Victoria Cate May Burton (MSVU), October 14, 2016  IDENTITY, CULTURE, CONTESTATION:  THEORIZING THE INVISIBILITYOF DOMINANT GROUP IDENTITY WITH FREUD, KRISTEVA AND NANCY   Grad:  November 2016

Sharon Skaling (MSVU), October 13, 2017, VOICES:  HEARD, SILENCED, IGNORED.  THE VOICES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST AFFLUENT WOMEN   Grad November 2017

Lyndsay Anderson (MSVU), Feb. 2, 2018, REPORTING OR REINFORCING RAPE CULTURE?  A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE SAINT MARY’S RAPE CHANT   Grad:  Spring 2018

Stephanie Frisina (MSVU), Feb. 16, 2018, GENDER ON JERSEY SHORE:  AN OBSERVATION OF NORMATIVE AND NON-NORMATIVE PERFORMANCES OF MASCULINITY AND FEMINITY, Grad Spring 2018

Christine Taylor-Fearing (MSVU), April 4, 2019, FEAR OF FLOWERS:  FEMINIST PERFORMANCE AS ACCESSIBLE DISCOURSE:  AUTOETHNOGRAPHY, COMEDY, AND DISABILITY, Grad Spring 2019

Abimbola Shoboiki (MSVU), April 11, 2019, MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS AND OTHERMOTHERS:  THE SIGNIFICANCE OF STORYTELLING IN SHAPING MY IDENTITY AS AN AFRICAN WOMAN, Grad Spring 2019

Damla Yur (MSVU), July 3, 2019, MEDIA NARRATIVES OF WOMEN IMPACTED BY ISIS’ TERROR:  PASSIVE VICTIMS “AND/OR” ACTIVE AGENTS OF TERROR, Grad Fall 2019

Courtney MacDonald (MSVU), Aug. 29, 2019, MAKING WOMEN MAD, Grad Fall 2019


DALHOUSIE (Out of program 2003)

Angela Failler (DAL), August 1997, "'WHICH ONE OF YOU IS THE MAN?' ACCOMMODATION AND RESISTANCE IN LESBIAN TEXTS".  Grad:  October 1997

Tania Trépanier (DAL), March 1998, "SUBVERSIVE VERSES: THE SUBLIM(INAL)ITY OF HYBRID CULTURES AND SEXUALITIES".  Grad:  May 1998 Deceased Summer 2003

Tara D. Corless (DAL), September 1998, "LUNCH BOXES ON THE MARCH": WOMEN, FAMIILY FEEDING, AND THE NOVA SCOTIA NUTRITION PROGRAMME, 1935-1959.  Grad:  October 1998

Anne-Marie Long (DAL), April 1999 "RAGTIME: RE-VISIONING MENSTRUAL PRAXIS.  IMPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL, SOCIETAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN MENSTRUATING AND ALTERNATIVE AND MAINSTREAM MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS@.  Grad:  May 1999

Stacy Race (DAL), October 1999 "THE PERPETUATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT STEREOTYPES IN CANADIAN COURTROOMS@.  Grad:  October 1999

Alexis Shotwell (DAL), March 2000 AGIVING NAME TO THE NAMELESS: HETERODOX NONPROPOSITIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND LIBERATORY PERSONAL TRANSFORMATIONGrad:  May 2000

Chioma Ekpo (DAL), July 2000  AA LONGING FOR COMMUNITY, TRANSGRESSING WITH FIGHTING WORDS OF BLACKNESS:  FOUR BLACK WOMEN=S NARRATIVES IN NOVA SCOTIAGrad:  October 2000

Dawn Shickluna (DAL), August 2000  APOOR KNOWLEDGE:  DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE AND PRACTICE, RULING RELATIONS AND WOMEN=S TESTIMONIO@.  Grad:  October 2000

Tomoko Kubota (DAL), September 2000 AIDENTITY NEGOTIATION OF WOMEN FROM ASIA IN HALIFAX@.  Grad:  October 2000

Nicola Spunt (DAL), September 2000  ATHE RISE OF MODERN MEDICINE AND THE VICTORIAN NOVEL:  MENSTRUAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ILLNESS IN CHARLOTTE BRONT-=S SHIRLEY AND VILLETTE@.  Grad:  October 2000

Sachiyo Yamato (DAL), September 2000  APROSTITUTION AND FEMINISMS:  INTEGRATING THE SUBJECTIVE ACCOUNTS OF POWER FOR WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINE SEX INDUSTRYGrad:  October 2000

Rosdiani (Ani) Rachim (DAL), May, 2001  "STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES:  THEIR IMPACTS ON INDONESIAN WOMEN LABOUR FORCE IN LATE 1980-2000"  Grad:  October 2001

Patrycja Maksalon (DAL), September 2001  "IN PURSUIT OF HEALTH:  FEMINIST REFLECTIONS ON DISABILITY AND MEDICINE"  Grad:  October 2001

Joan Motapanyane (DAL), February 2002  "CONVERGING IN ORAL COMMUNION:  BLACK WOMEN ON BODY POLITICS AND EROS"  Grad:  May 2002

Myrna Carlson (DAL), August 2002   "SILENCED VOICES:  LESBIANS HEALING FROM PARTNER ABUSE"  Grad:  October 2002

Heather Anderson (DAL), August 2003   "CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN WOMEN'S PERFORMANCE ART:  READING POST-FEMINISM AND THIRD-WAVE FEMINISM".  Grad:  October 2003

Juliana Wiens (DAL), September 2003  "DEPRESSION AND DECISION-MAKING A MATERIAL-DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS OF ANTI-DEPRESSANT USE IN WOMEN"  Grad:  October 2003

Maria Yax-Fraser (DAL),  August 2007 “A BALANCING ACT:  THE CHOICES AND PROCESSES OF CROSS-CULTURAL MOTHERING   Grad:  October 2007


 

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