• There goes the neighbourhood: a case study of social mix in Vancouver's downtown eastside 

  Edelman, Valerya (2019-05-01)

  Social mix is a highly contested global trend in urban planning as it can result in some of the same negative social consequences as gentrification, such as displacement and social polarization. In 2014, the City of Vancouver ...
• Stress in corrections: a critical racist, feminist and neoliberalism analysis 

  Shoker, Jasbir Kaur (2019-01-25)

  This study explores the risk and resiliency factors for stress within a correctional environment and how correctional staff are impacted personally and professionally by occupational stress. Employing a qualitative research ...
• The next chapter: a practical guide for individuals, families, communities, social workers, and organizations supporting indigenous youth aging-out of care 

  Mahikwa, Robert (2018-12-07)

  This research utilized Indigenous methodologies rooted in oral traditions, storytelling practices, and the Medicine Wheel teachings to examine how individuals, families, communities, social workers, and organizations can ...
• The impact of the mainstreaming of Hospice Palliative Care on a small community hospice program in Central Ontario from 1988-2017 

  Pritzker, Amy (2018-11-07)

  The hospice social movement, which emerged as a new social movement based on the ideals of providing a more humane and natural approach towards death, illness, and grief, led to the creation of community-based hospice ...
• Sheltered work to social enterprise: a case study of Haley Street Adult Services Centre Society 

  Power, Adam (2018-09-11)

  Supportive work programs for people with disabilities have historically included sheltered workshops; while social enterprises are now more commonly found in policies and programs providing opportunities to address social, ...
• Reclaiming spaces between: Coast Salish Two Spirit identities and experiences 

  Sparrow, Corrina (2018-08-30)

  The seed for this research germinated deep in the lands of our Coast Salish ancestors thousands of years ago. As a Coast Salish Two Spirit researcher, I noticed there is a striking absence of west coast Indigenous and Coast ...
• A qualitative study into how 'mainstream', undergraduate social work education in the Maritime Provinces of Canada prepares social work student to work with Indigenous Peoples 

  Goyette, Ashley (2018-07-11)

  This study focused on how mainstream, social work education in the Maritime provinces prepares social workers to work with Indigenous peoples. This study adhered to principles of decolonization and Indigenous ways of ...
• A storytelling approach to second-generation survivors of residential school: the impact and effects 

  McDonald, Shannon (2018-05-01)

  This thesis looks at the stories of second-generation survivors of residential school. Storytelling is the methodology utilized in this research. The practice of Indigenous storytelling is a way to transfer knowledge to ...
• Handicapped children's services : policy, practice and implementation: an analysis 

  Crocker, Cheryl Lynn (2018-02-14)

  Handicapped Children's Services is a provincial program designed to support the families of children with disabilities to maintain their children at home. Recently, the government of Alberta has shifted responsibility and ...
• The aboriginal justice inquiry-child welfare initiative in manitoba: a study of the process and outcomes for Indigenous families and communities from a front line perspective 

  Gosek, Gwendolyn M (2017-12-22)

  As the number of Indigenous children and youth in the care of Manitoba child welfare steadily increases, so do the questions and public debates. The loss of children from Indigenous communities due to residential schools ...
• Unruly death : the social organization of AIDS suicide 

  Herringer, Barbara M. (2017-09-25)

  The decision to contribute my words to the discussion regarding HIV and AIDS emerged from my experience of the illness and subsequent death of my brother Jay, a gay man who killed himself eighteen months after a diagnosis ...
• Seeking social services on the Gaspé Coast: a narrative analysis of anglophones’ experiences of access and care 

  Finlayson, Sarah (2017-05-02)

  This research addresses the concern that Anglophone populations in the predominantly French speaking Gaspé region of eastern Québec are experiencing high rates of social problems such as poverty and unemployment. Anglophones ...
• Genealogy of Resilience in the Ontario Looking After Children System 

  Latour, Laurie-Carol (2017-01-03)

  Resiliency has become common in child welfare parlance in recent decades and producing resilient youth is touted as the panacea to improving notoriously poor outcomes for youth in care, when compared to youth not in the ...
• That’s my Grandma: my Grandmother’s stories, resistance and remembering 

  King, Jennifer (2016-08-31)

  Knowing our stories as Indigenous peoples is a powerful means of remembering and resurgence. My research used an Indigenous storytelling methodology to gather stories from my Grandmother about her life and our family. The ...
• First Nations experiences with adoption and reunification: a family and community process 

  Starr, Lenora (2016-08-30)

  This thesis, or storytelling journey, examines the stories of four First Nations adults who survived cross-cultural adoption into non-First Nations families and reunification with their birth families and/or communities. ...
• Adult Palliative Care Providers and Their Interactions with Children of Palliative Patients: A Situational Analysis of Dominant Grief Discourse 

  Scott, Ian (2015-10-14)

  Health care providers (HCPs) who work in adult palliative care occasionally encounter children who have a parent who is dying. This grounded theory (GT) study examines how adult palliative care providers respond to the ...
• De-Colonizing Post Secondary Education: Using Ktunaxa students’ experiences to inform decolonization processes of post secondary institutions 

  Haley, Wendy (2015-09-01)

  Post secondary institutions are a product of, and teach colonial ontology, epistemology and axiology. Because of this, there is significant under-representation of Indigenous students who pursue post secondary education. ...
• Risky Business: Child Protection in Canada 

  Hebditch, Heidi (2015-04-27)

  Risk assessment is ‘risky business’ when we consider that it is based on the individual values, knowledge, experience and personality of thousands of unique social workers throughout the Country. And, combined with the ...
• Exploring experiences of men accessing residential addictions services: towards an anti-oppressive policy development and implementation perspective 

  Streibel, Mark (2015-04-15)

  Many men seek to address their substance use issues in a variety of resources including hospitals, detoxification centres, treatment programs, supportive recovery housing and more. How policy is constructed and implemented ...
• Indigenous Ceremony and Traditional Knowledge: Exploring their use as models for healing the impacts of traumatic experiences 

  Nyman, Sheila A. (2015-01-21)

  Using Indigenous methodology and a story telling method this thesis is the result of research that looks at the benefits of traditional Indigenous ceremony and healing practices as a way to heal from traumatic experiences. ...

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