The lived experience of women veterans of the Canadian Forces

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dc.contributor.authorBuydens, Sarah Louise
dc.contributor.supervisorBlack, Timothy G.
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-28T20:21:34Z
dc.date.available2009-08-28T20:21:34Z
dc.date.copyright2009en
dc.date.issued2009-08-28T20:21:34Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractResearch was conducted using hermeneutic-phenomenology and semi-structure interviews to explore and understand the lived experience of women veterans of the Canadian Forces. Women recently entered Canadian military combat positions, taking on a profession historically exclusively occupied by men. Due to the lack of research on women veterans of the Canadian Forces, knowledge was drawn from research about women in nontraditional work, American paramilitary and military occupations, as well as an historical review of women’s involvement in the Canadian Forces, to provide context to the research themes. Participants comprised of 6 women veterans who described 11 essential and 4 significant themes. Unique contributions to literature include essential themes such as, Slut or a lesbian, take your pick, Proving I’m good enough, Trying to be treated better, Got some support, Visible and singled out, Perpetual outsider, Given gender based tasks or opportunities, and Women demeaned. Suggestions for future studies and implications for counselling practice are discussed.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1670
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectCanadian militaryen
dc.subjectCombaten
dc.subjectCounsellingen
dc.subjectDepartment of National Defenceen
dc.subjectEqualityen
dc.subjectGender discriminationen
dc.subjectHarassmenten
dc.subjectHermeneuticsen
dc.subjectMilitaryen
dc.subjectNavy, Army, Air Forceen
dc.subjectNontraditional careeren
dc.subjectNontraditional joben
dc.subjectNontraditional worken
dc.subjectOccupational gender stereotypesen
dc.subjectOccupational gender segregationen
dc.subjectParamilitaryen
dc.subjectPhenomenologyen
dc.subjectSemi-structured interviewsen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciencesen
dc.titleThe lived experience of women veterans of the Canadian Forcesen
dc.typeThesisen

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