http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6152 2013-06-19T00:07:26Z 2013-06-19T00:07:26Z Korosi, Sara http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7894 2013-04-25T05:32:46Z 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

Title: Romancing the Road: The Villa Tunari - San Ignacio de Moxos Highway Authors: Korosi, Sara Abstract: The 306 kilometer Villa Tunari - San Ignacio de Moxos highway project was designed in 2008 as part of an interoceanic corridor to foster greater integration of the capitalist economy in South America. Despite its double status as a protected ecological and Indigenous Territory, this highway was designed to cut through the center of the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS). Construction began in 2011. The response was immediate; marches and protests were held both against and for the highway. Construction was then put on hold as consultations were held with communities who live within the borders of TIPNIS. Despite the existence of numerous documents regarding the rights of Indigenous Peoples, their operationalization has been deeply problematic. The TIPNIS highway project received wide spread international attention when members of the Eighth Indigenous March in Defense of TIPNIS were attacked and detained by police in September of 2011. This thesis will illustrate that this was not an isolated phenomenon. Rather this, and subsequent events, are deeply embedded within the colonial framework in which they are taking place. By highlighting the larger power structures that exist, as well as the strength and courage of Indigenous Lowlanders and those who stand in solidarity with them, questions such as, ‘Why is this highway project so contentious?’, become clearer. Description: Thesis (Master, Global Development Studies) -- Queen's University, 2013-04-20 22:06:56.878

2013-04-22T04:00:00Z FIZZELL, KATHRYN http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6979 2012-01-27T06:04:49Z 2012-01-26T05:00:00Z

Title: From the Teacher's Perspective: The Complex Nature of Facilitating Volunteer Abroad Programs in Ontario Secondary Schools Authors: FIZZELL, KATHRYN Abstract: The following study has been designed to address gaps in the volunteer abroad literature with respect to this growing phenomenon within Ontario’s secondary school system. Volunteer abroad programs at the secondary school level reflect a combination of attributes from study abroad, international service learning and volunteer tourism and are influenced by the rhetoric of global citizenship. As studies have shown that educators play an important role in shaping the volunteer abroad experience for their students, specifically in relation to how they choose sending and host organizations, integrate pre-departure training and facilitate reflection during and after the time abroad, this study includes an interpretive analysis of ten semi-structured interviews conducted with Ontario secondary school teachers who have facilitated volunteer abroad programs between the years 2006 and 2011. Interview responses have been critically analyzed through the lens of the global citizenship discourse, post-colonial studies and critical pedagogy theory in order to make sense of the nuances involved in how teachers conceptualize the volunteer abroad experience they provide for their students. Throughout this thesis I argue that teachers must engage in self-reflexive and collaborative practices in order to challenge their assumptions regarding the impacts of these programs on their students and host communities in the Global South. Description: Thesis (Master, Global Development Studies) -- Queen's University, 2012-01-26 13:15:26.772

2012-01-26T05:00:00Z HOUSTON, ADAM RAINIS http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6978 2012-01-27T06:04:38Z 2012-01-26T05:00:00Z

Title: Unequal Treatment: Reconciling Approaches to HIV and Tuberculosis in the Context of South Africa's National Strategic Plan for HIV, STIs and TB, 2012-2016 Authors: HOUSTON, ADAM RAINIS Abstract: South Africa faces among the world's highest burdens of both HIV and TB. These diseases affect not only the same populations, but often the same patient; HIV/TB co-infection has a compounding effect that creates a greater public health problem than the sum of its parts. In recognition of the need to address HIV/TB co-infection, South Africa is integrating the responses to both diseases under the National Strategic Plan for HIV, STIs and TB, 2012-2016. However, the two diseases have previously been addressed in very different ways, particularly when it comes to human rights considerations. Rather than a reconciliation of these two approaches, the NSP more closely resembles the ongoing response to HIV; while this approach may yield some benefits when applied to TB, it also risks undermining the unique characteristics of TB as well as its overall role in the co-epidemic, with potential repercussions for the effectiveness of the NSP. Through examining the historical roots of these approaches, both in South Africa and internationally, this paper explores how different factors, including the way different stakeholders have engaged with each, have influenced the development of the NSP, and what the implications are for its effective implementation. It is hoped that by focusing attention on TB, the stakeholders charged with monitoring and implementing the NSP will recognize the necessity of giving due consideration to both diseases in enacting a unified response to the co-epidemic. Description: Thesis (Master, Global Development Studies) -- Queen's University, 2012-01-26 11:26:48.975

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