Browsing by Subject "Race"
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Bullying in a Multicultural Context: The Influences of Race, Immigrant Status, and School Climate on the Incidence of Bullying in Canadian Children and Adolescents
(2009-09-16)Strong group affiliations based on race have been found in children at a very young age (Aboud, 1988) and may lead to a higher risk of involvement in bullying for certain racial groups. Little research, however, has addressed ... -
Colour Matters: From Pigment to Skin
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Entrenched and (Un)spoken: Neoliberalism and Canadian Microfinance
(2014-09-23)This dissertation focuses on microfinance in the Canadian context. While heavily documented in regions of the global South, information on microfinance within Canada is limited. Two interconnected research objectives are ... -
‘EQUALITY NOW!’: RACE, RACISM AND RESISTANCE IN 1970s TORONTO
(2012-08-30)This thesis explores the recognition of institutional racism in Ontario. It examines discourses of institutional racism between the late 1960s and early 1980s and argues that the recognition of institutional racism at ... -
Forging Iconographies and Casting Colonialism: Monuments and Memories in Ontario, 1850-2001
(2016-09-23)Commemorations are a critical window for exploring the social, political, and cultural trends of a specific time period. Over the past two centuries, the commemorative landscape of Ontario reaffirmed the inclusion/exclusion ... -
How Race Affects the Media's Coverage of Candidates in Canadian Politics
(2013-04-24)This study examines how race affects the media’s coverage of candidates in Canadian politics. Situated in the literature on political communication, gendered mediation and race studies, it proposes a new theory of racial ... -
Mémoire, histoire et identités sociales: le role des représentations sociales dans la formation des identités sociales et dans la construction de la connaissance historique par les élèves
(Faculty of Education, Queen's University, 2002)This article will discuss how socially constructed representations of the past concerning the role black people played in the memory of Brazil persist in the pupils' minds, requiring cautious approach by teachers. The ... -
Pinay, Balikbayan, Canadian: The Transnational Trajectories of Filipinas (As Domestic Workers)
(2015-09-26)This thesis examines and critiques how the intersections of race, gender, and class in our current neoliberal environment produce particular complexities that are unique to women within the global chain of care. I will ... -
The Reproduction of Social Disadvantage in South Africa: mapping consumer credit scoring onto the ANC’s policy of ‘social transformation’
(2016-11-01)South Africa has the continent’s most sophisticated banking and credit systems with approximately 19 million credit-active consumers. Their credit profiles are based on automated algorithmic assessments that generate data ...