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Active and Marginal Religious Affiliates in Canada: Describing the Difference and the Difference it Makes
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-19)In 2002, Reginald Bibby surprisingly asserted that a renaissance of religion is, or soon will be taking place in Canada. However, the assertion clashes with the dominant belief based largely on Bibby’s accumulated data ... -
Alternative Solutions to Traditional Problems: Contextualizing the Kitchener John School Diversion Program
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-22)This thesis is an exploratory study of the Kitchener John School Diversion Program. As a primarily community-based initiative, this program has been developed in response to a particular social problem, street prostitution. ... -
An Analysis of How Community Organizations Support Abused Chinese Immigrant Women in the Canadian Context
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-23)This thesis explores the assistance provided by community organizations in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto, and Vancouver regions to Chinese immigrant women who are victims of domestic violence. Guided by postcolonial ... -
An Analysis of the Initial Contact Characteristics and Recidivism of Offenders with a Serious Mental Illness
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-28)This thesis addresses the growing number of inmates with a mental illness in correctional facilities in Canada which continues to attract public attention and concern. Several explanations have been put forward to explain ... -
“Are you the real police?” “No. We’re the campus police.” An examination of the way Ontario Special Constables govern risk on post-secondary campuses
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-17)This dissertation examines the role of special constables on Ontario post-secondary campuses and where they are positioned in relation to the broad range of state and non-state law enforcement entities in Canada. Through ... -
Asylum and the Politics of Irregularization: Refugee Claimants and Toronto’s Everyday Places
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-25)While Canada is touted as having a universal healthcare system, not all of its residents have access to it, particularly precarious status noncitizens such as refugee claimants. As a signatory of international refugee ... -
At the Intersection of Sexual Minority and Transgender or Gender Diverse (SM-TGD) Identity and Mental Illness
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-22)Sexual minority and transgender or gender diverse (SM-TGD) persons experience disproportionately high rates of mental illness, substance misuse, and suicide, which are often exacerbated by experiences of social exclusion ... -
Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: American and Canadian Patterns, 1981-2000
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-23)Previous research has determined that Canadians often exhibit more tolerant attitudes toward homosexuality than Americans, yet few studies have attempted to uncover why this pattern persists. Using World Values Surveys ... -
A Behind-the-Scenes Examination of the Kitchener Mental Health Court: The Diversion of Persons with Mental Disorders
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-26)In this thesis I investigate how the Canadian criminal justice system handles persons with mental disorders who come into conflict with the law. Through an in-depth examination of the Kitchener Mental Health Court this ... -
Beyond Academia: Examining the Versatile Career Paths of PhDs
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-14)This dissertation employs a mixed-methods approach to examine the career transitions of Canadian PhDs. Moving beyond dichotomous definitions of PhD outcomes (as “academic” or “non-academic”) this research aims to identify ... -
Bridging the Soft-Skills Gap between Canadian Post-Secondary Education and Employment through Work-Integrated Learning: A Case Study on Arts Students
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-20)Post-secondary institutions in Canada are currently under the microscope as the unemployment rate among new graduates continue to rise. Contemporary sociologists have suggested that work-integrated learning (WIL) can be a ... -
Canadian Border Security: Examining Border Services Officer and Traveller Knowledge Concerning Interaction Narratives and Technologization Within the Windsor Borderland
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-04)Through contrasting institutional discourses with frontline official and non-official knowledge gleaned from interaction narratives from past social interactions and supplied by border services officers (BSOs) and members ... -
Canadian Religion in Global Perspective
(2022-01-04)The goal of this report is to provide a concise high-quality descriptive portrait of key religiosity indicators in 81 countries from 2017-2020 European Values Survey (EVS) and World Values Survey (WVS) data, with a special ... -
Cemeteries & the Control of Bodies
(University of Waterloo, 2006)There has been a substantial change in cemetery administration over the last century. Where once cemeteries were predominantly run by religious organizations, now they are mostly run by local municipalities. This ... -
Changes in Canadian Identity Attitudes Over a Twenty Year Period: 1981-2001
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-01)This project examines attitude change between 1981 and 2001 for a population of young, well educated Canadians, employing evaluation, potency and activity (EPA) semantic differential ratings of approximately 800 social ... -
Chasing Leisure: A Hermeneutic of Late Modernity
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-29)This dissertation addresses shortcomings in the sociological study of leisure through providing a new conceptual approach for understanding human action and meaning making. It reformulates leisure as the leisure imaginary, ... -
City Life, Anxiety and the Problem of the Neighbour: A Theoretical Exploration of the Grey Zone
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)This thesis is a theoretical exploration of the problem of the neighbour as an encounter with the Grey Zone. I look at various materials that can be formulated as expressions of the anxiety over the unknown that can come ... -
Community-Based Programming for Women in Conflict with the Law: The Perceptions of Staff and Volunteers
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-11)There is a marked absence in the Canadian literature about what types of programs and programming characteristics are available to women in conflict with the law when they return to the community after a period of ... -
Constituting Restorative Justice: A Case Study Exploring Volunteers’ Experiences of Meaning
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-31)Restorative Justice (RJ), a model for responding to crime that focuses on addressing harm and restoring the relationships between victim, offender, and community, has gained legitimacy as an effective alternative to lengthy ... -
Constructing Crime: Understanding the Roles, Functions and Claims-Making Activities of Media Relations Officers in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-22)Despite a growing body of prior research, little attention has been paid to media relations officers (MROs) and how media releases are constructed for the public. This research begins to address this gap by examining the ...