Recent Theses
Recent WGSMA Theses
Interuniversity Women's Studies M.A. Program of Mount Saint Vincent University, Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University
Theses Title, Date Of Defense & Graduation Dates
DALHOUSIE (Out of program 2003)
Angela Failler (DAL), August 1997, "'WHICH ONE OF YOU IS THE MAN?' ACCOMMODATION AND RESISTANCE IN LESBIAN TEXTS". Grad: October 1997
Tania Trépanier (DAL), March 1998, "SUBVERSIVE VERSES: THE SUBLIM(INAL)ITY OF HYBRID CULTURES AND SEXUALITIES". Grad: May 1998 Deceased Summer 2003
Tara D. Corless (DAL), September 1998, "LUNCH BOXES ON THE MARCH": WOMEN, FAMIILY FEEDING, AND THE NOVA SCOTIA NUTRITION PROGRAMME, 1935-1959. Grad: October 1998
Anne-Marie Long (DAL), April 1999 "RAGTIME: RE-VISIONING MENSTRUAL PRAXIS. IMPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL, SOCIETAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN MENSTRUATING AND ALTERNATIVE AND MAINSTREAM MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS@. Grad: May 1999
Stacy Race (DAL), October 1999 "THE PERPETUATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT STEREOTYPES IN CANADIAN COURTROOMS@. Grad: October 1999
Alexis Shotwell (DAL), March 2000 AGIVING NAME TO THE NAMELESS: HETERODOX NONPROPOSITIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND LIBERATORY PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION@ Grad: May 2000
Chioma Ekpo (DAL), July 2000 AA LONGING FOR COMMUNITY, TRANSGRESSING WITH FIGHTING WORDS OF BLACKNESS: FOUR BLACK WOMEN=S NARRATIVES IN NOVA SCOTIA@ Grad: October 2000
Dawn Shickluna (DAL), August 2000 APOOR KNOWLEDGE: DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE AND PRACTICE, RULING RELATIONS AND WOMEN=S TESTIMONIO@. Grad: October 2000
Tomoko Kubota (DAL), September 2000 AIDENTITY NEGOTIATION OF WOMEN FROM ASIA IN HALIFAX@. Grad: October 2000
Nicola Spunt (DAL), September 2000 ATHE RISE OF MODERN MEDICINE AND THE VICTORIAN NOVEL: MENSTRUAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ILLNESS IN CHARLOTTE BRONT-=S SHIRLEY AND VILLETTE@. Grad: October 2000
Sachiyo Yamato (DAL), September 2000 APROSTITUTION AND FEMINISMS: INTEGRATING THE SUBJECTIVE ACCOUNTS OF POWER FOR WOMEN IN THE PHILIPPINE SEX INDUSTRY@ Grad: October 2000
Rosdiani (Ani) Rachim (DAL), May, 2001 "STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES: THEIR IMPACTS ON INDONESIAN WOMEN LABOUR FORCE IN LATE 1980-2000" Grad: October 2001
Patrycja Maksalon (DAL), September 2001 "IN PURSUIT OF HEALTH: FEMINIST REFLECTIONS ON DISABILITY AND MEDICINE" Grad: October 2001
Joan Motapanyane (DAL), February 2002 "CONVERGING IN ORAL COMMUNION: BLACK WOMEN ON BODY POLITICS AND EROS" Grad: May 2002
Myrna Carlson (DAL), August 2002 "SILENCED VOICES: LESBIANS HEALING FROM PARTNER ABUSE" Grad: October 2002
Heather Anderson (DAL), August 2003 "CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN WOMEN'S PERFORMANCE ART: READING POST-FEMINISM AND THIRD-WAVE FEMINISM". Grad: October 2003
Juliana Wiens (DAL), September 2003 "DEPRESSION AND DECISION-MAKING A MATERIAL-DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS OF ANTI-DEPRESSANT USE IN WOMEN" Grad: October 2003
Maria Yax-Fraser (DAL), August 2007 “A BALANCING ACT: THE CHOICES AND PROCESSES OF CROSS-CULTURAL MOTHERING Grad: October 2007
SAINT MARY’S
Sandra Gabriele (SMU), August 1998 "SURVEILLED WOMEN: SUBJECTIVITY, THE BODY AND MODERN PANOPTICISM". Grad: October 1998
Clarinda Spykerman (SMU), June 2001 "BODILY INSIGHTS FROM THE CRONE WOMAN: PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY" Grad: October 2001
Azza Anis (SMU), June 2001 "CHARTIING NEW DIRECTIONS: REFLECTIONS ON WOMEN'S POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN SUDAN" Grad: October 2001
Pamela McKane (SMU), June 2001 "MAIDENS, MOTHERS AND RABBLE ROUSERS: WOMEN'S POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND, 1790-2001" Grad: October 2001
Herawaty Abbas (SMU), September 2001 "THE NOTION OF POWER AS IT IS REFLECTED IN THE EDIBLE WOMAN AND KARMILA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY". Grad: October 2001
Julie Singleton (SMU), September 2001 "REPRODUCING GENES: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF GENES IN THE AGE OF 'HIGH TECH' PARENTHOOD" Grad: October 2001
Darlene Wood (SMU), March 2002 "THE POLITICS OF LESBIAN INVISIBILITY: A NOVA SCOTIA STUDY" Grad: October 2002
Srabani Maitra (SMU), August 2002 "WHERE DO GIRLS STAND IN THE BUREAUCRATIC MAZE? A CASE STUDY OF THE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG GIRLCHILDREN, NGU'S AND GOVERNMENT IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA" Grad: October 2002
Nicole Watson (SMU), January 2003 "HOW CAN A FEMINIST AGENDA BE INTEGRATED INTO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION?" Grad: May 2003
Lucille Harper (SMU), November 2003 "WOMEN'S CENTRES AND WOMEN'S ALTERNATIVE SERVICES IN NOVA SCOTIA: RESISTING MULTIPLE-STATE PRESSURES TO DE-POLITICIZE" Grad: Spring 2004
Farah Chowdhury (SMU), June 2004 “PROBLEMS OF WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN BANGALADESH: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY” Grad: November 2004
Nasheeba Selim (SMU), September 2004 “SEX TRADE WORKERS IN BANGLADESH: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE SEX WORKERS’ MOVEMENT WITHIN THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT AND PATRIARCHY, 18TH CENTURY-2002” Grad: November 2004
Monnah Green (SMU), February 2005 “JOB STRESS IN THE PINK GHETTO: CLERICAL WORKERS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY” Grad: May 2005
Laure Lafrance (SMU), February 2005 “FEMICIDE AND THE POLITICS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF NEWS REPRESENTATIONS OF LETHAL MALE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN” Grad: May 2005
Olubunmi Oyinsan (SMU), September 5, 2006 “HEALING TONGUES: AN EXPLORATION OF THE IMPACT OF ORATURE ON LITERARY TEXTS BY BLACK WOMEN” Grad: October, 2006
Amanda Topen (SMU), November 16, 2006 “LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN FROM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA” Grad: May 2007
Alecia Green (SMU), January 19, 2007 “WHOSE REVOLUTION IS TELEVISED?: AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIA FEMALE YOUTH RESPOND TO SEXUAL POLITICS IN HIP HOP CULTURE & EVERYDAY LIFE” Grad: May 2007
Linda Kearley (SMU), April 16, 2007 “ENDING THE SILENCE: OLDER LESBIANS, CONCERNS AND CONSIDERATIONS AS CAREGIVERS” Grad: May 2007
Kristel vomScheidt (SMU), September 12, 2007 “ASSOCIATIONAL ACTIVITIES AS A ROUTE TO PUBLIC OFFICE: WOMEN IN NOVA SCOTIA MUNICIPAL POLITICS” Grad: October 2007
Awatef Rasheed (SMU), August 2006 “IRAQI WOMEN: MECHANISMS OF SHADOWING SUBORDINATION AND INFERIORIZATION” Grad: October 2008
Kristen Haase (SMU), September 2008 “CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT POLICY IN URBAN SASKATCHEWAN: A FEMINIST CASE STUDY” Grad: October 2008
Nanok Cha (SMU), March 30, 2009 “KOREAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN’S LIVED EXPERIENCES IN HALIFAX: CHALLENGING GENDER RELATIONS IN FAMILY, WORK & COMMUNITY” Grad: May 2009
Danielle Sharp (SMU), January 22, 2010 “STITCHING TOGETHER A PAST TO CREATE A FUTURE; WOMEN, QUILTING GROUPS AND COMMUNITY IN RURAL SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK”, Grad: May 2010
Wendy Robinson (SMU), August 11, 2010 “PARTICIPATION ENGENDERING BELONGING: A STUDY OF TEN IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY”, Grad: October 2010
Eda Acara (SMU), August 24, 2010 “A CASE STUDY ON THE DISCOURSE OF WOMEN’S CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN TURKEY”, Grad: October 2010
Eliana Clay (SMU), April 14, 2011 “CAMPAIGNING AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FROM THE WOMEN’S AND FEMINIST MOVEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE CUIDADO! EL MACHISMO MATA CAMPAIGN IN CHILE”, Grad: May 2011
Julie Thompson (SMU), March 21, 2011 “DEATH BECOMES HER: REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMALE DEATH AND DYING IN THREE OF SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES”, Grad May 2011
Jane Gavin-Hebert (SMU), August 16, 2011 PLURAL DESIRES: FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY AS ANARCHIST PRAXIS”, Grad Fall 2011
Caroline Brunet (SMU), April 10, 2013 "DOMINATING DISCOURSES, IMPOSING IDEOLOGIES: EMBODIMENT AND FEMININITY IN A CANADIAN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE TRILOGY", Grad Fall 2013
Golsa Kafili (SMU), July 18, 2013 "A STUDY OF INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES, IDENTITY FORMATION, AND SENSE OF HOME AND BELONGING; IRANIAN FEMALE AND MALE NEWCOMER YOUTH IN HALIFAX", Grad Fall 2013
Katie Boudreau (SMU), Oct, 2013 “GENDER AND PALENTINIAN ACTIVISM FOLLOWING THE A; AQSA INFIFADA”. Grad 2014
Jennie Donovan (SMU), Dec, 2013 MULTIPLE TRUTHS AND CONTESTED IDENTITIES: POWER, GENDER AND GOVERNANCE IN FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF SHOCK THERAPY”, Grad 2014
Annette McLellan (SMU), ‘TOWARDS A VEGAN ECOFEMINIST CRITICAL CARE THEORY: A SEARCH FOR A COMPASSIONATE, RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, POSTHUMANIST PARADIGM”, Grad 2014
Janis Sampson (SMU), GENDER AS PERFORMANCE: GIRLS NEGOTIATING THEIR GENDERED IDENTITIES, Grad Fall 2014
Rachel Fry (SMU), THE ROLE OF FEMINISM IN CRAFT ACTIVISM, Grad 2014
Kelly Grant (SMU), Apr 2015 SEDITIONARIES, Grad Spring 2015
Heather Baglole (SMU), February 3, 2017, SPEAK: QUESTIONING ETHICS, FEMINISM, AND REPRESENTATION IN VERBATIM THEATRE, Grad: Spring 2017
Hyunjoo Faustina Woo (SMU), June 7, 2017, THE STORIES OF SOUTH KOREAN RELIGIOUS LESBIANS: THE VOICES OF THE WOMEN STRUGGLING WITH CEASELESS CONFLICTS, Grad: Fall 2017. Class Valedictorian 2017
Heather MacLean (SMU), Dec. 7, 2017, “SHE DESERVES BETTER”: A FEMINIST EXPLORATION OF GENDERED BULLYING”, Grad Spring 2018
Fallen Matthews (SMU), Aug. 28, 2018, “LATERAL LIKENESS AND LEGION: A PSYCHOANALYTIC FILM STUDY OF SIBLINGSHIP IN THE COLOR WHEEL”, Grad Fall 2018
Ashley Beairsto (SMU), Sept. 20, 2019, POSTFEMINISM AND FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF “PARKS AND RECREATION and GIRLS” , Grad Fall 2019
MOUNT SAINT VINCENT
Natasha Bailey (MSVU), August 1999 "(RE)PRODUCING RESPONSIBILITY: TALKING WITH WOMEN ABOUT THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL@. Grad: October 1999 * 1st MSVU grad
Lisa Walters (MSVU), August 1999 "NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: COMING OUT AND IDENTITY FORMATION OF MIDDLE AGE LESBIANS IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES". Grad: October 1999 *1st MSVU grad
Mary "Kimberley" McGuigan (MSVU), April 2000 AOUTSIDE THE NORM OF MATERNITY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE CHOSEN VOLUNTARY CHILDLESSNESS@. Grad: May 2000
Suzanne Musgrave (MSVU), August 2000 ABETWEEN NAP-TIME AND NINE-TO-FIVE: WORKPLACE DAYCARE AS A STEP TOWARD SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY FOR EMPLOYED MOTHERS@. Grad: October 2000
Brenda Hattie Longmire (MSVU), September 2001 "SIT DOWN, BROTHER": ALICE B. GARRIGUS AND THE PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLIES OF NEWFOUNDLAND. Grad: October 2001
Kira McCarthy (MSVU), September 2001 "LESBIAN COMMUNITIES: STRATEGIES, BARRIERS AND THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION" Grad: October 2001
Jessica Bailey (MSVU), August 2002 "THE EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION OF MIDWIVES IN THREE CANADIAN PROVINCES" Grad: October 2002
Mary Jollimore (MSVU), September 2002 "YES, BUT HOW MANY TATTOOS DOES SHE HAVE?": A REVIEW OF THE PORTRAYAL OF OLYMPIC SPORTS WOMEN IN 'SPORTS ILLUSTRATED' MAGAZINE, 1980-2002. Grad: October 2002
Cari-Lynn Clough (MSVU), March 2003 "SHE CLEANS, THEREFORE SHE IS: AN ANALYSIS OF TELEVISION COMMERCIALS FOR HOUSEHOLD CLEANING PRODUCTS". Grad: May 2003
Recipient of: - Governor General’s Medal of Excellence for Grad Studies
- Senate Medal of Distinction for Highest Aggregate
- Graduate Thesis Award from MSVU 2003
Ann McCabe (MSVU), August 2004 “THE VOICES OF OLDER WOMEN ON THEIR HEALTH CARE NEEDS” Grad: October 2004
Patricia Helen Thille (MSVU), December 2004 “WOMEN-CENTRED SENSITIVE PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR WEIGHT ISSUES: A PROACTIVE PRIMARY PREVENTION APPROACH” Grad: May 2005
Recipient of: - Governor General’s Medal of Excellence for Grad Studies
- Senate Medal of Distinction for Highest Aggregate
Angela McLellan (MSVU), March 2005 “NEGOTIATING SOULS FOR LIVES: THE SITUATIONS OF FILIPINA WOMEN IN THE SEX TOURISM INDUSTRY” Grad: October 2005
Jocelyne Natasha Pinterics (MSVU), October 19, 2005 “BIG & BAWDY BODIES: A FEMINIST/CULTURAL STUDIES ANALYSIS OF FAT & FRISKY PERFORMANCES” Grad: May 2006
Kerry Sartor (MSVU), March 23, 2006 “THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF MOTHERHOOD: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY TEXTS” Grad: May 2006
Stephanie Fletcher (MSVU), July 21, 2006 “THE CANADIAN POLICY RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS IN CARE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR WOMEN” Grad: October 2006
Viola Winstanley (MSVU), September 5, 2006 “BEING A TELLER IN A TIME OF GLOBALIZATION: THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF FIVE WOMEN BANK WORKERS IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA” Grad: October, 2006.
Recipient of: - Graduate Thesis Award from MSVU 2006
Carolina Crewe (MSVU), December 12, 2006 “EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF INCORPORATING HOLISTIC MIDWIFERY INTO THE UNIVERSITY MIDWIFERY EDUCATION STRUCTURE IN ONTARIO AND BRITISH COLUMBIA” Grad: May, 2007
Leah McKeen (MSVU), November 25, 2008 THE POLITICS OF OMISSION: RELIGION IN WOMEN’S STUDIES Grad: May, 2009
Momoko Migita (MSVU), February 6, 2009 GENDER-FREE EDUCATION IN JAPAN: POSTMODERN FEMINIST APPROACHES TO KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION IN CLASSROOMS Grad: May, 2009
Lyndsay Pearson (MSVU), December 4, 2008 THE REVOLUTION IS [JUST] A T-SHIRT AWAY: T-SHIRT ACTIVISM, EMBODIED POLITICS AND THIRD WAVE FEMINISM Grad: May 2009
Lori Root (MSVU), November 4, 2008 “I MAY BE LOST BUT I KNOW HOW TO FIND MY WAY”: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF FILIPINA CAREGIVERS IN THE LIVE-IN CAREGIVER PROGRAM IN HALIFAX Grad: May 2009
Sharon Woodill (MSVU), October 28, 2008 DOMINATION IN ECOFEMINIST DISCOURSE Grad: May 2009
Recipient of: - Governor General’s Medal of Excellence for Grad Studies
- Senate Medal of Distinction for Highest Aggregate
Julien Davis (MSVU), September 11, 2009 A DISCIPLINE IN TRANSITION: TRANS INCLUSION IN GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES IN CANADA Grad: October 2009
Andrea D’Sylva (MSVU), September 24, 2009 YOU CAN’T BE GOAN AND NOT EAT GOAN FOOD. THE INTERSECTION OF GENDER, FOOD AND IDENTITY: A CASE STUDY OF GOAN WOMEN IN THE GREATER TORONTO AREA Grad: October 2009
Recipient of: - Senate Medal of Distinction for Highest Aggregate
Tanya Barber (MSVU), March 18, 2011 “JOURNALLING THROUGH MOTHERHOOD: A PERSONAL EXPLORATION OF THE THERAPEUTIC AND EMPOWERING POTENTIAL OF JOURNALLING”, Grad. May 2011
Jolani Rhodenizer (MSVU), Dec. 20, 2011 "POST-COLONIAL COMPLICATIONS FOR FEMINIST ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING - AN AUTO-ETHNOGRAPHY FROM THE SULTANATE OF OMAN", Grad. May 2012
Sarah Morgan (MSVU), Dec. 7, 2012 'HOW WOMEN TAKE UP POLITICAL SPACE: THROUGH THE EYES OF WOMEN IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT", Grad May 2014
Jennifer MacLatchy (MSVU), April 15, 2014 ‘GOING OUT OF BOUNDS, FROM CRITICAL SPECTATORSHIP TO EMBODIED PERFORMANCE: PUTTING QUEER FEMINIST PERFORMANCE METHODOLOGIES TO WORK IN QUEER AND MARGINAL CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPES’ Grad May 2014
Lisbeth Nielsen (MSVU), Sept. 2, 2014 ‘LOW INCOME MOTHERS’ CRITIQUE OF SERVICES: A PARTICIPATORY STUDY ON WHAT COULD BE CHANGED”, Grad Fall 2014
Sara Leger (MSVU), June 18, 2015, A COMMUNITY UNITED? UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY, Grad Fall 2015
Geoffrey Matheson (MSVU), June 19, 2015 GETTING TO YES: AN ANALYSIS OF CONNELL’S THEORY OF HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY AND SEXUAL CONSENT COMMUNICATION, Grad Fall 2015
Susan Manning (MSVU), March 11, 2016 WEAVING OUR STORIES OF DISPLACEMENT: GENDER, PLACE AND IDENTITY IN NEWFOUNDLAND Grad: May 2016
Marlene Ramos (MSVU), August 25, 2016 “ANONYMOUS IS A WOMAN”: THE FILIPINA BORDADORAS AND THE EMERGENCE OF FINE EUROPEAN-STYLE EMBROIDERY TRADITION IN COLONIAL PHILIPPINES, 19TH – 20TH CENTURIES Grad: November 2016
Victoria Cate May Burton (MSVU), October 14, 2016 IDENTITY, CULTURE, CONTESTATION: THEORIZING THE INVISIBILITYOF DOMINANT GROUP IDENTITY WITH FREUD, KRISTEVA AND NANCY Grad: November 2016
Sharon Skaling (MSVU), October 13, 2017, VOICES: HEARD, SILENCED, IGNORED. THE VOICES OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AGAINST AFFLUENT WOMEN Grad November 2017
Lyndsay Anderson (MSVU), Feb. 2, 2018, REPORTING OR REINFORCING RAPE CULTURE? A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE SAINT MARY’S RAPE CHANT Grad: Spring 2018
Stephanie Frisina (MSVU), Feb. 16, 2018, GENDER ON JERSEY SHORE: AN OBSERVATION OF NORMATIVE AND NON-NORMATIVE PERFORMANCES OF MASCULINITY AND FEMINITY, Grad Spring 2018
Christine Taylor-Fearing (MSVU), April 4, 2019, FEAR OF FLOWERS: FEMINIST PERFORMANCE AS ACCESSIBLE DISCOURSE: AUTOETHNOGRAPHY, COMEDY, AND DISABILITY, Grad Spring 2019
Abimbola Shoboiki (MSVU), April 11, 2019, MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS AND OTHERMOTHERS: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF STORYTELLING IN SHAPING MY IDENTITY AS AN AFRICAN WOMAN, Grad Spring 2019
Damla Yur (MSVU), July 3, 2019, MEDIA NARRATIVES OF WOMEN IMPACTED BY ISIS’ TERROR: PASSIVE VICTIMS “AND/OR” ACTIVE AGENTS OF TERROR, Grad Fall 2019
Courtney MacDonald (MSVU), Aug. 29, 2019, MAKING WOMEN MAD, Grad Fall 2019
Program Began Fall 1996
Total Graduates to Fall 2019 = DAL 18, SMU 41, MSVU 41 = Total 100 graduates
Updated: November 2019