Honours Papers

2017

Ashley Landers

“The Madonna and the Whore: The Evolution of a Dichotomy within Christianity and Contemporary American Society”

2016

Ali McCudden

“Sex Work as Labour Counter-Narratives: Challenging the Regulation of Sex Work in Canada and Protectionist Discourses”

Keli McPhail

“Hostile Environments: Gender Politics and Sexual Misconduct within the Canadian Armed Forces”

Janelle White

“The Resurgence of the Corset: Implications of Waist Trainer Promotion on Instagram in Connection to the Female Beauty Ideal”

2013

Kimberley Sauder

2012

Jenna Tickell

“Addressing the erasure of Aboriginal history through voices from project of heart and Aboriginal feminists”

2011

Jillian Arkles

"The War on Women: Gender-Based Citizenship Rights and the Conservative Party of Canada"

2010

Ashley Roberts

"Mothering to "Perfection" at Whose Expense? A Critical Examination of the Ideals Associated with Motherhood and Mothering and the Affect the Pressure to Attain These Ideals has on Women"

2009

Amie Brochul

"Gender and Medical Specialization: Factors Affecting Career Choice in Female Doctors"

Kimberly Karpa

"Restorative Justice: A Path to Healing for Racialized and Sexualized Violence Against Aboriginal Women in Canada"

Holly McKenzie

"(De)constructing and (Re)producing the Princess/Squaw Motif:  How the StarPhoenix and Leader Post (Re)presented Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego)"

Chantalle Perra

"The Culture of Armed Forces and Risk it Creates for Women in Daily Contact with Military Men"

Beverly Vatamanuk

"Beyond Reason: Epistemic Privilege and the Erasure of Subjectivity"

2008

Regena Marler

"Postmodern Apocalypse and its Blend with the "Bomb" The "Holy Text" keeps preaching Puritan dreams of US freedom and glory".

2007

Andrea Carlson

"There goes the Neighbourhood: A Critical Examination of the 'Gay Village'.

Lara Bonokoski

"The Gendering of Risk: A Discourse Analysis of the Feminization of HIV/AIDS in India".

Megan Morrison

"Situating North American Muslim feminists: Revealing the implications of the Binary of East vs. West"

2006

Amber Fletcher

"Viewing Liberal perspectives on Abortion through a transnational Frame: Gender, Ideology and Imperialism.

2005

Stacey Fayant

"Fencing in Gender Transgressions: Visual Representations of Female Bodybuilders"

2004

Aynsley Calder

"The Gendered Politics of Sex Tourism in Thailand".

2002

Jill Arnott

"The Feminist Pornography Wars: Defining the Grounds of Contention"

Rebecca Bell

"Black Feminist Epistemologies"

Gaylene Lowey

"The Social Construction and Deconstruction of Motherhood"

2001

Lisa Faye

"R.E.A.L. Women of Canada: Backlash Politics and Female Power". 

2000

Trevor Robertson

1998

Brenda Leah Blondeau

"A Time, a Place, a Voice: Women Moving beyond the Silence of Incest". 

Kristen Korness

"Women's Ultimate Freedom"

1997

Jatinder Tina Basi

"Wonder Women: Feminist Interpretations of Hindi Films".

Shawna Selinger

"Manipulated Motherhood: The Effects of New Reproductive Technologies on Women".