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it is hard enough to grow up
No full textThe creative process of a publication piece that aims to educate teenagers about some of the most common challenges faced during adolescence, encouraging them to self-reflect on how those challenges may or may not be related to themselves.
Faculty Mentor: Constanza Pacher
Department: Design Studies
 
Subtypes of denial and minimization in sexual offenders using exploratory factor analysis
No full textFor my honours thesis, I collected 261 sentencing decisions involving sexual assault. I coded the cases using a coding form that I created which includes approximately 60 variables, such as type and count of convictions, the nature of the index offense, victim and offender characteristics, sentencing type and length, as well as data on denial and minimization. Denial and minimization data were coded as the type of language used by the offender. Factor analysis will be used to analyze various subtypes of minimization and denial in relation to other variables in the coding form.
Faculty Mentor: Karen Buro
Department: Psychology (Honours
Aggression and Morphology in Cyphoderris monstrosa
No full textSexual selection is the process of competing for access to a mate, and this includes intersexual selection and intrasexual selection. The two types of sexual selection include intrasexual and intrasexual selection, which is either the competition between members of the same sex or choosing a mate of the opposite sex, respectively. In intrasexual selection, weaponry is thought to be important as it increases competitive access. Recent research suggests that overall size and shape can be a predictor of fight outcome. Male Cyphoderris monstrosa are known to be aggressive when it comes to territory and mates, exhibiting this in contests. Using a vertical log arena, pairs of male Cyphoderris monstrosa were subjected to behavioural aggression trials. Contestants from the trials were dissected and photographs of their head, femora, and forewings were taken. Using these photographs, landmarks were used to determine morphological size and shape of each individual contestant. This study found that overall body size and measurements included in this analysis were not predictive of contest outcome. In addition to identifying the relationship between aggression and morphology in this species, this study provides evidence for the existence of two potential subspecies of C. monstrosa.
Faculty Mentor: Kevin Judge
Department: Biological Science
 
Indigenous Bodies and Experimentation: The Nutrition Experiments Conducted within the Residential Schools
No full textThe Digital Story embraces a subjective approach to display the conditions that led to, occurred during, and were produced in the nutrition experiments conducted in various residential schools. Both the immediate and ongoing (intergenerational) damages are discussed to display the horrific nature of the residential schools. Further, the contemporary action taken by both Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, as a result of the nutrition studies becoming public, is shown.
Faculty Mentor: Leslie Dawson
Department: Interdisciplinary Dialogue Projec
tipahwan ᑎᐸᐦᐊᐧᐣ N: Together in Two Worlds
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Faculty Mentor: Katie Sinclair
Department: History
 
Collective memory formation in Post-Maidan Ukraine
No full textAs a post-soviet nation Ukraine has historically struggled to create its own historical memory and identity. However, the 2014 Euromaidan revolution can be considered as an event which ruptured the existing rhythm of Ukrainian memory, providing an opportunity for moral entrepreneurs to negotiate collective remembrance of the Euromaidan and Ukrainian identity. Although memory formation occurs through numerous mediums, this presentation will focus how journalism creates collective memory, drawing heavily on narrative theories. It should be noted that this presentation is meant to define the theoretical foundations which will guide the author\u27s honours thesis, which asks the question: how is journalism shaping collective memory of Ukraine’s Euromaidan?
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey Stepnisky
Department: Sociology (Honours
Human Trafficking: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations in Alberta.
No full textCanada, like many other countries, has to deal with the issue of human trafficking which is both a product and response to globalization. In addition, Canada also has to deal with human trafficking being conflated with various other social issues, such as prostitution and migration. This presentation will discuss the results from a Sociology Honours research project which used critical discourse analysis to look at the discourses of human trafficking among governmental and non-governmental organizations. This presentation will demonstrate how through the use of critical discourse analysis three main levels of power relations were found, each having significant impacts on the knowledge production around human trafficking. By addressing the commonalities as well as the differences between the governmental and non-governmental organizations, this presentation will also discuss how power relates to the discourses of human trafficking that are most commonly disseminated to the general public, and how this may be problematic in continuing to silence certain groups in society.
Faculty Mentor: Kalyani Thurairajah
Department: Sociology (Honours
Introduction to 1-Dimensional Quasicrystals and their Diffraction
No full textUsing the ubiquitous Fibonacci model for 1-dimensional quasicrystals we will give a gentle introduction to the study of quasicrystals and their diffraction. Models and geometric interpretations will be discussed.
Faculty Mentor: Nicolae Strungaru
Department: Mathematics
 
Globalization, Sex Tourism and Economies of Desire: A Sociological Analysis
No full textThe commercial sex industry is a multibillion-dollar industry dominating the global marketplace in the twenty-first century. Pornography, escort services, exotic dancers, sex tourism and brothels; the desire of sex are rampant. Research regarding sex tourism portrays the sex worker and sex tourist as marginalized and liminal actors who are engaging in the production and consumption of a sexual service. This presentation will address two specific issues. Firstly, it will examine the relationship between globalization and commodification of sex. By examining the growing commodification of sex as a product of or response to globalization, we can better understand the cultural, economic and political forces underlying sex tourism. Secondly, I will discuss sex tourism within the context of labor and human rights.
Faculty Mentor: Korbla Puplampu
Department: Sociolog
Social Recognition of American Pika (Ochotona princeps)
No full textCommunication is an important aspect of the lives of social animals. Furthermore, the ability to recognize and distinguish others solely based on communication is vital to animals which regularly interact with one another, including those who find themselves in territorial disputes. Research has found that some calls produced by territorial animals, such as red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), contain variations in specific call elements which allow for individuals to identify individuals. Here, we test to see if the calls of another territorial mammal, the American Pika (Ochotona princeps), contain similar structural variations that allow for the discrimination of individuality. Calls and behavioural data from call playback experiments were collected from a pika population in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Calls were then analyzed using the acoustic analysis software Praat and several aspects of each call were extracted. Discriminant function analysis showed that some of these structural aspects allow pika to discern individuality. Analysis of the behavioural data found that some behaviours are produced more or less likely when the individual is played the call of a neighbour, stranger, or its own. These results not only confirm the earlier findings of a dear enemy effect in the species, but also provide the call aspects that allow for this phenomenon to take place.
Faculty Mentor: Shannon Digweed
Department: Biological Science (Honours