Year |
Student |
Title |
Supervisor(s) |
2021 |
Hodgins, Seamus |
Brewing Authenticity: Production, Consumption, and Middle-class Work Within the Ontario Craft Beer Community |
Rosenblatt, D. |
2021 |
Scott, Erin |
Dirtbags and Bougie Boats: Precarity, Authenticity, and Experiences with Nature Among the Young Middle-Class |
DiNovelli-Lang, D. |
2020 |
Hill-Smith, Emilie |
“They Just Don’t Get It”: Snapshots from Siblings of Children with Life Limiting Conditions |
Pylypa, J. |
2020 |
Yabe, Mitsuyoshi |
Landless Souls Are Still Living: The Kwupahag and Muanbissek |
DiNovelli-Lang, D. |
2019 |
Conty, Sheridan |
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: A Counter-Archive |
Carrier-Moisan, M.E. & Todd, Z. |
2019 |
Di Renzo, Frankie |
No hay comunistas en Cuba: There are no communists in Cuba |
Gose, P. |
2019 |
Macaulay, Jasmine |
Reframing MAiD in the Media: Rationalizing and Normalizing a New Mode of Dying in Canada |
Pylypa, J. |
2019 |
Nokleby, Rebecca |
Navigating Conservatism in Trump’s America: How the Penn State College Republicans Construct and Perform Political Discourses and Realities on Campus |
Rosenblatt, D. |
2018 |
Benincasa, Erin |
Moving Identities: An exploration of the Lived Experiences of Chinese International Students at a Private School in Ontario |
Caputo, V. |
2018 |
Bider, Emma |
The Sound of Home: Tuareg Women’s Tendé Drumming in France and Belgium |
Rutherford, B. & Ramzy, C. |
2018 |
Vicencio Diaz, Liz Veronica |
Gender and Sexual Fluidity in Veracruz, Mexico |
Carrier-Moisan, M.E. |
2017 |
Decontie, Faith |
Remembering Why We Sit at the Table |
Patrick, D. |
2017 |
Langille, Justin |
“As It Flows Down from the North”: Confluences of water stewardship emerging from the Ottawa River watershed |
Slaney, F. |
2017 |
Vandervalk, Sandra |
Line Dancing: A Performative and Phenomenological Study of the Borderlands Region of Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont |
Leistle, B. |
2016 |
Auclair, Karina |
Tensions on Erraid: How the Need for “Human Sustainability” Challenges an Intentional Spiritual Community |
DiNovelli-Lang, D. |
2016 |
Reilly, Barbara |
Monumental Meaning-Making: Interpreting Westport, Ontario’s Cemeteries |
Given, B. |
2016 |
Hale, Tyler |
More Than Material: The Vibrancy of the Car in the Volkswagen Diesel Scandal |
DiNovelli-Lang, D. |
2015 |
Boon, Dirk |
Living After Prison: The Experience of (Re)integration to Society after Release from an Ontario Correctional Facility |
Given, B. |
2015 |
Cameron, Courtney |
Dedicated Athletes, Deviant Women: The Experience of Being an Amateur Sportswoman in a Contemporary Canadian Context |
Pylypa, J. |
2015 |
MacNeil, John |
The Construction of Identity Among Inuit Men in Ottawa Through Foodways |
DiNovelli-Lang, D. |
2015 |
Shalaby, Carina |
Leaving Little Great River: An Ethnography of the Inuit Experience of Travelling Down South to Face Justice |
Rosenblatt, D. |
2015 |
Spry, Melinda |
Living with Lupus in Ottawa, Ontario: An Exploration of Illness Narratives |
Pylypa, J. |
2014 |
Guigue, Samantha |
Flat, Frozen and Everlasting: Cosmetic Surgery Abroad and the Production of Feminine Bodies in Neoliberal North America |
Pylypa, J. |
2014 |
Horsfall, Johanne |
Signifying Difference: Muslim Experiences with Dogs in Canada |
DiNovelli-Lang, D. |
2014 |
Kidd, Abigail |
Challenging Categories: An Ethnography of Young Adults with Down Syndrome in a Community in Ontario |
Shotwell, A. & Pylypa, J. |
2014 |
O’Sullivan, Sarah |
The Politics of Triage: International aid and AIDS care in Northern Uganda |
Pylypa, J. |
2014 |
Rickert, Melanie |
Propaganda? What Propaganda?: Discourse, Identity, and Queer Activism in St. Petersburg, Russia |
Carrier-Moisan, M.E. |
2013 |
Graham, Megan |
Between Pre-Objectivity and Objectivity: A Phenomenological Study of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapists’ Experiences of Healing in Music |
Leistle, B. |
2013 |
Jones, Angeline |
The Impact of Socio-cultural Issues on Mature Women and Alcohol Use in Glasgow, Scotland: An Anthropological Exploration |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2013 |
MacLeod, Katie |
Displaced Mixed-Blood: An Ethnographic Exploration of Métis Identities in Nova Scotia |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2013 |
Pockele, Samantha |
Ned Aesthetics in Contemporary Glasgow: Preforming Classes, Appropriating Races |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2013 |
Robinson, Marion |
Training Our Bodies to Defend Ourselves: Self-defence Training as Embodied Learning |
Leistle, B. |
2013 |
Sanderson, Matthew |
The Embodiment of Post-Concussion Syndrome: Reflexive Research, Acting Athletes, Managing Medical Professionals, and Moral Trepidation |
Leistle, B. |
2013 |
Verardi, Cassandra |
Perceptions of Voluntourism |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2013 |
Williams, Tabitha |
Life History of a Calumet: Social History through the Life History of An Object |
DiNovelli-Lang, D. |
2012 |
Ellis, Natalie |
Beyond “Good” and “Evil”: Illuminating the Complex Realities of Experience in Glasgow’s Regenerated Retail Spaces |
Rosenblatt, D. |
2012 |
Fox, Graham |
Belonging Behind Walls: Race, Security, and Citizenship amongst Euro-Kenyans in Nairobi |
Rutherford, B. |
2012 |
Jezari, Arianna |
Through Their Eyes: Insights from the Lived Experiences of Blind Youth in Uganda |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2012 |
Johnston, Lina |
Discourses of Security, Agricultural Innovation and Nature: the Cuban Transition to Agro-Ecology and the Construction of Campesino Identity |
Ballamingie, P. & Aporta, C. |
2012 |
Liu, Ying-Ying Tiffany |
Falun Gong, the Diaspora and Chinese Identity: Fieldwork amount the Practitioners in Ottawa |
Given, B. & Rutherford, B. |
2012 |
Mason, Miranda |
HIV and Gendered Migrations: an articulation of young women’s diverse migration experiences on the Thai-Lao border |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2012 |
Nham, William |
Digging Up Zimbabwean Gold Miners: An Anthropological Study of Artisanal Gold Mining in Central Mozambique |
Rutherford, B. |
2012 |
Poole, Joanne |
The Little Iron Horse in Post-Humanist Perspective: Contemporary Engagements with the Canadian Horse in Rural Quebec |
de la Gorgendière, L. & Pulla, S. |
2012 |
Shen, Yu |
Articulating Chinese Cultural Identity through Participating in Teaching Chinese Mandarin Heritage Language |
Given, B. |
2012 |
Tetroe Robinson, Nicole |
An Ethnographic Exploration of the Work of Aboriginal Social Workers: Examining the Applicability of Foucault’s Governmentality |
Rosenblatt, D. |
2012 |
Tran, Chi Kim |
An Ethnographic Analysis of the Current Whistleblowing Landscape in the Canadian Public Service |
Rutherford, B. |
2012 |
Wilson, Amy |
The Dys-Appearing Body: Understanding the Everyday Lived Experience of Women with Fibromyalgia |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2011 |
Conway, Alana |
Examining the “illegitimate” refugee label: A case study of Roma refugee claimants in Canada |
Rutherford, B. |
2011 |
Fonesca, Ana |
“It’s not just about money”: An Ethnography of Rebusque Performances and Life-Stories on Public Transportation Buses in Downtown Bogotá, Colombia |
Slaney, F. |
2011 |
Kamari, Wangui |
Learning to be Black: The Afrocentric “Word” as Anti-racism Mobilization in Salvador, Brazil |
de la Gorgendière, L. & Gose, P. |
2011 |
Panday, Aruna |
From Kapahaka to Hip Hop: Maori Popular Music in Aotearoa/New Zealand |
Rosenblatt, D. |
2010 |
Agrawal, Anita |
Life After Wife Abuse South Asian Women in the Greater Toronto Area |
Pylypa, J. |
2010 |
Baglow, John |
Foreign Bodies: the Etiology of Nunavut Governance |
Keil, J. & Aporta, C. |
2010 |
Clarke-Nolan, Katherine |
The Macro Vs. The Micro: The Cultural Dialogues of Compensated Surrogacy |
Rosenblatt, D. |
2010 |
Harrison, Brendan |
Kiva: An Analysis of Microfinance, NGOs and Development Discourses |
de la Gorgendière, L. & Rutherford, B. |
2010 |
Karpala, Kelly |
Adapting to a World of Change: Inuit Perspectives of Climate Change in Igloolik, Nunavut |
Aporta, C. & Laidler, G. |
2010 |
Morgan, Matthew |
“The One That Cuts the Path Doesn’t Know it is Crooked”: Ghanaian NGO Workers’ Perspectives of Development in the Multi Donor Budget Support Era |
de la Gorgendière, L. & Rutherford, B. |
2010 |
Seabrook, Christopher |
“It Gives Me Thunder”: Reflections on “Becoming Fur” |
Given, B. |
2010 |
Thomson, Charisma |
Roadside Memorials in Rural North America: Symbolic performance of double burial |
Slaney, F. |
2010 |
Tsiknis, Stella |
Hellas and Hellenes: An Ethnography of Transnationalism |
Keil, J. & Patrick, D. |
2009 |
Davis, Leanne |
Negotiating social space through fair trade coffee consumption |
Slaney, F. |
2009 |
Owen, Wendy |
Rwandans in Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada: Interactions and Relationships within the Diaspora |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2009 |
Patrick, Caryl |
Home Care for the Homeless: Experiences of Infirmary Clients at the Sherbourne Health Centre in Toronto |
Pylypa, J. |
2009 |
Slawich, Jennifer |
Bilateral Development: Assessing the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Canadian-Tanzanian Partnership Through HIV/AIDS Indicators |
de la Gorgendière, L. & Pylypa, J. |
2008 |
Lazarus, Joanne |
Filipino ‘Nursing Medics’: Why are Doctors Retraining as Nurses in the Philippines? |
Pylypa, J. |
2008 |
Myles, Bryan |
Mother Nature’s Best Kept Secret”: The Principles and Practices of Ecotourism in Belize |
Gose, P. |
2008 |
Rotman, Amy |
Making Meaning of Racial Cosmetic Surgery: Its Implications and Effects on the Lives of Women in America |
Pylypa, J. |
2008 |
Sax, Marieka |
Feeding as a Force of Production and Advancement in the Peruvian Andes |
Gose, P. |
2008 |
Schissel, Paul |
Muai Thai and the Embodiment of Fighting Forms in a Rural Northeast Thai Household |
Slaney, F. |
2008 |
Stegner, Irmgard |
The History, Symbolism, Spirituality, and Transformation of the Jingle Dress and Dance of the North-Eastern Woodland Indians |
Smith, D. |
2008 |
Zubi, Hadaf |
The Mano River Conflict Complex |
Keil, J. |
2007 |
Bell, Alison |
From Pond to Pro: Hockey as a Symbol of Canadian National Identity |
Given, B. |
2007 |
Blancette, Laurie |
The Link Between Gendered Violence and HIV/AIDS: Black Women in South Africa |
Rutherford, B. |
2007 |
Chao, Hui-Min |
Women in Cyakang Village Taiwan |
Keil, J. |
2007 |
Kenny, Mary Ellen |
The Integration Experience of Somali Refugee Youth in Ottawa, Canada: “Failure is not an option for us” |
de la Gorgendière, L. |
2007 |
Mohamed, Hodan |
Somali Single Mothers in Ottawa: Challenges and Opportunities of Resettlement and Implications on Health and Well-being |
Pylypa, J. |
2007 |
Neelin, Lyndal |
Anglophone ‘habitus’ in the Making and un-Making of South African Apartheid |
Gose, P. & Keil, J. |
2007 |
Nguyen, An |
Cyberculture from the East: Japanese Rock Music Fans in North America |
Given, B. |
2006 |
Ahmed, Kazi Afzal |
Formation of Identities of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Ottawa |
Rutherford, B. & Smith, D. |
2006 |
Birch, Jennifer |
Public Archaeology and the Cultural Resource Management Industry in Southern Ontario |
Smith, D. & Pilon, J.L. |
2006 |
Hanson, Natasha |
The contemporary Canadian Tattoo as Symbolic Adoption and Adaptation |
Given, B. |
2006 |
Kanagasabapathy, Manivillie |
Post-War Identity Re-construction in Sri Lanka: Negotiation of Gendered Identity between the Local and Diaspora Community |
Keil, J. & Rutherford, B. |
2006 |
Lundy, Colin |
Wither Biodiversity, Whither Food Security? Participatory Analyses of Mixed Cropping System With Adivasi Communities in India |
Chevalier, J. |
2006 |
Lynk, Wendy |
Cultural Colour Construction: A Case of the Pharmaceutical Industry |
Pollard, G. |
2006 |
Nelson, Rodney L. |
Forget Bricks and Mortar, It’s about the People: Views and Techniques of an Anthropologist in the Corporate World |
Smith, D. |
2006 |
Prest, Leslie Erin |
Technopagans: Neopagans on the Internet and the Emergence of Virtual Communities |
Given, B. |
2005 |
Belanger, Julie |
The Colombian Coca Industry and the Indigenous Movement: Mediating the Effects of Fumigation, Displacement, and Violence |
Chevalier, J. & Rutherford, B. |
2005 |
Kim, Elizabeth |
‘Get a Life!’: An Anthropological Assessment of Public Bioethical Debate |
Smith, D. & Thurtle, P. |
2005 |
Loewen, David |
Imagining Prairie Community: The Settlement and Retention of South African Physicians in Rural Saskatchewan |
Rutherford, B. & Klausen, S. |
2005 |
Louttit, Stanley |
Diabetes and Glimpses of a 21st Century Eeyou (Cree) Culture: Local Perspectives on Diet, Body Weight, Physical Activity and ‘Being’ Eeyou Among an Eeyou Youth Population of the Eeyou (Cree) Nation of Wemindji, Quebec |
Patrick, D. |
2005 |
MacKinnon, Marianne |
Anthropology, Tourism and Protecting One’s Own: The Ethics of Representing Polynesian Cultural Identity |
Keil, J. |
2005 |
Varghese, Anupa |
Experiences of Displacement, Migration, and Settlement Among Afghans in Ottawa |
Given, B. & Keil, J. |
2004 |
Baxter, Stephen |
An Anthropological Examination of the Reformation: Egalitarianism Versus Hierarchy |
Keil, J. |
2004 |
Elgersma, Dawn |
The Ritual Efficacy of Modern Dancesport |
Prattis, I. |
2004 |
Friesen, Kathryn |
Constructing Refugees: A Case Study of the ‘Safe Third Country’ Agreement |
Given, B. |
2004 |
Ghosh, Hasu |
Antecedents and Social Consequences of Type 2 Diabetes Among Urban First Nations People Especially Women, of Eastern Ontario: Western Science and Indigenous Perceptions |
Smith, D. & Keil, J. |
2004 |
Gough, Meagan |
Repatriation as a Reflection of Sto:Lo Cultural Values: Tset Thayeltswem Te Lalem S’olh Etawtxw (We are building a House of Respect |
Blundell, V. |
2004 |
Jendzjowsky, Lidia |
Memorializing Historical Imprints: Analysis of Historical Texts and Photographs at Kitselas, 1850-1930 |
Smith, D. & Laforet, A. |
2004 |
Kingfisher, William |
Constructing Locality in Contemporary Canadian |
Blundell, V. |
2004 |
McKay, Colleen |
Beyond the Rhetoric: Exploring the Reality of North – South Ngo Partnerships |
de la Gorgendière, L. & Rutherford, B. |
2004 |
Roby, Nadja |
From Amateur to Professional: Placing Harlan I. Smith in the History of North American Anthropology |
Smith, D. |
2004 |
Stinson, James |
Exploring a Middle Ground for Ecotourism Research: A Stakeholder Analysis of the Indian Creek Trail Project in Belize |
Chevalier, J. & Rutherford, B. |
2004 |
Turcotte, Manon |
Examining Information on Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS: THE Influence of Organisational Concepts on Counsellor Training Documents in Areas of High HIV Prevalence |
Chevalier, J. & de la Gorgendière, L. |
Theses completed 1992 – 2003 |