Anthropology Honours Research Papers
Each year, our students work diligently on exciting projects for ANTH 4900 (Honours Research Paper in Anthropology) and ANTH 4590 (Capstone Seminar in Globalization, Culture, and Power).
2024-2025
| Student | Title |
|---|---|
| Cam Irvine | What is the Importance of Ottawa Hardcore? Exploring the Personal and Communal Importance of Involvement With the Underground Music Scene |
| Leia Menard | Addictive Embodiment to ‘Chase Plastic’: Ultimate Frisbee in Ottawa |
| Emma Sleigh | Archaeology at Kabeshinàn and in the National Capital: A Space for Algonquin Futurity? |
2020-2021
ANTH 4900 Honours Research Paper in Anthropology
ANTH 4590 Capstone Seminar in Globalization, Culture, and Power
| Student | Title |
|---|---|
| Clapperton, Alicia | Media Representation of LGBTQ, Identity Development and Celebrities Empowering Youth |
| Erskine-Kellie, Andrew | (Sur)Real: Contemporary Surrealism and the Strange Familiar |
| Iaderosa, Kayla | Middle Class Consumption and Online Shopping in the Pandemic |
| Jivraj, Inaara | Physical Activity in the Time of COVID-19 |
| Kreuer, Annaliese | Visual Impairment and Society |
| O’Blenis, David | Trump, COVID-19, and Canadian American Cross-Border Families |
| Robinson, Cassidy | Modern Day Servants of the Core: Migrant Workers in Canada and COVID-19 |
| Ryan, Liam | “Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels”: An Ethnographic Analysis of Online Eating Disorder Content |
| Silva-Roy, Vanessa | Different Notions of Nature in Ottawa: Thinking Alongside Indigenous and Western Scholarship |
2019-2020
ANTH 4900 Honours Research Paper in Anthropology
| Student | Title |
|---|---|
| Cummings, Deanna | Questioning Co-Management: Exploring the intersection between equity and knowledge-sharing in the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area |
| Quinn, Faelan | Threatening Genders: News Media and Gendered Reporting About Trans People |
| West, Carmen T. | The Living Stories of the Mind and Body: Physical Activity as a Path for Mental Well-being |
ANTH 4590 Capstone Seminar in Globalization, Culture, and Power
| Student | Title |
|---|---|
| Boulé, Mikayla | Over Snow, Through Landscape: Understanding Tales from Trails and Cross-Country Ski Landscapes |
| Broe, Megan | The Pitfalls of Development Discourse within the Canadian Feminist International Assistance Foreign Policy: The Interrelationship of Globalization, Culture, Power, Gender, and Development |
| Constant, Angeley | Reclaiming Haitian Identity: A Guide to Navigating Your Home Away from Home An Anthropological Study on Haitian Diaspora in Ottawa |
| Ferguson, Kate | Kinship Without Pedigree: A Complex and Emotional Relationship Between Humans and their Companions |
| Isch, Emilie | Meanings and Experiences of Space, Place, and Atmosphere on Campus: A note for the next masterplan |
| Poscente, Taylor | A Personal Ethnography on the Connection between Dancer and the 4th Floor of the University Centre at Carleton University encapsulated by Notions of Safe Space |
| Williamson, Sabrina | Music Within a Christian Context: A Case Study on Campus Rush |
2018-2019
ANTH 4900 Honours Research Paper in Anthropology
| Student | Title |
|---|---|
| Gordon, Elliot | The Psychedelic State: Canada’s Re-emergence of Psychotherapeutic Medicine in Relief of Mental Health Disorders |
| Hernadez-Soriano, Adriana | How Does a Man’s Heterosexuality Govern Him? |
| Hodgins, Seamus | The Anxieties/Aspirations of Young Middle-class: Consumption and the Affordable Housing Crisis in Toronto |
| Holzhuter, Megan | Signs of Life |
| Kennedy-Cowman, Payton | The Treaters of Schizophrenia: Their Role in the Outcome of People Diagnosed with Schizophrenia |
| Scott, Erin | Recoupling with Nature: Tensions in British Columbian Host Communities, Changing Economies, and Nature Tourism |
| Smillie, Brittany | How Access Leads to Decolonization: A Case Study of the Canadian Museum of History |
ANTH 4590 Capstone Seminar in Globalization, Culture, and Power
| Student | Title |
|---|---|
| Algubaa, Sara | Saudi Students in Canada Facing a Political Ultimatum |
| Edwards, Emily | An Experiential Analysis of Refugee Sponsorship and Resettlement: Exploring the Benefits and Limitations of Private Sponsorship |
| Ferras, Marissa | Understanding Space: Binaries, Gender Referencing and Body Image’s Influence on Women’s Space Creation in the Carleton University Fitness Centre |
| Gridley, Melanie | Religion, Politics, and Community Inclusion: A Dynamic and Pluralistic Jewish Student Community |
| McLean, Katherine | Scottish-Canadian: What does it Mean? |
| Nunes Galarda Martins, Debora | Across Borders: The Migratory Effects and Social Media Influence on Cultural Identity and Political Rationale among Brazilians in Canada |
| Zibin, Nikki | Searching for a Real Plate of Pasta in Canada: The Italian-Canadian Experience at the Centro Giovanile Formativo Italocanadese & the Constant Search of Identity |