In 2014, The Protections of Communities and Exploited Persons Act was enacted in response to Bedford v. Attorney General of Canada which criminalized the purchasing of sexual services, and decriminalized the selling of ...

In 2010, Russell Williams was a senior officer in the Canadian Forces and a respected figure of the community. He was also a serial rapist and sexual killer whose crimes shook those few closest to him and the nation itself. ...

Research into the aetiology of sexual homicide perpetrators often highlights the impact of adverse childhood experiences and deviant sexual interests on offence commission. However, this research traditionally focuses ...

Safe supply programs rolled across Canada amidst two public health emergencies: the opioid crisis and COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier research demonstrated safe supply’s efficacy, but confusing messages rooted in a history of ...

The purpose of this thesis was to determine whether Canadian news media relied on racist tropes and stereotypes of black people in their portrayal of black men who had died as the result of police violence. Additionally, ...

This thesis challenges the current Liberal government’s depiction of its relationship with Indigenous communities as building what Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada have referred to as a “renewed, nation-to-nation ...

Introduction: Social media is an ever-changing human interaction, especially when it comes to relationships and break-ups. The main objective of this research study was to understand if social media was causing negative ...