The purpose of this research is to examine the history and nature of privateers during the 17th through the 19th centuries with the aim in answering this question: Using contemporary definitions, can the business of ...

This thesis explores the issue of campus sexual violence and whether peer campus sexual violence educators view and interpret their work as contributing to the overall shift from rape culture as it operates on campus towards ...

Alcohol consumption is higher in rural areas of the United States in comparison to its urban and suburban counterparts. In the Northeast state of Vermont, rates of alcohol consumption and binge drinking are higher than ...

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 ...

Many studies were done to reveal that individual’s perception towards certain group of people is established and influenced by outside sources. Female is considered the vulnerable group in the society and their presence ...

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 ...

Both people of colour and offenders with mental illness are overrepresented within the criminal justice system. With all these overrepresentations, its imaginable that there is an overlap of racialized offenders with mental ...