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The Phenomenology of Opinion Expression on Social Media: Culture and Human Functioning
(2020-11-19)Social media provides people with an incredible opportunity to express their opinions on an array of important, meaningful life topics. In turn, they experience a wide variety of opinions from other people to which they ... -
A Professional Development Study of a New Teacher's Responses to Misbehavior
(2020-11-18)This is a professional development study using action research protocol to deepen inquiry and reflection. The focus is on the educator’s learning with the intent to influence student learning and behavior. The context that ... -
Leadership in Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous Environments
(2020-11-17)Volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments require new forms of leadership that support organizational adaptiveness in the face of rapid change and complex environments. Moreover, the specific problem ... -
The Effects of Personalized Learning on Students' Attendance in a Wisconsin Public Elementary School
(2020-11-17)Pressure to improve academic success for all students has been applied to the educational While school personnel create programs and implement innovative instructional pedagogy, such as personalized learning to prioritize ... -
Motherhood in Adult Children of Alcoholics
(2020-11-15)Adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) grew up in homes where one or both parents struggled with alcohol abuse. Countless children and families are impacted by intergenerational alcohol abuse and suffer in silence as they ... -
Trauma to Trust: Understanding How Animal-Assisted Therapy Facilitates Therapeutic Safety Through the Lens of the Polyvagal Theory
(2020-11-11)Trauma was traditionally regarded as an event that happened to a person. However, this understanding has evolved over the years into the appreciation of trauma as the embodied human experience of feeling unsafe that continues ... -
Mental Illness Stigma in Asian Populations Impacting Access to Counselling
(2020-11-09)Mental illness stigma diminishes help-seeking behaviours and creates barriers for effective treatment options. Particularly affected are those from racial minorities and more specifically, the Asian subpopulation. As a ... -
Motivations Behind the Use of Dating Apps
(2020-11-06)This capstone project investigates the motivation behind the use of dating applications. It looks at the traditional forms of interacting with potential partners and how online media has become a new way for people to meet ... -
Dance Movement Therapy as an Approach to Healthy Body Image in Women and Girls
(2020-11)Body image has a significant impact on health and well-being, however, society has deemed body image dissatisfaction as a normative experience in women and girls. There is a lack of emphasis on developing healthy body image ... -
Measuring Outcome of Feedback-Informed Treatment: Using PCOMS with Chinese Clients
(2020-10-31)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feedback effect on treatment outcome and client-therapist relationship and also investigate the effectiveness of PCOMS when it is used as an outcome measure in psychotherapy ... -
The Third Age Project: Baby Boomer Women and the Meaningful Life
(2020-10-31)Baby boomer women in the Third Age may have a deep desire to live meaningful lives. This desire will possibly be rooted in the ideals of the Third Age, the increased desire for meaning as people age, the expectation of ... -
Exploring the Utilization of Counselling Services in Canadian Amateur Hockey
(2020-10-11)This project investigated the unique adverse stressors influenced by (predominantly male) sports culture and specifically the impact on junior, college, and university hockey players in Canada. Some of the general themes ... -
Gender Identity and Personal Agency
(2020-10-07)Over the years, research has reiterated the unique difficulties faced by those within the transgender community, including increased risk for verbal and physical abuse, depression, substance abuse, and suicidality compared ... -
Exploring the Long-Lasting Effects of Multiple Migrations During Childhood on Future Adult Relationships
(2020-10-06)The focus of this research project was on the long-term impacts of frequent migration on social development in children, which can influence their social and romantic relationships in adulthood. This paper utilized attachment ... -
Growing Old in the Patriarchy: A Feminist Analysis of Gender, Age, and Care
(2020-10)The intention of this thesis is to open up a space to explore the long-term impacts of exposure to the patriarchy; taking a life course perspective to understand how women navigate the aging process while living in a ... -
The Lived Experience of Gay Men Enduring Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
(2020-09-30)Domestic violence is an issue that plagues all relationships regardless of sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or nationality. Despite this issue's widespread nature, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in gay male relationships ... -
The Impact of PTSD on First Responders
(2020-09-30)First responders perform essential, life-saving procedures in emergency situations and are continually exposed to work-place trauma. There is a 10% prevalence rate of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among first responders ... -
Increasing the Effectiveness of Teaching the Common Core Standards for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities: A Professional Development Study
(2020-09-29)This Action Research/Professional Development Study looks at the Common Core State Standards through the lens of Special Education and attempts to find a way to successfully integrate the standards into the academic needs ... -
Men, Masculinity, and Conformity to Masculine Norms
(2020-09-20)This research paper highlights some of the critical issues contributing to the overall decline in men’s mental health and how masculine norms influence men’s help-seeking behaviours. Key areas explored regarding men’s ... -
Trauma-Informed Care in Counselling Agencies
(2020-09-15)This research project examines the importance of understanding, creating, and providing trauma-informed care practices in counselling agencies in Canada. It will highlight and deepen the discussion surrounding the importance ...