Student Theses

Students in the Studies in Policy and Practice Program (SPP) address a wide range of topics in their thesis research, and draw on a number of different theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches in their work. The following is a list of Master's theses recently completed by SPP students or supervised by SPP faculty:

• Alana Kronstal, MA (Fall 2009) "Negotiating Change: Community Mental Health and Addictions Practice in the Northwest Territories of Canada" (Supervisor: Michael J. Prince)
  
  
• Shauna Janz, MA (Fall 2009) “Accreditation and Government Contracted Social Service Delivery in British Columbia: A Reorganization of Frontline Social Service Work” (Supervisor: Kathy Teghtsoonian)
  
  
• Jane Worton, MA (Spring 2009), "poor' people's participation in poverty reduction initiatives" (Supervisor: Marge Reitsma-Street)
  
  
• Crystal Gartside, MA (Spring 2008), "Reconfiguring Gendered Independence: Conceptual Struggles in Feminist Organizations" (Supervisor: Marge Reitsma-Street)
  
  
• Karen Gelb, MA (Spring 2008), "Thirsting for Access? Public Access to Water for Personal Use in Urban Centres: A Case Study" (Supervisor: Michael Prince)
  
  
• Rachel Gold, MA (Spring 2008), "Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the Politics of Correction" (Supervisor: Pamela Moss)
  
  
• Stephanie Abel, MA (Spring 2007), "Justice?: Interviews with Front-line Domestic Violence Workers" (Supervisor: Susan Boyd)
  
  
• Melanie Hope, MA (Spring 2007), "Reclaiming Support: Shifting Services to Tenant Meanings of Support in Supported Housing" (Supervisor: Kathy Teghtsoonian)
  
  
• Cora Donegan-Smith, MA (Spring 2006), "Slim Chance: Adult Students' Access to University-Administered Merit-Based Undergraduate Scholarships" (Supervisor: Pamela Moss)
  
  
• Melody Quinn, MN (Spring 2006), "What's the Matter with Bodies? The Materializing of Women's Hormonal Bodies and Practicing a Body Without Hormones" (Supervisor: Pamela Moss)
  
  
• Sharon Strasdin, MA (Spring 2005), "Full-time Conscripts: Narratives of Long-term, Part-time Female College Instructors" (Supervisor: Marge Reitsma-Street)
  
  
• Daniel VanderSluis, MA (Spring 2005), "Connecting at a Time of Disconnection: The Development and Implementation of Websites by Non-Profits in the Field of Separation and Divorce" (Supervisor: Susan Boyd)
  
  
• Catherine van Mossel, MA (Spring 2005), "Resistance in Small Spaces: Citizen Opposition to Privatisation in Health Care" (Supervisor: Marge Reitsma-Street)
  
  
• Laura Dowhy, MA (Spring 2004), "Forming a Health and Social Care Co-operative: A Case Study in a British Columbia Community"(Supervisor: Marge Reitsma-Street)