Empathy is a very familiar term in the helping and caring literature. What appears to link
empathy in the helping literature to the aims and goals of qualitative research and, in …

It is crucial for social researchers to clarify their researchers' roles, especially for those
utilizing qualitative methodology to make their research credible. The purpose of this paper …

Increasing numbers of women have gained access to college and the college teaching
profession worldwide. However, women continue to be underrepresented in academic …

This thesis aims to contribute to a broader understanding of spill-over of homeland conflicts
the host country by diaspora groups and analyses how the repercussions of the Kurdish …

Life in the twenty-first Century globalised world brings people into contact with others from
different cultures who use different languages. Through these contacts, the need for …

Despite documented changes to mainstream educational systems, Indigenous educational
achievements are still at critically low levels across all phases of formal education …

The murder of women in order to uphold'honour'has occurred throughout history and in
many contexts. Despite high rates of domestic violence and increased rates of honour killing …

Many rural Alberta communities face critical issues of sustainability including rural-urban
migration by youth and young adults. Drawing on research in Alberta, this thesis identifies …

A major challenge in paediatric urology is determining which children with antenatally
detected hydronephrosis and pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) need a pyeloplasty …

" This thesis explores discursively constructed knowledge and beliefs about literacy of a
small group of secondary pre-service teachers who had undertaken a university literacy …