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Graduate Student Theses

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Previous graduate theses

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MA Theses

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Vergos, Catherine Dec. 2011 Margaret Denike Philip Zachernuk; Ruben Zaiotti; Frank Harvey Between Rhetoric and Reality: A Psychosocial Examination of Rwanda's National Unity and Reconciliation Policy.
Belanger, Jean-Francois Apr. 2012 David Black Brian Bow Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age: Towards a BMD Paradigm.
Therrien, Laurence Apr. 2012 Margaret Denike Frank Harvey; David Black Humanitarian Military Interventions in the Decade 1990-2000: Remodeling the Concepts of Impartiality and Political Independence.
Coombes, Kendra Mar. 2013 Margaret Denike David Black The Politics of End-of-Life Care: Active Euthanasia.
Diepeveen, Benjamin P. Aug. 2013 Katherine Fierlbeck Robert Finbow; Anders Hayden Persistent Power? The Weakening of the Medical Profession's Control over Knowledge in Canada.
Harper, Katie Aug. 2013 J.C. Boucher David Black; J. Bannister An Examination of the Determinants of Quebec's Paradiplomatic Actions.
McFadgen, Rebecca Aug. 2013 Anders Hayden Peter Arthur; H. Epstein Beyond the Duty to Consult: Comparing Environmental Justice in Three Aboriginal Communities in Canada.
Cockram, Louise Mar. 2014 Louise Carbert Jennifer Smith; Robert Finbow Grievance Before Supply: Omnibus Budget Implementation Legislation as a Case When Party Discipline Damages Parliamentary Democracy.
Northam, Katelyn Mar. 2014 Louise Carbert David Cameron; Robert Finbow The Challenge of Youth Engagement in Local Government: Exploring the Use of Youth Advisory Councils in Amherst and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Rafuse, Kristian Aug. 2014 Margaret Denike Ruben Zaiotti; Susan Dodd; Katherine Fierlbeck Conspicuous Sexuality: Bourdieu's Affective Phenomenology and the Normative Origins of Homophobic Violence.
Robinson, Emily Aug. 2014 Brian Bow Ruben Zaiotti; Frank Harvey An Integrated Neoclassical Realist and Constructivist Approach to the Study of Canadian Foreign Policy: Canada's Response to the 2011 Intervention in Libya.
Bisset, Benjamin Oct. 2014 Louise Carbert Jennifer Smith; Robert Finbow Unintegrated Province? Examining the Extent of Spatial Cleavages in Public Opinion in Nova Scotia.
Noledan, Elaheh Oct. 2014 David Black Samar El-Masri; Ann Griffiths Causes of the Iranian 1979 Revolution and the Egyptian 2011 Revolution: A Comparative Study.
Wilson, Emma Mar. 2015 Katherine Fierlbeck Louise Carbert; Kristin Good Towards Accountability in Democratic Network Governance.
Taodzera, Shingirai Aug. 2015 Peter Arthur David Black; Robert Finbow Incorporating Indigenous Structures of Governance in the Management of Extractive Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of South Africa's Royal Bafokeng.
Carter, Meghan Nov. 2015 Louise Carbert Robert Finbow; Kristin Good Maintaining the Narrative: A Content Analysis of the Impact of Political Disclosure on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador's Political Culture.
Curtis, Chad Dec. 2015 Frank Harvey Ruben Zaiotti; David Black Canada's Defence Procurement Crisis: Why Failure Is the Norm.
MacLennan, Tricia Sarita-Marie Dec. 2015 Peter Arthur David Black; Kristin Good Sowing the Seeds of Insecurity: The Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology in Canada and India.
English, Petra Emmaline Lyra Mar. 2016 David Black Brian Bow; Ruben Zaiotti The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Assessing Compliance from Global Health Donors.
Ripley, Alexander Mar. 2016 Brian Bow David Black; Ruben Zaiotti Regionalism and Economic Crisis: The Cases of ASEAN and Mercosur, 2008-2010.
Smith, Jennifer Aug. 2016 Ruben Zaiotti Robert Finbow; Ann Griffiths Explaining the New Influence of Ukrainian Civil Society.
O'Brien, Kathleen Jul. 2017 Katherine Fierlbeck Dennis Stairs; Ruben Zaiotti A Duty to Serve, A Duty to Provide: A Comparative Analysis of Mental Health Delivery in the Armed Forces of Canada, U.K. and U.S.
Goodridge, Kirt Aug. 2017 Louise Carbert Robert Finbow; Lori Turnbull Youth Engagement and Get-Out-The-Vote Organizations: Are They a Viable Solution to the Problem of Youth Engagement?
Hunt, Liam Aug. 2017 Louise Carbert David Black; Lori Turnbull The Moral Authority: A Theory of Political Character.
Robinson, Callee May 2018 Robert Finbow Lori Turnbull; Marcella Firmini From Policy to Practice: Evaluating Consultation Policy in Nova Scotia.
Ajadi, Ifeoluwatari (Tari) A. Aug. 2018 Katherine Fierlbeck Elizabeth McGibbon; Robert Huish What Gets Counted Gets Done: A Policy Analysis of the Barriers and Opportunities for Provincial Governments to Collect Disaggregated Race-Based Health Data
Phin, Nicholas Aug. 2018 Kristin Good; Ruben Zaiotti Lori Turnbull; Robert Finbow Immigration Discourse in Cities: Examining the Effects of Local Immigration Partnerships in Richmond and Surrey.
Power, Kinnar Aug. 2018 Katherine Fierlbeck Florian Bail; Louise Carbert Idle, Able-Bodied and Undeserving: The Persistence of Undesert in Western Political Thought.
Elgayar, Mohamed Dec. 2018 Brian Bow Frank Harvey; Ann Griffiths The Next Cold War: Are the United States and China Undergoing a Power Transition through Proxy Wars?
Bradley, Jessica Apr. 2019 Anders Hayden Ìý Ecological Modernization and Canada’s Energy Debate: Reconciling Economic, Environmental, and Political Agendas?
MacKenzie, Amy Aug. 2019 Ruben Zaiotti David Black; Gardiner-Barber; Robert Finbow Missing in Europe: A Critical Analysis of the European Union's Policies Regarding Unaccompanied Minors.
St-Jacques, Catherine Aug. 2019 Anders Hayden Ann Griffiths; David Black On Thin Ice: Canada’s Arctic Policy and Environmental Security.
Yuzdepski, Davis August 13, 2019 @ 1:30 pm Lori Turnbull Katherine Fierlbeck; Louise Carbert; Kristin Good A Virtual Inevitability: Reconceptualising the Internet Voting Debate with Evidence from Canada and Abroad.
Belrose, Tegan Apr. 2020 Ruben Zaiotti Katherine Fierlbeck; Jennifer Baechler The Insecurities of Security: Dealing with Gender-based Violence in Peacekeeping Operations.
Andrews, Ben D. Aug. 2020 Scott Pruysers Kiran Banerjee; Louise Carbert Does Democracy Die in Darkness? An Examination of the Relationship Between Local Newspaper Health and Municipal Politics.
Mykula, Ksenia Aug. 2020 Ruben Zaiotti Ruben Zaiotti; Jean-Francois Savard; Scott Pruysers Tweeting Reactions: An Analysis of Twitter Responses to the Kerch Strait Naval Clash between Russia and Ukraine.
Fertsman, Erik Oct. 2020 Ruben Zaiotti Robert Finbow; David Black Theorizing Stable Relationships Between the European Union and Ukraine: A Comparative Study.
Mason, Emily Dec. 2020 Louise Carbert Scott Pruysers; Robert Finbow Establishing Effective Representation and Protected Districts for Anglophones in Brome-Missisquoi.
Gong, Xinyu Aug. 2021 Brian Bow Ruben Zaiotti; Leah Sarson 5G and China-US Relations: Competition and Intervention.
Ofosu-Atuahene, Benjamin Aug. 2021 David Black Peter Arthur; Robert Finbow Private Security Actors in Africa: The Case of Niger Delta & North-Eastern Nigeria in West Africa.
Pearson, Graeme Aug. 2021 Peter Arthur David Black; Ruben Zaiotti China’s Role in African Integration.
Robinson, Rhys Aug. 2021 Brian Bow David Black; Ruben Zaiotti Maqbarat Al-Atrak: Saudi Arabia’s Intervention in Yemen.
Bray, Francesca Dec. 2021 Leah Sarson Heather Smith; Sara Seck Inuit Agency in the Anthropocene.
Guzina, Filip Apr. 2022 Katherine Fierlbeck Alexa Dodge; Elizabeth McGibbon How the Framing of Supervised Injection Sites Can Hinder Implementation.
Walsh, Allyssa Apr. 2022 Leah Sarson David Black; Kristi Kenyon Lost in Translation: The Impact of International Institution’s Gender Norm Diffusion Practices on Post-Conflict States.
Craft, Alice E. Aug. 2022 Kiran Banerjee David Black; Ruben Zaiotti Hospitality or Hostility? The Detention of Irregular Arrivals in Canada as Explained by the Hostile Environment Framework.
Shaw, Savanna J. Mar. 2023 Robert Finbow Scott Pruysers; Louise Carbert An Exploration of African American Trump Voters Post-Conflict States.
Fitkowski, Joseph Aug. 2023 Ruben Zaiotti Scott Pruysers; Robert Finbow Messianism in the Heart of Europe: Analysing Poland's Law and Justice Party, Narratives of Identity, and the European Union.
Lees, Austin Aug. 2023 Scott Pruysers Jim Bickerton; Louise Carbert Redrawing Democracy: Exploring the Modern Landscape of the Electoral Boundaries Revolution in the Maritimes.
MacEachern, Drew P L. Aug. 2023 Brian Bow; Nissim Mannathukkaren Scott Pruysers; Ruben Zaiotti Everything in Moderation?: A QCA Analysis of Foreign Policy Moderation in Left-wing Political Parties Examining Domestic and International Factors.
Mohamed, Caira J. December 5, 2023 @ 10:00 am Brian Bow Larissa Atkison; Ruben Zaiotti Violent Femininity: Exploring Representations of Women's Violence in Global Politics
Nicholson, Leah December 5, 2023 @ 1:30 pm Kiran Banerjee David Black; Rachael Johnstone The Capacity for Care: A Care Ethics Analysis of Immigration and Settlement Policies in Three Canadian Provinces
MacCarthy, Liam August 12, 2024 @ 9:30 am Leah Sarson Ajay Parasram; Frederic Wien Smoke on the Water: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Reconciliation in the Case of the Mi’kmaq Moderate Livelihood Fisheries
Palavicini Jaur, Gala August 19, 2024 @ 11:00 am Scott Pruysers Rachael Johnstone; Robert Finbow Riding the Populist Wave? Populist Contagion in the 2021 Canadian Federal Election
Guscott, Noel M. September 25, 2024 @ 1:00 pm Katherine Fierlbeck M. Eichler; Alice Aiken Examining the Impact of New Public Management on Military Healthcare in Canada
Ortner, Isabelle November 29, 2024 @ 1:15 pm Brian Bow; Nissim Mannathukkaren Chevy Eugene; Ajay Parasram Cultural Independence in Post-Independence Jamaica: Walter Rodney and Black Sovereignty
Chow, Aliza December 4, 2024 @ 12:30 pm David Black Anders Hayden; Peter Arthur The Ecological Impacts of the China-Africa Relationship: Case Studies of Chinese Engagement in Kenya and Ethiopia
Craig, Jekobe August 8, 2025 @ 10:00 am Brian Bow David Black; Ruben Zaiotti What They Do in the Shadows: Understanding How and Why States Engage in Proxy Wars
Fletcher, Cora April 8, 2026 @ 1:00 pm David Black Heather Tasker; Marion Laurence Deployed to the Sidelines: Analyzing Opportunities and Constraints on Women’s Meaningful Participation in MONUSCO
Koutoulas, Alexia August 21, 2026 @ 10:00 am Peter Arthur David Black; Marion Laurence Beyond the Youth Bulge: A Decolonial Analysis of Youth Political Agency in Somalia

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PHD Theses

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Meadows, David Aug. 2012 Brian Bow Finn Laursen; David Black The Effects of Political-Cultural on Divergent Patterns of Post-Soviet Political Economic Transformation: A Comparison of the Experiences of Latvia and Belarus Since 1991.
Dunphy, Sarah Nov. 2013 David Black Gil Winham; Peter Arthur 180: Developing Countries' 17³Ô¹ÏÍøÔÚÏß-Face in the Uruguay Round.
Firmini, Marcella Mar. 2015 Katherine Fierlbeck Jennifer Smith; Kristin Good Republican Elements of the Just Society: Classical Republicanism in the Political Thought of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
Graham, Glenn March 23, 2016 Robert Finbow Lori Turnbull; Jim Bickerton Regionalism on the Celtic Fringe: How Peripheral Communities Resist, Negotiate, and Accommodate Political and Economic Integration.
Hoque, Sabrina December 15, 2016 Brian Bow David Black; Peter Arthur The 'Casual Tree': A Comprehensive Analysis of the Relationship between UNDP Expenditures and Quality of Governance in Developing Countries.
Suarez, Carla December 7, 2017 @ 10:00 am David Black Christina Clark-Kazak; Peter Arthur Living in No-Peace-No-War: Fluctuating Governance Among Armed Actors in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Morgan, David May 14, 2018 David Black Ruben Zaiotti; John Cameron The Humanitarians: Understanding the Crisis of the Humanitarian Field.
Beitelman, David June 21, 2018 @ 11:30 am Brian Bow David Black; Frank Harvey Strategic Trust: Re-thinking U.S.-China Military Relations.
Mitton, John 2018-19 academic year; exact defence date not verified Frank Harvey David Black; Ruben Zaiotti Rivalry Intervention: Why International Rivals Intervene in Civil Conflicts.
Manning, Susan April 22, 2021 @ 2:00 pm David Black; Deborah Stienstra Anders Hayden Centring Community: New Pathways in Resource Extraction Policy Processes.
Abdulhamid, Nafisa August 16, 2021 @ 1:00 pm David Black Peter Arthur; Ruben Zaiotti Protecting Civilians in Armed Conflict: The Case of the African Union Mission in Somalia.
Tsamenyi, Elikem Kofi August 20, 2021 @ 10:00 am David Black Peter Arthur; Brian Bow African Peace, Security and Conflict Management: An African International Society Approach.
Cleveland, Tristan April 20, 2023 @ 3:00 pm Kristin Good Scott Pruysers; Joseli Macedo Urban Intercurrence: The Struggle to Build Walkable Downtowns in Car-Dependent Suburbia.
Ajadi, Ifeoluwatari (Tari) A. April 21, 2023 @ 10:00 am Kristin Good Kiran Banerjee; Ingrid Waldron Power in Presence: Understanding Black-led Coalitions and Policy Change in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
MacDonald, Adam September 18, 2023 @ 1:00 pm Brian Bow David Black; Ruben Zaiotti; David Haglund Fit over Function: Explaining the Differences in US Strategic Approaches Towards China and Russia in the Post-Cold War Era.
Gong, Xinyu March 27, 2026 @ 2:30 pm Brian Bow David Black; Ajay Parasram Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Navigating China's Approach in the South China Sea from 2009 to 2024.
Schminke, Tobias G. July 10, 2026 @ 1:30 pm Scott Pruysers Robert Finbow; Ruben Zaiotti The Different Worlds of Direct Public Funding of Political Parties: Empirical Application of a Novel Typological Framework.

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