Browsing University of Waterloo by Supervisor "Smyth, Heather"
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Debasing Dissent: The Role of The News Media in the Devaluation of Black Canadian Activism
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-28)My dissertation examines the way that the Canadian news media delegitimizes anti-racist activism to contribute to the harmful national narratives of racial equality disseminated by the white Anglophone majority. I examine ... -
Hesitant Belonging: Understanding Generational Traumas of Forced Migration in Black and Palestinian Diaspora Contemporary Transnational Fiction
(University of Waterloo, 2024-05-17)This dissertation explores the concept of "hesitant belonging" within the context of Black and Palestinian Diaspora Contemporary Transnational Fiction. The study investigates how forced migration, identity formation, and ... -
Idle No More: A Rhetorical Analysis of a Movement
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-29)This project investigates discursive and material constraints against and possibilities for decolonial resistance and existence by rhetorically analyzing key features of the Idle No More movement. Since November 2012, Idle ...