[ June 28, 2012; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Date: Thursday, June 28, 2012

Time: 10am-1pm

An Inquiry into Animal Rights Vegan Activists’ Perception and Practice of Persuasion

Committee

Chair: Kathi Cross
Senior Supervisor: Gary McCarron
Supervisor: Robert Anderson
Examiner: Michael Kenny (Anthopology, SFU)

Abstract

This thesis interrogates the persuasive practices of Animal Rights Vegan Activists (ARVAs) in order to determine why and how ARVAs fail to convince people to become and stay veg*n, and what they might [...]

[ June 22, 2012; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Date: Friday, June 22, 2012

Time: 11am-2pm

Peacing Together Conflicted Identities: Cultural Dominance, Affectivity and Bridgebuilding Amongst  Moderate Israelis and Palestinians

Committee

Chair: Bob Anderson
Senior Supervisor: Rick Gruneau
Supervisor: Gary McCarron
Supervisor: Stuart Poyntz
Internal Examiner: Martin Laba
External Examiner: Michael Real (School of Communication and Culture, Royal Roads University)

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to enhance the study of conflict resolution by building on literature which [...]

[ June 22, 2012; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Date: Friday, June 22, 2012

Time: 10am-1pm

Prisoners of War: A German-Canadian Post-war Memory Project

Committee

Chair: Alison Beale
Senior Supervisor: Zoë Druick
Supervisor: Kirsten McAllister
Examiner: Ashok Mathur, Canada Research Chair in Cultural and Artistic Inquiry, Thompson Rivers University

Abstract

This thesis investigates German-Canadian WWII family legacies as they transform in intergenerational and cross-cultural memory processes. From a memory studies perspective, I examine my family’s archive [...]