• A Comparative Analysis of Provincial Ministry Regulations on the Roles and Services Provided by Itinerant Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students 

  Al Mawlawi, Zainab (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2020-06)

  With the advent of universal newborn hearing screening, the advancement of technology and amplification systems, particularly with the development of the cochlear implant, as well as other developments in the outlook on ...
• Assessing Therapeutic Recreation Attendance and Potentially Inappropriate Antipsychotic Use in Long-Term Care 

  McKenzie, J. Rowen (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2020-06)

  Responsive behaviours are commonly expressed by persons living with dementia (PLWD) in long-term care (LTC) as a way of communicating an unmet need. One commonly reported unmet need amongst PLWD is the need for daytime ...
• Exploring children’s experiences of agency and participation in school decision-making: A case study 

  Polegato, Jillian (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2020-04)

  The purpose of this research was to explore elementary school children’s experiences of agency and participation in decision-making at school to add to the discourse surrounding children’s participation rights in Canada. ...
• How Objects in Spaces Help People in Places: Material Object Interactions Affecting Adults’ Informal Learning: Arts-Informed Research using Sculptural Mobile Forms 

  Mason, Stephanie M. (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2020)

  This work is a wide-ranging exploration into the ways adults can be supported to learn informally through material object interactions in public places. In keeping with my methodological lens of arts-informed research, I ...
• Advising Parents on How to Confront School Bullying: Analysing Four Guidance Books from Four Canadian Provinces 

  Muyini, Jubran (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2020-05)

  thesis uses discourse analysis and shows the ways in which definitions of bullying are socially constructed. Analyzing four parent guides from four different Canadian provinces, the thesis explores how prevalent bullying ...
• A Critical Assessment of the Development Process for a HACCP Implementation Manual for a Healthcare Foodservice Operation - The Dartmouth General Hospital 

  Corbett, Lesley Erin (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2001-10)

  The use of a food safety program in a healthcare foodservice operation is instrumental in safeguarding the health and welfare of patients, their families and staff from foodbome illness. The Hazard Analysis Critical Control ...
• Rethinking the Nature of Youth Smoking Behavior: Investigating the Biopsychosocial Factors 

  Clark, Jennifer L. (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2001-08)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the biopsychosocial factors that influence youth smoking behavior. Sixty-four high school students completed surveys for one phase of the study. Thirty-six other students ...
• The Relationship Between Selective Aspects of Metalinguistic Awareness and Degree of Second Language Acquisition in Emergent Readers 

  Clare, Lauren (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2001-09)

  The purpose of this study was to determine whether knowing a second language would be related to having greater phonological and word awareness skills than their monolingual peers. Three groups of kindergarten children, ...
• Breastfeeding Adult Learning Experiences: Women’s Stories 

  Brann-Barrett, Mary-Tanya (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2001-01)

  Breastfeeding is a form of life sustaining work that only women can perform. It is learning and doing that exist within the lifeworld. Much of the work done by women in the homeplace and in their roles as mothers is ...
• Race, Class, and Gender: A Snapshot of African Nova Scotian School Experiences 

  Bernard, Candace (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2001-03)

  This thesis explores multiple oppression based on race, class, and gender in relation to the school experiences of African Nova Scotians. An Africentric paradigm guides this exploratory, qualitative study. It attempts ...
• Residential Youth Care Workers’ Perceptions of Self-Harm and Interventions 

  O’Rielly, Tanya (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2006-04)

  This qualitative research examined the perceptions of eight youth care workers regarding self-harm in youth. The types of self-harm encountered, the differences in self- harm between typically developing youth and youth ...
• A Critical Discourse Analysis of a Libyan Secondary Educational Policy 

  Zayed, Samia (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2020-03)

  The education system in Libya faces significant challenges in various aspects, but at the core are outdated notions of curriculum, teaching, and learning. While it is important to have qualified teachers, who use a variety ...
• Nursing Home Physical Design and Homelikeness: How Does It Impact Quality of Life for Long-Term Care Residents in Nova Scotia? 

  Kervin, Emily K. (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2020-04)

  Understandings of quality of life in nursing homes often include the importance of homelikeness but not necessarily from the resident’s perspective. This research explored nursing home physical design and its role in ...
• The Role of Child and Youth Care Practitioners in the Treatment Planning Process 

  Kissoon, Gail (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2006-09)

  Many professions, whether implicitly or explicitly, claim a higher status than they afford to child and youth care practitioners (Beker, 1976; VanderVen, 1991). However, child and youth care practitioners have also ...
• Preschool and Kindergarten Teacher’s Views on School Readiness: A Comparison between Silkeborg, Denmark and Truro, Nova Scotia 

  Gillis, Jenny (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2007-04)

  The question of which skills children should possess upon entrance into the public school system has been a topic of much debate for decades (Elkind, 2006; Katz, 1996). Due to beliefs and values held by many individuals ...
• The Perceptions of Nova Scotia School Psychologists regarding their Roles 

  Hasiuk, Maria (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2006-11)

  For a number of years, it has been proposed that the scope of school psychological services be expanded beyond assessment to include other activities such as consultation, prevention, and research. Despite school ...
• Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at a Residential Program for Concurrent Addiction and Mental Health Problems 

  Frost, Elizabeth A. (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2006-09)

  The experience of trauma is higher in individuals with concurrent disorders than in the general population, yet little attention to trauma is given in making a clinical diagnosis for mental illness. This study involved ...
• Body esteem, eating attitudes, and adherence in adolescents with cystic fibrosis from Atlantic Canada. 

  Faulkner, Colleen (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2006-09)

  A study was conducted to investigate the influence of body esteem, nutritional status, nutritional intake, and eating attitudes on adherence to dietary therapy and enzymes in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis. ...
• The Role of Family Councils in Long Term Care Facilities in Nova Scotia 

  Gillies, Anne E. (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2019-12)

  The Role of Family Councils in Long Term Care Facilities in Nova Scotia ‘Family councils’ (FCs) composed of family members of people living in long-term care (LTC) facilities are meant to exist throughout Nova Scotia ...
• Adverse Childhood Experiences: Early Childhood Educators Awareness and Perceived Support 

  Smith, Marla (Mount Saint Vincent University, 2019-12)

  Introduction: Research suggests that early childhood is a sensitive and influential period in a child’s development. Experiencing stressful experiences during this developmental phase can cause unfavourable outcomes for ...

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