Graduate Studies
Past Thesis Examinations
Spring 2013
Name: Peter Clayton Dupuis, MA Thesis Examination
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. David Zandvliet
Name: Kristi Lauridsen, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: A Sociocultural Interpretation of Gifted Secondary Students' Transition-Related Experiences within University Communities
Date: Friday, January 18, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Lannie Kanevsky
Name: Christine Wong EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Confucian Junzi Leadership: A Model of Authentic Moral Transformation for Educational Leaders
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Allan MacKinnon
Name: Rozanna Becker MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Journey of Creativity with an Asperger's Adolescent
Date: Monday, March 25, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Mamchur
Name: Catherine Read PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Cultivating Visual and Print Literacy with Picture Books
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Richmond
Name: Jacqueline Pizzuti-Ashby EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Designing for the Future: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of the Peter Jones Learning Centre
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. David Zandvliet
Name: William Radford PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Post Secondary Internationalization and Hyper-Diverse City Contexts
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Allan MacKinnon
Vandy Corrinne Britton, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Appreciating Autism: Stories of My Son
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Mamchur
David Jonathan Van Bergeyk, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Students on Assessment: How Students Receive Assessment in a Senior Mathematics Class
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Liljedahl
Lorraine White-Wilkinson, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Dancing into Voice: Acticulating and Engaging Embodied Knowledge
Date: Monday, April 15, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Celeste Snowber
Peter Koci, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Factors Influencing Learning Environments in an Integrated Experiential Program
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. David Zandvliet
Karen Lynn McKinlay Kurnaedy, PhD Thesis Examination
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Celeste Snowber
Fall 2012
Sharon Lau, EdD Thesis Defence
Thesis Title: Learning about Teacher Leadership Through the Lived Experience of High School Teacher Leaders
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Bailin
Rylan Egan, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Reconceptualizing Metacomprehension Calibration Accuracy
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Phil Winne
Christopher Gibson, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title:Freedom, Play and Judgement: Michael Oakeshott on Education
Date: Friday, October 12, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoffrey Madoc-Jones
Bonnie Nish, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Finding Voice
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Mamchur
Ali Tootian, MSc Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Tusi, Mathematician, Mathematics Educator and Teacher, and the Saviour
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Liljedahl
Deanna Berg, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Algebraic Thinking in the Elementary Classroom
Date: Monday, December 3, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Rina Zazkis
Larry Green, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title:The Relationship between the Prereflective Self and the Reflective Mind: Keeping the Head and Heart Together
Date: Monday, December 3, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Sean Blenkinsop
Nadia Chaney, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: What Matters: Teaching and Metaphor
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fettes
Kelly Kitchen, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: ADHD and Elimination Diets: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Date: Friday, December 7, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Maureen Hoskyn
Michael Derby, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Education & the Mycelial Matrix of Critical Ecohermeneutics or Eat & Be Eaten, Mean & Be Meaning
Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fettes
Name: Cheryl Annetta Kay, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Photopoetic Moments of Wonder: Photography as an Artistic Reflective Practice in Secondary Dance Education
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Celeste Snowber
Summer 2012
Paulina Semenec, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: "We Can Wear Any Shirt That We Want": Girls' understanding, negotiation, and resistance of girlhood
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Özlem Sensoy
Tony Botelho, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Role of Career Education in Engaging University Students
Date: Friday, June 15, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Allan MacKinnon
Ying-Ting Hsiao, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Impact of Task Type on Learners’ Argumentation, Participation and Collaboration in Online Discussions
Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Alyssa Wise
Amanda Megan Myfanwy Wardrop, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Curiouser and Curiouser: Inviting performance
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Lynn Fels
Edith L. Kirkpatrick, EdD Thesis Examination
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoffrey Madoc-Jones
Steven Cardwell, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: A Study of Engagement in Two Urban Schools
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Sharon Wherland, MA Thesis Examination
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. susan O'Neill
Kim Lockhart, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: L'identite professionnelle des enseignants de limmersion francais en Colombie Britannique
Date: Friday, August 3, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Marianne Jacquet
David Allen Erickson, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Curricular and Pedagogical Reform: Transformative Opportunities for Personalized Learning in Middle School Music Environments
Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Yaroslav Senyshyn
Name: Randolph-Dalton Hyman, PhD Thesis Examination
Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Yaroslav Senyshyn
Name: John Carter, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title:Lords of Misrule:
Embodied Masculinities within Vernacular Arts Practice
Date: Friday, August 10, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Heesoon Bai
Name: Chloe Humphreys, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Between Authenticity and Argument: Rhizomatic Writing and Educational Insights
Date: Friday, August 10, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Charles Bingham
Name: Danica Matheson, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Teaching Through Problem Solving: Bridging the Gap Between Vision and Practice
Date: Friday, August 10, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Liljedahl
Name: Jeremy Morrow, EdD Thesis Defense
Thesis Title: Through the Lens of the Rural Lifeworld: A Phenomenological investigation of the Rural School Principalship
Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Deirdre Annett, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Experential Journey of Korean Mothers of International Students Living in Delta, Canada
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Farnaz Badiee, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: From the Digital to Authentic Classroom: A Study of Using an Online Simulation for Teacher Education
Date: Monday, January 16, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. David Kaufman
Rosa Hong Chen, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Autobiography of Existence: On Suffering and the Emergence of Moral Agency
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Ann Chinnery
Thomas Culham, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Ethics Education of Business Leaders
Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Heesoon Bai
Mary Elizabeth Wilson, PhD Thesis Examination
Date: Friday, March 23, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Cheryl Amundsen
Farshid Marbouti, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Design, Implementation and Testing of a Visual Discussion Forum to Address New Post Bias
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Kevin O'Neill
Shiva Gol Tabaghi, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Using Dynamic Geometry to Explore Linear Algebra Concepts: the Emergence of Mobile, Visual Thinking
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Nathalie Sinclair
Rachel Nadine Meakes Madu, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Will You Stay or Will You Go? The Present Day Relationships of Adults who Grew up in Foster Care in British Columbia
Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Lucy LeMare
Allan Buddy Young, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Exploring a New Narrative Inquiry Approach: “Narrative as Research (NAR)”
Date: Friday, April 13, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Heesoon Bai
Christine Ann Savage, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Advancing the Educational Mission of International Education: A Provincial Government Case Study.
Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Ian Andrews
Erica Grimm, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Aesthetics of Attentiveness: Coming to the Heart of Pedagogy in an Art Educator’s Studio Through Performative Inquiry
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Richmond
Heidi Hansen, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: An Urban Organization's Approach to Aboriginal Child Welfare Practice
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012
Senior Supervisory: Dr. Dan Laitsch
Karen Ty Sy de Jesus, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Power in Multicultural Education: Examining the Discourses
Date: Monday, April 23, 2012
Senior Supervisory: Dr. Charles Bingham
Marie (Paule) Desgroseilliers
Thesis Title: Étude des représentations du bilinguisme et du français langue seconde chez des apprenants en Colombie-Britannique
Date:Tuesday, June 18, 2012
Senior Supervisory: Dr. Cecile Sabatier
Rodney Paynter, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Evaluation of a Saskatchewan NewStart Life Skills-Based Coach Training Program
Date: September 20, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Dan Laitsch and Dr. Elizabeth Wallace
Jennifer Margaret Walsh Marr, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Exploring Identity Formation and Academic Writing of Multilingual Students: Skipping Through the Academy
Date: September 23, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Marshall
Helen Dunn (Vasa), MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Someone else's child: women's experience of disconnection & birth distress
Date: September 26, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Patrice Keats
Frank Zander, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The audio re-searcher: Examining the effects of audio note taking in a multi-media, web-based environment
Date: September 26, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Kevin O'Neill
Karl Kraemer, MSc Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Algebraic Difficulties as an Obstacle for High School Calculus
Date: October 14, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Rina Zazkis
Brian Eaton, MSc Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: How do Interactive White Boards Affect Participation in the Mathematics Classroom?
Date: November 25, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Nathalie Sinclair
Brian Storey, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Public Sphere Thinking in Curriculum Deelopment: Maps, Metaphors, & Agency
Date: November 30, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Smith
Richard Laszlo, PhD Thesis Examination
Date: December 5, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. June Beynon, Emerita
Armando Paulino Preciado Babb, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Conversations Held and Roles Played During Mathematics Teachers' Collaborative Design: Two Dimensions of Interaction
Date: December 5, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Liljedahl
Michael Saul, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Utilizing Ungraded Portfolios for Evaluation in Fine Arts
Date: December 6, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Mamchur
Michael Caulkins, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Pathways of Pathology and Promise in Alternative Education
Date: December 6, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Sean Blenkinsop
June Elizabeth Birch, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Women and Trauma: Transformation of Self Through Mask Making and Action-Based Mask Work
Date: Monday, December 12, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Patrice Keats
Ann Skelcher, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: From Crisis to Renewal: One School's Journey
Date: December 13, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Susan Michele Oesterle, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Diverse Perspectives on Teaching Math for Teachers: Living the Tensions
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Liljedahl
Jeffrey Stephen Lannan, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Using Narrative in the Classroom: A Pedagogy to Promote Student Engagement
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Mamchur
Lori McHattie, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: What helps, what hinders when counselling women who have experienced intimate partner violence?
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Patrice Keats
Linda Marguerite Franchi, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Communication Experiences of Deaf and Hard of Hearing People Facing the Death of a Loved One
Date: Friday, December 16, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Mamchur
Ghizlane Laghzaoui, EdD Thesis Examination
Date: May 20, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. David Kaufman
Laura Buker, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Walking Backwards Into the Future With Our Stories:The Stó:lō is a River of Knowledge, Haq’eméylem is a River of Stories
Date: May 26, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Allan MacKinnon
Bob Corbett, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: An Exploration of the School’s Role in Moral Development
Date: June 6, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Kieran Egan
Kel McDowell, PhD Thesis Examination
Date: June 22, 2011
Senor Supervisor: Dr. Wanda Cassidy
Bill Feenstra, Master of Arts Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Virtual Shooting Vs Actual Learning: Examining University Student's Ideas About Video Games as Tools for Learning History
Date: June 30, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Kevin O'Neill
Owen Tyers, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Aiming for Intelligence: A New Conception of Education Based on the Pentad Model
Date: July 5, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Heesoon Bai
JeDene Reeder, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Impact of Representations of Leadership and Literacy on Capacity Building: A West African Case Study
Date: July 7, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Danièle Moore
Quirien E.A. Mulder ten Kate, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Direct Experiences in Nature
Date: July 7, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Allan MacKinnon
Kurt Thumlert, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: “Me too, I’m an artist”: Re-figuring aesthetic education
Date: July 9, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Suzanne de Castell
Larry Johnson, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Educative Leadership: What Abides Amid Change
Date: July 14, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Paul Yeung, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Engaging With Languages and Multiple Identities: Portraits of Young French Immersion Chinese Children in Canada
Date: July 15, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Maureen Hoskyn
Michael Douglas Davis, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Empirical Evaluation of Luborsky's Biphastic Model of the Therapuetic Alliance within the Context of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date: July 25, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Adam Horvath
Qing Liu, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Conceptual Change with Refutational Maps
Date: August 5, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. John Nesbit
Janet Lauman, EdD Thesis Examination
Date: August 8, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Bailin
Marzieh Saghafian, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: One Word, Two Meanings: Examining the Lived Experiences of Teamwork in Virtual and Face-to-Face Student Teams
Date: August 8, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Kevin O'Neill
Alice MacPherson, SAR, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Instructional Skills Workshop as a Transformative Learning Experience
Date: August 22, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. David Kaufman
Jessica Elliott, MA Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Awakenings Through Personal Encounters with Nature and Art
Date: August 23, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Richmond
Susan Barber, PhD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: A Story For My Teacher: A Novel and Its Educational and Philosophical Critique
Date: August 29, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Richmond
Sarah Goodwin, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Creating Space for Indigenous Knowledges: Considerations for Aboriginal Cultural Tourism Education
Date: March 15, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Cheryl Zawaduk, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: It Takes a Village: Rural Nursing Preceptorships as Cultural Mediation
Date: April 4, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fettes
Julie Lane, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Factors Associated with the Successful Grade-to-Grade Transition and Graduation of High School Students Identified with "Behavioural Needs or Mental Illness" in a Suburban British Columbia School District
Date: April 19, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Travis Holyk, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: U'H Nook Noh Khunuk(In our Own Words):Lake Babine Nation Parents' Understanding of School Assessment
Date: April 21, 2011
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Dan Laitsch
Barry Hogan, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Faculty Engagement at the British Columbia Institute of Technology: A Case Study in Institutional Decision-Making
Date: March 22, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Rosemary Henriksen, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: An Exploration of Peer Administered Academic Departments: Towards an Intersubjectively Mindful Leadership Paradigm
Date: April 12, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Heesoon Bai
Andy Basi, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: A Case Study of the Decision Making Process that Led to the Closing of the Medical Laboratory Science Program at BCIT in 1996 and Its Reopening in 1999
Date: April 16, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Kimberly Franklin, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Dialogical Relationship Between Spiritual and Professional Identity in Beginning Teachers: Context, Choices, and Consequences
Date: April 21, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Grimmett
Rick Oliver, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: What Helps and What Hinders Student Transition from Middle School to Senior Secondary School
Date: April 22, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Natalee Popadiuk
Robert Fleming, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Crossing Borders and Contesting Values: Negotiating British Columbia's University Sector
Date: May 6, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Grimmett
Gail Joe, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Capturing the Practical Wisdom of Retired School Principals
Date: August 3, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Shona Johansen, EdD Thesis Examination
Date: July 14, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Bailin
Andrea Tamburro, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: A Framework and Tool for Assessing Indigenous Content in Canadian Social Work Curricula
Date: August 12, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Michelle Pidgeon
John Morrison, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Student Understandings of Learning at the End of an Undergraduate Program Using Networked Learning: A Case Study
Date: August 13, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. David Kaufman
Kate Ross, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Effect of Institutional Merit-Based Aid on Student Aspirations, Choice and Participation: A Mixed Methods Approach
Date: October 6, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Michelle Nilson
Adrienne Van der Zalm, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Enhancing the Involvement of Parents in the Mathematics Education of Their Elementary School Children
Date: November 30, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Liljedahl
Grant Lenarduzzi, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Effect of School Closure on Principal Leadership
Date: December 13, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Dan Laitsch
Heather Smith, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Perceived Impact of an International Service-Learning Program on the Long Term Moral Development and Behavior of Its Participants
Date: December 14, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Bailin
Leelah Dawson, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Integrated Business case: Student Expectations and Student Engagement
Date: December 15, 2010
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Adam Horvath
Lynn Jacques, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Confluence of Theory, Practice and Geography: Leadership of the Small, Rural College within the Diverse Environment of Northern British Columbia
Date: January 30, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Bailin
Cyndy Howman, EdD Thesis Examination
Date: March 16, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Barb Edwards, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: It Takes a Village: Perceptions of the SFU Education Research Assistant Experience
Date: March 18, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Cheryl Amundsen
Pat Hibbitts, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: We Do This for the Next Child: A Mother's Phenomenological Auto Narrative Inquiry into Experiencing Her Children's Schools
Date: March 25, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Michèle Schmidt
Heather Friesen, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Post-Secondary Persistence and Participation: Does Neighbourhood Matter?
Date: March 31, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Nym Hughes, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: It Unfolded Quite Wonderfully: A History of the Certificate in Conflict Resolution at the Justice Institute of British Columbia 1983-1993
Date: April 29, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Gerald Morton, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: How British Columbia School Superintendents Manage Data
Date: July 30, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Janice Billy, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Back from the Brink: Decolonization Through the Restoration of Secwepemc Language, Culture, and Identity
Date: August 7, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Michael Manley-Casimir
Jacqueline Stokes, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Practice Wisdom in Child Protection Decision Making
Date: August 14, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Adam Horvath
Cheryl Jeffs, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Scholarly Activity in British Columbia's Community Colleges: Senior Administrators' Perspectives
Date: November 24, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Julie Parker, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: A Case Study of the Implementation of Education Policy: The Impact of Bill 33 - 2006 Education (Learning Enhancement) Statutes Amendment Act on Elementary Special Education in a Mid-Sized Urban School District
Date: December 3, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Curtis Brown, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: School Leadership in the Canadian North: A Case Study of School Improvement in the South Slave Divisional Education Council
Date: December 14, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Peter Grimmett
Lane Trotter, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Building Boards: A Qualitative Analysis of the Perceptions of the Role of External Governors on University Governing Boards
Date: December 16, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. John LaBrie
Heather McRae, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: In Search of Common Space: Exploring University Continuing Education's Role in Civic Engagement
Date: December 16, 2009
Senior Supervisor: Dr. John LaBrie
Sheila Stelck, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Walking the Tightrope: How Superintendents Respond to the Challenging "Rights" Issues and the Role of Law
Date: February 27, 2008
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Michael Manley-Casimir
Tom Roemer, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Standing at the Crossroads: Identity and Recognition of the Applied Science Technologist in British Columbia
Date: April 1, 2008
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Milton McClaren
Tom Nerini, EdD Thesis Examination
Date: April 3, 2008
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Dan Laitsch
Sheila Elworthy, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: You've Got Email: The Impact of Electronic Communication Technology on Faculty Productivity
Date: May 21, 2008
Senior Supervisor: Dr. John LaBrie
Armin Samiei, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Concerns of Elementary Educators with the Diffusion of Information and Communication Technology in Schools
Date: August 27, 2008
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Laitsch
Kern Von Hagen, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: A Red Tile in the Canadian Educational Mosaic
Date: October 23, 2008
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Michele Schmidt
Eduardo van Dijk, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Effects of Culture on Mathematics Education: A Comparison of the Grades 4 - 6 Mathematics Curricula in British Columbia and Mexico
Date: November 19, 2008
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Bailin
Robin Goates, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Career Paths of Academic Administrators in Alberta Public Colleges: Travelling the Highway or Fording a Stream?
Date: March 30, 2007
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Wendy Carr, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Canada's Bilingualism Ideal: A Case Study of Intensive French in British Columbia
Date: April 2, 2007
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Diane Dagenais
David Rees, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Evidence-Based Quality Assurance: An Alternative Paradigm for Non-Traditional Higher Education
Date: November 9, 2007
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
Susan Chandler, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: The Persistent Under-Representation of Women in the Senior Ranks of the Academy: It's a Numbers Game, Right?
Date: November 21, 2007
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Kelleen Toohey
Terry Waterhouse, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: Giving Voice: Exploring School-Based Care Experiences of At-Risk Youth
Date: November 28, 2007
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Wanda Cassidy
Tina McComb, EdD Thesis Examination
Thesis Title: "I Won't, I Might, I Am." Undergraduate Women and Stages of Change for Participation in Leadership Development Activities
Date: December 6, 2007
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Cheryl Amundsen
Lynne MacFadgen, EdD Thesis Examination
Date: December 13, 2007
Senior Supervisor: Dr. Geoff Madoc-Jones
