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Title: Original Mount Royal College Building in Downtown Calgary (1969)
Date issued: 1969; 1969
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Title: Mount Royal University
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Title: RLLC Immersion Studio
Date issued: 2019
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Title: Garden2Plate: A 12-week food literacy intervention program for preschoolers in structurally disadvantaged families
Contributor(s): Lynne Lafave (author); Sonya L. Jakubec (author); Judy Gleeson (author); Mount Royal University (funder); Anonymous Donor (funder); Calgary Co-Op (funder); Safeway (funder); Sobeys (funder)
Date issued: 2020; 2020
Description: Food literacy, broadly defined as the ability to plan, select, prepare, and eat foods that support health. Key themes of food literacy include skills and behaviours, food/health choices, culture, knowledge, emotions, and food systems. Development of these components begins in early childhood through an interplay of modeling and exposure in the home environment. Structurally vulnerable families may experience poorer nutrition profiles which may be a result of various factors including reduced food literacy. The objective of this study was to explore the impact of a 12-week food literacy program in a preschool-parent population.
Appears in collection(s): Conferences, Symposia, & Events

Title: Concurrent validation of the CHEERS survey and the mindful eating questionnaire
Contributor(s): Lynne Lafave (author); Alexis Webster (author); Mount Royal University (funder)
Date issued: 2020; 2020
Description: Children’s eating and activity patterns are strongly influenced by early childhood social, cultural, and physical environments surrounding the eating and activity experience. The creating healthy eating environments in childcare (CHEERS) survey is a 59 item audit tool that can be self-administered to measure gaps, weaknesses, and strengths of early childhood education and care (ECEC) centre-based nutrition and physical activity environment. It has undergone content validation and reliability testing but has yet to undergo concurrent validation. The mindful eating questionnaire (MEQ) provides a non-judgemental awareness of physical and emotional sensations with eating. CHEERS and MEQ...
Appears in collection(s): Conferences, Symposia, & Events

Title: RLLC Exterior
Date issued: 2019
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Title: Recognizing the Alien: Science Fiction Storyworlds and the Reader’s Reality
Contributor(s): Audrey Jamieson (author); Natalie Meisner (thesis advisor); Sarah Banting (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts, English and Languages (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2020-12; 2020-12
Description: This project is a critical study of the science fiction storyworld as the platform for the genre to contribute meaningfully to the literary canon. In the process of world-building, the author weaves a fabric of world elements in the categories of nominal, natural, cultural, and ontological. Through the crafting of an alien, secondary world, the author creates binary parallels between the reader’s reality and the fictional world. The reader is encouraged to engage with the text by filling the gap between worlds, and thus critically think about their own status quo. The secondary world is formed using departures from the current reality and these departures juxtapose the unfamiliar elements...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: Conferences, Symposia, & Events
Description: This collection is reserved for materials created at or for conferences, symposia, and events hosted at or by MRU.
Appears in collection(s): Mount Royal University

Title: Understanding Mental Health, Burnout, and Substance Abuse among Legal Professionals in Canada
Contributor(s): Megan Rombough (author); D. Scharie Tavcer (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2022-04-15; 2022-04-15
Description: Mental health, burnout, and substance abuse in the workplace have come into focus yet only certain occupations have been studied regarding these concepts. The legal profession in Canada lacks behind in combating mental health, burnout, and substance abuse issues and requires further attention to help create a healthier and happier profession. This research delved into these topics to get a better understanding of its prevalence, as well as to discover what is currently being done to address it, and what needs to be done to address it better in the future. There is little research about these topics and lawyers in the Canadian context. This project aimed to contribute to the literature....
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: Subjugated innocence: Domestic child sexual exploitation in Canada
Contributor(s): Kaila C. Ladd (author); D. Scharie Tavcer (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Department of Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2020-04-16; 2020-04-16
Description: In this comprehensive literature review, the author examines child sexual exploitation from a Canadian perspective. The focus was on understanding what Canada’s definition of human trafficking is, how Canada views the exploitation aspect and how that has translated into Canadian legislation. Victims of domestic child exploitation are almost always girls between the ages of 13-17 and most commonly Caucasian. This profile could be skewed by the clandestine nature of this crime and that what is known about victims is based only on police-reported data. Risk factors highlight that those who are most vulnerable are girls, Indigenous, runaway or throwaway youth and LGBTQ+. This literature...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: IndigiComms: Using Decolonization, Power Studies and Indigenous Methods to Inform Postmodern Communications Practice & Scholarship
Contributor(s): Timothy E. Kenny (author)
Date issued: 2018; 2018
Description: At a Blackfoot Sundance in 2015, I prayed for Creator to help me fit together the oppositions in my life — such as Indigenous studies and public relations/communications scholarship, and my mixed Indigenous and non-Indigenous ancestry. I believe that prayer lead me here — to this paper. In it, I grappled with the question on how the study in Indigenous methods, decolonization studies and media histories could inform the future of a postmodern communications scholarship and practice, while at the same time positing that these will be the very tools needed for the future of ethical public relations scholarship and practice. The primary source of data for this work comes from an auto...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: The Interpretation and Evolution of Section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Contributor(s): Sianna Beaupre (author); Harpreet Aulakh (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2021; 2021
Description: The enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 brought rights and freedoms to all Canadians. All sections of the Charter are of great importance, however, one could argue that section 1 is the most important to understand. This is because section 1 not only guarantees the rights and freedoms within the Charter but also grants Courts the ability to place limits on those same rights and freedoms. Through analysis of case law from the Supreme Court of Canada, this research paper analyzes the wording of section 1, the influential case that came before R. v. Oakes [1986], the case that changed the interpretation and application of section 1 (R. v. Oakes), the cornerstone...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: "No Justice, No Peace": Institutional Culture of Policing & Effects on Minority Groups in Canada
Contributor(s): Ambreena Ladhani (author); Harpreet Aulakh (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts, Department of Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2021; 2021
Description: The institutional culture of policing and the use of controversial policing practices has largely contributed to the divide that exists between minority populations and the police in Canada. Surveys and data measuring the public’s perception of policing in Canada have demonstrated that there is a gap between minority populations and their confidence in the abilities of the policing agencies which serve and protect them. This research paper identifies how the institutional culture of policing and the continued use of controversial policing practices contributes to the tension that exists between these two groups. Specifically, it examines three controversial policing practices: predictive...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: Mr. Big Police Investigations: The Interrogation Trilogy and Charter Implications
Contributor(s): Janaya Dunn (author); Doug King (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: April 2021; April 2021
Description: Mr. Big operations are a complex undercover investigative technique used to collect evidence on a suspect with limited evidence to press charges. The particular circumstances and very nature of a Mr. Big operation has led to considerable criticism regarding the difficulty of law enforcement being able to balance their independence and oversight concerning the rights of the accused. Furthermore, significant officer discretion is required. Various investigative strategies that are used in Mr. Big operations, from threatening the suspect, false presentations of evidence, untrue promises and enticements, alongside the complete alteration of reality, have demonstrated the possibility of severe...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Economic Factors, Economic Recessions, and Spousal Violence
Contributor(s): Tayla Basawa (author); D. Scharie Tavcer (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: April 2021; April 2021
Description: The focus of the study is centred on the relationship between economic recessions, economic factors such as unemployment rates, low income, and the COVID-19 pandemic, and spousal violence. The research is focused on scholarship and statistics within a Canadian context, as well as specific to Calgary and Alberta where appropriate. The study covers the economic recessions and related statistics on low income and unemployment rates in Canada from 2008 to 2020 in an attempt to illustrate a connection with spousal violence. The statistics on spousal violence cover the period from 2009 to 2014, given these are the most recently available publicly accessible statistics from the General Social...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: Indispensable Sentencing Tool or Inconsistent Sentencing Technique?: Gladue Pre-Sentence Reports in Canada
Contributor(s): Tisa Keller (author); Doug King (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: April 2021; April 2021
Description: Two decades have passed since section 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code of Canada was enacted and subsequently interpreted by the Supreme Court of Canada in the landmark case R v. Gladue (1999, 1 SCR 688). This section requires judges to consider the unique systemic and background factors of an Aboriginal offender during the sentencing process to establish a proportionate sentence, thereby emphasizing restorative justice. Since the Supreme Court’s judgement in Gladue, a special form of pre-sentence report, known as a Gladue Report, has emerged to provide a tailored, comprehensive assessment of an Indigenous offender’s circumstances to assist sentencing judges in complying with their statutory...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: An Investigation Into The Development, Application, And Relevance Of The Infanticide Legislation in Canadian Law
Contributor(s): Hannah Luttman (author); Doug King (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2022; 2022
Description: The application and development of infanticide legislation in the Canadian justice system is a controversial topic among the legal community. Section 233 of the Criminal Code (1985) contains the infanticide provision in Canadian statute law. Section 233 Infanticide can be used both as a stand-alone charge, and as a partial defence in cases where murder is charged. This thesis provides a brief historical overview of the infanticide provision’s legislative development. Since its enactment in 1948, the provision has undergone some revisions but has received little commentary from the courts. There is considerable confusion in the legal community surrounding some phrases in the provision and...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: A New Era for Police Reforms: How Canadian Police Agencies Have Approached to Defunding the Police after the Death of George Floyd
Contributor(s): Kim Kong Lee (author); Doug King (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2022; 2022
Description: Soon after George Floyd was brutally killed in the United States, Black Lives Matter and its sub-movement defunding the police was quickly adopted by Canada. As defunding the police is a relatively new concept in Canada, and there are many controversies around the meaning of defunding the police, the current research seeks to gain a deeper understanding of the movement in an exploratory manner with the intention to provide the public with some valuable insights about the movement. In particular, the current research asks how Canadian police agencies have approached defunding the police after the death of George Floyd. Based on Williams and Eichenthal (2020), the present research...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: Understanding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms from a Student’s Perspective: The Role of Social Media on Charter Awareness
Contributor(s): Taya Onyschtschuk (author); D. Scharie Tavcer (thesis advisor); Mount Royal University Faculty of Arts Economics, Justice and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2022-04-15; 2022-04-15
Description: Awareness of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, or constitutional literacy in Canada, has gained very little attention since its establishment in 1982, particularly with university-aged Canadians. Because of the important role that the Charter plays in individuals’ lives, it is crucial every Canadian understands their rights and freedoms enshrined in law, as well as the limitations of those rights and freedoms. This study attempted to gauge constitutional literacy and social media use among Mount Royal University students, specifically on ss. 1, 2, and 7 of the Charter because of the overarching relevance and applicability of these sections to all Canadians. Social media was...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research

Title: Rethinking Indigenous policing on reservation lands in Canada: Reflections from Australia and the United States
Contributor(s): Shayna Westlund (author); Harpreet Aulakh (thesis advisor); Mount Royal Uiversity Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies (Degree granting institution)
Date issued: 2022; 2022
Description: The historical relationship between the Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the federal government is strained as they have been subjected to continuous and ongoing injustices. To address various issues associated with Indigenous Peoples and the justice system, First Nations Policing Programs were introduced. Extensive research has been conducted evaluating Canada's Indigenous policing practices; however, there are gaps in the literature pertaining to best practices and what can be improved. This research aims to highlight the strengths and shortcomings of Canada's FNPP and Indigenous policing practices while reflecting on the Indigenous policing practices observed in Australia and the...
Appears in collection(s): Undergraduate Student Research