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Acknowledging the History of Deleterious Forms of Feminism: Why TERF Ideology is Nothing New
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Acknowledging the History of Deleterious Forms of Feminism: Why TERF Ideology is Nothing New
Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 3 and 4). An analytic essay that discusses the many types of feminism with a focus on trans-exclusionary radical feminism (TERFism) and looks at the way that feminism has…
He Liked Black People. He Felt Sorry for Them: A Personal Response to Privilege in "Bro"
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He Liked Black People. He Felt Sorry for Them: A Personal Response to Privilege in "Bro"
Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 3 and 4). An analytic essay that presents a personal view toward the themes of white privilege and harm in 'Bro' by Ian Williams.
Jigonsaseh in Times of War and Peace
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Jigonsaseh in Times of War and Peace
Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 1 and 2). An analytical essay that reveals the role women as Jigonsaseh played in the early history of Canada and the United States.
A Dog with Too Much Power
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A Dog with Too Much Power
Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 1 and 2). An analytical essay of the filming elements that communicate the destructive power dynamics between the characters in the western movie, The Power of the Dog.
A Comparison of Great Depression Escapism in "The Thin Man" (1934) and Wartime Realism in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941)
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A Comparison of Great Depression Escapism in "The Thin Man" (1934) and Wartime Realism in "The Maltese Falcon" (1941)
Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Research Essay (Years 1 and 2). A research essay that compares Escapism and Realism in two classic films, "The Thin Man" and "The Maltese Falcon".
The Visual Sensualities of the Femme Fatale in "Double Indemnity" and "Blade Runner"
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The Visual Sensualities of the Femme Fatale in "Double Indemnity" and "Blade Runner"
Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Research Essay (Years 3 and 4). A research essay that discusses the changing attitudes toward gender roles and women in roles for the modern femme fatale in contemporary film noir.
Vinyl Records Haven't Left, They Just Stepped Aside for a While: The Vinyl Record Community in Red Deer
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Vinyl Records Haven't Left, They Just Stepped Aside for a While: The Vinyl Record Community in Red Deer
Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Research Essay (Years 1 and 2). A research essay that looks at the resurgence of vinyl records as an analog medium in a culture dominated by digital media.
Printing a Revolution: How Newspapers Fomented Rebellion
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Printing a Revolution: How Newspapers Fomented Rebellion
Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Research Essay (Years 3 and 4). A research essay that discusses the effect newspapers held to assert political and social pressure on policy in the American colonies.
Good Deflation: A Critical Look at the Bogeyman of Western Economics
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Good Deflation: A Critical Look at the Bogeyman of Western Economics
Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Research Essay (Years 1 and 2). A research essay that discusses the philosophy of deflation in macroeconomics of a modern Western economy.
Race, Gender, and Whiteness in Joy Kogawa's "Obasan"
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Race, Gender, and Whiteness in Joy Kogawa's "Obasan"
Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Analytic Essay (Years 3 and 4). An analytic essay that discusses race and gender in Kogawa's Obasan, a novel of childhood in Canada's Japanese internment camps during WWII.
Silence, Memory, and Healing in Joy Kogawa's "Obasan"
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Silence, Memory, and Healing in Joy Kogawa's "Obasan"
Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Analytic Essay (Years 1 and 2). An analytic essay that discusses silence and memory in Kogawa's Obasan, a novel of childhood in Canada's Japanese internment camps during WWII.
Grounded Normativity and Living with Meaning: A Comparison of 'Ducks' and 'Moon of the Crusted Snow'
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Grounded Normativity and Living with Meaning: A Comparison of 'Ducks' and 'Moon of the Crusted Snow'
Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 1 and 2). An analytical essay comparing two texts that reveal the importance of self-fulfillment through the practices of grounded normativity.
Araby and The Male Gaze
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Araby and The Male Gaze
Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Analytic Essay (Years 1 and 2). An analytic essay that discusses the male gaze in James Joyce’s novel, 'Araby'.
Ukiyo-e Inspiring It All
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Ukiyo-e Inspiring It All
Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Research Essay (Years 1 and 2). A research essay discussing the art form, 'Ukiyo-e' or Japanese Woodblock Printing, as the foundation of modern contemporary art.
Lords of Nothing: How 'Hell or High Water' Redefines the Western
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Lords of Nothing: How 'Hell or High Water' Redefines the Western
Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 1 and 2). An analytic essay that discusses how storytelling and filmmaking techniques present a postmodern perspective on America's fascination with the violent history of the…
You Only Own Yourself If You Can Sell Yourself: Wage Labour, Agency, and Self-Denial in 'Severance'
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You Only Own Yourself If You Can Sell Yourself: Wage Labour, Agency, and Self-Denial in 'Severance'
Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 3 and 4). An analytic essay discussing the meaning of wage labour and the definition of employee self-ownership in the TV series, 'Severance'.
Veiled Sin: Unraveling Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”
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Veiled Sin: Unraveling Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil”
Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Analytic Essay (Years 3 and 4). An analytic essay exploring the veil as a conduit to the supernatural in the Puritan concept of sin.
Mothers of the Race: The Glorification of Motherhood, Racial Purity and Compulsory Sterilisation Under the Third Reich
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Mothers of the Race: The Glorification of Motherhood, Racial Purity and Compulsory Sterilisation Under the Third Reich
Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Research Essay (Years 3 and 4). A research essay that discusses the aggressive eugenics campaign of the Nazi Party in the 1930s, revealing the oppressive policies of sterilization, compulsory motherhood…
The Outsiders, Annotated Edition
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The Outsiders, Annotated Edition
Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Analytic Essay (Years 3 and 4). "This paper represents an excerpt from a much larger “critical annotated edition” for S.E. Hinton’s 'The Outsiders', and as such it is somewhat different…
Jacek Malczewski: History Depicted Through Art
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Jacek Malczewski: History Depicted Through Art
Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Research Essay (Years 3 and 4). A research essay that explores the themes in J. Malczewski's art, such as symbolism depicting his life and Poland's tragic condition after the 1863 uprising.
On Solid Ground: How cultural narratives and women’s roles in Haudenosaunee governance allowed for political stability following the 1687 abduction by the French
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On Solid Ground: How cultural narratives and women’s roles in Haudenosaunee governance allowed for political stability following the 1687 abduction by the French
Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Research Essay (Years 1 and 2). A research essay discussing the gender balance in the politics of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of 1600s Eastern Canada.
From Kandiaronk to the French Revolution: An Intellectual History of the Indigenous Critique of Europe
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From Kandiaronk to the French Revolution: An Intellectual History of the Indigenous Critique of Europe
Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Research Essay (Years 3 and 4). A research essay that discusses the 'Indigenous Critique' and the Wyandot orator Kandiaronk's success in navigating the political waters of the English,…
How Astrology Survived the Rise of Christianity: A Brief Literature Review
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How Astrology Survived the Rise of Christianity: A Brief Literature Review
Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Research Essay (Years 1 and 2). A research essay that examines the Early to Late Middle Ages practice of astrology and the Christian belief that practitioners were heretics.
A Look at Feminist Media Theory in Film
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A Look at Feminist Media Theory in Film
Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Research Essay (Years 3 and 4). A research essay that discusses how feminist media theory challenges the patriarchal system of how film portrays gender.