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    A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Women in Canadian Armed Forces Policies and its Connection to Sexual Assault
    (University of Waterloo, 2017-09-12) Vinken, Jamie; Drake, Anna
    This thesis considers the connection between the policy and culture of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), representation of women and the prevalence of sexual assault. I analyzed how the policies and discourse of the CAF contribute to the permissive environment for sexual assault within the institution. Through this analysis I have found that the policies of the CAF do not substantively represent victims and do not contribute to a change in culture. The CAF, as with any culture, is resistant to change and the outdated policies contribute to this. Policies, as a guiding factor in the behaviour of CAF members, must be updated to include clear, direct wording that is substantively representative of victims of sexual assault. Although new documentation, like Operation HONOUR has been recently released, the policies in the QR&Os and DAODs must be adjusted.
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    Manifesting Belief in Canadian Law: What is 'Freedom of Conscience'?
    (University of Waterloo, 2016-08-19) Bergman, Gwyneth; Macfarlane, Emmett; Drake, Anna
    Of all the freedoms articulated within the Canadian Charter, the least defined continues to be freedom of conscience. Discussions of this freedom within the secondary literature have been relatively superficial, and, to date, no Supreme Court of Canada decision has rested on freedom of conscience. This is not to say that freedom of conscience has been entirely ignored. There has been some discussion of it within the case law, and particularly in relation to freedom of religion. This thesis draws upon those cases that reference freedom of conscience to construct a clearer image of what the scope and meaning of that freedom might be. In particular, the thesis seeks to define freedom of conscience within the context of Canadian law, examine how the courts have operationalized this freedom, and outline the relationship between freedom of conscience and freedom of religion. This thesis will also explore the relationships that have been established by the Supreme Court between freedom of conscience and the rest of the Charter – particularly freedom of expression, freedom of association, and the right to life, liberty, and security of the person. These questions are fundamentally important to understanding not only the individual importance of freedom of conscience within the Charter, but also to understanding the Charter as a whole.
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    Progress or the Status Quo? Systems-thinking and Targeted Practice in Development
    (University of Waterloo, 2016-12-14) Khan, Reshem; Welch, David; Drake, Anna
    The policy space in which development happens spans the globe and innumerable contexts depending on the geographical, cultural, or normative scope of the intervention. Taking the complexity of the policy space, the agents of development and the tension between objectivity and orthodox practice and subjective contextual practice, it comes as no surprise that development features a significant degree of unpredictability in outcome. While some element of unpredictability is taken as a given in practice, I argue that theorists and practitioners should not yield so readily to the unknown. The framework presented here with which practitioners may improve upon their analytical capacities offers an introductory road-map for the types of pre-intervention research necessary to anticipate and mitigate the effects of unintended externalities. In this paper, I apply structuration theory to analyse failures in World Bank development practice. I argue that the structural configurations of recipient states constrain the potential of externally-directed development initiatives that in turn can reinforce the very institutional features of ‘underdevelopment’ that are targeted for change. Developing structural and institutional profiles of recipient states in anticipation of development activity will reduce the very prevalent risk of failed development initiatives.