Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "Diaspora"

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Defragmenting Identity in the Life Narratives of Iraqi North American Women

Al Ethari, Lamees (University of Waterloo, 2014-05-02)

This dissertation examines contemporary Iraqi North American women’s life narratives within the frame of postcolonial autobiography theory. Through narrating their experiences of oppression, war, and displacement these ...
A Path Home

Vaid, Ajinderjeet Kaur (University of Waterloo, 2006-12-06)

With the shift in perspective from temporary to permanent residence in this country, Sikhs are caught in between two polar ends of homeland and diaspora. This thesis attempts to illuminate a third – a universal permanence ...
Sovereignty Sensitivity and Diaspora Discontent: Domestic Influences on Canadian Foreign Policy Decision Making in the Kosovo War

Recaj, Krenare (University of Waterloo, 2021-01-22)

In 1999, Canada participated in NATO’s Operation Allied Force, a 78-day bombing campaign against Yugoslavia meant to end the ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians. Officially, Canada’s interests in developing its foreign ...