Major Research Papers (MRP) are approximately 35-45 pages in length.
They are a piece of original scholarly research that augments or enhances knowledge of the topic under investigation.
A list of recently completed MRPs
All of the below papers can be found in the institutional repository here: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14776/10
Picard, Madison. 2025. "If paying tithing means that you don't have enough to feed your family, pay tithing": Examining power through the law of tithing in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Thompson, Emily. 2025. (Re)-enacting the Ontario Music Curriculum:Breaking the Cycle of Injustice
Quinton, Ashley. 2025. Sad, Mad, Bad and Doubly Deviant: Media Depictions of Female Killers
Mcclary, Erin. 2024. Navigating Culture Wars: Industry perceptions of Diversity, Inclusion, and the Authenticity of Brand Activism
Vohra, Shrey. 2024. Analysis of Ecofascist Tendencies on Reddit
Acchione, Alanna. 2024. Representations of Sexual Assault in News Media Coverage of Canada's Extreme Intoxication Defence
Valdivia, Mateo. 2023. Alpha,Beta,Sigma: A Critical Analysis of Sigma Male Ideoloogy
Ma, Hongwei (Marc). 2023. The Downplayed Debt Attributes of BNPL: A Thematic Content Analysis of TikTok
Clarke, Kayla. 2023. Amending Amendments: Digital Colonialism, Bill C-11, and Assessing the Call for Improvement
Kojok, Bayan. 2022. Reinventing Child Labour: A Contemporary Analysis of Children’s Participation in the Digital Labour Economy
Nimmo, Micaela. 2022. A Content Analysis of Fat Liberation Discourse and Commodification on TikTok
Morneau, Samantha. 2022. A Textual Analysis of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Espinoza-Lewis, Emily. 2022. A Critical Analysis of the Media Representations of Venezuelan Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers (Venezuelan IRAS) in Peru
Hansaruk, Shane. 2022. Indie Developers and the Queer Content Renaissance in Video Games, 2013-2017
Jessop, Mackenzie. 2021. Revisiting Asian American Representations in Hollywood: Negotiating Identity, Gender, and Sexuality
Milanis, Amanda. 2021. Changing the Game: A Critical Media Analysis of ESPN and espnW
Baillargeon, Paul. 2021. Asymmetrical Governance: Auditing Algorithms to Preserve Due Process Rights
Chmaissany, Maya. 2020. Counter-Hegemonic Self-Representation of Arabs and Muslims in Popular Media
Scholl, Benjamin J. 2020. An Ethnography of Early Canadian Varsity Esports
D'hondt, Fox. 2020. A Content Analysis of the Narrative in Game of Thrones: Exploring How Game of Thrones Resists Neoliberal Ideology
Szczyglowski, Brittany. 2019. 'Bigger than football': A capacities and signals approach to the NFL kneeling protests
Betancur, Carolina. 2019. ‘Go Out Museums!’ Museums Political Relevance Within the Current Media Environment
O'Gorman, Brenna. 2019. #TrippinWithTarte: The Immaterial Labour of Selling Calculated Authenticity and Glamour On Instagram
Vido, Jasmine. 2019. A Critical Investigation of Bell Let's Talk
Ntahonsigaye, Mirella Kami. 2018. 'Fake News Hysteria': How an Analysis of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds Broadcast Can Inform the Issue of 'Fake News'
Milenkovic, Darko. 2018. Native Advertising Disclosures in Journalism: An Assessment on the Accurate Reporting of Disclosure Wording in Conveying Advertising Intent
Gould, John. 2018. Communicative Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation: Exploring Ideology in the Calgary Herald
McLaren, Jackson. 2018. Recognize Me: An Analysis of Transgender Media Representation
Khanna, Rohan. 2018. How Disney’s Abc Avoided Reporting Electronic Arts Star Wars Game Micro-Transactions
El-Khatib, Samar. 2018. Refuting the Sharing Economy: An Examination of Mainstream and Critical Perspectives
Forbes, Erin. 2018. Manufacturing the Mythology of “Be- Leaf”: A Thematic Analysis of 2017 Playoff Coverage in the Toronto Star