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Student Research
Students in the Master of Arts in Media Studies have produced a range of research over the course of the program's history. Below you can view examples of Independent Research Projects, Independent Research-Creation Projects, as well as the list of master's theses written by students who were enrolled in the traditional master's program pre-2022.
MA Media Studies student Jean de Dieu Mugabarigira completed an Independent Research Creation Project in 2024 titled Homelessness and Resilience in Post-Genocide Rwanda which was profiled by Western News.
Independent Research Projects (IRP & IRCP) and Theses
- What's New? GenAI, Its Claim on Creativity and the Existential Threat to Human Progress (2025). By Cree-Simone Promyse Harding. Supervised by Professor Alison Hearn.
- Challenges Faced by Pakistani Christian Non-Profit Organizations in Canada (2025). By Maresha Khokhar. Supervised by Associate Professor Joanna Redden.
- And They Were Roommates: Supporting Young Adult Development in Canadian University Roommate Mediations Through the Lens of Bronfenbrenner's Process-Person-Context-Time Model. By Paige Julian. Supervised by Assistant Professor Alissa Centivany.
- Constructing Responsibility: How News Media Frame the Setzer Case and AI Companions (2025). By Kayla MacInnes. Supervised by Associate Professors Joanna Redden and Sandra Smeltzer.
- Defining political realities in international news media: an analysis on rhetoric surrounding the media representation of President Nayib Bukele and the Salvadoran prison industry (2025). By Jeremias Campos. Supervised by Professor Amanda Grzyb.
- Shayla Reyes (2023). Flip to See Original. Supervised by Associate Professor Sarah Smith and Professor Anabel Quan-Haase.
- Jean de Dieu Mugabarigira (2024). Homelessness and Resilience in Post-Genocide Rwanda. Supervised by Professor Amanda Grzyb.
- Omar Pusey (2025). Mapping the Caribbean in London, Ontario. Supervised by Professor Amanda Grzyb.
- Farah Shohib (2025). The Totoa Peace Hut and Post-Conflict Memorialization. Supervised by Professor Amanda Grzyb and Associate Professor Erica Lawson (Arts & Humanities)
- Jouzian Wahhab (2025). Fragmented Memories and Fractured Identities: Narratives of Diasporic Palestinian Women in Literature. Supervised by Professor Sharon Sliwinski.
Mapping the Caribbean in London, Ontario
A visual representation of Caribbean spaces and identity (2025).
By Omar Pusey, supervised by Professor Amanda Grzyb
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