Exploring resilience among queer youth in gender sexuality alliances

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dc.contributor.authorDurksen, Douglas
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeWatt, Jennifer (Curriculum, Teaching & Learning)
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMani, Priya (Educational Administration, Foundations & Psychology)
dc.contributor.supervisorMizzi, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-03T19:11:55Z
dc.date.available2024-01-03T19:11:55Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-28
dc.date.submitted2023-12-27T18:59:54Zen_US
dc.date.submitted2024-01-03T18:51:08Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineEducational Administration, Foundations and Psychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education (M.Ed.)
dc.description.abstractGender Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) are an important vehicle for engaging queer youth in Canadian high schools. GSAs present a useful entry point for queer pedagogy and can counter heteronormative discourse in schools. The literature shows that GSAs are an important tool for building resilience in queer youth. However, few studies have been undertaken that examine the work and impact of GSAs from the perspective of both queer theory and resilience theory. Drawing on queer theory and resilience theory, this case study examines the experiences of three Manitoba high school students in order to examine how queer theory and resilience theory speak to each other in the context of GSAs in Manitoba secondary schools. This research project addresses the following main research questions: 1) How do student experiences of GSAs align with both queer theory and resilience theory? 2) How do students who participate in GSAs perceive their resilience? Interviews showed that participants experienced their GSAs as spaces where they could safely socialize and explore their identity, but did not engage in broader educative or advocacy activities. These findings point to implications and recommendations for GSA advisors and school administrators in order to help GSAs better serve queer youth in secondary schools.
dc.description.noteFebruary 2024
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/37898
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectResilience
dc.subjectGender Sexuality Alliance
dc.subjectGSA
dc.subjectGSA advisor
dc.subjectQueer theory
dc.subjectQueer Youth
dc.titleExploring resilience among queer youth in gender sexuality alliances
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayes
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