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Strategic Research Plan - Library Support and Resources

This guide identifies key library resources and services that support the University's Strategic Research Plan, with particular emphasis on the identified major research themes.

Overview of Research Theme and Library Resources

Within the Saint Mary's University Strategic Research Plan 2021-2026, the research theme of Modern Global Citizenship encompasses major topics of migration, development and big data

The Patrick Power Library provides access to numerous scholarly resources for the study of modern global citizenship. These resources cross many disciplines, including central areas of study such as Global Development Studies, Political Science, Data and Statistics, and Computing; and including additional content within Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences subjects. Library resources support current research by the faculty and graduate students of Saint Mary's University within the broad theme of modern global citizenship, and within the subjects of migration, development and big data.

Library research and subject guides provide access points to research materials on Modern Global Citizenship issues, and students and faculty may wish to explore the following call number ranges for books in the library:

  • H -- Social Sciences
  • J -- Political Science

Library Guides related to Modern Global Citizenship Issues

Student Theses on Modern Global Citizenship Issues

This section contains a sample of recent graduate-level theses by Saint Mary's students related to Modern Global Citizenship This is only a selection of recent graduate-level work in this area. The Patrick Power Library publishes and catalogues University theses, making the full-text accessible in databases and search engines across the world. The link will take you to the library's institutional repository, where you can browse and search all theses and dissertations created at Saint Mary's University since 1962. You can also find our theses and dissertations by searching the Novanet library catalogue

Barnes, B. (2021). Immigrant settlement patterns in Canada: does elasticity of substitution between immigrants and native-born workers matter? [Major Research Project Saint Mary’s University]. Saint Mary’s university Archives Institutional Repository. https://library2.smu.ca/handle/01/29868 

Hossain, A. (2020). Does the place of education matter in reducing the difference in earnings between immigrants and native-born in Canada? [Major Research Project Saint Mary’s University]. Saint Mary’s university Archives Institutional Repository. https://library2.smu.ca/handle/01/29426 

Zhao, Z. (2018). Impacts of human capital variables on earnings of immigrants and non-immigrants in Canada: 1996 and 2006 [Major Research Project Saint Mary’s University]. Saint Mary’s university Archives Institutional Repository. https://library2.smu.ca/handle/01/27969