Learning Goal… students will learn about the process of selecting a topic to research and writing an essay on.
Possible Independent Study Essay Topic Areas
These are only suggested areas of interest. They are not actual essay topics or theses.
You need to choose some areas of interest and do some preliminary research to find
out enough about the topic to develop a thesis. Try to keep as narrow a focus as
possible to increase the likelihood that your essay will have some depth.
Consider two papers about the same length…
Shallow, covers
more information
on the surface
but doesn’t get
very deep
1500 words
a more narrow focus
covers less on the top
but can go a lot more
in depth
1500 words
---------------------------------------------------------------Acculturation
Bias
Political Activism
Birth Rates and Trends
Adolescence
Canadian Council on Social Development
Advocacy
Canadian Jewish Congress
Alternative Insemination
Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Alienation
Capitalism
Anarchy
Charismatic Leadership
Anti American Sentiment
Child Labour
Anti Racism
China and Family Planning
OR and Human Rights Offenses
Anti Semitism
Cycle of Poverty
Apartheid
Social Class and…
Assimilation
Conformity
Baby Boom
Consumption
Baby Formula and the WHO (Nestles)
Counter Culture
Behaviour Modification
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Learning Goal… students will learn about the process of selecting a topic to research and writing an essay on.
Deviance
Drinking Age
Crime and recidivism
and punishment
and hate
and youth
and women
Drugs
Crimes Against Humanity
Cultural Identity
Culture and Directed Change
Echo Boom Generation
Curfews
Education and inclusive curriculum
and black experience
and something else
Desegregation
Discrimination
Employment Equity
Developing World
Globalization and wealth
and cultural impact
and poverty
and…
Environment and Activism
Hate Crimes and Canadian Law
Equal Pay for work of Equal Value
Health Care and access
Two tier versus one
Egg Donation Egg Selling
Ethics and Organ Donation / Sale
Heritage Front
Ethics Parents, Healthcare for Children
and Religion
Ethnic Cleansing and Rawanda
and Darfur
and Iraq
and Bosnia
and Armenians
Ethnocentrism
Holocaust Deniers
Homelessness and…
Homophobia and Homonegativity
Human Body Parts Trade
Human Rights
Feminism and…
Impact of Racism on Identity
Canada and Foreign Aid
Miscegenation (mixed) and Identity
Gender and…
Gender Identity
Generation X Y or Z
Gender Crisis
Genocide
Transgender Discrimination
Patriarchy
Immigration and marginalization
Peace keeping and Canada is it an
outdated concept?
Brain Drain
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Learning Goal… students will learn about the process of selecting a topic to research and writing an essay on.
The Pill and Sexual Politics
Israel and Palestine
Poverty and…
causes…
Liberal Feminism
Marxian Feminism
Prejudice
Radical Feminism
Justice System in Canada and Aboriginals
Women
Matrilineal Societies
Police and Profiling
NAACP
Anti Islam Prejudice and Profiling
since 911
Systemic Discrimination
Privilege… white
male
Terrorism
Racism and Immigration Policies
Sexism and…
United Nations and…
Same Sex Marriage and the United States
and Canada or around the world
Canada and US relations
Same Sex Couples and Adoption
Parenting
custody
Violence and…
Media and…
The Arab Spring Movement and…
Divorce and…
Youth and activism…
Current Family trends…
Cyber bullying and…
Gender roles and…
Exploitation…
Socialization and…
Human trafficking…
Americanization and…
Female Genital Mutilation and…
Caste system
Glass ceiling and women
and race or immigration
Women in developing countries
Collectivist societies…
Mixed couples and…
Individualistic societies…
Fertility rates in Canada
Social media and…
Difficulties transitioning for Young Adults
The 1 %
Tweens and…
Changing the Status quo
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Learning Goal… students will learn about the process of selecting a topic to research and writing an essay on.
Mental Illness and stigma
Treatment of white collar criminals
Subcultures
Human rights in Canada
Sweatshops
Child poverty and…
Gender and…
Feminization of poverty
Police and…
Income disparity and…
The RCMP and sexual harassment
Hate crimes versus freedom of speech
The evolution of a villain as a reflection
of an increasingly violent society
Culture and beauty
Video games
Social isolation
Suicide and…
Youtube and…
Sexting and…
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