The experiences of female long-distance labour commuters from the City of Kelowna to the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo ...

• Main Author: Nagy, Stephanie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2018
• Subjects: Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0363240; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0363240

Research conducted on female long-distance labour commuters (LDLC) in male-dominated resource extraction industries is limited particularity within a Canadian context. Female LDLCs’ experiences may be d1istinct from male LDLCs in important ways that can create specific barriers and challenges for female workers. This thesis examines therefore the experiences of female LDLCs acknowledging ideologies of hegemonic masculinities and neoliberalism. This study is spatially situated in the City of Kelowna as a home community and within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo as a work site. Drawing on principals of Poststructural Feminist Geography, this study was conducted as an exploratory case study utilizing a sequential mixed methods approach. Data from this study was analyzed through critical discourse analysis. Recruitment and data collection for this thesis took place between November 2015 and October 2016 through a survey with 9 female LDLCs and 5 in-depth interviews. The study reveals push/pull forces ...