Map - Plan of Organization of Conquered Position

A map titled "Plan of Organization of Conquered Position". There is a legend at the top right that reads: "Parallel of Surveillance, Parallel of Resistance, Parallel of the Redoubts, Limit between Bns., Final Objective, Final Line after Counter Attack." The map is dated 17 December 1918

Map - Probable Order of Battle

A map titled "Probable Order of Battle" and dated 28 May 1918. The map is of Montdidier.

Map - Plan of Operation against Cantigny

A map titled "Plan of Operation against Cantigny" and dated 17 December 1918.

Map - First Division Sector Coblenz - Bridghead

A large map titled "Map of First Division Sector Coblenz-Bridgehead" dated 8 May 1919. The map is hand drawn.

Map of Park lawn Cemetery

Map of Park Lawn Cemetery (which is off Bloor St. in Toronto). (This is a photocopy): Notes which have been penciled in are: “Sarah 1926”; “Eliza Lawrence, 1929” and “Eliza’s stone touching one of the big trees”, n.d.

Map Showing Woodruff and Sanderson Plots

Map showing the Woodruff and Sanderson plots in the St. Catharines Cemetery (This is a photocopy), section P, division 9, April 9, 1932.

Map of Woodruff and Sanderson Lots - Victoria lawn Cemetery

Map showing the Woodruff and Sanderson plots in the St. Catharines Cemetery (This is a photocopy), section P, division 9, April 9, 1932.

Map - Glen Ridge, City of St. Catharines

Map measuring 50 cm. x 80 cm. of Glen Ridge, City of St. Catharines by St. Catharines Improvement Company Ltd., n.d.

Notice that the Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railway map and plans have been certified by commissioners

Notice that the Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railway map and plans have been certified by commissioners. This is signed “secretary”, n.d.

Map of the Welland Canal including the store house and waste weir no.1

Map of the Welland Canal including the store house and waste weir no.1, n.d.

Map of the Welland Canal including the store house and waste weir no.1 drawn by Shamus A. Begly

Map of the Welland Canal including the store house and waste weir no.1 drawn by Shamus A. Begly of Public Works, n.d.

Map of measurements of lot no.186

Map of measurements of lot no.186, Dec. 19, 1855.

Map of measurements of lots no.185 and 186 by George Strohan

Map of measurements of lots no.185 and 186 by George Strohan, Dec. 29, 1855.

‘Designer Vaginas': The Representation of Female Genitals on Canadian Cosmetic Surgeons' Websites

This thesis critically examines the online marketing tactics of 10 (English language) Canadian cosmetic surgery clinics’ websites that offer Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery (FGCS), specifically, labiaplasty (labial reduction) and vaginoplasty (vaginal tightening). Drawing on a qualitative Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA) and a feminist-informed social constructionist framework (Lazar, 2007), I examine how FGCS discourses reiterate and reinforce heteronormative sexual scripts for women, and impose restrictive models of femininity through the pathologization of genital diversity and the appropriation of postfeminist and neoliberal discourses of individual choice and empowerment. I explore feminist analyses of the links between FGCS and contemporary Western women’s postfeminist subjectivity, and the reconfiguration of women’s sexual agency, to better understand what these contemporary shifts may mean for women’s sexual anxiety and expression. My analysis highlights several discourses that organize the online marketing material of Canadian FGCS websites, including: the pathologization of genital diversity; restrictive models of femininity; heteronormative sexual scripts; neoliberal and post-feminist rhetorics of individual choice and empowerment; and psychological and sexual transformation. Overall, these discourses undermine acceptance of women’s genital diversity, legitimize the FGCS industry and frame FGCS as the only viable solution to alleviate women’s genital and sexual distress despite the lack of evidence regarding the long-term benefits and risks of these procedures, and the recommendations against FGCS by professional medical organizations.

Map measuring 28 cm. x 24 cm. showing the Walter H. Dickson land

Map measuring 28 cm. x 24 cm. showing the Walter H. Dickson land along the road from Blenheim, n.d.