Henry Parada
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 908500 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Henry Parada |
| PRENOMES | Henry |
| SOBRENOME | Parada |
| ASSINATURA | PARADA H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0213-3117 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Black Social Workers in the Ontario Child Welfare System
Entrevista a Henry Parada
En esta entrevista, Henry Parada, docente de la Escuela de Trabajo Social de la Universidad Metropolitana de Toronto e investigador en derechos humanos, protección de la niñez y movilidad humana, analiza los desafíos contemporáneos del Trabajo Social en el contexto canadiense desde una perspectiva crítica y decolonial. A partir de su trayectoria como migrante latinoamericano y académico, examina las tensiones entre políticas sociales, institucion…
Family members’ perspectives of laws, policies and practices in substance use disorder treatment
“I wasn’t Enrolled”
Evaluation of Centres for the Integral Attention of Children in Dominican Republic (Cianis) and Local Community Organizations for Child Protection (LCOCP)
The preparation of this report would not have been possible without the valuable contribution of countless individuals and groups who contributed not only to this final report, but also to the planning, development and implementation of the study. Sincere gratitude is extended to the Dominican contributors and collaborators, starting with the CIANI families, CIANI employees, and community stakeholders who took the time to share their experiences.…
Anti-racist policies and invisible labour of educators in Ontario schools
The Significance of Relationships in Black Youth's Narratives of Out‐of‐Home Care in Ontario's Child Welfare System
For youth in the child welfare system, relationships can be a catalyst for change and resilience. Child welfare workers are responsible for caring for youth, ensuring their permanency, and—wherever possible—maintaining relationships between youth and their families. Unfortunately, not all youth feel supported during their time in out‐of‐home care (OOHC). For black youth, research has begun to document the challenges and disparities they face whil…
Factors that promote Black students’ success
Performative Youth Work
“I Don’t Want Anyone to Follow My Path
The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) involves children in any sexual exchange with an adult for compensation – monetary or non-monetary. This article seeks to understand the impact of global economies on local realities and how these complex systems impact the everyday realities of young, impoverished children in the Dominican Republic. The findings are based on 18 interviews with children who were sexually exploited for compensa…
Reimagining Youth Subjectivity
This research achieves two aims: it seeks to understand how the norms and standards outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ( crc ) are implemented in Canada, focusing on legislative compliance at the provincial/territorial level: specifically, the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (2017). Second, it evaluates whether the crc has material value by exploring how youth subjectivity is constituted through this legisla…
Latin American children in Ontario child welfare
Unpacking Food and Housing Insecurity
Blossoming Through Creativity
Parents don’t know they have the option to say no”
This article examines ways Latin American and Black Caribbean parents navigate special education programs in Ontario's education system. Based on qualitative interviews with parents, the findings suggest that racialized immigrant parents must find ways to navigate the system as newcomers while also addressing the intended and unintended effects of special education programs for their children. Parents described the exclusionary processes used in …
It’s not a system that’s built for me”
Through exploration of Black Caribbean youths’ feelings of unbelonging and exclusion in Ontario schools, this paper argues that how Whiteness is systemically engrained in the education system negatively affects the learning experiences of Black youth due to predetermined measures of belonging. The present article draws on data from 32 qualitative interviews and four focus groups with 23 Black Caribbean youth. Findings reveal challenges youth comm…
When home reminds me of jail
Explorando el sistema de protección de la niñez en El Salvador
(analytical)This study explores the institutional practices that support or hinder the rights of children and young people in the child protection system in El Salvador. Using an institutional ethnography approach, 61individuals who worked directly or indirectly in the child protection system were interviewed. The findings highlight a lack of manuals that establish concrete practices in accordance with the application of the Law of Comprehensive …
Many households but never a home
The child welfare system has a responsibility for maintaining young people’s safety and permanency when they are taken from their guardians. Many young people living in out-of-home care (OOHC) experience placement instability, which can negatively impact their development. The overrepresentation of Black families in the child welfare system has also been a longstanding issue across North America, where Black families are more likely to be involve…
Latinx Youth's Experiences in the Ontario Education System
This article explores Latinx youth's experience in the Ontario education system and the level of support they encounter throughout their education. Based on phenomenological qualitative interviews, this study found that Latinx youth in Ontario lacked sufficient support networks throughout their childhood and adolescence. Using Bourdieu's theory of capital and education, as well as Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit), this research explores how …
I Just Want to Belong Somewhere”
Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) posits that the invisibility of the Latinx identity in conversations surrounding race and ethnicity leads to an inability for Latinxs to identify, conceptualize, and verbalize their unique experience. This article explores Latinx youth’s experiences in Ontario’s education system and their invisibility throughout their educational journey. Based on qualitative interviews and focus groups with a total of 60 Latinx y…
We Were in White Homes as Black Children
This article reports on narrative interviews conducted as part of the Rights for Children and Youth Partnership Project exploring the experiences of 25 Black Caribbean youth (ages 16–26) who have n
Exploring the Practices of Refugee Settlement Practitioners in Toronto
Using Institutional Ethnography as a method of inquiry, this study explores the institutional ruling relations that regulate refugees' settlement process in Toronto from the standpoint view of practitioners. The research team conducted 13 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with practitioners and “mapped out” their everyday living experiences. The institutional map serves to illuminate how governance structures shape the professional practices o…
Explorando el sistema de protección de la niñez en Honduras
(analytical)This study explores institutional practices that either facilitate or hinder the protection of the rights of children and adolescents in the child protection system in Honduras. The research focuses on the different stages that users go through when they request services. Using an institutional ethnography design, semi-structured interviews were held with 14 workers from institutions that work with users in the system, as well as with…
Essential cogs in the innovation machine”
In this article we explore a Canadian example of how the language of innovation reproduces discourses of neoliberalism in postsecondary education policy documents. How innovation is defined and use
Going home
This article explores the idea of returning home to the South to practise social work. Through our experiences as members of diasporic communities living in the North, we examine how we are implicated in the tensions that surround social work practice and research as efforts to internationalize continue to grow. Specifically, we explore the following themes: the neo-managerial underpinnings of the internationalization of social work; neocoloniali…
Negotiating 'Professional Agency
This article explores how social work as a discipline has helped to negotiate professional agency in decision-making within the restructured child protection system. The narratives of child protection workers affirm that a restrictive climate does exist in child protection agencies and that it indeed shapes the way they make their decisions. This study uses institutional ethnography as the methodology for exploring the decision-making practices o…
We Were in White Homes as Black Children
This article reports on narrative interviews conducted as part of the Rights for Children and Youth Partnership Project exploring the experiences of 25 Black Caribbean youth (ages 16–26) who have n
The changing status and growth of social work education worldwide
The dramatic growth in social work education is documented in the International Association of Schools of Social Work’s 2010 census of institutions offering at least one degree program in social work. The census gathered data on program structure, personnel, student enrollment and curriculum from 473 respondents in the five IASSW regions. Half of the respondents reported requiring course content in social work history, values or ethics, and 20 pe…
When home reminds me of jail
I Just Want to Belong Somewhere”
Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) posits that the invisibility of the Latinx identity in conversations surrounding race and ethnicity leads to an inability for Latinxs to identify, conceptualize, and verbalize their unique experience. This article explores Latinx youth’s experiences in Ontario’s education system and their invisibility throughout their educational journey. Based on qualitative interviews and focus groups with a total of 60 Latinx y…
Blossoming Through Creativity
Many households but never a home
The child welfare system has a responsibility for maintaining young people’s safety and permanency when they are taken from their guardians. Many young people living in out-of-home care (OOHC) experience placement instability, which can negatively impact their development. The overrepresentation of Black families in the child welfare system has also been a longstanding issue across North America, where Black families are more likely to be involve…
Essential cogs in the innovation machine”
In this article we explore a Canadian example of how the language of innovation reproduces discourses of neoliberalism in postsecondary education policy documents. How innovation is defined and use
Performativity Culture in Universities
This paper examines the findings of a study we completed into progressive social work education in Canadian schools of social work. In our research, we found that schools of social work offer three key functions for the university: a connection to the community, a space that values diversity and a space of innovation. We investigate these themes in relation to the dynamics of performativity and fabrication. From conversations with those who parti…
Latin American children in Ontario child welfare
It’s not a system that’s built for me”
Through exploration of Black Caribbean youths’ feelings of unbelonging and exclusion in Ontario schools, this paper argues that how Whiteness is systemically engrained in the education system negatively affects the learning experiences of Black youth due to predetermined measures of belonging. The present article draws on data from 32 qualitative interviews and four focus groups with 23 Black Caribbean youth. Findings reveal challenges youth comm…
Exploring the Practices of Refugee Settlement Practitioners in Toronto
Using Institutional Ethnography as a method of inquiry, this study explores the institutional ruling relations that regulate refugees' settlement process in Toronto from the standpoint view of practitioners. The research team conducted 13 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with practitioners and “mapped out” their everyday living experiences. The institutional map serves to illuminate how governance structures shape the professional practices o…
Negotiating 'Professional Agency
This article explores how social work as a discipline has helped to negotiate professional agency in decision-making within the restructured child protection system. The narratives of child protection workers affirm that a restrictive climate does exist in child protection agencies and that it indeed shapes the way they make their decisions. This study uses institutional ethnography as the methodology for exploring the decision-making practices o…
Emerging practices of social work in the Dominican Republic
English This study is based on consultation with governmental institutions working with women and children in the Dominican Republic and the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, which is part of a six-year project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. We report on some of the preliminary findings and the conceptualization of social work interventions within the Dominican Republic. French Cette étude s’inscrit dans le cadre d…
Social Work in Latin America
Going home
This article explores the idea of returning home to the South to practise social work. Through our experiences as members of diasporic communities living in the North, we examine how we are implicated in the tensions that surround social work practice and research as efforts to internationalize continue to grow. Specifically, we explore the following themes: the neo-managerial underpinnings of the internationalization of social work; neocoloniali…
The changing status and growth of social work education worldwide
The dramatic growth in social work education is documented in the International Association of Schools of Social Work’s 2010 census of institutions offering at least one degree program in social work. The census gathered data on program structure, personnel, student enrollment and curriculum from 473 respondents in the five IASSW regions. Half of the respondents reported requiring course content in social work history, values or ethics, and 20 pe…
Performativity Culture in Universities
This paper examines the findings of a study we completed into progressive social work education in Canadian schools of social work. In our research, we found that schools of social work offer three key functions for the university: a connection to the community, a space that values diversity and a space of innovation. We investigate these themes in relation to the dynamics of performativity and fabrication. From conversations with those who parti…
Essential cogs in the innovation machine”
In this article we explore a Canadian example of how the language of innovation reproduces discourses of neoliberalism in postsecondary education policy documents. How innovation is defined and use
Explorando el sistema de protección de la niñez en Honduras
(analytical)This study explores institutional practices that either facilitate or hinder the protection of the rights of children and adolescents in the child protection system in Honduras. The research focuses on the different stages that users go through when they request services. Using an institutional ethnography design, semi-structured interviews were held with 14 workers from institutions that work with users in the system, as well as with…
Latinx Youth's Experiences in the Ontario Education System
This article explores Latinx youth's experience in the Ontario education system and the level of support they encounter throughout their education. Based on phenomenological qualitative interviews, this study found that Latinx youth in Ontario lacked sufficient support networks throughout their childhood and adolescence. Using Bourdieu's theory of capital and education, as well as Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit), this research explores how …
I Just Want to Belong Somewhere”
Latino Critical Theory (LatCrit) posits that the invisibility of the Latinx identity in conversations surrounding race and ethnicity leads to an inability for Latinxs to identify, conceptualize, and verbalize their unique experience. This article explores Latinx youth’s experiences in Ontario’s education system and their invisibility throughout their educational journey. Based on qualitative interviews and focus groups with a total of 60 Latinx y…
We Were in White Homes as Black Children
This article reports on narrative interviews conducted as part of the Rights for Children and Youth Partnership Project exploring the experiences of 25 Black Caribbean youth (ages 16–26) who have n
Exploring the Practices of Refugee Settlement Practitioners in Toronto
Using Institutional Ethnography as a method of inquiry, this study explores the institutional ruling relations that regulate refugees' settlement process in Toronto from the standpoint view of practitioners. The research team conducted 13 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with practitioners and “mapped out” their everyday living experiences. The institutional map serves to illuminate how governance structures shape the professional practices o…
Explorando el sistema de protección de la niñez en El Salvador
(analytical)This study explores the institutional practices that support or hinder the rights of children and young people in the child protection system in El Salvador. Using an institutional ethnography approach, 61individuals who worked directly or indirectly in the child protection system were interviewed. The findings highlight a lack of manuals that establish concrete practices in accordance with the application of the Law of Comprehensive …
Many households but never a home
The child welfare system has a responsibility for maintaining young people’s safety and permanency when they are taken from their guardians. Many young people living in out-of-home care (OOHC) experience placement instability, which can negatively impact their development. The overrepresentation of Black families in the child welfare system has also been a longstanding issue across North America, where Black families are more likely to be involve…
Parents don’t know they have the option to say no”
This article examines ways Latin American and Black Caribbean parents navigate special education programs in Ontario's education system. Based on qualitative interviews with parents, the findings suggest that racialized immigrant parents must find ways to navigate the system as newcomers while also addressing the intended and unintended effects of special education programs for their children. Parents described the exclusionary processes used in …
It’s not a system that’s built for me”
Through exploration of Black Caribbean youths’ feelings of unbelonging and exclusion in Ontario schools, this paper argues that how Whiteness is systemically engrained in the education system negatively affects the learning experiences of Black youth due to predetermined measures of belonging. The present article draws on data from 32 qualitative interviews and four focus groups with 23 Black Caribbean youth. Findings reveal challenges youth comm…
When home reminds me of jail
“I Don’t Want Anyone to Follow My Path
The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) involves children in any sexual exchange with an adult for compensation – monetary or non-monetary. This article seeks to understand the impact of global economies on local realities and how these complex systems impact the everyday realities of young, impoverished children in the Dominican Republic. The findings are based on 18 interviews with children who were sexually exploited for compensa…
Reimagining Youth Subjectivity
This research achieves two aims: it seeks to understand how the norms and standards outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ( crc ) are implemented in Canada, focusing on legislative compliance at the provincial/territorial level: specifically, the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (2017). Second, it evaluates whether the crc has material value by exploring how youth subjectivity is constituted through this legisla…
Latin American children in Ontario child welfare
Unpacking Food and Housing Insecurity
Blossoming Through Creativity
“I wasn’t Enrolled”
Evaluation of Centres for the Integral Attention of Children in Dominican Republic (Cianis) and Local Community Organizations for Child Protection (LCOCP)
The preparation of this report would not have been possible without the valuable contribution of countless individuals and groups who contributed not only to this final report, but also to the planning, development and implementation of the study. Sincere gratitude is extended to the Dominican contributors and collaborators, starting with the CIANI families, CIANI employees, and community stakeholders who took the time to share their experiences.…
Anti-racist policies and invisible labour of educators in Ontario schools
Sociology (24 obras) · Political science (23 obras) · Gender Studies (17 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (12 obras) · Law (11 obras) · Gender Studies (10 obras) · Homelessness and Social Issues (9 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · Child Welfare and Adoption (8 obras) · Engineering (8 obras)