Veronica Escobar Olivo
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 908501 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Veronica Escobar Olivo |
| PRENOMES | Veronica Escobar |
| SOBRENOME | Olivo |
| ASSINATURA | OLIVO V E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2064-8536 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
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
Rethinking Intergenerational Trauma
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
Our Daughters
This article explores the experience of 1.5 and second-generation Central American women growing up and living in Canada. Specifically, the study explores the gendered expectations of caring and the impact of culture and social context in shaping the roles of Central American daughters within their families and community. Based on twelve one-on-one interviews with female participants, the findings revealed that Central American women's upbringing…
Our community needs to heal”
In 2020, our research collective facilitated a photovoice project titled “Picturing Our Realities: Arts-based Reflections with Central American Youth in Canada,” which brought together young, second-generation, and one-and-a-half-generation (born in another country and moved at a young age) Central American identifying people in Toronto to talk about their experiences growing up as children of immigrants. This photovoice project reveals the ways …
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
Latin American children in Ontario child welfare
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…
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 …
Our Daughters
This article explores the experience of 1.5 and second-generation Central American women growing up and living in Canada. Specifically, the study explores the gendered expectations of caring and the impact of culture and social context in shaping the roles of Central American daughters within their families and community. Based on twelve one-on-one interviews with female participants, the findings revealed that Central American women's upbringing…
Our community needs to heal”
In 2020, our research collective facilitated a photovoice project titled “Picturing Our Realities: Arts-based Reflections with Central American Youth in Canada,” which brought together young, second-generation, and one-and-a-half-generation (born in another country and moved at a young age) Central American identifying people in Toronto to talk about their experiences growing up as children of immigrants. This photovoice project reveals the ways …
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 …
“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
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
Rethinking Intergenerational Trauma
Performative Youth Work
Sociology (11 obras) · Gender Studies (9 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Gender Studies (6 obras) · Critical Race Theory in Education (4 obras) · Developmental psychology (4 obras) · Social Work Education and Practice (4 obras) · Child Welfare and Adoption (3 obras) · Economic growth (3 obras)