Publications
2023
Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V. & Cruz, K. (2023). Central American young people migration: Coloniality and epistemologies of the South. Routledge. [Order book here]
King, B., Parada, H., Fallon, B., Escobar Olivo, V., Best, L.M., & Filippelli, J. (2023). Latin American Children in Ontario child welfare: An examination of investigation disparities. Children and Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107357
Parada, H., Perez Gonzalez, L., Rampersaud, M., & Escobar Olivo, V. (2023). “Parents don’t know they have the option to say no”: The Experiences of Caribbean and Latin American Parents Navigating Special Education in Ontario. Race, Ethnicity, and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2023.2255837
Akuoko-Barfi, C., Escobar Olivo, V., Rampersaud, M., Parada, H., & Schuster, R. (2023). “I feel like I was targeted”: Black youth navigating policing in Ontario, Canada. Child & Youth Services. https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2023.2243436
Parada, H., Perez Gonzalez, L., & Escobar Olivo, V. (2023). “Do White parents feel the same?”: Latin American and Black Caribbean parents fighting for participation in partnership-oriented education. Whiteness and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/23793406.2023.2249904
Akuoko-Barfi, C., Parada, H., Gonzalez Perez, L., & Rampersaud, M. (2023). “It’s not a system that’s built for me”: Black youths’ unbelonging in Ontario schools. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2023.2240686
Parada, H., Sanchez Morales, D., Escobar Olivo, V., Recinos, E., & Gonzalez, A.R. (2022). La construcción institucional de prácticas en el sistema de protección de niños, niñas y adolescentes en El Salvador. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud, 21(1), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.11600/rlcsnj.21.1.5593
Edwards, T., Chowdhury, R., Laylor, A., King, B., & Parada, H. (2023). Pushed, dropped, or fleeing from care: The narratives and adultification of Black youth who have aged out of Ontario’s child welfare system. Child & Youth Services. https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2023.2173565
2022
Tilleczek, K. & MacDonald. D. (Eds). (2022). Education for Wellbeing and Rights of Youth in the Americas. In Youth, Young Adulthood and Society Series. Routledge.
Edwards, T. & Parada, H. (2022). The counter-story of resistance: Black youth disengaging from Ontario’s educational system. Education for Wellbeing and Rights of Youth in the Americas: Youth, Young Adulthood and Society Series. Routledge.
Escobar Olivo, V., Parada, H., & Limón Bravo., F. (2022). Latin American youth and belonging at school in Ontario, Canada. In Tilleczek, K. & MacDonald, D. (eds). Education for Wellbeing and Rights of Youth in the Americas: Youth, Young Adulthood and Society Series. Routledge.
Parada, H., Villeda, B. & Cruz, K. (Eds.). (2022). Sistemas de Protección Infantil en Centroamérica y el Caribe. IPNUSAC.
Edwards, T., King, B., Risidore, J., & Parada, H. (2022). Many households but never a home: stories of resistance from Black youth navigating placement instability in Ontario’s child welfare system. Journal of Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2022.2080539
2021
Akuoku-Barfi, C., McDermott, T., Parada, H., & Edwards, T. (2021). “We were in White homes as Black children:” Caribbean youth’s stories of out-of-home care in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Progressive Human Services: Radical Thought & Praxis. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428232.2021.1931649
Escobar Olivo, V., Parada, H., & Limon Bravo, F. (2021). “I don’t want anyone to follow my path:” Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Human Trafficking. https://doi.org/10.1080/
Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V, & Bravo, F. L. (2021). Latinx Youth’s Experiences in the Ontario Education System: Race, Invisibility, and Capital. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 53(1), 69–87. http://www.proquest.com/docview/2491983073/abstract/26A82EF3B1CE4D86PQ/1
Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V., & Limón Bravo, F. (2021). “I just want to belong somewhere”: Latinx Youth’s experiences in the education system in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Latinos and Education, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2021.1996366
2020
Carranza, M. & Grigg, E. (2020). Interrupted Belonging: Central American Young People in Canada. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.
Suazo, M., Cruz, K. A., & Parada, H. (2020). Explorando el sistema de protección de la niñez en Honduras. Revista Latino Americana, 18(2), 1-26.
Tilleczek, K. (2020). Qualitative methodology in adolescent research. In T.I. Shek & J. Leung (Eds), Encyclopedia of Adolescent Development. Wiley Publishing Ltd. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/10.1002/9781119171492.wecad314
2019
Parada, H., Ibarra, A., Mulvale, E. & Limón Bravo, F. (2019). Children, Youths and Resilience. In H. Bauer (Ed.), Putting Family First: Migration and Integration in Canada. (pp. 197-212). UBC Press.
Valade, M. & Wilson-Mitchell, K. (2019). The Family Advantage. In H. Bauder (Ed.), Putting Family First Migration and Integration in Canada (pp. 278-298). Vancouver, BC, Canada: UBC Press.
Wilson-Mitchell, K. & Robertson, A. (2019). Looking beyond Class, Culture, Race, and Ability in Family Safety. In H. Bauder (Ed.), Putting Family First Migration and Integration in Canada (pp. 107-131). Vancouver, BC, Canada: UBC Press.
Presentations
2023
Perez Gonzalez, L., and Parada, H. (2023, September). “Una Etnografía Institucional sobre los Sistemas de Protección a la Niñez en Centroamérica y República Dominicana”. Paper presentation, Conferencia Internacional sobre Representaciones Sociales. September 20-22. Bogotá, Colombia.
Escobar Olivo, V. & Parada, H. (2023, September). Perspectivas en el estudio de la migración de la juventud en Centroamérica. Conferencia Internacional sobre Representaciones Sociales. September 20-22. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Escobar Olivo, V., Limón Bravo, F., & Parada, H. (2023, February). “La experiencia de los jóvenes latinoamericanos/as en Canadá.” Rights for Children and Youth Partnership: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned. February 9-11. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Parada, H. & Aleman, B. (2023, February). La experiencia de los jóvenes caribeños/as en Canadá. Rights for Children and Youth Partnership: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned. February 9-11. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Edwards, T., Laylor A., King B., & Chowdhury, R. (2023, January). Pushed, Dropped, or Fleeing from Care: The Narratives of Black Youth Who Have Aged Out of Ontario’s Child Welfare System. Paper presentation, Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
2022
Escobar Olivo, V. (2022, November). “Re-Building the “American dream”: Central American youth and migration.” 26th Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Biennial Conference. November 3-5. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sanchez Morales, D. (2022, November). ““I just want to belong somewhere”: Latinx Youth’s Experiences in Canada’s Education System.” 26th Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Biennial Conference. November 3-5. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Rampersaud, M. (2022, November). “It’s not a system that’s built for me”: Black youths’ unbelonging in Ontario schools.” 26th Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Biennial Conference. November 3-5. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Perez Gonzalez, L. (2022, November). ““Parents don’t know that they have the option to say no”: The Experiences of Caribbean and Latin American Parents Navigating Special Education in Ontario.” 26th Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Biennial Conference. November 3-5. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Perez Gonzalez, L., Aleman, B., & Murphy, J. (2022, October). Suddenly I was shy: Latin American 1.5 generation and identity-building. The Wellbeing of Children and Young people in Central America and the Caribbean: University of the West Indies & Toronto Metropolitan University. Virtual Conference. October 19-21.
Sanchez Morales, D., Swardh, K., & Quan, P. (2022, October). Spaces, Placemaking, and Ethnicity: The experiences of Latin American children in Canada’s education system. The Wellbeing of Children and Young people in Central America and the Caribbean: University of the West Indies & Toronto Metropolitan University. Virtual Conference. October 19-21.
Edwards, T., Laylor, A., & Escobar Olivo, V. (2022, October). Participatory Youth Care and Staging of ‘Rights’: Black Caribbean Youth in Out-of-Home Care. The Wellbeing of Children and Young people in Central America and the Caribbean: University of the West Indies & Toronto Metropolitan University. Virtual Conference. October 19-21.
Parada, H., and Escobar Olivo, V. (2022). Alternative care in the Dominican Republic from the perspective of frontline workers. The Wellbeing of Children and Young people in Central America and the Caribbean: University of the West Indies & Toronto Metropolitan University. Virtual Conference. October 19-21.
Rampersaud, M. (2022). Strengthening Institutional Responses: Exploring Intersections of Child Protection, Immigration, and Criminal Justice to Better Support Caribbean and Latin American Children and Youth in Canada. August 16-18. Toronto, ON.
Parada, H. (2022). Strengthening Institutional Responses: Exploring Intersections of Child Protection, Immigration, and Criminal Justice to Better Support Caribbean and Latin American Children and Youth in Canada. August 16-18. Toronto, ON.
Rampersaud, M., Escobar Olivo, V., & Parada, H. (2022). Reimagining Youth Subjectivity: A Deconstruction of Child and Youth Legislation in Ontario. Rage, Reckoning, and Remedy: Global Meeting on Law & Society, Lisbon 2022. Hybrid Conference. July 13-16. Lison, Portugal.
Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V., & Cruz, K. (2022). “El camino es muy largo:” Nuevas perspectivas en el estudio de la migración de la juventud en Centroamérica. Ninth Annual CLASCO Social Sciences and Humanities Conference. June 7-10. Mexico City, Mexico.
Escobar Olivo, V., Parada, H. & Cruz, K. (2022). “Lograr el sueño y eso es todo:” Reconstruyendo conceptos de seguridad. Ninth Annual CLASCO Social Sciences and Humanities Conference. June 7-10. Mexico City, Mexico.
Escobar Olivo, V., Perez Gonzalez, L., & Sanchez Morales, D. (2022, May). “Do White Parents Feel the Same?” Latin American and Caribbean Parents & the Ontario Education System. 18th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI). Virtual Conference. May 18-22.
Swardh, K., Gustave, R., & Rampersaud, M. (2022, May). Challenges at “Home”: The experiences of Caribbean youth in out-of-home care in Southwestern Ontario. 18th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI). Virtual Conference. May 18-22.
Rampersaud, M. & Escobar Olivo, V. (2022). Trial Without Room for Error: Black Caribbean Youth and the Ontario Judicial System. 18th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI). Virtual Conference. May 18-22.
Perez Gonzalez, L., Sanchez Morales, D., & Escobar Olivo, V. (2022). “We lose the opportunity to help guide them”: Barriers to Participation for Latin American and Caribbean Parents in Ontario’s Education System. The Annual Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) Conference: Igniting Change Through Sociology, Virtual Conference. May 16-20.
Limón Bravo, F., Escobar Olivo, V., St. Bernard, G. & King, S. (2022). Navigating ethics and relational issues: International Research. 2022 Annual Conference, Raising the Volume on Research Ethics: Moving from Conversation to Collective Impact. Canadian Association of Research Ethics Board, Virtual Conference. April 20-22.
2021
Akuoko-Barfi, C., Parada, H. & McDermott, T. (2021). Children and Families First: Engaging the Voices of Children & Families in Child Welfare Research and Service Provision. PART: Using Evidence to Promote Excellence in Child Welfare. Virtual Conference. November 5.
Limon Bravo, F. Sense of Belonging: Latinx Youth in Ontario’s Education System. The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) 2021. Virtual Conference. August 23-25.
Parada, H. & Cruz, K. “No podemos salir a la calle”: La inseguridad como desencadenante de la migración de jóvenes hondureños(as) hacia los Estados Unidos. The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) 2021. Virtual Conference. August 23-25.
Parada, H. & Cruz, K. Exploring the migration experience of Central American youth northwards. The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) 2021. Virtual Conference. August 23-25.
Parada, H., Akuoko-Barfi, C., Escobar Olivo, V., McDermott, T., Perez Gonzalez, L., & Sanchez Morales, D. (2021). ‘Multiculturalism’: The experiences of Black and Latinx youth within Institutions. Multiculturalism @50: Diversity, Inclusion and Eliminating Racism. Virtual Conference, October 6-8.
Perez Gonzalez, L., Cho, H., Escobar Olivo, V. & Rampersaud, M. (2021). Navigating Education Practices and Experiences of School Children due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contributions for the Rights for Children and Youth Partnership (RCYP) Project. 16th Annual Caribbean Child Research Conference. Virtual Conference. November 24.
2020
Aranguiz, A., MacDonald, D. & Tilleczek, K. (2020, January). Youth Voices for the Transition Towards Education for the Care of the Common World. [Conference Presentation]. International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Edwards, T. & Shuster, R. (2020, June). Critical Navigation: Black Youth Dually Navigating the Educational System and Residential Care. [Conference Paper]. Canadian Association of Social Work Educators Conference, London, Ontario, Canada. (Conference Cancelled).
Limón Bravo, F., Shuster, R., Parada, H. & McDermott, T. (2020, April). Rights for Children and Youth Partnership Project. [Poster Presentation]. Ryerson Faculty of Community Services, School of Social Work, Faculty Achievement Event, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Conference Cancelled).
Limón Bravo, F. & Escobar Olivo, V. (2020, June). Latinx Youth Experience in the Ontario Education System: Race, Invisibility and Social Capital. [Conference Paper]. Canadian Association of Social Work Educators Conference, London, Ontario, Canada. (Conference Cancelled).
Parada, H. (2020, January). A National Child Welfare Dialogue: Supporting Children, Youth & Families with Immigration and Settlement Needs. [Conference Presentation]. National Child Welfare Dialogue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Parada, H. & Cruz, H. (2020, March). A View from the South: A Reflection on the Migration Process from Central American. [Presentation]. Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Parada, H., Akuoko-Barfi, C. & Bui, T. (2020, June). Mapping the Everyday Child Protection Practices in Ontario. [Conference Paper]. Canadian Association of Social Work Educators Conference, London, Ontario, Canada. (Conference Cancelled).
Parada, H., Asurad, M., Burgos, R. (2020). Cuando se Abusa por Omisión: Niños y Niñas Víctimas de Negligencia. [Webinar]. PUCMM, Dominican Republic.
Shuster, R. & Akuoko-Barfi, C. (2020, June). Black Youths’ Navigation of the Justice System in the Greater Toronto Area. [Conference Paper]. Canadian Association of Social Work Educators Conference, London, Ontario, Canada. (Conference Cancelled).
Tilleczek, K. (2020, January). Towards International Education as Well-Being with/by Youth. [Invited Conference Presentation]. International Education Day Panel, McLaughlin College, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2019
Aranguiz, P., MacDonald, D. & Tilleczek, K. (2019, September). We Are All Children of Mapu Ñuke: Youth Voices for Transitions Towards Sustainable Development and Education in a Common World. Young people, well-being, Development and Education in a Common World. [Conference Presentation]. Young People, Well-Being, Resilience and Enterprise: Critical Perspectives for the Anthropocene, Bilbao, Spain.
Baijnath, A. (2019, March).Institutional Practices. [Conference Panel]. RCYP International Conference: Protecting the Rights of Children and Youth in Central America, the Caribbean and Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Carranza, M. (2019, March). Genealogy and Identity in the Central American Diaspora in Canada. [Conference Presentation]. International Family Therapy Congress, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Carranza, M. (2019, March 7). Young People, Migration and the Intersection of Trauma. [Guest Lecture]. Special Topics: SOC WORK 4G03/6G03 Trauma-Informed Practice. McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario.
Carranza, M. (2019, May 24). Upwardly Mobile Young People. [Conference Presentation]. Latin American Studies Association Congress, Boston.
Carranza, M. & Grigg, E. (2019, June 5). Diasporic Caribbean Youth: Navigating Canada. [Conference Presentation]. Caribbean Studies Association Congress, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Carranza, M. & Grigg, E. (2019, June 6). Research within and across Canada and Caribbean Borders. [Workshop Facilitation]. Caribbean Studies Association Congress, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Cruz, K., Limón Bravo, F. & McDermott, T. (2019, April). Rights for Children and Youth Partnership Project. [Poster Presentation]. Ryerson Faculty of Community Services, School of Social Work, Faculty Achievement Event, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Edwards, T. (2019, March). Youth Participation, Youth Advocacy and Issues Impacting Children and Youth. [Conference Panel]. RCYP International Conference: Protecting the Rights of Children and Youth in Central America, the Caribbean and Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Edwards, T. & Parada, H (2019, April). Understanding the Youth Caribbean Diaspora Educational and Child Welfare Experience in Ontario: An Institutional Ethnography. [Conference Paper]. Child and Youth Care in Actin Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Grigg, E. (2019, May 26). Institutions and Immigration Dynamics. [Conference Presentation]. Latin American Studies Association Congress, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lloyd, J. (2019, March). Institutional Practices. [Conference Panel]. RCYP International Conference: Protecting the Rights of Children and Youth in Central America, the Caribbean and Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Parada, H. (2019, March). Institutional Practices. [Conference Panel]. RCYP International Conference: Protecting the Rights of Children and Youth in Central America, the Caribbean and Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Parada, H., & Limón Bravo, F. (2019, June). The Lived Realities of Latinx Youth in the Ontario Educational Institution: An Institutional Ethnography. [Conference Paper]. Canadian Association of Social Work Educators Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Tilleczek, K. (2019, March). The Crucible of Modern Education: Lessons from/with Youth in the Americans. [Conference Presentation]. RCYP International Conference: Protecting the Rights of Children and Youth in Central America, the Caribbean and Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
Tilleczek, K. (2019, September). Knowing Global Youth in/of the Anthropocene. [Conference Presentation]. Young People, Well-Being, Resilience and Enterprise: Critical Perspectives for the Anthropocene, Bilbao, Spain.
Tilleczek, K., Munro, M. & Bell, B. (2019, October). Youth Wellbeing and Digital Media. [Conference Presentation]. International Association on Youth Mental Health Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Wright, S. (2019, March).Institutional Practices. [Conference Panel]. RCYP International Conference: Protecting the Rights of Children and Youth in Central America, the Caribbean and Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2018
Bonnie, N. & Ibarra, A. (2018, November). Postal Code Project: A Multi-Systems Approach to Challenging Anti-Black Racism in the Child Welfare System. [Conference Paper]. Caribbean Child Research Conference, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Crichlow, W. (2018, March). Keynote Address. [Conference Presentation]. RCYP International Conference: Protecting the Rights of Children and Youth in Central America, the Caribbean and Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Carranza, M. (2018, February 12). Construcción de la resiliencia en la Niñez y Adolescencia desde la perspectiva del Trabajo Social. Mejores Prácticas en la protección de niños, niñas y adolescentes en materia de Atención y Protección de la Infancia | A social work perspective: Best Practices in the Protection of Young People. [Conference Presentation]. UNICEF Intercambio de Buenas Prácticas en desde el Trabajo Social, San Salvador and San Miguel, El Salvador.
Carranza, M. (2018, March). Central American and Youth Migration in Canada. [Conference Presentation]. Universidad Luterana Salvadoreña, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Carranza, M. (2018, March). Exploring the Intersection of Gang Violence and Immigration in El Salvador. [Conference Presentation]. Universidad Luterana Salvadoreña, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Carranza, M. (2018, September). The Facts of Whiteness at the Juncture of Reflexivity and Social Justice. [Conference Presentation]. CIARS Decolonizing Conference: Dialoguing and Living Well Together, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Elman, I. (2018, November). Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth. [Conference Presentation]. Caribbean Child Research Conference, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Grigg, E. (2018, November 2-4). When do Unaccompanied Young People have Rights? [Conference Presentation]. 13th Annual Caribbean Child’s Rights Conference. Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Limón Bravo, F. & Parada, H. (2018, November). The Lived Realities of Latinx Youth in the Canadian Child Protection System: An Institutional Ethnography. [Conference Paper]. Caribbean Child Research Conference, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Onishenko, D. & Erbland, J. (2018, November). Diaspora Youth’s Articulation of Social Rights of Citizenship Versus State Approach to Youth Rights. [Conference Presentation]. Caribbean Child Rights Research Conference, Trinidad and Tobago.
Parada, H. (2018). Race, Colonization and Decolonization. [Organizer and Presider]. Society for the Study of Social Work Problems Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Parada, H. (2018, July). Exploring Child Protection Systems in Central America. [Conference Presentation]. Social Work, Education and Social Development, Dublin, Ireland.
Parada, H. (2018, July). Institutional Practices in Central American. [Conference Presentation]. Social Work, Education and Social Development, Dublin, Ireland.
Parada, H. (2018, August). Activist Ethnography and Working as an Outsider Within, [Conference Paper]. Society for the Study of Social Work Problems Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Parada, H. (2018, August). Institutional Ethnography in the Global South. [Conference Paper]. Society for the Study of Social Work Problems Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Parada, H., & Edwards, T. (2018, November). [Conference Presentation]. Understanding the Youth Caribbean Diaspora Education Experience in Ontario. Caribbean Child Research Conference, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Parada, H., & Ouellette, C. (2018, November). [Conference Presentation]. The Governmentality of the Caribbean and Latin Diasporic Youth: Problematizing Child Protection Policies in Canada. Caribbean Child Research Conference, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.
Parada, H. & Ouelette, C. (2018, November). The Lived Realities of Latinx Youth in the Canadian Child Protection System: An Institutional Ethnography. [Conference Presentation]. Caribbean Child Research Conference, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Tilleczek, K. (2018, June). Youth, Digital Media & Well-Being. [Conference Presentation]. Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, Havana, Cuba.
Tilleczek, K. & MacDonald, D. (2018, November). Education for Youth Rights and Well-Being: Learning with/from Indigenous Youth. [Conference Presentation]. Caribbean Child Research Conference, Leaving No Child Behind, Trinidad and Tobago.
2017
Ibarra, A., Mulvale, E. & Parada, H. (2017, May-June). Untangling International Research Collaborations: Lessons. Canadian Association for Social Work Education Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.