Shared Stories, Shaped Identities: Immigrant Children’s Schooling Experiences in Canada

• In Event: Thursday Roundtable Session 9:00 am
  In Roundtable Session: Innovations in K–12 School Community, Climate, and Culture: Considerations for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Table 14)

Abstract

This SSHRC-funded study explores the schooling experiences of young immigrant students in Canada, as narrated to their mothers, against the backdrop of demographic shifts shaping the Canada’s future. The research bridges the gap concerning K-5 immigrant students’s schooling experiences by analyzing the intersecting aspects of different identity markers including social class, race, ethnicity, religion, and language. The study further addresses notions of belonging, social inclusion, identity, displacement, joy, and invisibility within the educational context as experienced by K-5 immigrant children. The research, which invovles in-depth interview of 40 mothers, adopts a critical democratic pedagogy framework, interpretive inquiry, and anti-colonial education lens to critique structural inequities and explore the role of education in fostering social justice.

Author

• Soudeh Oladi, University of Toronto