Dr. Henry Parada is a cross-appointed professor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Social Work and the Immigration and Settlement Graduate Program, and Graduate Program Director (ISS). His experience includes working in the Caribbean, Central America and their respective diaspora populations in Canada on issues surrounding child protection, human rights, youth participation, and the settlement and resettlement of immigrant and refugee populations. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses at Toronto Metropolitan University and was a regular lecturer at universities in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Argentina. His research interests include immigration, children and youth’s rights, international cooperation, Institutional practices, diasporas and refugees. He has published in the area of child protection and governance of workers and clients, institutional ethnography, the construction of subject locations, and community social work. He has co-edited two books on anti-oppressive research and practice. Presently, Dr. Parada is the principal investigator of a seven-year project working with six Central American and Caribbean countries and their diasporas in Canada in areas of youth immigration, child welfare, and violence against youth.
Dr. Henry Parada | BSW, MSW, PhD 