Presentations

Conference Presentations

2025

Akuoko-Barfi, C., Parada, H., Cuadra, P. (2025 June). “Navigating Anti-Black Racism in Ontario Child Welfare System: Black Social Workers’ Realities” CSA Annual Conference: Committing Sociology for Social Impact, Toronto, Canada

Parada, H., Cappelletti, M. Perez Gonzalez, L. Escobar Olivo, V. (2025 May). “Central American Youth Migration Northwards: Coloniality and Intersectional Approaches.” CARFMS2025: Canadian, Regional, and International Responses to Forced Migration, Toronto, Canada

Parada, H., Cappelletti M., Perez Gonzalez, L. (2025 March). “Ruptures, Reunification & Rootedness: The Impact of Family Separation on Immigrant Central American Youth in North America. ” 27th Metropolis Candian Conference: Resetting Canada’s Immigration Plan and Program for a New Era. Toronto, Canada.

Parada, H., Cappelletti, M. (2025 March). “Las Políticas Migratoria de Canadá: Desafíos en el Asentamiento e Integración.” The 9th Conference of Social Work and Human Mobility, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Parada, H., Cappelletti, M. (2025 March). ” La Colonialidad del Ser y el Arraigo: Narrativas de Resistencia en los Jóvenes Migrantes Guatemaltecos” The 9th Conference of Social Work and Human Mobility, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Parada. H., Rampersaud, M., Swardth, K. (2025 January). “Child Welfare, Immigration, and Justice Systems: Challenges for Migrant Youth in Ontario Systems”, Toronto, Canada.

2024

Parada, H., Cappelletti, M. (2024 October). “Dead or Alive, But I Will Return,” The Politics of Belonging and Arraigo in Young Guatemalan Migrants” The 7th Metropolis Identities Summit. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Parada, H., Perez Gonzalez, L. (2024 October). “Either you make it together, or you fall apart” The 7th Metropolis Identities Summit. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Parada, H., Swarth, K., Cappelletti, M. (2024 June). “Workers’ Experiences At The Intersection Of Child Welfare And Immigration” CWICE National Conference –
Global Horizons in Child Welfare and Immigration: Bridging Borders and Building Futures. Brampton, ON, Canada.

Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V. (2024 June). “We are in a position of power:” Frontline workers’ experiences at the intersection of child welfare and immigration.” CASWE-ACFTS Annual Conference 2024. Sustaining shared futures Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Parada, H., Perez Gonzalez, L. (2024 June). “Social media and youth engagement in Guatemala” The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) 2024. Sustaining shared futures Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Parada, H., Swarth, K. (2024 June). “Migration, Criminalization, and Rights: Challenges for Migrant Youth in the Canadian Child Welfare System.” CASWE-ACFTS Annual Conference 2024. Sustaining shared futures Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V. (2024 June). “It’s good that they upload:” Dominican youth, empowerment, and social media” The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) 2024. Sustaining shared futures Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Parada, H., Swarth, K., Duncan, S., Zeller, F. (2024 June). “Navigating the Digital Discourse: Central American Youth Social Media Engagement” The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) 2024. Sustaining shared futures Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V, Perez Gonzalez, L. (2024, April). “Decoloniality Framework Social Work Practice and Immigration: Central American youth mobility and migration”. The Joint Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Panama City, Panama.

Parada, H., Escobar Olivo, V., Perez Gonzalez, L. (2024, March). “Decolonialidad y Representación Institucional: Niño, Niña y Adolescente Inmigrante postcolonial” 8th Conferencia of Social Work and Human Mobility, Edinburg, Texas.

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 experienca 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.

2022

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. 

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.

Fallon, B., Parada, H., King, B. & Filippelli, J. (2022). Racial Disparities and Latin American Children: Key Findings, Trends and Factors in Post-Investigative Decision-Making in Ontario – Research. ISPCAN 2022 Congress of the Americas. Virtual Conference. March 30.

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.

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.

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. & 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.

2020*

Parada, H., El-Lahib, Caron R., & Lacroix M.  Interrogating the ideological operation of settlement: The political contributions of institutional ethnography has been accepted under the theme:  Responses to Migration and Displaced Persons. CASWE-ACFTS Conference 2020. Western University, London, ON, Canada.

Khan, M., El-Lahib, Y., Parada, H., & Kusari, K. An institutional ethnography of the settlement sector in Canada: Challenging the “one size fits all” approach to practice. Social Work, Education and Social Development. June 3–4, 2020. London, Canada.

Parada, H. Akuoko-Barf, C. & Bui, T. Mapping the Everyday Child Protection Practices in Ontario. CASWE 2020. London, Canada.

Limon Bravo, F., Parada, H., & El-Lahib, Y. Navigating the Settlement Institution in Toronto: Strategizing and Resisting the Process. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development. July 15–18, 2020. Calgary, Canada.

Parada, H., El-Lahib, Caron, R., & Lacroix, M. Interrogating the Ideological Operation of Settlement: The Political Contributions of Institutional Ethnography. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development. July 15–18, 2020. Calgary, Canada.

2019

Parada, H. & McDermott, T. (2019). An Institutional Ethnography of the Settlement Institution in Toronto. CASWE-ACFTS Conference. June 3–6, 2019. Vancouver, Canada.

Parada, H. & Limón Bravo, F. (2019). The Lived Realities of Latinx Youth in the Ontario Educational Institution: An Institutional Ethnography. CASWE-ACFTS Conference. June 3–6, 2019. Vancouver, Canada.

Parada, H., Kusari, K., El-Lahib, Y., Khan, M. (2019). Stuck Between Two Extremes of Heroes or Broken Victims While Accessing Services: Where Do Ordinary Refugees Fit? CASWE-ACFTS Conference. June 3–6, 2019. Vancouver, Canada.

Parada, H. (2019). Institutional Practices Panel Discussion. Rights for Children and Youth International Conference: Protecting the Rights of Children and Youth in Central America, the Caribbean and Canada. March 25–27, 2019. Toronto, Canada.

2018

Parada, H., Edwards, T. Understanding the Youth Caribbean Diaspora Education Experiences in Ontario. Caribbean Child Research Conference. November 15–16, 2018. St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.

Limón Bravo, F., & Parada, H. (2018). The Lived Realities of Latin youth in the Canadian Child Protection System. Caribbean Child Research Conference. November 15–16, 2018. St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.

Parada, H., Ouelette, C. (2018). The Governmentality of the Caribbean and Latin Diasporic Youth: Problematizing Child Protection Policies in Canada. Caribbean Child Research Conference. November 15–16, 2018. St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.

El-Lahib, Y., Parada, H., Caron, R., Lacroix, M. (2018). Deconstructing “refugeeness”: Resisting dominant discourses of victimhood through resiliency. Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD) Conference. July 2–8, 2018. Dublin, Ireland.

Parada, H. (2018). Exploring Child Protection Systems in Central America. Social Work, Education and Social Development (SWSD) Conference. July 2–8, 2018. Dublin, Ireland.

Ouellette, C., Limón-Bravo, F., & Parada, H. (2018). The Social Construction of the Canadian Refugee Settlement Process: An Institutional Ethnography. Latino Social Workers’ Organization (LSWO) National Social Work Conference, October 17–19, 2018. Chicago, USA.

Limón Bravo, F., Parada, H. (2018). The Lived Realities of Latinx Youth in the Canadian Child Protection System: An Institutional Ethnography. 13th Annual Caribbean Child Research Conference. November 15–16, 2018, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

2017

Ibarra, A., Mulvale, E., & Parada, H. (2017). Untangling International Research Collaborations: Lessons Learned. 2017 CASWE-ACFTS Conference. Toronto, Canada.

Parada, H. (2017). Institutional Ethnography in the Global South. Narratives in the World of Social Problems: Power, Resistance, Transformation, The Society for the Study of Social Problems. Montreal, Quebec.

Ibarra, A., Parada, H., Silver, S., Burke, M. (2017). Building Resilience and Strengthening Families: Examination of the CIANI Program. Children’s Right: Building Resilience, Protecting from Harm and Fostering Well-Being Among Our World Children Conference. June 7–9 Lancaster Pennsylvania, USA.

Mulvale, E., & Parada, H. (2017). An Institutional Ethnographic Analysis of Children, Violence and Schooling in the Dominican Republic. Children’s Right: Building Resilience, Protecting from Harm and Fostering Well-Being among Our World Children Conference. June 7–9 Lancaster Pennsylvania, USA.

2016

Mulvale, E., Parada, H., & Ibarra, A. (2016). Evaluation of Centres for the Integral Attention of Children in the Dominican Republic (CIANIs). Conexcion Hacia la Futuro: Moving Towards the Future of Social Work Practice, Chicago.

Parada, H. & Ibarra, A. (2016). Desinstitucionalización y prevención de la separación. Construyendo los subsistemas de protección de niños sin cuidados parentales. Desinstitucionalización y Prevención de la Separación. Construyendo los subsistemas de protección de niños sin cuidados parentales, Panama.

2015

Parada, H. (2015). Child Protection Human Rights as Everyday Practice. 9th ISPCAN Latin American International Conference Child Abuse and Neglect Systems for Protecting Our Children, Lima, Peru.

2014   

Parada, H. (2014). Las Juntas. Año de la Superación del Analfabetismo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Parada, H. (2014). The Managerialization of International Collaboration: The Silencing of Social Justice Solidarity. Institutional Ethnography Section of the International Sociological Association Congress, Tokyo, Japan.

Parada, H. (2014). Promoting Human Rights through Research and Practice Research, Practice and the Everyday Ethics of Engagement. Latin Social Worker Organization (LSWO) National Social Work Conference, Chicago, USA.

Parada, H. (2014). Critical Path in the transformation of the Child Protection in the Dominican Republic. 21st Pan American Child and Adolescent Congress, Brazil, Brazil.

Parada, H. (2014). The Managerialization of International Collaboration: The Silencing of Social Justice Solidarity. Institutional Ethnography Section of the International Sociological Association Congress, Tokyo, Japan.

Parada, H. (2014). Research, Practice and the Everyday Ethic of Engagement. Institutional Ethnography Section of the International Sociological Association Congress, Tokyo, Japan.

2013

Carranza, M., Parada, H. (2013). The Myth of Apathy in Reporting Child and Women’s Human Rights Violations in Nicaragua. Centennial College Conference in Human Rights, Toronto.

2012

Barretta-Herman, A., Littlechild, B., Leung, Patrick., Parada, H., & Wairire, G. (2012). Social Work curriculum, practice and sustainability. Social Work and Social Development International Conference of Social Work, Stockholm, Sweden.

Parada, H., Moffatt, K., Todd, S., & Barnoff, L. (2012). Progressive social work and new managerialism in Canadian higher education. Social Work and Social Development International Conference of Social Work, Stockholm, Sweden.

2011

Parada, H. (2011). Latin American Social Work Curriculum Practices. International Association of School of Social Work Census Committee Seminar, London England, October.

2010

Barretta-Herman, A., Littlechild, B., & Parada, H. (2010). World Census Data Analysis Presentation. Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: the Agenda. June 10–14, 2010, Hong Kong China.

Parada, H., Carranza, M., & Asuad, ME. (2010). Intersectionality, Institutionality and Child Sexual Commercial Exploitation in Dominican Republic.  2th Latin American Congress: People Trafficking and Smuggling: Migration, Gender and Human Rights. September 20–24, 2010 Puebla Mexico.

Parada, H., Duval, M., & Asuad, ME. (2010). Research, Development, and Ethical International Cooperation, Canadian-Dominican Republic Example Defining quality, measuring success. Conference Title: Internationalization: Essential Building Block to Quality in the 21st Century Education the Americas Partner with the World. In Conference of the Americas on International Education, Calgary, 2010.

2008

Parada, H., & Burgos, R. (2008). Challenges in the implementation of the national protection systems established through Children’s and Adolescents’ Codes. Presented at the World Congress III against the Sexual Exploitation of Children & Adolescents Rio de Janeiro, November.

Parada, H., & Burgos, R. (2008). Institutional Ethnography of Child Welfare System in the Dominican Republic. Presented at the Preparatory Meeting of Latin American and Caribbean countries for the III World Congress against Child Sexual Commercial Exploitation. Meeting called by the Government of Argentina in collaboration with ECPAT International, Save the Children, ILO-IPEC, UNICEF. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Parada, H. (2008). Keynote Speaker on Anti-Oppressive Practices in Social Work. The Latino Social Work Organization, Conference in collaboration with the Center for Latino Research at DePaul University. Chicago, Illinois

Duval, M., Santana, F., & Parada, H. (2008). Anti-Oppression, Ethic and Social Work in the Dominican Republic: An Alternative Program from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. 34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), Durban South Africa.

Barreta, A, & Parada, H. (2008). World Census Data Analysis Presentation. 34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), Durban South Africa.

2007

Parada, H., & Moffatt, K. (2007). Practices in the Protection of Children’s and Women’s Rights in Dominican Republic: Attempting Institutional Ethnography in Latin America. Institutional Ethnography/Family Division. 57th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems: Research Matters: Creating Knowledge, Policy and Justice. New York, New York City.

Parada, H. (2007). Neoliberalism and Social Work in Latin America. International Seminar Social Work, Ethic and Globalization, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo.

2006

Duval, M., Moffatt, K., & Parada, H. (2006). Negotiating Local Practices and Universal Standards in International Cooperation Dominican Republic/Canada Social Work Curriculum Development: Submission for a Paper Presentation to: International Association School of Social Work International Biannual Conference, Santiago Chile.

Parada, H. Ryerson University (2006). “Negotiating and Resisting Class, Gender, within ‘Global Civil Society.” In “Cultures of Resistance and Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism” A Studies in Political Economy Conference Carleton University, Ryerson University, University of Ottawa and University of Toronto.

Swift, K., Parada, H., & Callahan, M. (2006). Forging Social Futures: Illuminating the Interaction of Housing and Risk Assessment in Child Protection. Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference, Forging Social Futures, Fredericton, New Brunswick.

2005

Swift, K., Parada, H., & Callahan, M. (2005). Institutional Alchemy: From Social Problems to Individual Responsibility. British Sociological Association, Annual Conference. University of York, United Kingdom.

2004

Parada, H., Swift, K., & Callahan, M. (2004). Housing and Risk Assessment in Child Welfare. Conference Celebrating a Legacy: A Teach-in on Institutional Ethnography. OISE/University of Toronto.

2002

Parada, H., & Evan, D. (2002). “Reflections on the Child Protection Restructuring in Ontario: Views from Front-line Social Workers.” University of Toronto, Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, CASSW.

Parada, H., & Marchetere, D. (2002). “Social Work and International Cooperation: The ‘Pueblito’ Experience in Latin America.” University of Toronto, Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, CASSW.

Parada, H., & Wentlandt, B. (2002). “Creating Spaces for Alternative Social Work Practices within the Child Protection System in Ontario” University of Toronto, Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities, CASSW.

2001

Parada, H. “Exploring the Impact of New Managerialism on the Autonomy of Professional Practice in Child Protection. Institutional Ethnography: A Method for Bridging Macro and Micro Domains.” Laval University. Congress Social Sciences and Humanities, CASSW.

2000

Parada, H. “Social Work Supervision and the Impact of the New Auditing Practices in Child Welfare.” Institutional Ethnography Conference, OISE/U of T.

1998

Parada, H. “Restructuring Families and Children in the Child Welfare Bureaucracy.” A Paper presented at York University Institutional Ethnography Conference.

*Proceedings interrupted due to COVID-19

Invited Lectures and Presentations

2023

Parada, H. (2023). Perspectives on Youth in the Central American Context. Postwar Memory in El Salvador and the Diaspora, Western University. April 21. Toronto, Canada.

2021

Parada, H., & Escobar Olivo, V. Reflexiones de la migración centroamericana hacia Canadá. Ciclo de Conferencias: Migraciones en Centroamérica: dinámicas contemporáneas, contextos socioeconómicos y perspectivas. July 7. Virtual Conference. 

2020 

Parada, H. & Cruz, K., Escobar, V. (2020). A view from the South: A Reflecting on the Migration Process from Central America. RCIS Lunch and Learn Event. March 12, 2020. Toronto, Canada.

Parada, H. & Limon Bravo, F. (2020). Refugee Families Navigating the Settlement Institutions in Toronto. Lived Learning as Researchers: Reflections on Migration Research. March 30, 2020. Toronto, Canada.

Limon Bravo, F., Shuster, R., Parada, H. Rights for Children and Youth Partnership Project – Poster Presentation. FCS Faculty Achievement Event, School of Social Work, Ryerson University. April 16, 2020. 

2019

Parada, H. Discussing Guatemalan Social Work Practices, National University of San Carlos, Guatemala City.

Parada, H. Critical Social Work Practices in El Salvador, Salvadorian Lutheran University,

Parada, H. International Collaboration Practices. National Autonomy University of Honduras.

Parada, H. La intervención social en la atención de NNA víctimas de violencia sexual. Forum with the Institute for Integral Development for Children and Adolescents (ISNA).  Universidad Luterana Salvadoreña, El Salvador.

2016

Parada, H. & Ibarra, A. Holistic and Complete Research. Research Seminar – Dialogues of Knowledge and Research in Social Work, Guatemala.

Parada, H. Emerging Theories in Social Research. Research Seminar – Dialogues of Knowledge and Research in Social Work, Guatemala.

Parada, H.  Panel: Interdisciplinary Research in Social Sciences. Research Seminar – Dialogues of Knowledge and Research in Social Work, Guatemala.

Parada, H. Creating Evidence for the Development of Social Policies: Social Work, Research and Practice. International Seminar on Social Work: Progress and Challenges of Social Policies, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

2014

Parada, H., Silver, S., & Burke, M. (2014) Estudio de Evaluación de los Centros Infantiles de Atención Integral (CIANI): Estudio de Evaluación de los Centros Infantiles de Atención Integral. National Council for the Protection of Children and Youth, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Parada, H. Critical Path in the transformation of the Child Protection in Dominican Republic. XXI Pan-American Children and Youth Congress, Brasilia, Brazil.

Parada, H. Research, Practice and the Everyday Ethic of Engagement. Latino Social Work Conference, Chicago, USA.

2011

Parada, H. Research as Everyday Practice. Introduction to Social Work Conference, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work. May, 2011

Parada, H. Salvadorian Transnationalism in Canada. X Conference of Salvadorian in the World held Santa Tecla, El Salvador. December, 2011.

2010

Parada, H. Research as Everyday Practice. Introduction to Social Work Conference, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work. May, 2010

2009

Parada, H. Presentation of the International Association of Schools of Social Work World Survey to the XIX Congress of Latin American Association Research and Education in Social Work. Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Parada, H., & Asuad, M.E. Presentation of the Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems in the Dominican Republic, Preliminary Findings to Central American and Caribbean Regional Association of UNICEF offices. Panama City, Panama

Parada, H., & Asuad, M.E. Presentation of the Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems in the Dominican Republic, Preliminary Findings to Inter-Institutional Commission Against Child Sexual Commercial Exploitation, Dominican Republic

2008

Parada, H., Asuad, M.E., & Burgos, R. Presentation of the Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems in the Dominican Republic, Preliminary Findings to National and International NGOs working on Children’s Issues. Dominican Republic.

Parada, H., & Asuad M.E. Presentation of the Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems in the Dominican Republic, Preliminary Findings to the National Office of the Attorney General and the Province of Santo Domingo Office of the Attorney General. Dominican Republic

Parada, H., & Asuad M.E. Presentation of the Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems in the Dominican Republic, Preliminary Findings to the Office of the Sub-Secretary of Labour. Dominican Republic

Parada, H., & Asuad M.E. Presentation of the Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems in the Dominican Republic, Preliminary Findings to the Supreme Justice Court President Office and the Direction of Child Protection of the Judicial Branch. Dominican Republic.

Parada, H., Asuad M.E. Presentation of the Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems in the Dominican Republic, Preliminary Findings to the National Council for the Protection of Children (CONANI) Dominican Republic.

Parada, H., Asuad, M.E. Presentation of the Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems in the Dominican Republic, Preliminary Findings to the United Nations Children’s Fund decision makers. Dominican Republic.

Parada, H., & Moffatt, K. Curriculum Development Technical and Political Implications. Leadership and Education class in Master in Nursing, Ryerson University.

Parada, H. Social Work Discourses in Latin America, International Conference of Social Work, Caracas Venezuela.

2007

Parada, H. The Practices of Social Work: National and International Experiences. Key Presentation Social Work Lessons Learned in the Dominican Republic at the Annual Encounter of the Dominican Association of professional Social Workers. Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santo Domingo.

Parada, H. Knowledge Production to strengthen Child Welfare Policies in the Dominican Republic, National Commission against Child Sexual Commercial Exploitation Conference, Santo Domingo.

Parada, H. Dominican Project Lesson Learned, in Latin American UNICEF-Political and Protection Program Directors Conference. Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2006

Parada, H. Co-presenter with Kenneth Moffatt. Post structural Anti oppression Theory Presentation to joint class of Power Resistance and Change, School of Social Work, Ryerson.

Parada, H. Postgraduate Social Work Education Canada. Presented to Social Work World Postgraduate Programs, International Association School of Social Work International Biannual Conference, Santiago Chile.

Duval, M., Moffat, K., & Parada, H. Experiencia del Proceso de Colaboración Ínter-universitaria Ryerson/ UASD for the panel International Partnerships in Social Work: Implications for Schools, NGOs and Communities. International Social Work Symposium, Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work. June.

Parada, H. Table Coordinator on issues dealing with Social Work and World Inequality in the International Association School of Social Work International Biannual Conference, Santiago Chile. 

2005

Parada, H. Anti-Oppressive Practices and teaching within the School of Social Work, at Ryerson University. Presentation to the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.

2003

Parada, H. Keynote Address. “Anti-Oppressive Practices: Linking Education and Social Work.” Educational Experiences of Children and Youth in Care: Change Towards Effective Practices. Third Annual Forum on Education for Social Workers, Parents and Foster Parents of Children’s Aid Societies, Ryerson University, Toronto.

Parada, H. Keynote Speaker. Child Centered Community Development Project. Innovation & Research: Preliminary Findings of the Participatory Action Research Evaluation Report. Pueblito’s Second Partners Forum, Barrio Nuevo, Dominican Republic.

2002

Parada, H. Guest Lecturer. Qualitative Methods in Social Work Institutional Ethnography of the Child Protection Systems, University of Toronto.

2000

Parada, H. Guest Lecturer. Qualitative Methods in Social Work/Qualitative Methods in the Analysis of Child Protection Practice.

1999

Parada, H. Presenter, Institutional Ethnography of Community Social Services. Phoenix Conference on Institutional Ethnography. Presiding on Issues Regarding Community and Social Services. State University of Phoenix.

Parada, H. Group Discussion on Institutional Ethnography and Textual Analysis. Praxis International, Duluth, Minnesota.

1998

Parada, H. Presenter, Restructuring the Welfare State: Issues on Child Protection System, Institutional Ethnography Conference, York University.