Maternal/child separation and reunification: effects on pedagogies and practices
Poster by: La Trinidad Mangmang
Sessions B/D | 9:45 – 10:00/10:45 – 11:00 | Room Main Corridor, 2nd Floor
Abstract:
The study is an ongoing exploration of the literacy practices of adolescent Filipinos new to Canada. They are adjusting to the new weather, school system, and even parents of their own: many had been separated from their parents for years before they were reunited in Canada. This study problematizes the epitomized role of mothers typical in many family literacy programs. It examines the effects of maternal separation to adolescents’ literacies while both mother and child position their new identities inside and outside the home. Though this study focuses on the children of Philippine nannies who immigrated through the Live-in Care Giver Program, fostering dialogue and discourse on this matter could help inform classroom teachers and employers of how the recent wave immigrants might engage in meaning-making and how this could transcend in the Canadian classroom, workplace, and society.
