Immigrant Student Experiences in Canada: Mothers and Children Storying Belonging

By: Soudeh Oladi

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Synopsis: This book centers immigrant children&’s school experiences as recounted and interpreted by their mothers, exposing how racialization, exclusion, and proximity to Whiteness shape their realities in Canadian schools. Drawing from Afro-Caribbean, Ghanaian, Indian, Afghan, and Chinese communities, mothers emerge as critical knowledge holders, sharing their children's stories to disrupt institutional erasure. Part One&’s two chapters reveal how Canadian schools enact symbolic multiculturalism while reinforcing linguistic conformity and Eurocentric norms, reframing identity, belonging, and home through mothers&’ stories. Part Two&’s four chapters present mothers&’ and children&’s experiences capturing subversive resistance, intergenerational tensions, trauma, invisibility, and affirmation. The concluding chapter frames storytelling as epistemic resistance, grounding immigrant families' wisdom as essential to transforming education.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031936845
Related ISBNs:: 9783031936838
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 08/12/25
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.