Henry Parada
Director, Center for Research in Critical Social Inquiry and Action, Toronto Metropolitan University
Professor
Faculty of Community Services
School of Social Work
Toronto, Ontario
hparada@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 6223
Expert In
Central America and the Caribbean
Child and family protection systems
Child and youth welfare systems
Child commercial exploitation
Child protection against violence and abuse
Child sexual exploitation
Children and youth rights
Community social work in Latin America
Forced migration
Human rights
Human trafficking and exploitation
Justice, equity and society
Rights of women and children
Social development
Theme: Democracy, justice and governance
Violence prevention in Canada
Violence prevention in Dominican Republic
Violence prevention in Nicaragua
Women's social welfare
Bio/Research
Prior to his academic appointment, Henry Parada spent nine years working as a child protection worker, conducting family counselling, and working as a sexual abuse specialist within Toronto’s social service sector. His academic experience includes working in the Caribbean, Central America, and ot...
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Bio/Research
Prior to his academic appointment, Henry Parada spent nine years working as a child protection worker, conducting family counselling, and working as a sexual abuse specialist within Toronto’s social service sector. His academic experience includes working in the Caribbean, Central America, and other parts of Latin America on issues of child protection, human rights, and youth participation. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses at Toronto Metropolitan University and has guest lectured in universities in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Honduras.
Henry Parada’s combined research expertise includes the areas of social development, children’s and women’s social welfare, and violence prevention. He has also developed practical skills in the areas of counselling, development, and social work. As a committed action-oriented researcher, he has valuable national and international expertise facilitating the gathering of relevant knowledge as well as the transfer into the hands of the organizations and agencies that are equipped to implement the partnership’s research findings.
His projects have received funds from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Global Affairs Canada (formerly the Canadian International Development Agency), Latin American and Caribbean Exchange Grant (LACREG), UNICEF-Santo Domingo, Italy International Cooperation, Ryerson International Initiative Funds and Network of European Foundations. His ongoing program of research – focused on child protection, family violence, and children’s rights in seven regional areas of concentration – was awarded the SSHRC Partnership Grant for a seven-year, international project titled The Rights for Children and Youth Partnership (RCYP).
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Henry Parada’s combined research expertise includes the areas of social development, children’s and women’s social welfare, and violence prevention. He has also developed practical skills in the areas of counselling, development, and social work. As a committed action-oriented researcher, he has valuable national and international expertise facilitating the gathering of relevant knowledge as well as the transfer into the hands of the organizations and agencies that are equipped to implement the partnership’s research findings.
His projects have received funds from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Global Affairs Canada (formerly the Canadian International Development Agency), Latin American and Caribbean Exchange Grant (LACREG), UNICEF-Santo Domingo, Italy International Cooperation, Ryerson International Initiative Funds and Network of European Foundations. His ongoing program of research – focused on child protection, family violence, and children’s rights in seven regional areas of concentration – was awarded the SSHRC Partnership Grant for a seven-year, international project titled The Rights for Children and Youth Partnership (RCYP).
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