Browsing by Author "Badry, Dorothy"

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    Clients' Perspectives on Cultural Competence in Counselling
    (2018-04-27) Rebus, Michaela; Arthur, Nancy; Kassan, Anusha; Badry, Dorothy
    In a nation like Canada, attention to the diversity of clientele is essential for counsellors to practice ethically. Multicultural considerations have become a fourth force in counselling practice, with a multitude of models and frameworks suggesting how to enact cultural competence in counselling. Research on cultural competence has typically focused on the counsellor perspective. A limited number of studies have solicited client perspectives on their counsellor’s competence, and no current studies examining client self-reflections of their contributions to the counselling experience. My research contributed to the literature by taking a social constructivist, qualitative approach to investigating what clients find beneficial and not beneficial in navigating culture in the counselling context. The research included exploration of both their counsellors’ beliefs, attitudes, sayings, actions and other ways of being, and an introduction to clients’ self-reflection on their contributions to the counselling experience. Through the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique (ECIT), 10 university students identified incidents that helped, hindered, or were desired in order to navigate culture in the counselling context. Data analysis resulted in 12 categories that encapsulated the 162 incidents about counsellor factors: (a) creating safety, (b) empathy, (c) genuineness, (d) communication skills, (e) engagement, (f) counsellor-client bond, (g) cultural identities, (h) flexibility, (i) impacts of categorization, (j) general counselling competence, (k) professionalism, (l) contributions to client outcomes. The 9 incidents related to client contributions fit within one category: style of engagement. I synthesized the findings with existing literature to offer recommendations for counselling practice and education.
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    Decolonizing Home Assessment Practice at the Kitchen Table: A Thematic Analysis Identifying the Crucial Elements in the Assessment of Kinship Caregivers
    (2016) Mann-Johnson, Julie; McLaughlin, Anne-Marie; Badry, Dorothy; Choate, Peter
    Literature suggests that children placed in kinship care achieve positive outcomes. Literature also suggests the experience for kinship caregivers is very different from adoption and foster care; however assessment practice and policy do not reflect these unique elements. Using thematic analysis of secondary qualitative data, this study discusses crucial elements required for kinship care home assessments in Alberta. These elements which influence the practitioner, process, policy, legislation and systemic issues can then be used to inform kinship home assessment practice, policy and legislation. By using secondary data analysis, this study endeavored to honour the voices of people who have already shared their perspectives at public consultations and information gathering events sponsored by the Government of Alberta. An anti-colonizing lens and critical ecological framework ground this research in an approach that is sensitive to the impacts of structural colonization on Indigenous children and families through child welfare practice, policy and legislation.
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    Engaging Men in Domestic Violence Prevention: Building a Collective-Cultures Approach
    (2016) Lorenzetti, Liza; Este, David; Walsh, Christine; Badry, Dorothy; Nelson, Fiona; Nixon, Kendra
    The United Nations and the World Health Organization recognized domestic violence as the most severe form of gender-based violence. While men are the primary perpetrators of sexual abuse and domestic violence causing injury and death, preventing domestic violence is commonly viewed as a woman’s issue. Research emphasizes that socialization towards male dominance in both public and private spheres and intergenerational patterns of abuse contribute to intimate partner violence. A growing body of literature also suggests that domestic violence can be influenced by colonization; racism; migration and resettlement; and class/poverty, among other forms of structural inequality. Within the last two decades, there has been an increase in the number of initiatives by men to address domestic violence; however, research in this area is limited. In particular, there is a need for Canadian studies on promising approaches to engaging men in violence prevention that incorporate Canada’s multicultural and Indigenous contexts. This dissertation used a feminist participatory action research framework grounded in an intersectionality analysis to engage 20 community men and five women violence prevention leaders in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Through this work, a collective-cultures theoretical/practice model was developed that reflects a multi-layered and multi-faceted approach to domestic violence prevention. This model and other collective knowledge from the study were used to promote men’s leadership roles and address domestic violence from an intersectional lens. The emergence of a male-led violence prevention group, Men’s Action Network Calgary, was an important outcome of the research. This study contributes to the exploration of new and potentially innovative ways to prevent domestic violence and reduce its impact.
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    Exploring what Success Means from the Perspectives of Aboriginal Elders, Parents, and Educators in Aklavik, Northwest Territories
    (2016) Wick, Meghan; Drefs, Michelle; Poitras Pratt, Yvonne; Badry, Dorothy; Danyluk, Patricia
    This project explores both Gwich’in and Inuvialuit perspectives of success in the remote community of Aklavik in the Beaufort Delta Region of the Northwest Territories. From the onset, this project has been completed in a collaborative partnership with the District Education Authority of Moose Kerr School in Aklavik, which involved constant collaboration regarding all aspects of this work. A group of 12 Aboriginal Elders, parents, and school educators collectively came together to participate in focus group sessions and semi-structured interviews with a goal to develop a common, balanced, and culturally-based vision of what constitutes success in learning for Gwich’in and Inuvialuit peoples in Aklavik. During focus group and interview sessions, themes emerged that reflect a deeper, more holistic understanding of success for the community. Through several direct quotes captured by community participants, the findings highlight strengths the community has in fostering success, as well as areas the community continues to work towards. The community was determined to achieve their own success in this work, which is reflected in both the insightful words brought forward by participants as well as in a working model of success created by the community. The visions of success brought forward in this project will provide a foundation for how the current education system can be understood, challenged, and transformed for generations to come.
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    Families Coping with Military-Related PTSD: A Grounded Theory Approach
    (2022-03-01) Collins, Tara; Tam, Dora; Badry, Dorothy; Este, David; Kawalilak, Colleen; Carter, Irene; Enns, Richard
    Social workers perceive life as being intertwined with multiple systems, which is relevant for military families given the strong connection to peers, the nature of work, military culture, and policies. Most veterans (65.6%) are married, and two-thirds have children. Family systems theory explains how PTSD in the family affects family members who must cope with disturbing behaviours from the military member. Although military-related PTSD has been studied in the U.S. for a decade, Canadian research is in its infancy. While family members have the potential to provide ongoing support and are integral to healing, family coping is understudied. In response to the gaps, I answered the research question “How do families cope when residing with a military parent experiencing military-related PTSD?” I used Corbin and Strauss’ (2015) grounded theory research to guide this study. Following theoretical sampling, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 21 nonmilitary parents and four adult children in Alberta. Grounded theory provided direction for structured coding procedures, including open, axial, and selective coding. The theory of Family Evolving was constructed, which involved six oscillating states of functioning: stability/healthy; instability/wavering; crisis/emergency; re-balancing/rebuilding; recurring instability/deflated hope; and refocusing/evolving functioning. Based on the levels of stress and available resources, families oscillated between these states, shifting behaviours in response to military parents’ symptoms. Challenges that families face intersect with presenting concerns, family dynamics, and coping. Family responses formed a feedback loop. The Family Evolving theory corroborates family systems theory, ecological systems theory, and theories of coping. The findings have important implications for military families, social work practice, theory, education, policy, and research. Social workers play an important role in working with military families and need to incorporate a family friendly approach by including them in the healing process. With ongoing knowledge and targeted family and macro interventions, military families will be better able adapt to the challenges of military-related PTSD. Further research could explore expand the sample to include military members/veterans and families across Canada. This would involve conducting more research with children and look at other diverse military families.
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    Hollow from the Inside: Experiences of Racialized Immigrant Fathers When Their Child Dies
    (2017) Kongnetiman, Linda; Badry, Dorothy; Wulff, Dan; Arthur, Nancy
    Understanding the meaning of loss for racialized immigrant fathers and addressing their experiences in a culturally competent manner is important in an increasingly ethnoculturally diverse country like Canada. Culture, customs and rituals influence fathers’ grief and culture impacts how individuals discuss death and dying as well as how they perceive the death of a child. This qualitative research examines the experiences of racialized immigrant fathers who experienced the death of a child. Charmaz’s (2010, 2014) constructivist grounded theory was the methodological approach in this research and was applied to develop the theoretical framework grounded in this research: Hollow from the inside - the death of a child served as a reinforcing process for ongoing loss linked to racialized immigrant fathers’ experience of immigration. Findings suggest that for racialized immigrant fathers their migration experience compounds their losses in unexpected ways when their child has died.
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    Just Fun or Fundamental? Fathers’ Narratives of Leisure with Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
    (2017) Mitchell, Jennifer; Lashewicz, Bonnie; Hughson, Anne; McIntyre, Lynn; Dewey, Deborah; McConnell, David; Badry, Dorothy
    Anchored in the generative fathering framework and critical disability studies (CDS), I used a narrative approach to study 11 fathers’ stories of leisure with their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to highlight how leisure activities are given meaning and constructed as part of active fathering. I produced four narratives - narratives of action, narratives of adjustment, narratives of tension and narratives of relationships that captured fathers’ experiences of leisure with their children with ASD. Narratives of action are the stories of what fathers are doing in their day- to- day interactions with their children. Narratives of adjustment depict how fathers have shifted and re-defined expectations of their children and themselves following their children’s diagnosis of ASD. Narratives of tension capture fathers’ strain in concurrently having to acquiesce and advocate against financial, environmental and societal constraints. Lastly, in narratives of relationships, fathers illustrate the relational outcomes of their involvement with their children, including an appreciation of their children’s individuality and the father-child connection. The findings augment a deeper understanding of fathering children with ASD and the father-child relationship. By understanding fathers’ perceived successes and challenges in leisure activities in the home and community settings, service providers can better engage and support fathers in home- and community-based leisure.
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    Methodological Meeting of the Minds (M3): A Teaching & Learning Series
    (2019-04-30) Burns, Victoria; Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Walsh, Christine; Badry, Dorothy; Jenney, Angelique; King, Regine; Lorenzetti, Liza; Sitter, Kathleen
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    One-and-a-half Generation Filipinx Youth in Metro Vancouver: Narratives of Negotiating Ethno-Cultural Identities
    (2023-06) Nguyen, Maria Socorro Mangila; Walsh, Christine; Badry, Dorothy; Este, David
    The landscape of Filipinx migration stories to Canada is diverse, and the majority of stories have emerged from studies with Filipinx adults. This narrative inquiry (NI) explored the storied lives of one-and-a-half generation (1.5G) Filipinx youth in Metro Vancouver, their experiences and capacities to develop and negotiate their ethnic identities in three sites of interactions: a) nuclear and extended families, b) school and peers, and c) the wider communities. In this study I gained insights into the impact of migration and acculturation on Filipinx youth who straddle their country of origin and host country which is timely as the Philippines continues to be one of the top three sources of new immigrant families in metropolitan areas such as Metro Vancouver (Statistics Canada, 2022a). NI and Sikolohiyang Pilipino (SP) enabled me, the researcher, to facilitate a respectful process with the participants to tell their stories at their level of readiness. Filipinx youth expressed their experiences through creative ways in combination with first language, Tagalog or Taglish (a combination of Tagalog and English). This generative process benefitted the youths in co-constructing their own storied lives, exploring their awareness of who they are becoming and carving pathways that professionals such as teachers, settlement workers, and social workers could anchor their programs and services. Four narrative threads weave through the five narrative accounts: 1) pride in Filipino identity with the ability to speak a major language in the Philippines; and insights from interactions in three sites: 2) nuclear/extended families; 3) school with peers and staff, and aspirations to pursue post-secondary education; and 4) the wider communities. This study amplifies the voices of 1.5G Filipinx youth and invites various professionals to 'open doors' for newcomer youths.
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    Paradoxical Mothers - Examining the complexities of being the mother of a disabled child and a deceased child
    (2021-09) DesJardine, Patricia; Hughson, E.Anne; Milaney, Katrina; Badry, Dorothy; Nelson, Fiona; Dimitropoulis, Georgina; Fuchs, Donald
    Mothers of disabled children can be silenced by stereotypical depictions of their heroism, bravery, divine purpose or own pathology. Born from a medical model perspective that sets disability as a type of death, these depictions have the power to elevate or denigrate a woman’s maternal identity. When disability is set as a metaphorical death, mothers are expected to grieve the loss of their imagined perfect child as a process for accepting their disabled child. Her resolution with that grief then serves as a determinant of her ability to love and care for that child. In turn, this same silencing serves to negate mothers’ voices in their process of providing love and care, even while they are being rhetorically elevated by human service professionals (HSPs) as ‘experts’ of their disabled children. The stories of six mothers of disabled children who have also buried a child speak of their understanding of grief, death, disability and expertise, as disruptive acts of resistance to such silencing. Their stories reflect a desire to challenge the notion that being the mother of a disabled child demands they adopt said stereotypes.