Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Vietnamese Children and Mothers in Canada

Originally from Vietnam, Dr. Thi Thuy Hang Tran has worked in multiple areas: a lecturer, a researcher, a community facilitator, an interpreter, and a cultural broker. She has been a lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education for 12 years. At present, Dr. Tran is a postdoctoral scholar at the Child Trauma Research Centre, University of Regina, Canada. She completed her PhD in Elementary Education at the University of Alberta in 2021, and received the 2022 Canadian Association of Teacher Education (CATE)’s Recognition Award as well as the 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA)’s Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Narrative Research SIG. Dr. Tran has a wide range of research interests including education and mental health of refugee and immigrant children, youth and families, trauma-informed/sensitive pedagogies, familial curriculum making, multilingual and multicultural education, teacher education, and narrative inquiry.

• Chapter 1: Narrative Beginnings.- Chapter 2: Theoretical Underpinnings of This Narrative Inquiry.- Chapter 3: Learning to Think Narratively.- Chapter 4: A Narrative Account of Coming Alongside Lisa and Hồng.- Chapter 5: A Narrative Account of Coming Alongside Ryan and Thanh.- Chapter 6: A Narrative Account of Coming Alongside Alex and Hiên.- Chapter 7: Home Walk and Home Walking Alongside Vietnamese Newcomer Children and Mothers in Canada: The Resonant Threads.- Chapter 8 : “So What?” and “Who Cares?”: Returning Holistically to Personal, Practical, and Social/Theoretical Justifications.