Rural Transformation and Newfoundland and Labrador Diaspora [recurso electrónico] Grandparents, Grandparenting, Community and School Relations

Annotation This book is endorsed by Dr. Clar Doyle in his preface to this book. Dr. Doyle is very well known locally. This book is about the contemporary life of grandparents in Newfoundland and Labrador - a geographically isolated and culturally unique rural region of Canada. The book can be used for courses in the areas of critical social work, family studies, gerontology, nursing, rural development, critical pedagogy, and diaspora studies. Clar Doyle, Professor of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and member of the Founding Scholars Advisory Board, The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy. "This book offers a platform not only to look in on the lives of vital grandparents but paints, in broad strokes, a mural of coming, changing, as well as challenging cultural and social settings ... In what the astute editors ... call "small nuanced studies" we find telling narratives of generational connections in the face of changing and challenging odds ... This book does a great service to the concept of diaspora, as well as to the changing nature of that concept ... This book elevates the status of grandparents by positioning them as vital members of a complex and challenging society where their skills, gifts, and sheer presence are most formative ... As is strongly advocated in this book, it is essential that educators, curriculum developers, and teachers appreciate the place of grandparents in their students' lives." Front Matter....Pages i-xx Introduction....Pages 1-39 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 Rural Newfoundland and Labrador....Pages 43-54 Memoirs from Away, a New Found Land Girlhood (An Excerpt)....Pages 55-70 Remittance, the New Way to Work in Newfoundland and Labrador....Pages 71-77 Alberta’s Oil Sand Workers and the Role of Grandparents....Pages 79-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Prominence of Grandparents....Pages 85-90 The Role of Grandparents in the Development of Community....Pages 91-99 Goat Island....Pages 101-107 The Influence of Grandparents Within Families and Communities....Pages 109-115 A Grandmother’s Contribution to Community & Community Culture....Pages 117-123 Grandparents as Contributors to Community and Community Culture....Pages 125-131 Nan “M” about Churchville....Pages 133-138 Grandparents and Community....Pages 139-146 The Role of Grandparenting....Pages 147-153 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 Newfoundland and Labrador Diaspora....Pages 157-175 Parenting Two Generations....Pages 177-186 The Forgotten Catalogue....Pages 187-206 Grandparents Passing Legacies Through Story Telling and Active Living....Pages 207-215 “It’s Wonderful to be a Newfoundland Grandmother”....Pages 217-230 Returning to Our Roots...Vegetables....Pages 231-241 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 The Role of Grandparents....Pages 243-250 The Affects of Divorce on Grandparents....Pages 251-259 Contributions of Grandparents in Today’s Society....Pages 261-270 The Dynamic and Diverse Roles of Grandparents....Pages 271-280 Grandparents’ Roles in Changing Schools, Communities and Families....Pages 281-291 The Ties That Bind....Pages 293-307 Supporting Roles of Grandparents in Holding the Family Together....Pages 309-317 The Increased Role of Grandparents in Newfoundland Families....Pages 319-326 Grandparents’ Roles in School, Community and Families....Pages 327-334 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren....Pages 335-346 The Role of Grandparents....Pages 347-353 The Role of Grandparents in Today’s Society....Pages 355-360 Grandparents’ Role in Their Grandchildren’s Education....Pages 361-365 Grandparenting in Newfoundland and Labrador....Pages 367-372 Front Matter....Pages 373-373 Making Sense....Pages 375-382 Future Newfoundland Grandparents....Pages 383-433 Back Matter....Pages 435-436