Echoes of Childhood Poverty: Composing Lives in Higher Education A submission to the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy Submitted by Elaine J. Laberge Doctoral student (Sociology), University of Victoria; MA; BA #104, 268 Superior Street Victoria, BC V8V 1T3 (250) 686-2214 elaberge@uvic.ca http://www.echoesofpoverty.com This submission is grounded in my master’s research on…
Dandelion
DANDELION a play by Elaine J Laberge A Play Written by Elaine J. Laberge Abstract: Intergenerational poverty. Single mothers. Welfare dependence. These are ugly stories and uglier realities. These are stories of social class and class-based inequality society does not want to attend to. But, young Emelia, Gretchen’s daughter, is desperate to…
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Elaine Laberge commencing September 2017: Doctoral student (Sociology) University of Victoria, Canada elaberge@uvic.ca tel: (250) 686 2214 MA (Sociology), University of Alberta, Canada BA (Sociology), University of Alberta, Canada elaberge@ualberta.ca BA (Theatre/English), Dalhousie University, Canada
Echoes of Poverty: Composing Lives in Higher Education
Below is my full thesis LABERGE echoes of poverty abstract LABERGE Elaine J MA thesis july 2017
The Other Kid
Excerpt from my master’s thesis: There was a family that was particularly—distinctive It was a white family For some reason, it was well-known they were poor They were the stereotypically white poor family They definitely were treated differently. There was a little girl She was in the same class as the little boy. …
The Privilege Walk—and, Talk
An excerpt from my thesis For clarification, I ask Sarah, “You have community here on campus?” I do not want to assume she is part of the Native community centre on campus. “Ya, I have community.” “What difference does it make?” “It’s huge!” “Do they know you come from poverty?” “Um, I think that I…
Abstract: The Echoes of Childhood Poverty: Composing Lives in Higher Education
this narrative inquiry unfolded alongside three undergraduate students at a large, research-intensive, western Canadian university to understand how echoes of systemic childhood poverty reverberate through their experiences as they compose lives on the university landscape. While countries such as Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and to a much lesser extent Canada, are adopting…
