ABSTRACT
This chapter explains about how relational ethics live at the heart of narrative inquiry and of how the ways it represent participants' stories in narrative accounts can interrupt stories that sustain them. Andrew, a pseudonym, was introduced to me by Sean Lessard, another researcher on the project. There was a strong sense of forward-looking stories across the two conversations as Andrew storied himself into post-secondary education and to ways to continue to play basketball. Sean, drawing on his experiences and knowing as a high school teacher, helped me to understand the author tension around Andrew not finishing high school. Sean also shared that the narrative account highlighted the piece-bypiece sharing of Andrew's stories of his family and who he is in relation to his family. Months later, they have funding for the work from the Alberta Centre for Community, Family and Child Research. They gather at the table in the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development.
