INVITED LECTURE by Dr. Charles Gyan

When:

Tue, Mar 17, 2020

@ 9-10 am

Where:

School of Social Work

McGill University

3506 University St

Wilson Hall

Room#326

RSVP:

to Yong Hong Feng @

yong.feng@mcgill.ca

Dr. Charles Gyan is currently an Assistant Professor of Social

Work at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina. He holds a

Master of Philosophy degree in Social Work from the University of

Ghana and a PhD in Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University. His

practice experience has been in the areas of community organizing,

social policy analysis, and program development and evaluation.

Dr. Gyan blends academic and research interests with his interest and

commitment to Social policy change, transnational social work prac-

tice and community development. He uses participatory and qualita-

tive research methods, mixed method and quantitative methods to

produce knowledge that questions and disrupts oppressive gender

discourses. He is a fellow of several Canadian research centres

including the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC), the Tshepo Institute

for the Study of Contemporary Africa (TISCA) and the Manulife Centre

for Community Health Research.

Dr. Gyan’s presentation, Gasping for Breath: Women’s Concerns &

the Politics of Community Development in Rural Ghana, will focus on

the experiences of women within the context of community develop-

ment in rural Ghana. Following an overview of his program of

research, he will present the key findings of his recent transnational

feminist study on the barriers faced by women in community develop-

ment processes. The presentation will conclude with implications for

community development programing, policy and research and the

future direction of his program of research.

Gasping for Breath: Women’s Concerns &

the Politics of Community Development in Rural Ghana