CANCELLED - INVITED LECTURE by Dr. Charles Gyan - Gasping for Breath: Women’s Concerns & the Politics of Community Development in Rural Ghana

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 practice and community development. 

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 development 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 development processes. The presentation will conclude with implications for community development programing, policy and research and the future direction of his program of research

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 [at] mcgill.ca