ETHICS OF GLOBAL HEALTH & COMMUNITY BASED INVOLVEMENT

ETHICS OF GLOBAL HEALTH & COMMUNITY BASED INVOLVEMENT

A Celebrate Research Week Event Friday, March 12, 2010 Everyone is welcome! 6pm – 8pm, UBC Robson Square Free Admission & Refreshments! Room C225 – 800 Robson Street Join us for presentations focusing on the ethics and impacts of global health and community-based research, learning, and service at UBC.

Dr. Annalee Yassi – Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Capacity Building,

Moderated by: Professor at College for Interdisciplinary Studies & School of Population and Public Health Global Outreach Students’ Association (GOSA) – Ecuador

Presenters: “Challenges faced by student groups in running ethical international service learning projects” Spencer Cleave -UBC Medical Student “The Ethics of Global Health Research in a Non-Service-Based Context: Cuba” Naeem Mawji – UBC Chemical Engineering Student, Founder, Kuwasha Project “Kuwasha: A Community-Directed Rural Lighting Project in Tanzania” Matt Whiteman – Co Coordinator, EIESL “Ethics of International Engagement and Service Learning (EIESL)” For more information and to RSVP contact ghealth@interchange.ubc.ca. Presented by UBC Centre for International Health with the Global Health Research Program and the Ethics of International Engagement & Service-Learning Project as a part of the UBC Celebrate Research Week 2010.

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