Global Health Initiative: Research and Ethics workshop, February 1st

Global Health Ethics: Unintended consequences of global health work

This session will familiarize students with the importance of understanding how our actions while abroad (both as a volunteer and as a tourist) may result in unintended consequences.  Dr. Grant Charles will speak about the ethical issues that arise when working with vulnerable populations both locally and globally. He will address issues arising through research and clinical work. The workshop will conclude with case studies.

Dr. Grant Charles is Associate Professor and Chair of Field Education in the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver). Prior to coming to the University of British Columbia, he worked in a variety of mental health, special education and child welfare settings. He has been the treatment director of a number of specialized community and residential treatment programs working with such diverse client groups as adolescent sexual offenders, Aboriginal adolescent solvent abusers and other hard to serve young people and their families. He has published extensively on issues relating to at-risk youth and professional practice. He is currently working on projects on the ethics of international service learning, student learning processes in international educational experiences, professional identity, interprofessional practice and supporting students in cross-cultural learning experiences.