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Week 9

Week 9 (Mar 17th) – Sustainable practices with CoDevelopment Canada and BCCASA; Video on ethics and sustainability of ISL

Objective:

By the end of the session, students will have heard from our guest speaker, Sarena Talbot, Education Program Assistant from CoDevelopment Canada on how the organization determines its partners, how do ensure workshops that their partners give are within local context, and how decision-making processes are made for project funding.  She will also touch upon recruitment of project participants, pre-departure training and project consultation process of her experience with BC Central American Solidarity Alliance. Following her presentation, a film on ethics and sustainability of ISL will be shown and followed by discussion.

Bridge:

From the speaker, students will receive information that can be used to gauge their organization of interest in terms of their sustainability, ethics and intercultural competency practice.  The film will offer an alternative media of looking at topics of ISL.

Engaging the Group:

Activities (in order of how they will be carried out):

  • 9:00-10:00: Presentation by Sarena Talbot, Education Program Assistant, CoDevelopment Canada with Q&A period
  • 10:00-10:05: 5-minute break
  • 10:05-11:35: Ethics of ISL Film
    • Either Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma or another suitable film
    • 11:35-11:50: Discussion on the film

For each person to bring to class:

  • To do before class: E-mail Dr. Dharamsi (shafik.dharamsi@familymed.ubc.ca) a copy of Journal #6 and detailed final project proposal by 9 AM, Wednesday (if you have not already done so).

Closing/Summary:

  • Final Project: begin research and drafting of contents.
  • Final Paper: begin draft.
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Week 8

Week 8 (Mar 10th) – Sustainable practices in Engineers Without Boarders

Objective:

By the end of the session, students will have heard from our guest speaker, Annelie Tjebbes, Director of Overseas Learning from UBC EWB (Engineers without Boarders) on the recruitment of participants, pre-departure training, and the sustainability of their projects. Final presentation proposals will be presented by the remaining students (Devon, Gordon, Yan, and Sabine) and feedback will be given by the class. The final presentation rubric will be revisited, and the final paper will be assigned.

Bridge:

From the speaker, students hear about participant recruitment and the pre-departure training associated with EWB, as well as investigate the sustainability of their projects.  By receiving feedback from the class on the presentation proposals, each student will receive new perspectives and ideas on how to analyze each of their organizations’ mandates and projects through the theoretical frameworks that they have chosen.

Engaging the Group:

Activities (in order of how they will be carried out):

  • 9:00-10:00: Presentation and discussion of detailed final project proposal
    • For each remaining student (Gordon, Devon, Yan, and Sabine):
      • Student presentation: 5 minutes
        • Organization and project, theoretical frameworks s/he intends to use to analyze the projects, what types of probing questions these frameworks will generate, and how these questions tie into course themes
    • Class suggestions and discussion: 10 minutes
    • 10:00-10:30: Revisit the final project presentation rubric
    • 10:30-10:50: Assign the final paper and decide upon a grading rubric.
    • 10:50-11:00: 10 minute break.
    • 11:00-11:50: Presentation by Annelie Tjebbes, Director of Overseas Learning from UBC’s Engineers Without Boarders.

For each person to bring to class:

  • Hard copy of final project presentation proposal for oral presentation (see above)
  • To do before class: E-mail Dr. Dharamsi (shafik.dharamsi@familymed.ubc.ca) a copy of Journal #5 and detailed final project proposal by 9 AM, Wednesday (if you have not already done so).
  • Assign journaling assignment #6: reflection and response to presenter due March 18th, reflecting on either of the previous two lectures
  • Final Project: begin research and drafting of contents.
  • Final Paper: begin draft.

Closing/Summary:

  • Final Project: begin research and drafting of contents.
  • Final Paper: begin draft.

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