Critical and Ethical Global Engagement Case Studies
The ARTHUM 3380Y class was given a case study developed from Western International’s “Critical & Ethical Global Engagement” module by Bob Gough (Director, International Internships and Development, Western Heads East Program), Dr. Barbara Bruce (Assistant Professor and Experiential Learning Coordinator, SASAH), and Wynnie Zhao (Case Writer and Researcher, The Africa Institute at Western University).
The case follows the story of a group of university students who travel to Mwanza as part of the University African Probiotic Initiative (UAPI) internship program to work with a host community (Yogurt Mamas). The case is told from the perspective of the student leader of a group of seven students. As the trip progresses, several problems arise within the group, including student complaints about the quality of the accommodations and the conservative dress code for meetings with local leaders and conflicting ideas among students about posting selfies with local children and giving money to children in need. The student leader must decide how to proceed and address these tension areas and ethical dilemmas.
The class was required to work through Western International’s “Critical & Ethical Global Engagement” module, organized into four groups, and given this group assignment:
Working together, assume you are the team leader and need to determine how you are going to address the situation. To do so, you must first analyze the case carefully and
1. Identify the tension areas and ethical dilemmas.
2. Develop ideas about the actions the team leader could take, on their own and with the faculty supervisor, to salvage the learning experience in the moment.
3. Develop ideas about how these tensions and dilemmas could be addressed in future.
Then, create a 10-minute presentation of your case report using PowerPoint and VoiceThread in Owl.
here are their presentations:
ARTHUM 3380Y
Professor Barbara Bruce
group 1
group 4
group 2
group 5
group 3
group 6