Translating identities in institutional settings

The purpose of this project is to understand how the global support observed in Canada’s foreign policy relates to LGBT* policies and non-governmental initiatives in Canada. Additionally, Kwaku Adomako would learn from Professor Lee’s expertise concerning the global impact of Canadian asylum policies aimed at LGBT* persons fleeing persecution. This is as his interlocutors in Ghana seek international assistance in ‘raising capacity’ to generate local expertise on asylum advising as well as on social service delivery for sexual and gender minorities (SGMs). Furthermore, in light of his participant observation of community-based organizing of SGMs, Kwaku Adomako would like to draw from Professor Lee’s (and colleagues) use of auto-ethnography as well as critical and participatory methodologies to glean reflexive insights from studying LGBT* NGOs and communities (see Caron, Lee & Pullen Sansfaçon, 2020).

This project will help Kwaku Adomako re-establish and reinforce relationships with key researchers who work on similar topics in Canada to strengthen and expand professional networks.

Faculty Supervisor:

Edward Ou Jin Lee

Student:

Partner:

Université de Lausanne

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Education; Other

University:

Université de Montréal

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