Charles Gyan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 906438 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Charles Gyan |
| NOMBRES | Charles |
| APELLIDO | Gyan |
| FIRMA | GYAN C |
| AFILIACIONES | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5737-8475 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The impact of media and technology on gender roles in Ghanaian marriages
The rapid expansion of media, social media, and digital technologies is reshaping gender norms globally, with significant implications for Ghanaian marriages. This qualitative study explores how these digital influences transform traditional marital roles, drawing on in-depth interviews with 28 married individuals in urban and peri-urban communities. Using reflexive thematic analysis informed by postcolonial feminist and cultural hybridization fr…
Navigating the Crossroads of Race and Skill
Faith, culture, and networks
Purpose In the context of increasing global migration, understanding the resilience mechanisms of immigrants is crucial for informing both scholarly inquiry and policy development aimed at enhancing community support and integration. This study aims to examine the resilience strategies of highly skilled African immigrants (HSAIs) in Quebec, focusing on how they leverage their religious beliefs, cultural values and social networks to navigate the …
Burden without benefit
Communities hosting extractive activities are burdened with environmental costs. • We examine facets of procedural and distributive injustices in stone extraction. • We used qualitative in-depth interviews with key community stakeholders. • Meaningful local participation in environmental decisions is absent. • We recommend policies that capture community members’ views in decisions. Ghana’s strategy of partnering with multinational and transnatio…
Enduring Traditions and Emerging Shifts
This study examines the persistence and transformation of traditional gender roles in Ghanaian marriages amidst modernization, globalization, and shifting societal norms. Using qualitative data from twenty-eight in-depth interviews across rural and urban Ghana, it investigates how practices such as bride price, puberty rites, and familial expectations sustain traditional roles despite exposure to education, economic shifts, and global influences.…
Nexus between environmental justice and social work education
This paper addresses the imperative for social work educators and professionals to integrate environmental dimensions into curricula and field practice purposefully. Advocates argue that this integration is vital for the profession to effectively contribute to social and environmental justice. Despite these calls, there is a paucity of scholarly attention to the extent of environmental justice considerations in social work curricula. In response,…
Redefining Success and Resilience
Building Resiliency in Community Development
In Ghana, women face challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, restricted legal rights, and entrenched gender roles, impeding their empowerment. Despite these barriers, they exhibit remarkable resilience, often through active engagement in community development initiatives. Previous studies highlight the importance of collective solidarity and intergenerational support in fostering resilience among Ghanaian women. However, these studies frequently …
Survival and social support networks
Despite the growing presence of highly skilled African immigrants in Quebec, Canada, there is a paucity of research on their adaptation processes, specifically regarding survival and social support. This study addresses this gap by investigating the survival strategies of highly skilled African immigrants (HSAI) in Quebec, utilising photovoice to vividly capture their social support systems and survival cultivation. Drawing on Ungar's (2012. The …
Empowering Highly Skilled African Immigrants
Breaking into the Labor Market in the Face of Racism and Oppression
Adapting to a new home
Resettlement and mental health services are critical support systems for refugee and immigrant youth (RIY) as they navigate the complexities of settling into their new homes. These services play a vital role in meeting the needs of RIY and helping them feel welcomed into Canadian society. The purpose of this study is to provide insight into RIY’s experiences with resettlement and mental health service providers in Montreal, Canada. Adopting a des…
Labour market integration of newcomers to Canada
In Canada, newcomers are often faced with many challenges when integrating into the labour market. This study examined the labour market integration experiences of newcomers in Regina, Saskatchewan. Data were collected using a structured survey which was made available in several languages. A total of 305 ( n = 305) newcomers participated in this study. It was found that length of stay in Regina, level of education, having children and lack of ac…
Male Allyship within the Context of Local Governance
Barriers to the participation of women in community development process in rural Ghana
Women across the world face a myriad of barriers in every sphere of their socio-economic life, negatively affecting their ability to utilise available societal resources to achieve their full potential. They are often relegated to the background when it comes to participation in community development and decision-making. The present study seeks to examine the relative strength of barriers to women’s involvement in the community development proces…
Community development participation scale
This paper presents the development of a Community Development Participation Scale (CDPS) to be yieldingly administered and useful to community development researchers in measuring the level of participation of people in community development activities. This instrument was administered as a development and validation study to a sample of women from rural communities in Ghana (N= 210). After the reliability and validity analysis, the attitude/int…
Women’s participation in community development in rural Ghana
Women’s empowerment and gender equality have been given attention by development practitioners and communities over the last two decades. Studies show, however, that in the face of the increase attention to gender equality in community development, women’s advancement, and participation in both developed and developing countries are restricted. The situation of women involvement in the community development process in Ghana is abysmal. The purpos…
Proverbs and Patriarchy
Discourses govern the phenomenological interpretation of our everyday existence and influence both our way of thinking and our relationship with one another in the world. Undoubtedly, popular sayings and proverbs mediate the way of being in African context. This paper examines the role of proverbs and wise sayings in the African culture. This paper attempts to analyze the representation of women in sampled Akan proverbs and the ways in which thes…
Mental illness and stigma
Though strides have been made to improve the conditions of individuals with serious mental illness, stigma continues to be a challenge. Since Erving Goffman’s landmark publication, Stigma, Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity in 1963, much has been done to reduce stigma associated with mental illness. Efforts in the Western world include the de-institutionalization of mental health institutions and the creation of community-based case mana…
Effects of Stakeholder Conflicts on Community Development Projects in Kenyase
This article explores the effects of stakeholder conflicts on community development. In particular, it analyzes the negative repercussions these conflicts have on projects drawing on primary research in Kenyase, one of the major mining communities in Ghana where community development processes are more structured. Using qualitative research methods, the research sought evidence of the negative effects stakeholder conflicts have on projects. This …
Proverbs and Patriarchy
Discourses govern the phenomenological interpretation of our everyday existence and influence both our way of thinking and our relationship with one another in the world. Undoubtedly, popular sayings and proverbs mediate the way of being in African context. This paper examines the role of proverbs and wise sayings in the African culture. This paper attempts to analyze the representation of women in sampled Akan proverbs and the ways in which thes…
Women’s participation in community development in rural Ghana
Women’s empowerment and gender equality have been given attention by development practitioners and communities over the last two decades. Studies show, however, that in the face of the increase attention to gender equality in community development, women’s advancement, and participation in both developed and developing countries are restricted. The situation of women involvement in the community development process in Ghana is abysmal. The purpos…
Community development participation scale
This paper presents the development of a Community Development Participation Scale (CDPS) to be yieldingly administered and useful to community development researchers in measuring the level of participation of people in community development activities. This instrument was administered as a development and validation study to a sample of women from rural communities in Ghana (N= 210). After the reliability and validity analysis, the attitude/int…
Empowering Highly Skilled African Immigrants
Labour market integration of newcomers to Canada
In Canada, newcomers are often faced with many challenges when integrating into the labour market. This study examined the labour market integration experiences of newcomers in Regina, Saskatchewan. Data were collected using a structured survey which was made available in several languages. A total of 305 ( n = 305) newcomers participated in this study. It was found that length of stay in Regina, level of education, having children and lack of ac…
Barriers to the participation of women in community development process in rural Ghana
Women across the world face a myriad of barriers in every sphere of their socio-economic life, negatively affecting their ability to utilise available societal resources to achieve their full potential. They are often relegated to the background when it comes to participation in community development and decision-making. The present study seeks to examine the relative strength of barriers to women’s involvement in the community development proces…
Burden without benefit
Communities hosting extractive activities are burdened with environmental costs. • We examine facets of procedural and distributive injustices in stone extraction. • We used qualitative in-depth interviews with key community stakeholders. • Meaningful local participation in environmental decisions is absent. • We recommend policies that capture community members’ views in decisions. Ghana’s strategy of partnering with multinational and transnatio…
Breaking into the Labor Market in the Face of Racism and Oppression
Effects of Stakeholder Conflicts on Community Development Projects in Kenyase
This article explores the effects of stakeholder conflicts on community development. In particular, it analyzes the negative repercussions these conflicts have on projects drawing on primary research in Kenyase, one of the major mining communities in Ghana where community development processes are more structured. Using qualitative research methods, the research sought evidence of the negative effects stakeholder conflicts have on projects. This …
Mental illness and stigma
Though strides have been made to improve the conditions of individuals with serious mental illness, stigma continues to be a challenge. Since Erving Goffman’s landmark publication, Stigma, Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity in 1963, much has been done to reduce stigma associated with mental illness. Efforts in the Western world include the de-institutionalization of mental health institutions and the creation of community-based case mana…
Effects of Stakeholder Conflicts on Community Development Projects in Kenyase
This article explores the effects of stakeholder conflicts on community development. In particular, it analyzes the negative repercussions these conflicts have on projects drawing on primary research in Kenyase, one of the major mining communities in Ghana where community development processes are more structured. Using qualitative research methods, the research sought evidence of the negative effects stakeholder conflicts have on projects. This …
Proverbs and Patriarchy
Discourses govern the phenomenological interpretation of our everyday existence and influence both our way of thinking and our relationship with one another in the world. Undoubtedly, popular sayings and proverbs mediate the way of being in African context. This paper examines the role of proverbs and wise sayings in the African culture. This paper attempts to analyze the representation of women in sampled Akan proverbs and the ways in which thes…
Community development participation scale
This paper presents the development of a Community Development Participation Scale (CDPS) to be yieldingly administered and useful to community development researchers in measuring the level of participation of people in community development activities. This instrument was administered as a development and validation study to a sample of women from rural communities in Ghana (N= 210). After the reliability and validity analysis, the attitude/int…
Women’s participation in community development in rural Ghana
Women’s empowerment and gender equality have been given attention by development practitioners and communities over the last two decades. Studies show, however, that in the face of the increase attention to gender equality in community development, women’s advancement, and participation in both developed and developing countries are restricted. The situation of women involvement in the community development process in Ghana is abysmal. The purpos…
Barriers to the participation of women in community development process in rural Ghana
Women across the world face a myriad of barriers in every sphere of their socio-economic life, negatively affecting their ability to utilise available societal resources to achieve their full potential. They are often relegated to the background when it comes to participation in community development and decision-making. The present study seeks to examine the relative strength of barriers to women’s involvement in the community development proces…
Adapting to a new home
Resettlement and mental health services are critical support systems for refugee and immigrant youth (RIY) as they navigate the complexities of settling into their new homes. These services play a vital role in meeting the needs of RIY and helping them feel welcomed into Canadian society. The purpose of this study is to provide insight into RIY’s experiences with resettlement and mental health service providers in Montreal, Canada. Adopting a des…
Labour market integration of newcomers to Canada
In Canada, newcomers are often faced with many challenges when integrating into the labour market. This study examined the labour market integration experiences of newcomers in Regina, Saskatchewan. Data were collected using a structured survey which was made available in several languages. A total of 305 ( n = 305) newcomers participated in this study. It was found that length of stay in Regina, level of education, having children and lack of ac…
Male Allyship within the Context of Local Governance
Building Resiliency in Community Development
In Ghana, women face challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, restricted legal rights, and entrenched gender roles, impeding their empowerment. Despite these barriers, they exhibit remarkable resilience, often through active engagement in community development initiatives. Previous studies highlight the importance of collective solidarity and intergenerational support in fostering resilience among Ghanaian women. However, these studies frequently …
Survival and social support networks
Despite the growing presence of highly skilled African immigrants in Quebec, Canada, there is a paucity of research on their adaptation processes, specifically regarding survival and social support. This study addresses this gap by investigating the survival strategies of highly skilled African immigrants (HSAI) in Quebec, utilising photovoice to vividly capture their social support systems and survival cultivation. Drawing on Ungar's (2012. The …
Empowering Highly Skilled African Immigrants
Breaking into the Labor Market in the Face of Racism and Oppression
Burden without benefit
Communities hosting extractive activities are burdened with environmental costs. • We examine facets of procedural and distributive injustices in stone extraction. • We used qualitative in-depth interviews with key community stakeholders. • Meaningful local participation in environmental decisions is absent. • We recommend policies that capture community members’ views in decisions. Ghana’s strategy of partnering with multinational and transnatio…
Enduring Traditions and Emerging Shifts
This study examines the persistence and transformation of traditional gender roles in Ghanaian marriages amidst modernization, globalization, and shifting societal norms. Using qualitative data from twenty-eight in-depth interviews across rural and urban Ghana, it investigates how practices such as bride price, puberty rites, and familial expectations sustain traditional roles despite exposure to education, economic shifts, and global influences.…
Nexus between environmental justice and social work education
This paper addresses the imperative for social work educators and professionals to integrate environmental dimensions into curricula and field practice purposefully. Advocates argue that this integration is vital for the profession to effectively contribute to social and environmental justice. Despite these calls, there is a paucity of scholarly attention to the extent of environmental justice considerations in social work curricula. In response,…
Redefining Success and Resilience
The impact of media and technology on gender roles in Ghanaian marriages
The rapid expansion of media, social media, and digital technologies is reshaping gender norms globally, with significant implications for Ghanaian marriages. This qualitative study explores how these digital influences transform traditional marital roles, drawing on in-depth interviews with 28 married individuals in urban and peri-urban communities. Using reflexive thematic analysis informed by postcolonial feminist and cultural hybridization fr…
Navigating the Crossroads of Race and Skill
Faith, culture, and networks
Purpose In the context of increasing global migration, understanding the resilience mechanisms of immigrants is crucial for informing both scholarly inquiry and policy development aimed at enhancing community support and integration. This study aims to examine the resilience strategies of highly skilled African immigrants (HSAIs) in Quebec, focusing on how they leverage their religious beliefs, cultural values and social networks to navigate the …
Political science (14 obras) · Sociology (13 obras) · Economics (10 obras) · Immigration (7 obras) · Economic growth (6 obras) · Gender Studies (6 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Social science (6 obras) · Community development (5 obras) · Business (4 obras)