Prince Owusu
PhD Candidate, School of Social Work
| Degrees: | MPhil |
| Phone: | 613-520-2600 x 4370 |
| Email: | prince.owusu@carleton.ca |
| Office: | 627 Dunton Tower |
Bio:
Prince Owusu is a second year doctoral student at Carleton University. He has Master of Philosophy and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Social Work from the University of Ghana. Prince enrolled in Carleton University’s doctoral programme at the School of Social Work in September 2014. Since then he has worked closely with his supervisor, Susan Braedley, utilizing the feminist political economy lens in understanding different facets of the care economy. He is currently working on two projects with his supervisor. The first project title is “Equity shifts: Employment equity in protective services” and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The project aims at analyzing the changes and continuities in professional fire service that reveal shifts in Canadian health care and social care provision. The second is an analysis of Canadian data set from the “Re-Imaging long-term residential care” project, which is an international study of promising practices across six countries (Canada, US, UK, Germany, Norway, Sweden). Participating in these two research projects has animated his sensibilities and enriched his Canadian experience in multiple ways as an international student. Prince believes that research is an experiential and transformative process; a process from which the researcher cannot be precluded. He hopes to bring his feminist political economy understanding in dialogue with elder care, particularly to find out how racialization, culture and immigration status show up in elder care relationships. His research interest lies in care work, social determinants of health, gender equity and equality, intersectionality, racialization, social justice and maternal health. Prince is privileged to be part of the sensational Care, Work and Health Lab as his experiences has been invaluable to his personal and academic development. He works with caring people.