Faculty of Education Workshop-FR

Event Details:

UNBF's Faculty of Education presents: Informed Consent using Visual Methods: A Workshop with Dr. Jennifer Thompson, Summer Scholar.

Informed consent is a foundational aspect of research ethics, for communicating the aims and activities of the research to potential research participants and for seeking their voluntary participation. However, informed consent forms are often cumbersome, bureaucratic, and inaccessible. In this workshop, we will consider what it might look like to integrate visual methods as part of informed consent processes and forms (Ruiz-Casares & Thompson, 2014; Thompson, 2013). A central focus of the workshop will be to provide you with practical experience working in small groups to incorporate visual methods as part of informed consent.* We will also work to develop additional strategies for conceptualizing consent and assent beyond paperwork signed by individuals, to situate informed consent within more collective and ongoing processes. The workshop is designed to facilitate interactive learning and provoke critical reflection and dialogue. The workshop may be of particular interest for those working with children and youth, and with groups considered to be vulnerable or marginalized.

Ruiz-Casares, M., & Thompson, J. A. (2014). Obtaining meaningful informed consent: Preliminary results of a study to develop visual informed consent (VIC) forms with children. Children's Geographies, 14(1), 35-45. doi:10.1080/14733285.2014.971713

Thompson, J. (2013). Picturing consent: Using photographs in a visual consent form. In A. Graham, M. Powell, N. Taylor, D. Anderson, & R. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Ethical research involving children (pp. 141-144). Florence: UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti.

*If possible, please bring a mobile device that takes photos (camera, tablet, or mobile phone) along with a laptop. However, please know that you do not need these devices to participate - we just need a critical mass of devices so that each group has one.

Building: Marshall d'Avray Hall

Room Number: 249