Rethinking Good Intentions

DIGHR York University

Performance of Nancy Edwards's one-hour solo play, Rethinking Good Intentions; followed by a panel of discussants at York University.

Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre

In this solo story-telling play, Nancy Edwards – a Canadian community health nurse – takes us to the rural villages of Sierra Leone in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Her heart-felt stories of village life convey the ravages of tuberculosis; threats of witchcraft; and tragedies of deaths related to pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn tetanus. She celebrates mothers and local advocates for health improvements. While acknowledging her role as a cultural outsider, Nancy takes us behind-the-scenes and shares how her West African experiences shaped her life and research career.This play is based on a portion of Nancy’s memoir, Not One, Not Even One: A Memoir of Life-Altering Experiences in Sierra Leone, West Africa.​The performance will be followed by a panel of discussants at York University, including Salewa Olawoye, James Orbinski, and Mary Wiktorowicz (chair).This event is sponsored by the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, the School of Global Health, the Faculty of Health, and the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas, York University.For more information about this Oct. 8th performance and panel, please visit <a href="http://go.yorku.ca/rethinkinggoodintentions" title="http://go.yorku.ca/rethinkinggoodintentions" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://go.yorku.ca/rethinkinggoodintentions</a>.

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