{"id":20674,"date":"2026-02-26T13:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?p=20674"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:53:13","slug":"project-report-wurin-ta-na-yin-rubutu-her-own-room-to-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/2026\/project-report-wurin-ta-na-yin-rubutu-her-own-room-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Report: Wurin ta na yin rubutu &#8211; Her Own Room to Write"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Project Report: Wurin ta na yin rubutu &#8211; Her Own Room to Write\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2021-2024, Carleton University received funding from the&nbsp;<u><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/facultyofartssocialsciencesfass.cmail19.com\/t\/t-l-wyukijy-tkydhrtrki-t\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffacultyofartssocialsciencesfass.cmail19.com%2Ft%2Ft-l-wyukijy-tkydhrtrki-t%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CGabrielHabiyaremye%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C50e79e502d044a06453408de7545c3d4%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639077139690870596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8VE6WTe9eRzZvkZnAQesoTyk0qfcS9XwP5dul2Nrkss%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Advanced Scholars<\/a><\/u>&nbsp;program to run a research acceleration initiative for West African women PhD students and early-career researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Screenshot-QES-400x223.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Screenshot-QES-400x223.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Screenshot-QES-160x89.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Screenshot-QES-240x134.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Screenshot-QES-360x200.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Screenshot-QES-200x111.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Screenshot-QES.png 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Led by&nbsp;<u><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/facultyofartssocialsciencesfass.cmail19.com\/t\/t-l-wyukijy-tkydhrtrki-i\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffacultyofartssocialsciencesfass.cmail19.com%2Ft%2Ft-l-wyukijy-tkydhrtrki-i%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CGabrielHabiyaremye%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C50e79e502d044a06453408de7545c3d4%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639077139690893938%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2VgsL68qcVEBZQSgqWBDP5QRxLkjP9%2Bo3%2B9Nvq%2BJLbI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">Dr. Nduka Otiono<\/a><\/u>, the initiative addressed the cultural and institutional barriers faced by women scholars by providing participants with access to resources including research supervision, seminars, placements in Canada and West Africa, leadership development, and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/facultyofartssocialsciencesfass.cmail19.com\/t\/t-l-wyukijy-tkydhrtrki-d\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffacultyofartssocialsciencesfass.cmail19.com%2Ft%2Ft-l-wyukijy-tkydhrtrki-d%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CGabrielHabiyaremye%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C50e79e502d044a06453408de7545c3d4%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C639077139690914830%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tjeheqPRvE1fxZjMREacLUVArlm57ERgmIQInaXAMlI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">Read the Project Report &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 2021-2024, Carleton University received funding from the&nbsp;Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Advanced Scholars&nbsp;program to run a research acceleration initiative for West African women PhD students and early-career researchers. Led by&nbsp;Dr. Nduka Otiono, the initiative addressed the cultural and institutional barriers faced by women scholars by providing participants with access to resources including research supervision, seminars, placements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[234,80,1,81,277,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-fass-news","category-news","category-newsletter","category-post","category-research"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20678,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20674\/revisions\/20678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}