{"id":45731,"date":"2023-06-30T17:22:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T17:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=45731"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:41:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:41:00","slug":"institute-of-african-studies-welcomes-qes-as-wa-scholars-to-carleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2023\/institute-of-african-studies-welcomes-qes-as-wa-scholars-to-carleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute of African Studies Welcomes QES-AS-WA Scholars to Carleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Institute of African Studies Welcomes QES-AS-WA Scholars to Carleton\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

New initiative gives promising early career researchers the time and space to work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Institute of African Studies<\/a> at Carleton University is celebrating the long-awaited start of a new research acceleration project aimed at supporting West African women in academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project \u2014 titled Wurin ta na yin rubutu<\/em><\/a>, which translates from Hausa to \u201cher own room to write\u201d \u2014 seeks to counter the institutional prejudice and cultural barriers that many women face when completing their doctoral degrees and pursuing early career advancement as scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n

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“It is a great honour to be the Principal Investigator for this project that will be hosting 17 brilliant women scholars from West Africa. It is a historic opportunity to promote a unique West African and Canadian intellectual and cultural exchange at Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies. I\u2019m excited to welcome our first six scholars to Canada. And even more delighted that they have hit the ground running, and quickly settled into their research and community partnerships.”<\/p>Nduka Otiono, Director, Institute of African Studies<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thanks to support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Queen Elizabeth Scholars Advanced Scholars West Africa (QES-AS-WA) program at Carleton was first announced in April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carleton was one of only 11 Canadian universities to receive IDRC funding through the QES-AS-WA program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges of obtaining visas or what has been described as “Visa Barrier<\/a>” for African scholars, the Institute was finally able to introduce the project\u2019s talented cohort of West African scholars to the Carleton community at a welcome reception this week in Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attended by faculty mentors, placement partners and guests joining both in-person and online, the reception also doubled as a launch party for QES-AS-WA Scholar Claude Winnie Pefol\u00e9 Fotsing’s new book, Handicapped<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Carleton\u2019s QES-AS-WA Scholars, the cohort will have access to research supervision, focused seminars, experiential learning, leadership and network building opportunities, and research placements with partners including the Afro Canadian Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences<\/a>, CODE<\/a>, IMPACT-Partnership Africa<\/a> and NewLife Project Inc<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophia Abiri-Franklin<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

School of Law and Security Studies, Babcock University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research expertise: Corporate sustainability through succession planning; Women inclusion in West Africa<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cMy QES project will enhance my research experience to be eligible for a career as a consultant and professor of business sustainability and individual legacies to impact local economies and development in West Africa and diaspora.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Rashidat Sumbola Akande<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Department of Economics and Development Studies, Kwara State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research expertise: Economic growth and development with a focus on informal and informal jobs; sustainable development; unemployment; poverty alleviation<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThe QES program will give me the opportunity to concentrate on improving my research and writing skills without bothering about other work-related responsibilities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Mawuenyega Makafui Butu<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Department of Economics, University of Ghana<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research expertise: Poverty alleviation; income and gender inequality; Food security, malnutrition and availability\/access to food<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI am optimistic that after this project, I will be equipped to contribute to and transform my community through research.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Odile Rapha\u00eblle Ngueda Djeuta<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Centre d\u2019Excellence R\u00e9gional sur les sciences Aviaires (CERSA), D\u00e9partement de Biologie de la Facult\u00e9 des Sciences, Universit\u00e9 de Lom\u00e9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expertise de recherche: Voies alternatives de r\u00e9duction des co\u00fbts de production de la volaille par la valorisation de la farine des feuilles de manioc dans l\u2019aliment<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cLe projet QES pourra contribuer \u00e0 renforcer mon expertise et ma confiance de devenir une enseignante qualifi\u00e9e dans mon domaine de recherche en aviculture.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Helena Osei-Egyir<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research expertise: Gender relations in Asante; education in Asante; forest history<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI hope to build lasting relationships with fellow QES scholars and other scholars for research activities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Claude Winnie Pefol\u00e9 Fotsing<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

D\u00e9partement de droit priv\u00e9 et de sciences criminelles, Facult\u00e9 de Droit, Universit\u00e9 de Douala-Cameroun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expertise de recherche: Droits de la femme; le genre f\u00e9minin et le droit camerounais<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cCe programme repr\u00e9sente une plus-value pour ma formation personnelle, en tant que chercheuse et en tant que femme.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

To learn more about the <\/em>QES-AS-WA program at Carleton, visit <\/em>carleton.ca\/qes<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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