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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
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Friday, June 14, 2019
Day #3 – June 3, 2019 "The story of water is the story about life, so let us talk about life." By A. Kusi-Appiah, 2019 Queen Elizabeth Scholar, Carleton University. Introduction: Day three in beautiful Mzuzu began just like days 1 & 2, i.e., I got up early, dressed my bed and dressed up for my... More
Day #2 - June 2, 2019 Informally organizing to create & sustain community resources (e.g., borehole maintenance in rural Malawi) by A. Kusi-Appiah, 2019 QE scholar. 1. Setting the Stage Today I was up early as usual and I was out jogging before 05h00. When I got out there, it was so dark that I... More
Thursday, June 13, 2019
*Written by* A. Kusi-Appiah, 2019 QE Scholar, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. What a beautiful world! The city of Mzuzu is the way I fantasized it to be; friendly, friendly, friendly and many more 'tins (lol). I started the day (my first full day in Mzuzu, Malawi) with a 10 km jogging/walking in vegetationally lush... More
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
During QES’s mobility period myself and my colleague, Chimwemwe Soko, were paired with the Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City (OBEC). OBEC is a non profit organisation which aims at instilling a culture and lifestyle of sustainable use of the environment at personal, family, community and even national level. OBEC operates guided by nine themes of... More
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Calling All: Ph.D Candidates at Carleton University Are you conducting PhD research on Societal Transformation and/or Climate Change? Are you interested in international travel and conducting research in Sub-Saharan Africa? Carleton University has partnered with Ghana, Malawi, and Tanzania to provide funded research placement opportunities in... More
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
On May 20, 2018, I left my home in Ottawa, Ontario to travel to the Arusha Region of Northern Tanzania to begin my tenure as a member of the Queen Elizabeth (QE) Scholarship – Advanced Scholars’ first cohort. Though I was familiar with Tanzania already from my time spent working there during the previous... More
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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Carleton University is launching a $1.8-million program to train tomorrow’s climate change research leaders in partnership with three African universities and the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholars Program. Societal Transformation and Climate Change: Training the Next Generation of Scholars in sub-Sahara Africa and... More
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