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Deepening relations with Ghana
Contact:
Shaheen Nanji, Continuing Studies, 604.291.5576, shaheen_nanji@sfu.ca
Sherri Brown, 778.227.4763, sherrib@sfu.ca, leaves for Ghana in April;
An Minh Vu, anminhv@sfu.ca, v_annie15@hotmail.com in Ghana;
Chantel Smiechowki, csmiecho@sfu.ca, in Ghana;
Stephanie Ameyaw, sameyaw@sfu.ca;
March 21, 2007
SFU President Michael Stevenson will welcome Ghanaian High Commissioner Margaret Ivy Amoakohene and Ghanaian Honorary Consul General George Addei-Piprah to a plaque presentation ceremony at SFU’s W.A.C. Bennett Library on Burnaby Mountain at 12 pm, March 23rd.
Their visit is to mark Ghana’s 50th anniversary of independence from colonial rule and celebrate SFU’s deepening relations with Africa’s first independent nation.
Since 1995 SFU’s partnership with Ghana has grown from helping the country train new teachers through distance education to collaborating on a West African drumming and dance field school at the University of Ghana.
SFU is now involved in a Canadian International Development Agency-funded initiative to cultivate HIV/AIDS awareness among Ghanaian youth. Three SFU students are helping Ghana’s Manye Krobo Queen Mothers’ Association, a women’s and children’s advocacy group, to fundraise for several projects, including trades training for women and placement of HIV/AIDS orphans with supportive families.
Sherri Brown, an SFU doctoral candidate who did her master’s research in Ghana with the Queen Mothers’ Association and two undergrads, one currently in Ghana, and another heading there in April, are available to talk about their research experiences.
Their visit is to mark Ghana’s 50th anniversary of independence from colonial rule and celebrate SFU’s deepening relations with Africa’s first independent nation.
Since 1995 SFU’s partnership with Ghana has grown from helping the country train new teachers through distance education to collaborating on a West African drumming and dance field school at the University of Ghana.
SFU is now involved in a Canadian International Development Agency-funded initiative to cultivate HIV/AIDS awareness among Ghanaian youth. Three SFU students are helping Ghana’s Manye Krobo Queen Mothers’ Association, a women’s and children’s advocacy group, to fundraise for several projects, including trades training for women and placement of HIV/AIDS orphans with supportive families.
Sherri Brown, an SFU doctoral candidate who did her master’s research in Ghana with the Queen Mothers’ Association and two undergrads, one currently in Ghana, and another heading there in April, are available to talk about their research experiences.