Overview
To form the IRTG, co-directors from University of Ottawa, University of Ghana-Legon, and the CERDYM research lab at the University of Douala have recruited six doctoral students, two from each partnering institution. The key innovation of our North-South partnership is to mobilize expertise across borders to train doctoral students in three countries: French-English bilingual, anglophone-dominated Canada, a middle-power latecomer to internationalization in higher education; Ghana, an anglophone leader in higher education in West Africa; and French-English bilingual, francophone-dominated Cameroon in Central Africa. The IRTG includes emerging and established researchers and intersectoral partnerships in each of these countries. This pilot IRTG is a model we intend to develop and scale up for a later SSHRC Partnership Grant application in the Talent category upon the completion of this three-year project.
| Director | Meredith Terretta (History, University of Ottawa) |
| Co-Directors |
Michael Okyerefo (Sociology, University of Ghana-Legon) Ernest Messina Mvogo (History/IR, University of Douala-CERDYM) Rose Ndengue (History, Glendon College-York University) |
| Collaborators |
Brenda Nachuah Lawyer (University of Douala-CERDYM) Amadou Souleymanou (University of Douala-CERDYM) Jeanette Wogaing (University of Douala-CERDYM) Boulou Ebanda de B’béri (Communications: Cultural Studies, uOttawa) Mary Boatemaa Setrana (Univ. of Ghana-Ctr. for Migration Studies) Solomon Kofi Amoa (Sociology, Univ. of Ghana-Legon) Christina Clark-Kazak (International Affairs, University of Ottawa) Abdoulaye Gueye (Sociology, University of Ottawa) Eric Allina (History, University of Ottawa) Andrew Ivaska (History, Concordia University) Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (University of Ottawa) |
| NGO Partners |
Femmes Actantes (led by Chantal Ndami and Rose Ndengue) Association réfugiés sans frontières (led by Daniel Moundzego, president) OMANIAE (contact: Richard Osei Bonsu) Department of Housing, Ministry of Works and Housing, Ghana (contact: Sylvanus Kofi Adzornu, Director) |
| Skills Partners |
University of Ottawa Library (point person: Caroline Hyslop) Balme Library, University of Ghana (point persons: Theodosia S. A. Adanu & Dr. Antonia Bernadette Donkor) Walk With Web, Inc., Kartikay Chadha |
| Institutional Partners |
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Arts University of Ottawa, International Research and Experiential Learning University of Ottawa, Human Rights, Research and Education Centre University of Douala, CERDYM University of Ghana, Department of Sociology of the School of Social Sciences, College of Humanities |
| Advisory Council | Yolande Bouka, Blair Rutherford, Abdoulaye Gueye, Viviana Fernandez (yearly mtgs and as needed) |
| Project Coordinators |
Gloria Lamptey (University of Ottawa) Michael Akagbor (University of Ghana) |
| Doctoral Students |
Thelma Nyame (University of Ghana) Augustine Kaku (University of Ghana) Hilary Elise Zeh (University of Douala, CERDYM) Etanga Awono Philippe (University of Douala, CERDYM) Gloria Lamptey (University of Ottawa) Judeon Socrate Yong Lemoumoum (University of Ottawa) |