lakehead joins academics without borders’ network
阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 is pleased to become a member of academics without borders and join its network of canadian post-secondary institutions.
awb’s network, canada’s universities and colleges in support of global development, is a consortium of canadian post-secondary institutions that support awb’s mission to work with volunteer academics to help low and middle-income countries build the capacity of their post-secondary institutions to drive development and improve the quality of life in communities around the world.
through its membership in the network, lakehead faculty and staff will have special access to partnership opportunities provided by awb through the organization's existing relationships with institutions and countries around the globe. faculty will also be able to propose projects to awb in conjunction with their post-secondary partners in the developing world.
“阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 is dedicated to using our skills, knowledge and resources to support our colleagues working in post-secondary institutions in the developing world who face serious barriers and disadvantages to doing the work that many of us here in canada may take for granted,” says dr. gillian siddall, president and vice-chancellor of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . “joining the academics without borders network is one more way that we are putting our commitments to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion into action. i encourage the lakehead community to get involved in this enriching and important work.”
membership in the network will provide lakehead with new resources to support and coordinate ongoing work with international partners. by building capacity at post-secondary institutions across the developing world, lakehead and awb look forward to changing lives both at home and abroad.
“it is a real pleasure to welcome 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 to the awb network of canadian universities and colleges. the knowledge and experience that lakehead’s faculty and staff can offer as volunteers is invaluable to the colleges and universities we collaborate with in the developing world - it will make a real difference. in addition, the awb network links the campus to like-minded institutions across canada and builds connections in other parts of the world that will enrich its programs and the student experience,” says nancy gallini, awb’s executive director.
members of the lakehead community are encouraged to attend a webinar with corrie young, associate executive director of awb, who will be joined by previous volunteers to share their experience. the webinar is scheduled for thursday, nov. 21, from 2 to 3 p.m. (register here). faculty and staff may also sign up for e-mailings from awb by sending an email to inquiry@awb-usf.org or filling out the form at the bottom of any page on our website.
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about academics without borders
academics without borders is a canadian nonprofit that works with universities in the most disadvantaged countries building their capability to educate the professionals and leaders essential to the strong societies they justly desire. awb does this by coordinating professional staff and academics who donate their time to work on projects that originate with its partner universities, reflecting the most pressing needs of their communities.