Supporting Higher Education in the Developing World

Annual Report 2011

AHED’S Mission AHED’s mission is to support developing countries in building capacity in higher education. AHED fosters this by sending highly trained personnel to assist in building and improving tertiary educational institutions in the developing world so that the experts and professionals essential for human and institutional development and for the alleviation of poverty can be educated in their home country. AHED is involved with the full spectrum of the academic and administrative aspects of tertiary educational development. This ranges from assisting in the expansion of existing academic, professional, research, and technical institutions and programs to helping set up new ones – from teaching courses to supporting the development of non- academic activities, such as computing and communications services, information systems and libraries, financial management, instructional media services, student services, the management of physical plant, alumni relations, fund-raising, health services, student and faculty housing, registration, and student aid.

Completed Projects Benin Abomey-Calavi University In-Service Training in Nutrition

AHED’s volunteers, Thomas Mercier and Amélie Roy-Fleming, were at the Abomey- Calavi University’s School of Nutrition, respectively from April 5- May 27 and May 1 – June 27. The focus of their work was to prepare the materials needed by the students and the doctors supervising them during the in-service training component of their program. These are intended to address a current issue in contemporary Africa, the “double burden” of malnutrition caused by scarcity as well as health problems such as Amélie Roy-Fleming hypertension, diabetes and obesity which are related to recent changes in lifestyles.

AHED Volunteers Amélie Roy-Fleming, Dietitian (R. Dt.), Certified diabetes educator (CDE), Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, Wemindji, Québec. Thomas Mercier, B.Sc. in Nutrition (Laval University), B.Ed. in Education Science (University of Québec at Trois Rivières). Dietitian, Centre for Health and Social Services, Trois Rivières, Instructor, CEGEP, Trois Rivières, Québec

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Liberia University of Liberia Remedial programs – Train the trainers

Conzolo and Kara Migliozzi conducted a two-month program for remedial education instructors at the University of Liberia. The focus was on pedagogy, classroom management and assessment. The goal was to re-establish the university’s remedial program, which had been closed during the Liberian civil war and which had served Classroom at UL 3,000 students.

AHED Volunteers

Conzolo Migliozzi, M.S. (University of Massachusetts), Instructor, North Shore Community College, Lynn, Mass. Kara Migliozzi, M.Ed. (Salem State University), Health Educator, Higgins Middle School, Peabody, Mass. Course Development in Economics

Arch Ritter taught two courses, one in African Economic Development for students, the other a seminar for faculty members in the Economics Department in research methodology in developmental economics. The course in African economic development is intended to be a model for its delivery and it will continue to be taught by regular faculty using Arch’s power point presentation, a course blog, and course notes printed from the Power Point slides.

Arch Ritter AHED Volunteer Arch Ritter, PhD (University of Texas at Austin), Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics and School of International Affairs, , Ottawa, ON.

Nepal Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) Basic Science

PAHS was created to improve health in rural areas and to provide more health professionals to serve them. Carol-Ann Courneya, Jason Waechter and Jane Gair delivered two courses in basic medical science at PAHS in the spring and summer of 2011.

Carol-Ann Courneya Jason Waechter Jane Gair

AHED Volunteers Carol Ann Courneya, PhD Cardiovascular Physiology (UBC), Associate Professor, UBC, Vancouver, B.C. Jason Waechter, MD (UBC), FRCPS, Associate Professor, , Calgary, AB Jane Gair, PhD Medical Genetics (UBC), Instructor, , Victoria, B.C. 2

Nigeria Kwara State University (KWASU) Centre for Innovation and International Studies

From May 2010 to April 2011, Nancy Hannemann served as the founding director of the Centre for Innovation and International Studies at KWASU, a new university located in Malete, southeastern Nigeria. The Center for Innovation and International Studies plays a leading role in preparing students to live and work in today’s increasingly interconnected world and in promoting KWASU’s Nancy Hannemann & international engagement. Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah

AHED Volunteer

Nancy Hannemann, MA, Economic and Social Studies (Social Anthropology), University of Manchester, Director of Global Education, , Edmonton, AB

Ethiopia Addis Ababa University (AAU) Needs Assessment for Family Medicine—a new specialty in Ethiopia

There is no graduate programme to train family physicians in Ethiopia. In 2011 a team from the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the conducted a needs assessment that informed the content and design of the curriculum for a new post-graduate specialization in family medicine at AAU.

International Family Medicine Advisory Committee

AHED Volunteers Jane Philpott, MD CCFP, Chief of Family Medicine, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Katherine Rouleau, MDCM, CCFP, MHSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Kevin Bezanson, MD, CCFP, DTMH, Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Eileen Nicolle, B. Arts Sc (Honours), MD CM, CCFP, faculty physician, Health for All Family Health Team, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Marc Abbyad, M.Sc., BEng, Project Manager and Software Engineer, Medic Mobile, Toronto, Ontario

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Integrating Community Service Learning into the Undergraduate Nutrition Curriculum Hawassa University

Food insecurity is one of the critical problems influencing the well-being of vulnerable populations, and Ethiopia has one of the highest levels of food insecurity and protein-calorie malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this problem, AHED’s volunteer, Carol Henry, working with Hawassa University faculty, designed a capstone course in nutrition for the Undergraduate Nutrition Curriculum. Carol J. Henry AHED Volunteers

Carol J. Henry, PhD (University of Western Ontario), Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetic, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S.K.

Rwanda National University of Rwanda (NUR) Master’s Degree Program in Accounting

The Faculty of Economics and Management at NUR launched a new master’s degree in accountancy in October 2010. Don Cherry spent several months during 2010 and 2011 to help launch the programme. He worked with Rwandan colleagues to upgrade teaching in the new MSc Accountancy programme, taught specialized topics for the Department of Management, in the Accounting and Business Administration streams, conducted workshops on teaching methodologies for junior staff members within the Faculty of Economics and Management, and assisted the Department of NUR Management with curriculum review and program development.

AHED Volunteer Don Cherry, MBA (McMaster), B. Com (Dalhousie), CMA, Adjunct Professor, , Halifax, Namibia University of Namibia (UNam) Teaching and Learning Improvement

In February 2011, Barbara Campbell, Wayne Cutcliffe, and Lawrence Hale, spent 10 days at UNam to give a course on university teaching to 85 new faculty and provided workshops in active teaching and learning strategies for 25 lecturers from the faculties of Science, Health Sciences, Education, Engineering and Computer Technology. Wayne Cutcliffe AHED Volunteers Barbara Campbell, Ph.D. (Calgary), Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Lawrence Hale, Ph.D. (McMaster), Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology, UPEI. Wayne Cutcliffe, M.Sc. (University of ), Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

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Student Support Programmes

In October and November 2011, Barbara Campbell, Treena Smith, and Anne Bartlett assisted UNam to set up academic support programs for students. They held group sessions and met with smaller groups or individuals around specific program implementation as well as with students who needed one-on-one help. They gave presentations on collaborative teaching and learning as well as on the peer review process for faculty members. AHED's Volunteers & UNam Colleagues AHED Volunteers

Barbara Campbell, Ph.D. (Calgary), Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Anne Bartlett, MEd (Mount St. Vincent), Coordinator, Pathways to Academic Success, Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I Treena Smith, BA (University of Prince Edward Island), Transition Coordinator, Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I On-Going Projects Rwanda National University of Rwanda (NUR) Administrative Staff Training

Corrie Young is currently at NUR involved in mentoring and on the job training for staff in three administrative units: Human Resources and Administration Department, the Directorate of Planning and Development and the Public Relations and External Links Office. The objective of the project is to ensure that younger members of the administrative staff become more confident, active and willing to take on new and challenging tasks.

AHED Volunteer Corrie Young, M.A. (Royal Roads), B.A. (University of Alberta), Consultant, Academics for Higher Education and Development, Edmonton, Alberta The Registrar’s Office

In 2010 and 2011, Gudrun Curri and Carole Dence spent several months at NUR upgrading its Registrar’s Offfice. As a pilot project they developed an online registration system for returning undergraduate students for the 2011 academic year. Gudrun and Carole also developed a Student Registration Handbook and a Procedures Manual for administrators.

Phase III of the project is scheduled for 2012 when the AHED volunteers will Carole Dence focus on improving other registry office functions. Gudrun Curri AHED Volunteers

Gudrun Curri, Ph.D. (Bradford), M.S. (Carleton), Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Management, and former Registrar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Carole Dence, M.A. (McGill), Consultant in Higher Education Research and Projects. Former Registrar, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario

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Ethiopia Addis Ababa University (AAU) Master of Science in Nursing

AHED’s current project with the Centralized School of Nursing at AAU (CSN) and with the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto (LSBFN) as a partner focuses on support and development of the Masters of Science in Nursing (MScN) program at the CSN through cooperative teaching and curriculum planning, and thesis mentorship. Amy Bender

AHED Volunteer

Amy Bender, RN, PhD (University of Toronto), Assistant Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Ghana University of Cape Coast (UCC) Doctoral Programme in Computer Science

Ghana does not have a graduate programme in computer science. As a result, students who wish to pursue a master’s or doctorate in computer science must leave the country to pursue their studies. Many do not return to Ghana. The goal of the AHED project at the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology (DCSIT) at UCC is to provide a doctoral programme for the current DSCIT faculty members. If a sufficient number of them obtain doctorates, UCC will give the DSCIT permission to mount its own graduate programme, a first for Ghana. Laure Berti-Équille

AHED Volunteers

Xavier Goaoc, PhD. (Université Nancy 2, France), Researcher, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Nancy, France Yannick Toussaint, Ph.D. (University of Toulouse) Researcher, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique (INRIA), Nancy, France Laure Berti-Équille, Ph.D. (University of Toulon), Senior Research Scientist, Computer Science, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Aix-en-Provence, France and Research Associate, Laboratoire d’Informatique Fondamentale, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France In the summer of 2012, AHED will send two volunteers to UCC’s DCSIT, Andrew Frank and Jörg Liebeherr who will teach two courses in the doctoral programme for faculty members in the Department.

AHED Volunteers Andrew Frank, Ph.D. (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Professor, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna Jörg Liebeherr,Ph.D. (Georgia Institute of Technology), Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

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Future Projects (2012)

Liberia University of Liberia (UL)

AHED will be doing four projects at UL in spring and summer of 2012:

Teaching Mathematics and English

In the summer of 2011, AHED ran a project to upgrade the teaching ability of the faculty at UL who teach the introductory courses in English and mathematics for in-coming students. The summer 2012 project is part of the ongoing effort to upgrade the teaching ability of the faculty at UL involved in introductory courses in English and mathematics. For the summer of 2012, the faculty will be separated by department, and mathematics and English content will be integrated into the methods training.

AHED Volunteers Maryan Koehler, Ed.D. (Durham University), Associate, American Language Program, Columbia University, New York, New York Ree Migliozzi, M.A. (Western New England College), Adjunct Professor, Mathematics, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Mass. Research Promotion and Capacity Building in the Faculty of Business

The project in the Faculty of Business will strengthen the analytical and teaching performance of its faculty members, which in turn will improve the quality of the graduates of these academic programs and will support the general economic and social development of Liberia. AHED Volunteer

Larry Willmore, Ph.D. (Carleton University), Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna Internet Based Curriculum Development

The University of Liberia currently has access to the Internet through satellite, which is slow, expensive, and not always reliable. The high speed cable on the west coast of Africa has been landed in Liberia and the University of Liberia should be connected by the end of 2012. In preparation for this, the project proposes a course on Globalization and Development taught mainly through the Internet. This course is a pilot project for the possibilities that UL can develop once it has a high speed connection to the Internet.

AHED Volunteer Michael Keating, Certificate in Corporate Finance (Harvard Business School), Director, Center for Peace, Democracy and Development, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass. Teaching Computer Skills

One area in which U.L. has to develop is the integration of computer technology into its operations. Many of the faculty at UL lack basic computer skills and the ability to use the Internet, without which a modern university cannot function. Moreover, e-learning is now become one of the main methods for delivering course content for students

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Conzolo Migliozzi, M.S. (University of Massachusetts), Instructor, North Shore Community College, Lynn, Mass.

Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania Aga Khan University – East Africa (AKU) Upgrading Nursing Education

This project will focus on strengthening the capacity of nursing faculty of both the Enrolled Nurse to Registered Nurse level and Registered Nurse to the BScN programmes, in all three sites in East Africa (Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Kampala). Further, it will develop a faculty development program and will build the capacity of nursing faculty on student centred pedagogies, clinical teaching, effective feedback and assessment for learning, to engender student engagement, and will create a set of faculty development modules in teaching and learning to be used at AKU- Faculty of Health Sciences, EA AHED Volunteers

Judith A. Baigis, Ph.D. (New ), Professor Emerita, Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical & Translational Science, Georgetown University Medical Center, Clinical Research Unit, Washington, DC Marilyn Chapman, M.A. in Adult Education (St. Francis Xavier University) and B.S. in Nursing (University of Victoria), Professor, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C. Pammla Petrucka, Ph.D. (University of Alberta), Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S.K.

Projects for which AHED is Seeking Funding

Liberia University of Liberia (UL) Long Term Planning

Emmett Dennis, a former Dean at Rutgers and the current president of the University of Liberia, has been in office for the last few years. During this time, he has made great strides in rebuilding the institution that was destroyed during the Liberian civil war. To move forward he has asked AHED to assist him in drafting a long term plan for the University. AHED is seeking $9,614.00 to fund this project.

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Sierra Leone University of Makeni (UMAK) Primary Education

Recently, Sierra Leone was devastated by a civil war during which many of primary school teachers were killed or driven into exile. Those now teaching in Sierra Leone’s schools are ill-equipped to provide an adequate education to its young people, since many of them have no more than a high school education. The ultimate goal of this project is to upgrade the teaching ability of some of these teachers. AHED will work with the faculty members in the Faculty of Education at the UMAK to upgrade their communications skills, ability to engage in distance education, teaching methods, and their ability to teach primary school teachers how to teach mathematics and English. AHED is seeking $7,699 to fund this project.

Nepal Patan Academy of HealthSciences (PAHS) Upgrading Science and Medical Education at PAHS

AHED is partnering with faculty from The University of British Columbia, University of Victoria, University of Calgary and University of Alberta to provide pedagogical support as well as faculty and capacity development at PAHS over the next three years. The ultimate goal of this Canadian/Nepalese collaboration is to support the development of a self-sustaining educational institution that will recruit, train and graduate doctors uniquely motivated and prepared to practice rural medicine and address the urban rural health care disparities in Nepal.. AHED is seeking $13,000 to support this project.

Indonesia Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Making the Library Disability Friendly

For students with disabilities, education can make the difference between desperate poverty and the power to contribute to their community. The Centre for Disability Studies and Services (PSLD) was founded in the Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) in 2007 – the first centre of its kind in Indonesia. A recent milestone for PSLD and for the university is the establishment of difabel corner in the university library. This corner provides a space for student with disabilities to study, but, more than that, it is to be a working unit that will provide accessible resources and assistive technologies to ensure that students with visual impairment (80 % of the students in the Centre) can access the information they need for their academic programs. In order to achieve this goal, AHED is seeking funds to send a volunteer with expertise in IT and assistive technology to work closely with PSLD and library staff. AHED is seeking $11,500 to support this project.

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Call for Proposals (2011) In 2011, AHED put out a competitive call for project proposals to which it committed $10,000 for volunteer expenses.

Winner – Patan Academy for Health Science, Nepal - Carol Ann Courneya, UBC Runner up – Hawassa University, Ethiopia – Carol Henry, University of Saskatchewan

Board Policies The Board has adopted an Ethics Code, a Gender Policy, role profiles for Board Officers, and Terms of Reference for its committees.

Fund Raising AHED received grants from the Arnold and Blema Steinberg Foundation of $10,000, the Zeller Family Foundation for $3000 and Navitas for $1000. It also received support for its projects from the McCall – MacBain Foundation of $ 42,874 for its work at the University of Liberia, and from the Brageac Solidarité Foundation of $5,292.80 for its project at the University of Namibia. AHED raised $46,295 in its 2011 fund raising campaign and its Board members donated $ 29,010.00. Wendy Cecil, a new member of AHED’s Advisory Council, arranged a fund raising event at her home in Toronto. In total, the income for 2011 was $136,472.47 compared to $83,765.02 in 2010.

Partnerships Academics without Boarders, , Lille Sci Po, Canadian Society of International Health, and the University of Fraser Valley have been added as AHED partners.

AHED Representatives at Canadian Colleges and Universities AHED now has sixty-five Representatives at over sixty-five colleges and universities in Canada. The Representatives play an important role in fulfilling AHED’s mission, helping it in finding projects and volunteers and with publicizing the organization.

Board of Directors and Advisory Council AHED held two Board meetings in April and October 2011. The terms of Jeff Smith, Keith Bezanson, Pat Baranek, and Roger Abbott have come to an end and they have left the Board. Caroline Pestieau, John David Stewart, Terry White, Jonathan Rose, and David Dunne have joined the Board. John Waterhouse was elected to be the Board’s Vice-Chair and John Stewart to be its treasurer. Wendy Cecil has joined the Advisory Council.

Caroline Pestieau was formerly Vice President, Programs and Partnership, at the International Development Research Centre.

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John David Stewart is an account manager at TD Waterhouse who advises universities, individuals and families in wealth preservation. He was a recent Governor of the University of Toronto Terry White is the former president of the University of Calgary.

David Dunne is a Professor of Marketing at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University

Jonathan Rose is a Professor and former Chair in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto,

Wendy M. Cecil is Chancellor of Victoria University in The University of Toronto and a former Chair of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto

Consultants Several new people have been added as consultants, Ailie Cleghorn, as the Institutional Manager for the University of Namibia, Julies Stevens Shoman as the Institutional Manager for Hawassa University and Addis Abba University, Karen Mitchell as a fund raising advisor, Kevin Bunt as webmaster, Rob McDowell as Operations Manager, Abu Rezu as consultant, Kyle Matthews as Fund Raising Manager, and Henri Paul Jacques as book keeper. Wendy Allen has become the Institutional Manager for UIN Suka and the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, Corrie Young, for the National University of Rwanda, and Astrid Richardson for the Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Anna Bernie-Lefcovitch, Lea Zeltserman, and Sue Carey have left AHED.

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