<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.39; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline">As a partner of the International Research Training Group (IRTG), Walk With Web is supporting the </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline"><a href="https://walkwithweb.org/Project/project-details.php?ProjectID=29" target="_blank">Frontiers of Belonging</a></span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> initiative, which is pioneering a North-</span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline">South partnership model bringing expertise </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline">together</span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> across borders to support six doctoral students in
Canada, Ghana, and Cameroon. The program equips emerging scholars with
critical skills in research, digital technologies, knowledge creation,
and dissemination. Thus, ensuring that the next generation of
researchers is empowered to lead in both locally and globally.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.39; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline"><br></span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Between August 18th and 29th,</span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2025, the IRTG organised a training workshop for the participating doctoral students </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline">at the University of Ghana in Accra. </span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> During this workshop, our CEO, <a href="https://walkwithweb.org/Teams/team_details.php?TeamID=1" target="_blank">Kartikay Chadha</a> (Doctoral Candidate and Sessional Lecturer, <a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/sis/" target="_blank">McGill University</a>), led two training sessions on Digital Skills and Presentation Techniques. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.39; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.39; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline"><a href="https://walkwithweb.org/Project/project-details.php?ProjectID=29" target="_blank">Frontiers of Belonging</a> is funded by a Partnership Development Grant from the </span><a href="https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en.aspx" target="_blank">Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada</a><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> (SSHRC). The grant is
co-directed by <a href="https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/view/profile/members/540?lang=en" target="_blank">Meredith Terretta</a> (History, <a href="https://www.uottawa.ca/en" target="_blank">University of Ottawa</a>),
<a href="https://www.ug.edu.gh/sociology/people/rev-prof-michael-p-k-okyerefo" target="_blank">Michael Okyerefo</a> (Sociology, <a href="https://www.ug.edu.gh/sociology/" target="_blank">University of Ghana–Legon</a>), </span><a href="https://cerdym.org/ernest-messina-mvogo/" target="_blank">Ernest Messina Mvogo</a><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline"> (History/IR, CERDYM Research Lab, <a href="https://www.univ-douala.cm/" target="_blank">University of Douala</a>), and </span><a href="https://www.yorku.ca/research/tubman/profile/rose-ndengue/" target="_blank">Rose Ndengue </a><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline">(History, Glendon Campus, <a href="https://www.yorku.ca/" target="_blank">York University</a>).</span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.39; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.39; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Through our involvement in this initiative, Walk With Web is delivering on its mission to contribute to advancing digital skills training, fostering equitable global partnerships, and building sustainable infrastructures that empower scholars and institutions to thrive in the digital age.</span></p><p></p>
