The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships project, Partnering for Innovation in Women-led Social Work and Social Science in West Africa, is fostering collaboration between scholars in Canada and West Africa. Emphasizing education and innovation systems, climate resilience and sustainable food systems, and ethics in development research, the project aims to enhance institutional capacity and generate transformative social workers and scientists.
The project is providing researchers with an international opportunity to explore new research questions and to consider social work practice in an international context. As the profession of social work aims to address local-global challenges in the field of international social work and social development, there is a need for researchers and practitioners to collaborate in addressing the most critical issues in society.
This project brings together early-career social work faculty members and PhD student candidates for an international exchange with a robust research component and non-academic field placement in the host communities in Accra, Ghana, and in Calgary and Edmonton.
