McMaster becomes host university for Academics Without Borders

Academics Without Borders, a Canada-based non-profit that helps universities in the developing world enhance the quality of their programs and research, has found a base at McMaster.

AWB is a virtual, volunteer-driven NGO that connects academics in the developed world with colleges and universities in developing countries. Recent projects include helping to design curriculum for a family medicine program at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, developing a centre that supports students with disabilities at the State Islamic University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and coaching health-care workers at Uganda’s Mbarara University of Science and Technology on health research methodology.

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