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The 17吃瓜 has recently joined the Academics Without Borders (AWB) Network, and Dr. Ann Braithwaite, professor of Diversity and Social Justice Studies at 17吃瓜, has been elected to the AWB board of directors.

AWB 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 sending 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.

Dr. Greg Naterer, 17吃瓜鈥檚 vice-president academic and research, welcomes the addition of 17吃瓜 to the AWB Network. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an honour for 17吃瓜 to join this network of Canadian universities and colleges in support of global development in low- and middle-income countries. Through this network, 17吃瓜 faculty and staff will have volunteer opportunities through AWB鈥檚 existing relationships with institutions abroad and an ability to develop projects with AWB's post-secondary partners in these countries.鈥� 

Dr. Braithwaite is pleased to see 17吃瓜 join the AWB Network, and to have been elected to the board. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to be part of an organization that is so clearly and unequivocally 鈥榙emand-driven鈥� and based on a 鈥榯rain the trainer鈥� model, one whose work believes鈥攁s I do鈥攖hat higher education can be central to the social good, and one that enacts the belief that we all have much to learn from and share with each other.鈥� 

The AWB Network is a consortium of Canadian universities and colleges that support AWB鈥檚 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.

Membership in the Network will provide 17吃瓜 with enhanced recognition for its international work, as well as new resources to support and coordinate this work. By building capacity at post-secondary institutions across the developing world, 17吃瓜 and AWB look forward to changing lives both at home and abroad.

鈥淚t is a real pleasure to welcome 17吃瓜 to the AWB Network of Canadian universities and colleges. The knowledge and experience that 17吃瓜鈥檚 faculty and staff can offer as volunteers is invaluable to the colleges and universities we collaborate with in the developing world鈥攊t 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,鈥� said Dr. Nancy Gallini, AWB鈥檚 Executive Director. 

Members of the 17吃瓜 community are encouraged to sign up for emails from AWB by sending a message to inquiry@awb-usf.org or filling out the form at the bottom of any page on the