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ACACIA: Research Internship / Professional Development Awardees / Summer Students

2009

Jennifer Vincent, Research Intern: Outcome-based evaluation of 13 Acacia-funded research networks.

Slide presentation:

http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferNVincent/presentation-outcome-based-evaluation

2008

Emcee Gideon Christian, Research Intern: Issues and Challenges to Development of Open Access Institutional Repositories in Academic and Research Institutions in Nigeria

Outputs:

Final Research: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1323387

Journal article: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1304665

Conference Presentation:

1. International Workshop On Open Access Repositories: New Model For Scholarly Communication. 28th - 29th April, 2008, Zaria, Nigeria http://nulib.net/oai/

2. 3^rd E-Learning Conference, Accra Ghana http://www.elearning-africa.com/pdf/report/postreport_eLA2008.pdf

3. Elpub Conference 2008, Toronto Canada http://elpub.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?422_elpub2008

Slides:

http://www.slideshare.net/gideonchristian123/open-access-institutional-repository-in-academic-and-research-institutions-in-nigeria-presentation

http://www.slideshare.netwww.slideshare.net/gideonchristian123

Flickr Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/24732436@N02/page3/

Kathleen Diga, Professional Development Awardee: ‘Genderfication’ of Community-Owned Wireless Technology in South Africa and Uganda

Outputs:
Presentations: MobileActive08 : http://www.slideshare.net/kdiga/women-mobile-uganda-presentation
Travel & IDRC activity blog: http://kdiga.blogspot.com/

Article : University women struggle for knowledge access in Africa

John-Harmen Valk, Summer Student: ICTs and the Global Food Price Crisis

2007

Kathleen Diga, Research Intern: ICTs and Poverty Reduction: Technology Spending Patterns and Poverty Level Change among Households in Eastern Africa

Outputs:

Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/kdiga/mobiles-and-technology-spending-in-east-africa

Dissertation: http://ecologize.org/Diga_2007.aspx

Research Guide & Questionnaire: http://www.4shared.com/file/80895072/f5cd7e05/trainingMANUAL_FINAL_diga.html

Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdiga/sets/72157603625606934Article: June 2008 issue of i4d: http://www.i4donline.net/articles/current-article.asp?articleid=1992&typ=Features
Paper for W3C: http://www.w3.org/2008/02/MS4D_WS/papers/position_paper-diga-2008pdf.pdf

Sara Bannerman, Summer Student: Intellectual Property Issues in ICT4D

2006

Heloise Nicholl, The Impact of ICT's on Gender in Africa: Documenting ICTs in the Daily lives of Women

Internship Final Report:

The Gender Dimension of Communication Technologies in Uganda: Documenting ICTs in the Daily Lives of Women - December 22, 2006

Flickr Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54188703@N00/page3/

Video: http://ca.youtube.com/user/hnicholl

2005

Dodzi Komi Amemado, Research Intern: Virtual Universities and Higher Education in the 21st Century in Africa: Words Versus Reality, Communities and the Information Society in Africa (ACACIA)

Internship Final Report:

Universités virtuelles et éducation tertiaire en Afrique : entre discours et réalité

2003

Sarah Parkinson, Research Intern: Sustainability of Community-based ICT Initiatives, Communities and the Information Society in Africa (ACACIA)

Internship Final Report:

Universal Access in South Africa and Uganda - January 20, 2004

Professional Development Award Report:

ICTs + PAR = improved livelihoods? : an exploratory case study of information and communication technologies and participatory action research in Tamale, Ghana -August 2004

Publication: TELECENTRES, ACCESS AND DEVELOPMENT: Experience and Lessons from Uganda and South Africa, 2005

2002

Awatef Ketiti, Research Intern: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Women in Developed and Developing Countries, Communities and the Information Society - Africa (ACACIA)

Internship Final Report:

Les Femmes et les TICs en Afrique du Nord

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For the full list of candidates recommended for an IDRC internship award, go to:

http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-115720-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html