INTERNATIONAL
SEMINARS PROGRAMME
COLLEGE SEMINAR ON
NIGERIA AND THE
CAMEROON — 1975

|. OBJECTIVES:

The primary aim of the College Seminar Programme is
to inform the Canadian academic community of
development in the Third World. A number of students
are selected to research particular aspects of
development under the direction of Canadian and host
country faculty in Canada and overseas. The results of
this research are published and then distributed to
Canadian institutions while slide/sound shows,
workshops and conferences are organized to enable
discussion of the issues by a broader section of the
community.

Il. STRUCTURE

The Seminar on Nigeria and the Cameroon has three
stages:

1. The selection and preparation of faculty and
student participants.

The period of research in the field.

The compilation of data into reports and media
presentations and the organization of conferences
and workshops.

Selection of both students and faculty is made largely
on the basis of academic competence. Faculty are
expected to have some professional experience in
either Nigeria or the Cameroon; students are required
to submit an outline of a research topic in one of the
areas noted in Section III (below). All participants
must work as part of a research group, and will be
required to undertake preliminary research before
leaving Canada and to follow up their field research on
their return. Faculty applicants must be prepared to
supervise the research projects of students at all
stages of the programme.

All applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed
immigrants. Approximately 50 students and 7 facuity
will be selected.

 

Research in the field will be carried out in teams under
the joint supervision of Canadian, Nigerian, and

Cameroonian faculty. Six weeks will be spent in this
stage; three in Nigeria, and three in the Cameroon.

On their return to Canada, participants will complete
their research and submit reports for a publication on
the réle of voluntary agencies in the development of
the two countries. Slide/sound shows, conferences
and workshops will also be organized by participants
as part of a continuing educational programme.

lll. RESEARCH AREAS

Under the general topic of the rdle of voluntary
agencies, participants will examine the following areas
in their research:

1. Agricultural development
Health services
Education

Social welfare programmes

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Handicrafts

All research will be conducted with a view to the
effects which voluntary agencies have had upon these
areas of development.

IV. FINANCES

The overall cost of the programme, including costs in
Nigeria and the Cameroon, are estimated at $2,500
per participant. Students are required to raise $800
towards these costs; much of this amount will be
raised from college sources with the assistance of
WUSC. Faculty will not receive honoraria, but all costs
bearing directly upon the Seminars programme will be
met by WUSC. During the period in Nigeria and the
Cameroon, the costs of lodging, meals and travel will
be borne by WUSC, in so far as they are essential to
the programme.

Further information may be obtained from local WUSC
groups on college campuses, or from:

The Seminars Committee,

World. University Service of Canada,
27 Goulburn Ave.,

Ottawa, Ontario.

K1N 8C7