The journey begins...

Akwaaba! Welcome to my little corner of the cyberspace world. I will be spending the summer of 2007 working in Saboba in North-eastern Ghana with Engineers Without Borders. I will post more specific details as they become available. I leave for Ghana on May 6th after a thorough training in Toronto. Thank you all for sharing in this journey with me.

Bio: My name is Dan and I am currently a biology student at McMaster University. I was born in the United Kingdom and have lived most of my life in Canada mostly in Edmonton, Alberta. I have also lived in Manitoba and Ontario. I graduated from the University of Alberta with a BA (honours) in anthropology in 2004. From there I went on to work at a constituency office for Rick Miller, the shadow critic for Finance and with people with developmental disabilities until August 2006. I decided to return to school to pursue a career in health sciences. I love trying anything new and a big fan of the outdoors though I do not spend as much time as I would like outside. Other hobbies include reading, travelling, dancing and exploring.

The following is a list of websites to give the Ghanaians (and any one else) some links about Canada and the organization that I am volunteering with.

Engineers without Borders
www.ewb.ca

McMaster University
www.mcmaster.ca

Websites on Canadian History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_History
Fun Videos of Canadian History: http://www.histori.ca/default.do?page=.index

Government of Canada and Parliament
-Canada is a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II acting as head of state. The current Prime Minister is Stephen Harper though it looks like there will be an election while I am in Ghana.
www.canada.ca - government of Canada
www.parl.gc.ca - Parliament
www.gov.ab.ca - government of Alberta
www.rickmillermla.ca - the MLA I used to work for

Places I have lived in Canada
www.edmonton.ca - Edmonton, Alberta
http://www.dauphin.ca/ - Dauphin Manitoba
http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/ - Hamilton (where McMaster is)

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