Tess Astatkie and Ethiopia 04/19/2012
  Tess Astatkie, PhD, P.Stat. (SSC), PStat (ASA) Tess Astatkie is Professor of Statistics at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), Truro, NS, Canada, and Professional Statistician accredited by the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) and the American Statistical Association (ASA). He is one of the less than 10 professional statisticians accredited by both SSC and ASA. Tess received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Statistics from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, and his Ph.D. in Statistics from Queen's University, Canada in 1994. Tess conducts independent and collaborative research in several areas of statistics including nonlinear times series modeling, regression analysis, and design and analysis of experiments. Tess collaborated with researchers in 9 countries and published papers in over 45 different scientific journals. He also provides statistical consulting service to faculty members and graduate students of NSAC, and occasionally to researchers from various departments of the Government of Nova Scotia. Tess has been active in international development projects. Currently, he is the Project Director of the CIDA funded Tier 1, 2008-2014, $3M project in Ethiopia entitled “Post-harvest Management to Improve Livelihoods (PHMIL)”. This project is funded under the University Partnership program to enhance the capacity of Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (JUCAVM) in Ethiopia. The Project is being implemented by NSAC, McGill University and JUCAVM. The PHMIL Project aims to improve the livelihood and food security of Ethiopians by i) addressing PHMVA challenges of the agricultural sector by focusing on reducing PH losses and increasing food availability and marketability, and ii) creating opportunities by adding value to agricultural products, changing waste products to resources, monitoring quality and improving products to maintain nutritional quality and achieve export-level standards. Since these challenges and opportunities are also recognized by the Government of Ethiopia, the goal of the Project is to contribute to the Ethiopian government’s priority of food security through increased availability of food and the creation of an enabling environment that supports the commercialization of agriculture. To achieve this goal, the purpose of the Project is to increase the capacity of JUCAVM to provide high-quality training, research and service in PHMVA to address the challenges of its stakeholders. To achieve the goal and the purpose, the Project was designed with the following five main outcomes: 1. A newly created PHM Department offers newly developed B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs in PHM. 2. Human resource capacity within the PHM Department is enhanced 3. Laboratory, library and IT capacity of the PHM Department is enhanced. 4. PHMVA Network of university, industry, government, and community groups is established. 5. Gender sensitive, HIV/AIDS responsive, culturally relevant and environmentally sustainable PHMVA technologies developed and disseminated to industry and community stakeholders through demonstration sites and other outlets.  1 Comment Ethiopia and Coffee 04/03/2012
 
Next Film: England 02/01/2012
 Wei Lu: From China to Colchester 01/09/2012
 Hi, my name is Wei, and I am 20 years old. I come from China. I am from Fujian province, which is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Its area is 121, 400 km2 and its population (2010) is 36,894,216. Fujian is renowned for its china, Chinese tea, daffodil and many tourist attractions. Now I am studying Agricultural Economics at the NSAC (Nova Scotia Agricultural College). Life here is quite different, different culture, cold weather, less people etc. Sometimes I may get culture shock or language problems, though Canadians are very friendly, and I enjoy life in Canada. The most impressive thing in Truro is that I visited a Canadian family, we had dinner together and played some games I hadn’t played before. Wei will be leading the discussion following the film on China, Sunday, January 22nd at 7pm.
Next Film January 22: China 12/22/2011
 From France to Colchester 11/10/2011
 Souhael will be leading the discussion on France following the film. Souhael Bouallagui was born in Nancy, in the North-East part of France in 1982. After studying computer science and working as a computer programmer he decided to go back to school and to train for a profession that would better suit his interest in travel, languages and teaching. He has been a 'French as a Second Language' teacher since 2007. Over the years, his work has led him to live in different countries. After graduating he lived in Germany where he worked as a Linguistics analyst. He then moved to the Czech Republic to work as a teacher at Alliance Française (a French institution present in many countries to promote the French culture and language) in Pardubice. During his stay, he met his girlfriend, who is from Truro Nova Scotia. After spending a year in France together they decided to move to Truro where Souhael is now working for the Université Sainte Anne. He is teaching French primarily to civil servants. Souhael is enjoying Canada so much he hopes to be able to spend many more years here. ___ Souhael est né à Nancy, dans le Nord-Est de la France en 1982. Après avoir étudié l’informatique et travaillé comme programmeur, il a décidé de retourner à l’université pour se préparer à une profession qui convienne plus à ses désirs et à son intérêt pour les voyages, les langues et l’enseignement. Il est professeur de Français Langue Seconde depuis 2007. Au fil des ans, son métier l’a amené à vivre dans plusieurs pays. A la fin de ses études universitaires, il a vécu en Allemagne où il a travaillé comme analyste linguistique. Puis, il a déménagé en République Tchèque, où il enseigné le français au sein de l’Alliance Française de Pardubice (membre du réseau international de l’Alliance Française, une institution présente dans de nombreux pays et qui promeut la langue et la culture françaises). Pendant son séjour, il a rencontré sa petite amie originaire de Truro, Nouvelle Ecosse. Après avoir passé un an ensemble en France, ils ont décidé de déménagé à Truro où Souhael est maintenant professeur de français pour l’Université Sainte Anne. Il enseigne principalement à des fonctionnaires. Son expérience au Canada est si plaisante qu’il espère y passer encore de nombreuses années. Film: France November 20th 7pm 11/01/2011
 Canada World Youth 09/12/2011
 Our first film is being presented in conjunction with the Canada World Youth program. In celebration of the organizations's 40th anniversary, the participants are from Canada and Indonesia and will be in attendance for the film on October 23rd to help lead the discussion. After the group's stint in Canada, they will be travelling to Sei Gohong which is in Central Kalimantan (Borneo). Some more about their program: Who we are Founded in 1971 by the late Honourable Jacques Hébert (1923-2007), Canada World Youth (CWY) is a world leader in developing international educational programs for young people aged 15 to 29. CWY programs are designed to help youth experience the world for themselves, learn about other cultures and diverse Canadian communities while developing leadership and communication skills. Youth Leaders in Action Where groups of 18 young people from different cultures (9 Canadians and 9 from a partner country) live with host families and work together on volunteer projects for a total of six months—three in a Canadian community and three in a community in one of our partner countries. Visit their website for more information: http://canadaworldyouth.cwy-jcm.com/  | Film SeriesA community film series of cultural documentaries and discussions. We encourage all groups and ages to come out and develop a broader understanding of people and cultures. ArchivesApril 2012 CategoriesAll  
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