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West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Linda E. Strubbe  and
Bonaventure Okere
Linda E. Strubbe
Affiliation:
Science Teaching & Learning Fellow, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1, Canada email: [email protected]
Bonaventure Okere
Affiliation:
NASRDA Centre for Basic Space Science, Nsukka, Nigeria email: [email protected]
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The West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers (WAISSYA) is a week-long program for university science students and teachers from West Africa to develop their interest in astronomy. The first summer school was held in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2013; the second Summer School was held in Nsukka, Nigeria, in July 2015. West Africa has a large number of students interested in science, but a paucity of facilities or interest from funding bodies in developing West African astronomy. Our broad goals for the WAISSYA program are: (1) to introduce West African students to astronomy; (2) to exchange ideas about teaching and learning in West Africa and abroad; and (3) to continue building a sustained astronomy partnership between West Africa and Canada. We now briefly describe three defining aspects of WAISSYA 2015.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29A: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 395 - 396
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