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Author Biography: Chris Tse

Chris Tse is a fourth-year journalism student at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. The 21-year-old, originally from Coquitlam, BC, is the president of Carleton's JHR chapter. He has extensive experience in print journalism as both a reporter and an editor, and his work has been featured in The Vancouver Sun, the Ottawa Citizen, and various magazines and community papers. Aside from print media, Chris also has training in radio and television broadcast journalism, online multimedia, and news blogs. He is an aspiring documentary filmmaker with a short 10-minute doc, "Dreadheads" to his name. In addition to journalism, Chris is also an accomplished spoken word poet. He is the captain of the 2010 Canadian poetry slam national championship team, Capital Slam, and has featured in shows from Vancouver to St. Louis. He will represent Canada at the spoken word world championships in Paris in May. His work has appeared on CBC Radio and CTV, and he is the author of a collection of poetry entitled "An Ode to My Afro", and also has a CD of the same title.

Homosexual rights in Ghana a work in regress?

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Chris Tse August 3, 2011
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I’ve been doing this thing on Twitter called the Ghana Heat Check, where I attempt to come up with clever ways of letting my followers know how warm I am finding the Ghanaian weather.  It started out that way, at least.  Nowadays, I’m pretty much acclimatized and actually find the temperatures quite pleasant.  Perhaps the [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Gay, Ghana, homosexual rights, LGBTQ, PEF

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Child labour on the streets of Ghana: the issue with underaged street vendors

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Chris Tse August 2, 2011
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We go to malls for shopping convenience.  A hundred stores within walking distance of each other; you can spend a day at the mall and walk out with virtually anything you want.  The Ghanaian mall is pretty similar, except it takes place at every traffic intersection, and there aren’t really stores as much as countless [...]

Tagged as: Ashanti Region, child labour, CIDA, PEF, Social Welfare, street vendor

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Elephants, Crocodiles, Warthogs and More at Mole National Park

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by Chris Tse July 21, 2011

One of the highlights of our week off was getting to travel up north to visit Mole National Park, Ghana’s largest wildlife reserve.  Leah and I had a bit of an adventure getting there, a combination of GMT and general misinformation from well-meaning locals about transportation and whatnot, but the travel woes are really all [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Crocodiles, Elephants, Mole National Park, PEF, Warthogs

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Exploring primary education in northern Ghana

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Chris Tse July 21, 2011
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I had the chance to travel north last week and visit some schools in Bolgatanga, including a private academy and some public primaries.  Largely, the perception is schools up north lack funding and government support, and as such are often ill equipped and inadequate to provide quality education to their students.  I wanted to see [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, education, northern Ghana, PEF, Public vs. Private School

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Going to school in Bolgatanga

In By Country, Ghana, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships, Videos,
by Chris Tse July 21, 2011

Last week I had the opportunity to travel up north to Tamale, Bawku, and Bolgatanga.  Along the way, I checked out the school situation as I’d been told that the standards and conditions of the educational system up north left something to be desired in comparison to the rest of Ghana.  In truth, what I [...]

Tagged as: Bolgatanga, CIDA, education, Ghana, human rights, PEF

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Happy Birthday, Kapital Radio

In By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships, Videos,
by Chris Tse July 20, 2011

Friday, July 1, was Canada Day.  It also happened Ghana’s anniversary, known as Republic Day.  But perhaps most importantly, it was Kapital Radio’s 14th anniversary, and we partied like it was 2011 (it is.)  One of the major focuses of the day was putting people on air who generally have no business being on air [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Kapital Radio, PEF, Republic Day

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A Christian and a Muslim walk into a bar…: religious harmony in Ghana from a Muslim perspective

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Chris Tse July 20, 2011
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In Ghana, there’s no questioning that religion plays a big role in things – it informs political decisions, defines cultural practices, and sets societal standards.  From billboards to taxis, religion is everywhere.  One of my preferred pastimes during the long trek to and from work is to see what kind of religious names cabdrivers have [...]

Tagged as: Christianity, CIDA, Ghanaian Religion, Islam, Muslim, PEF

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Mental illness still widely misunderstood in Ghana

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Chris Tse July 14, 2011
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This past week was a bit of a learning experience. I learned that in Ghana, many children with mental disabilities are thought to be ‘water babies,’ or demon-possessed witch children.  I learned that most parents will leave such newborns at orphanages or children’s homes, though occasionally, kids are simply taken into the bush and left [...]

Tagged as: autism, CIDA, Ghana, Mental Illness, PEF

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Monkey Business

In By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships, Videos,
by Chris Tse July 14, 2011

Leah and I took a little adventure north this past weekend to the peaceful town of Nkoranza, a staging area to get to the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary.  It was a great little getaway, made all the more rewarding that we got to see some Ghanaian wildlife aside from house lizards.  These guys reminded me of [...]

Tagged as: Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, CIDA, Monkey, PEF

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Free Speech Silenced at Ghanaian Radio Station

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by Chris Tse June 27, 2011
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During my four years of involvement with Carleton University’s jhr chapter, I participated in the annual Speak Silence campaign, a week during which jhr members take a vow of silence as a gesture of solidarity with journalists in other countries who have been silenced – either by editors or government institutions – for speaking the [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Free Speech, Ghana, PEF, Press Freedom

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