As Canada navigates a changing trade relationship with the United States, a University of the Fraser Valley professor says there’s a massive opportunity just waiting to be seized. Dr. Edward Akuffo suggests the next frontier in Canadian trade should be Africa and he's made a compelling case for it in two recently published federal government…

Dr. Edward Akuffo first encountered Canadian foreign policy in the late 1990s when he was completing his undergraduate education in Ghana. After seeing the work that the now defunct Canadian International Development Agency was doing under the leadership of John R. Schram (the retired diplomat and former Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana), his curiosity was…

We’ve all seen the images. Refugees fleeing their homes with only what they can carry, crossing the ocean on crowded vessels, and walking urban highways looking for a safe haven. Children and old people struggling to keep up, and in some tragic cases, falling by the wayside. The current plight of Syrian refugees has gripped…