Toronto (the start of my trip)

Well, leg 1 of my trip to Africa is going well so far.

For those of you who are wondering, I'm going to Ghana to work with Canadian Crossroads International, WILDAF and the Ghanaian government to research the effects of the new Ghanaian Domestic Violence Act, social perceptions towards it, and to compare its results (and structure) to the legislation of other countries. I will be living with a family in Ghana for 5 months, which will be interesting and, I hope, a good experience. What I do know is that they live near my intended workplace (which is good because I've heard the traffic in Accra, the capital, is truly chaotic), and that my workplace is in a safer area of the city.

Right now, I'm in Toronto, writing from a bed&breakfast. The first leg of my trip involves staying in Toronto for a little over a week, getting familiar with WILDAF's Canadian counterpart METRAC (and completing some of my legal research over here), meeting with Crossroads and getting some further instruction, and... that's generally about it. This is my first time in Toronto and so I'll be looking around. Then, I'm off to Accra directly from Toronto.

However, my flight was at 7AM Vancouver time, and so I'm a bit too tired to really tour all that much today. I'll post up more as time goes on!