Class of 2019: MA grad’s hard path from Ghana and polio to UCalgary convocation stage
When David Achuroa rsquo;s name is called on Friday afternoon at the University of Calgary rsquo;s fall convocation ceremony he rsquo;ll rise up, steady himself on his leg braces and cross the Olympic Oval stage on crutches to formally accept his MA in social cultural anthropology. It might be the easiest and most satisfying journey he rsquo;s ever known because the 33-year-old graduate rsquo;s path to that stage has been unimaginably hard-won. Born in the Builsa North district of Ghana, in a ...