Walk With Web

Name: Walk With Web
Address: Toronto, ON, CA
Telephone: +14375003311

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We develop, support & sustain digital social sciences and humanities research. Our services include:

Development: We believe that every project is unique.

Walk With Web (WWW) is a Candian corporation working to support the development, deployment, and long-term maintenance of social sciences and humanities research. Our clients and collaborating teams are located in North America, Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa. We provide online gateway services to researchers located in multiple universities through an online content management tool called Regenerated Identities (RegID). We create custom graphical user interfaces that fulfill specific needs of various research projects, thus enabling the development of robust databases that lead to the creation and semi-automated self-publication of research outcomes on the World Wide Web. We create and maintain digital platforms that allow participation in an accessible community with open source, as well as limited incorporation of commercial data of scholars. We are the solution to a longstanding problem of sustainability of social sciences and humanities research provisioning a secured digital, expert-managed shared online space for ongoing, archived and future research projects. Therefore, we strive to create & provide custom-designed web-based visual interfaces for research teams for collaborative curate high volume visual and/or textual databases, with storage and meta-tagging. Using RegID, researchers easily rediscover and share information via customizing controlled vocabularies, meta-fields, and much more. Deployment: Our design experts work closely with research teams to create public websites, novel interfaces and search algorithms for projects. Our public websites "talk to" our RegID service, giving project directors full control over online publications of work. At WWW, we implement user-inclusive design and iterative learning methodologies to optimize system design and information retrieval. Control: We design interphases that follow critically prepared digital and analog best practices, which are customized according to project needs. WWW seeks to allow maximum autonomy for control of websites and databases. Using the RegID new plugins, researchers can edit static website pages and sections in real-time without the involvement of computer expertise, unless needed. Support: We take care of all technical aspects of projects. We host websites, maintain back-up and databases, work on web ranking, and more. Our system is secured and uses the latest security protocols. Using our simple ticketing system, WWW connects skilled research assistants working with partners and computer experts to provide efficient and fast support to research teams.

09/14/2026

Looking for your next research opportunity in Canada? 🇨🇦

The Mitacs Globalink Research Internship gives eligible international undergraduate students the opportunity to spend 12 weeks working on research projects with faculty at Canadian academic institutions.

From the humanities and social sciences to science and engineering, the program offers hands-on research experience, professional development, international exposure, and support for travel and living expenses.

Applications for Summer 2027 are open. Several of our directors and collaborators are hosting students through the program, with opportunities to contribute to a variety of African Digital Humanities research projects.

Application deadline: September 16, 2026 at 1:00 pm Pacific Time (PST).

If Canada is part of your academic roadmap, this could be a great opportunity to gain international research experience and contribute to meaningful projects. Learn more and apply through Mitacs:
https://www.mitacs.ca/our-programs/globalink-research-internship-students/
Photo credit: York University

09/04/2026

Our CEO Kartikay Chadha has been working closely with the managment team at Central University to develop new postgraduate programs, including curriculum development, faciliation and teaching, and the recruitment of international faculty.

We're glad to support Central University in building these new programs and expanding opportunities for postgraduate education in Sierra Leone.

09/03/2026

We are pleased to share that Walk With Web has been awarded, as a co-applicant, an European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant as part of the MAP4DMED project.

The €150,000, 18-month project is led by Lino Camprubí at the University of Seville. MAP4DMED will explore how a four-dimensional approach to the Mediterranean Sea, incorporating geographic space, depth, and time, can contribute to the political, environmental, and scientific governance of this maritime region.

The project brings together an interdisciplinary group of partners, including Walk With Web, CARTOURBAN, PONS IP, and the University of Seville.

Walk With Web will contribute its expertise in digital research infrastructure, geospatial technologies, and research-driven application development, helping develop and test an application that enables end users to analyse georeferenced historical data in ways that can support research, decision-making, and governance.

ERC Proof of Concept funding supports the translation of results from ERC-funded research into practical applications and wider scientific, social, and economic impact. Stay tuned for updates as we begin this exciting new work and share more about MAP4DMED and our other projects!
European Research Council
Universidad de Sevilla

08/31/2026

How can digital tools help us move from aggregate records to individual lives?

FreedomNarratives.org returns this September 7th with Mapping Histories and Tracing Lives - a hybrid launch symposium exploring how testimonies, legal records, biographical data and mapping can illuminate the movements, experiences and freedom of African individuals from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Join scholars, students, educators, archivists, digital humanists and community members in person at King's College London.

Monday, 7 September 2026
9:30 AM-6:00 PM BST
King's College London + online
Free registration: https://fn-launch.eventbrite.com

Hosted and organised by Freedom Narratives and Walk With Web.
Susquehanna University
York University
York University - Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

08/25/2026

The Connector Project marked the launch of its first research pilot, Overwriting–Underwriting, on 23 August 2026 at the Museum of Liverpool, as part of Slavery Remembrance Day.

Pictured outside the Museum of Liverpool are Professor Verene Shepherd, Member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and our Walk With Web CEO, Kartikay Chadha.

Professor Shepherd delivered the event’s keynote, sharing important insights on history, racial justice, and the enduring legacies of slavery. Following the keynote, Kartikay took part in a productive panel discussion exploring the Connector Project, its digital platform, and the role of digital approaches in supporting research into histories of enslavement and their legacies.

The conversation highlighted the importance of the Connector Project and similar initiatives around the world that centre people, communities, and the lived experiences behind the histories being documented. These projects remind us that people are more than data points. They are individuals with stories, experiences, and histories. By centring these voices, digital humanities can create meaningful spaces for research, collaboration, and new ways of understanding the past.

08/24/2026

Becoming Sarah Forbes Bonetta, A Yorùbá Woman in Queen Victoria's Court by Henry B. Lovejoy, Director of Walk With Web and Associate Professor at University of Colorado Boulder is now released.

This new book traces the life of a Yorùbá girl born Àìná in Òkè-Òdàn, captured during a 19th-century Dahomey raid, and later renamed Sarah Forbes Bonetta in Queen Victoria’s court. Drawing on rich archival sources, it reconstructs her journey across West Africa and Britain while examining identity, empire, and the making of an “African Princess.”

Published by University of Toronto Press, you can purchase the book here: https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781049804767

08/22/2026

"Who gets to write history, and whose voices shape how it is understood?"

Walk With Web is working for National Museums Liverpool as Digital Infrastructure Consultant for the Connector Project, an initiative supporting community-led research into the histories and legacies of transatlantic slavery.

The project aims to bring together international networks of researchers, cultural institutions, and local communities to advance knowledge, share resources, and support new approaches to understanding the history and legacies of transatlantic slavery.

This Sunday, 23 August, the Connector Project’s first research pilot, Overwriting – Underwriting, will launch as part of the Slavery Remembrance Day event organized by the International Slavery Museum in partnership with the University of Cambridge’s Legacies of Enslavement Initiative. The pilot goals are to investigate the hidden financial networks, insurance, and underwriting systems that helped sustain transatlantic slavery.

The event will feature a keynote address by Professor Verene Shepherd. Our CEO, Kartikay Chadha, will participate in a panel moderated by Michelle Charters, Head of the International Slavery Museum, alongside Project Manager Malik Al Nasir and Research Associate Lucy Moynihan.

📅 Sunday, 23 August 2026
🕒 3:00–5:00 PM
📍 Museum of Liverpool
🎟️ Free admission; advance booking required

Register for the event: (https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/museum-of-liverpool/event/srd-2026-connector-pilot-launch?utm_source)
University of Cambridge
Walk With Web

08/11/2026

We are pleased to share a new article by our Board Director, Prof. Henry Lovejoy of University of Colorado Boulder:

“Condemned for Engaging in the Illicit Traffic: Mapping the Maritime Blockade of the African Slave Trade from a Global Perspective, 1800–1902.”

The article examines the maritime suppression of the African slave trade between 1800 and 1902 through more than 3,400 documented capture locations across the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds, with data made available through LiberatedAfricans.org

Drawing on naval logs and trial proceedings, the study uses documented captures as spatial evidence of shifting legal authority at sea. It reveals a blockade that was global in ambition but uneven in ex*****on. Britain accounted for roughly three-quarters of documented seizures, while interventions by other navies demonstrate the broader multinational dimensions of suppression efforts.

By approaching abolition at sea spatially, the article also highlights a critical tension: anti-slave trade laws curtailed transoceanic chattel slave trading while simultaneously expanding state-managed systems of coercion through “liberation” and government-run indentureship programmes.

Explore the research:

📖 Read the article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08438714261458184

🎥 Watch the maritime blockade unfold as a timeline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjnP4KG31ZY

National Endowment for the Humanities
Mellon Foundation

06/24/2026

From Practicum to Impact

Jessie Lu, a McGill MISt student, joined Walk With Web for her practicum this winter term. She worked alongside the Freedom Narratives team, including our collaborator Dr. Mégane Coulon from Susquehanna University and our board director Dr. Érika Melek Delgado from Kings College London.

Jessie contributed to website refinement, accessibility review, quality assurance, and interface improvements for Freedom Narratives, a digital platform focused on recovering and sharing the histories of Africans who experienced enslavement, forced migration, or regained freedom during the Transatlantic slave trade.

Through the placement, her contributions supported a meaningful project and she gained practical experience while helping strengthen the platform in preparation for the upcoming Freedom Narratives website launch.

At Walk With Web, we believe meaningful digital humanities projects are built through collaboration between students, researchers, designers, and technical professionals. Jessie’s practicum demonstrates how hands-on learning can contribute to both professional growth and impactful research initiatives.

Read full story: https://walkwithweb.org/Page-Posts/jessie-ju-sis-practicum-winter2026.php

Register for Freedom Narratives Launch on 7th September 2026: https://fn-launch.eventbrite.com

McGill University
Susquehanna University
King's College London
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

06/19/2026

Walk With Web Inc. is expanding its presence in West Africa.

Our collaborator Prof. Ismael Montana (Northern Illinois University) is in Tamale, Ghana, where he met with senior leadership at the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD) to explore collaboration opportunities on behalf of Walk With Web. The photographs feature Prof. Montana with PRAAD team including the Director, Chief Archivist, and Assistant Chief Archivist

PRAAD is Ghana's cornerstone institution for public records management and archival preservation, entrusted with safeguarding the nation's documentary heritage across public and private sectors. The conversation centered on shared priorities: archival preservation, digitization, community engagement, and long-term access to historical records including work previously supported by the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) of the British Library.

These discussions reflect Walk With Web's sustained commitment to building meaningful partnerships with archives, institutions, and communities across Africa and the African diaspora partnerships grounded in strengthening archival capacity and expanding access to historical knowledge through digital technologies.

We look forward to what grows from this engagement.

Northern Illinois University
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