Caribbean Camera, April 15, 2024 The 15th Annual University of West Indies (UWI) Toronto Benefit Awards is set to for Saturday, April 20th, 2024, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 181 Wellington Street. The gala, which starts at 5:30pm EST, will be emceed by CBC Toronto News anchor Dwight Drummond and is a sold-out event in support … Continue reading UWI Toronto Awards marks 15 years supporting Caribbean students – The Caribbean Camera
Month: April 2024
Source: McMaster University News Journey through McMaster’s extraordinary history of nuclear research and innovation – a legacy that began 65 years ago with the construction of Canada’s largest nuclear research reactor. Since its construction in 1959, the McMaster Nuclear Reactor (MNR) has driven groundbreaking discoveries in energy, medicine and materials; fueled job creation and the … Continue reading McMaster Nuclear Reactor: A History of Nuclear Research & Innovation – Nuclear @ McMaster
At left is Dr. Vivian Rambihar after he was inducted into the Walk of Fame. At right, Dr. Rambihar is with his wife Perdita and daughters, Dr Sherryn, Dr Nadira and Dr Vanessa Rambihar. Source: Guyana News. Dr. Vivian Rambihar, a Guyana Scholar who migrated to Canada and has been serving his community for over … Continue reading Scarborough Walk of Fame inducts Guyana Scholar – News Room Guyana
Twenty Toronto Metropolitan University students enrolled in Canada’s first-ever costume design program Carnival Arts will be displaying their 3-D “larger than life” designs at The Creative School downtown. The 12-week course is meant to support the history of Caribbean Carnival and how fashion designers can continue the growth of the carnival industry. “It’s not just a street … Continue reading Canada’s first-ever Carnival Arts course teaches students how to make their own costumes for the road
This story from Brock University is relevant to how Canada and the Caribbean are beginning to experience extreme heat. Brock University Professor of Kinesiology Toby Mündel is part of an international research team calling for expertise in human physiology to be added to weather and epidemiological data when calculating health risks from extreme high temperatures. … Continue reading Brock expert calls for broader view in determining extreme heat’s impact on health
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) April 8, 2024 – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) considers that the adoption of “the Organic Law for the Defence of Guyana Essequiba” on 3 April 2024, by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has occasioned an unacceptable escalation of tensions between that country and the Cooperative Republic … Continue reading CARICOM STATEMENT ON THE UNACCEPTABLE ESCALATION OF TENSIONS AND THREATS TO REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY OCCASIONED BY THE ADOPTION OF “THE ORGANIC LAW FOR THE DEFENCE OF GUYANA ESSEQUIBA” ON APRIL 3, 2024, BY THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA
Dana Malcolm Bahamas News Staff Writer Around 330 troops from Jamaica, Belize and The Bahamas are gathered in Jamaica this month for Canadian led training as they prepare to be deployed into Haiti. On March 30th around 70 Canadian Armed Forces CAF members left North America for Jamaica to participate. According to the Canadian government, … Continue reading Bahamian, Jamaican and Belizean troops to be trained by Canada for Haiti deployment
Image Produced by: Dall-E3 From July 8-10, 2024, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Five Islands Campus in Antigua will host the first international artificial intelligence conference, ‘Reimagining the Digital Transformation of the Caribbean in an Age of Regenerative AI and the Fifth Industrial Revolution’. Register at: https://cvent.me/5WLmlE before April 30 to take advantage of … Continue reading “Artificial Intelligence”: Registration now open for Caribbean AI Conference hosted by The UWI Five Islands Campus… and more
L to R: Assistant Professor Onye Nnorom, Associate Professor OmiSoore Dryden from Dalhousie University and Assistant Professor Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh (images from U of T News) Published: March 21, 2024 By Elaine Smith Scholars from the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University have created a set of online courses on Black health and anti-Black racism in the Canadian … Continue reading Black Health Education Collaborative launches educational tool on racism and Black health in Canada