Pope Leo XIV holds the pastoral staff as he celebrates the Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregoria Borgia) By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA May 25, 2026 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and … Continue reading Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery
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(Left to Right): UWI Pro Vice-Chancellor, of Global Affairs Ms. Sandrea Maynard; Chancellor Dr. Dodridge D. Miller; Assistant Secretary-General Dr. Sylverina Olaghere; Secretary-General of the CVCNU Professor Andrew Haruna; Vice-Chancellor of The UWI Professor Sir Hilary Beckles; Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic–Industry Partnerships and Planning, and Principal of The UWI Five Islands Campus, Professor Justin Robinson. The … Continue reading The UWI’s Historic Hosting of Nigerian Vice-Chancellors
April 8, 2026 The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has applauded the recent adoption of a United Nations resolution that formally recognises the trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. CRC Chair, Sir Hilary Beckles, described the resolution as a long-overdue step that lays the foundation for a global dialogue … Continue reading CARICOM Welcomes Historic UN Resolution Recognising African Enslavement as Humanity’s Gravest Crime
ByIka Washington on March 26, 2026 On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly made a landmark decision. The global body formally adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. The Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime … Continue reading The Gravest Crime: Canada’s Abstention and the Call for Reparatory Justice
BVI News on March 27, 2026 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has welcomed what it describes as a “historic” United Nations resolution declaring the transatlantic trafficking and enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity, a move leaders say strengthens the region’s long-running push for reparatory justice. The resolution, adopted by the United Nations General … Continue reading CARICOM pleased as UN declares slavery the “gravest crime ever”
Siyabulela Mandela pauses for a video interview moments before delivering his keynote presentation to 150+ community members at TMU By: Wendy Glauser March 17, 2026 Most people know Nelson Mandela as a revolutionary. But at a packed event held at TMU in February, his great grandson offered a different lens: Mandela as a lawyer – … Continue reading Nelson Mandela’s great-grandson brings leader’s legal legacy to TMU
Presentation to the 2026 CCI Research Symposium, February 19-10, 2026 The VC is also the Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission and is leading the effort to secure reparations for chattel slavery in the Caribbean. https://youtu.be/cKcIT1d5KSo See our 2026 Research Symposium page for additional videos and information.
Lahoma Thomas is the only Canadian to win Oxford's inaugural Early Career Researcher First Book Prize By: Savara Khokhar March 13, 2026 Long before Lahoma Thomas became a scholar, she was a child sitting beside her grandmother in the Caribbean, surrounded by women talking about their lives, their communities and the challenges they faced. Those … Continue reading TMU prof wins international prize for book on Black women and political power
Photo: Professor Natalie Wood, centre, with colleagues and guests at William Peyton Hubbard Atrium naming event, February 5, 2026. March 13, 2026 George Brown Polytechnic professor and researcher Natalie Wood has been awarded the Michael Baptista Essay Prize by York University’s Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC). Wood, a professor in the Social Service Worker program and co-designer of the Black Futures Research Institute, … Continue reading George Brown Professor Natalie Wood wins Michael Baptista Essay Prize
Old building of Le Nouvelliste on Rue du Centre in Port-au-Prince before the gang attack on April 25, 2024. Photo credit: Archives of Le Nouvelliste The Haitian government and Le Nouvelliste’s leadership hope recognition will help preserve and digitize more than a century of Haiti’s oldest daily newspaper by Juhakenson Blaise Mar. 12, 2026 Overview: Haiti’s … Continue reading Haiti nominates Le Nouvelliste archives for UNESCO heritage register