November 14, 2025 The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) will undertake a groundbreaking visit to the United Kingdom from 17 – 20 November 2025 to advance its advocacy for reparatory justice. The delegation’s mission is to strengthen strategic partnerships and promote a joint programme of public education and engagement on the reparations agenda. The visit is … Continue reading CARICOM Reparations Commission Delegation to Visit United Kingdom for Strategic Advocacy Engagements
Category: Black History
(Note: with the approach of Remembrance Day the CCI will be posting some stories that are perhaps less well known) “The Halifax Incident — Caribbean Volunteers and the Forgotten Casualties of War” In early March 1916, more than 1,000 Jamaican men — enlisted as part of the British West Indies Regiment’s third contingent — boarded … Continue reading Honouring Remembrance Week
A captivating and robust discussion unfolded at the launch of Professor Sir Hilary Beckles’ latest book, Cricket’s First Revolutionary: Frank Worrell’s Political War Against Colonialism in the West Indies. The event, held on October 21 at The UWI St. Augustine, was under the patronage of Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine and was expertly … Continue reading Revolution on the Field: Sir Hilary Beckles Unveils Frank Worrell’s Fight Against Colonialism in Cricket
An in-person event at The UWI Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica on October 14-17, 2025.
Teddy D Frederick Production/Grenada Film Company Runako Celina A year after record-breaking Hurricane Beryl, the Caribbean is still reeling – but on one island, defiant traditions are fuelling its climate resilience. In the predawn darkness, the streets are still damp from the night before as thousands gather, ready to parade through St George's, the capital … Continue reading ‘If our culture survives, then so do we’: The Caribbean island defying the existential threat of hurricanes
The 2nd Africa-CARICOM Summit is to bring together African nations, Caribbean states, and the global African diaspora to strengthen unity, deepen integration, and jointly pursue reparations and reparatory justice through a comprehensive transcontinental partnership framework, under the theme: “Transcontinental Partnership in Pursuit of Reparatory Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations.” August … Continue reading Ethiopia: The Heart of Africa-CARICOM Reconnection
If it’s to be, it’s up to me. The Honourable Jean Augustine (BA 1973, MEd 1980, Hon. LLD 1994) recalls seeing those inspiring words on the wall of a union hall in her native Grenada when she was only three years old. She had just started school and was initially proud to demonstrate her new reading skills … Continue reading U of T honours community champion Jean Augustine
Canisia Lubrin (photo: The Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes) ByAshley Goodfellow Craig May 9, 2025 Canisia Lubrin, a graduate of York’s Creative Writing program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, is the recipient of the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her debut fiction work CODE NOIR. The award was announced May … Continue reading Alum’s groundbreaking collection inspired by history earns prestigious literary prize
April 19, 2025 Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum heard calls for the restitution of what has long been described as a “ransom” extorted under the threat of force from the Caribbean nation that still bears the scars of colonialism … Continue reading Haiti’s independence debt to France focus of debate at UN
Print of Jean-Charles Develly showing the Baron of Mackau handing Haitian President Jean-Pierre Boyer the ordinance of Charles X demanding the payment of 150 million francs in gold in exchange for recognising Haiti’s independence. © BnF-Gallica April 17, 2025 By: Zeenat Hansrod with RFI French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he intends to set up a … Continue reading France to revisit Haiti’s post-slavery reparations two centuries on