An in-person event at The UWI Regional Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica on October 14-17, 2025.
Category: Black Scholarship
The University of the West Indies Press (UWI Press) is pleased to announce that two of its publications have received distinguished Caribbean awards. “Near a Plantation: Free Villages of Barbados, 1840-1945” by Professor Emeritus Sir Woodville Marshall has received the 2025 Elsa Goveia Memorial Book Prize. This biennial award, presented by the Association of Caribbean Historians, … Continue reading UWI Press Takes Home Two Prestigious Caribbean Awards
Jude Kong, an assistant professor at U of T’s Dalla Lana School of Public health with a cross appointment in mathematics, is collaborating with communities, governments and university researchers across 21 countries (photo by Lisa Lightbourn) Jude Kong is harnessing artificial intelligence and community collaboration to address public health challenges in the Global South Published: July … Continue reading From selling peanuts to saving lives: Researcher uses AI to combat health misinformation across Africa
Professor Donna Hope, Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), in the Faculty of Humanities & Education at the University of The West Indies(The UWI), Mona Campus, was recently installed as president of the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA), at its annual conference held in Simpson Bay, St Martin. Professor Hope, a distinguished and … Continue reading Prof Donna Hope new head of Caribbean Studies Association
The 2025 UWI Toronto Benefit Awards celebrated its 16th annual gala on April 26th at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto. This prestigious event aimed to support scholarships for Caribbean students under the theme "Bridging the Gap." It brought together a high-profile audience of corporate executives, public personalities, and community members dedicated to education and community … Continue reading The UWI Toronto Benefits Awards 2025: “Bridging the Gap”
Fourth-year kinesiology Kinesiology student Talia Jermyn shared her research on institutional barriers to swimming participation for Black people during the Future Black Leaders Conference at Brock University on March 29. (Photo courtesy of third-year student Nyria Thurston) Friday, April 11, 2025 | by Sarah Ackles When a swimming cap designed for natural Black hair was initially banned at … Continue reading Celebration of Black excellence dives into critical research
PhD student Robera Berhanu is keen to study post-migration HIV acquisition among African, Caribbean, and Black people in Canada Robera Berhanu (centre) celebrates winning the Tomlinson Award with his supervisor, Assistant Professor Kalonde Malama (left), and Associate Professor Sonia Semenic Hena Kon, Communications Officer, Ingram School of Nursing February 12, 2025 For as long as … Continue reading McGill Nursing’s first Tomlinson Scholar
Due to inclement weather, this event has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled in March, 2025. Join Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health, Global Peace and Social Justice Program, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University) for the launch of her new book From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Impacts … Continue reading Cancelled…Book Launch: From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter by Ingrid Waldron, February 12, 2025
On behalf of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) community, Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles offers the following tribute to Caribbean Renaissance Man and Professor Emeritus of History, Sir Fitzroy 'Roy' Augier, on his 100th birth anniversary. “On December 17, 2024, Sir Fitzroy “Roy” Augier celebrated his 100th birthday. What a magnificent ongoing innings … Continue reading Sir Fitzroy “Roy” Augier – 100 not out!
Ingrid Waldron’s new book combines her findings on contemporary mental health concerns in Black communities with a historical analysis of colonialism and ongoing racial trauma. BY Sara Laux, Faculty of Humanities November 26, 2024 Ingrid Waldron, the HOPE Chair in Peace and Health in McMaster’s Global Peace and Social Justice program, says her newest book … Continue reading Ingrid Waldron explores how racism — past and present — affects Black mental health