The Canada-Caribbean Institute 2026 Research Symposium opened today at the St. Augustine Campus of The UWI. In his Keynote Presentation, Canada's former Ambassador to the United Nations, the Hon. Bob Rae shared wide-ranging views on Canada-Caribbean relations, the shared colonial history of the Caribbean and Canada, reparations, security challenges in Haiti and the importance of … Continue reading Keynote Presentation from The Hon. Bob Rae to CCI Research Symposium now available on-line
Category: Colonialism
SALISES invites you to join Visiting Fellow Dr. Edana Beauvais of Simon Fraser University (SFU) Canada for a lunchtime talk on Race, Identity, and Politics. Dr. Beauvais will present her research on social identities and racial attitudes in former British settler-colonies with majority White-European populations, including Canada, the United States, and Australia. Dr. Beauvais will discuss … Continue reading SALISES Lunch Time Talk | Race, Identity, and Politics.
Antigua and Barbuda Sunday July 5 to Sunday July 26, 2026 This will be the first year that the University of Toronto will offer a summer course in Antigua and Barbuda. There will be one course offered. The course examines the structural foundations of violence and the histories of colonial law that undergird Caribbean jurisprudence. It … Continue reading Summer Abroad – Antigua and Barbuda (July)
When and Where Tuesday, January 13, 2026 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm William Doo Auditorium, New College III 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1C7 Speakers Audra A. Diptée, Ph.D Description Join us for a community event with Audra A. Diptée, 2025/2026 Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto. Dr. Diptée will present on her … Continue reading Brown Bag with Audra A. Diptée – Chained in Paradise: History as the Battlefield for the Caribbean Future
On first official visit to UK, group calls for mutually beneficial programme to clean up ‘mess’ left by colonialism Sir Hilary Beckles: ‘All dimensions of our civilisation have been subject to severe extraction of wealth.’ November 18, 2025 Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent The Caribbean’s slavery reparations body has decried misleading press reports that suggest their aim … Continue reading Caribbean slavery reparations body decries claims it aims to ‘break UK Treasury’
The "Battle of the Caribbean" There is much talk today of the Caribbean as a 'Zone of Peace". It certainly wasn't always. Last year we featured a very interesting story in the London Review of Books, written by Colin Douglas, of the place of the Caribbean in World War 2. The image below summarizes a … Continue reading Honouring Remembrance Week #2
Kevin Davis is the Beller Family Professor of Business Law at NYU School of Law, where his research focuses on the relationship between law and economic development, corruption, and the use of foreign law in domestic contexts. His recent paper, The Significance of Foreign Law: A Jamaican Case Study, explores how laws originating outside Jamaica have influenced … Continue reading Video Available: “Do foreign laws influence homicide rates in Jamaica”: A presentation by Prof. Kevin Davis
Presented by U of T Centre for Caribbean Studies and the CCI Dear Students, Colleagues, and Friends, You are warmly invited to join us for a hybrid event: Do Foreign Laws Influence Homicide Rates in Jamaica?Presented by: Professor Kevin Davis (New York University School of Law)📅 Monday, October 6, 2025🕛 12:30 PM – 1:50 PM📍 William Doo Auditorium, 45 … Continue reading Kevin Davis: Do foreign laws influence homicide rates in Jamaica?
By Catarina Demony June 23, 2025 Caribbean delegation to hold briefings in Brussels, London Briefings hope to 'open dialogue' about reparatory justice Demands for reparations have been rejected so far LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - A Caribbean delegation is set to travel to Brussels and London next month to bring the highly divisive issue of reparations … Continue reading Caribbean delegation to travel to Brussels, London to discuss slavery reparations
You can watch the launch event on UWI TV via the link in the image below.