Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice Chancellor, The UWI January 24, 2025 Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, The UWI Vice-Chancellor and Chair, CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has welcomed the recommendation from Jamaica’s Maroon community to establish a new institute to research, document and share the rich history, culture and contribution of Maroon and Indigenous people. The CRC Chair … Continue reading New Institute of Maroon and Indigenous Studies Proposed for UWI Mona and Maroon Communities
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Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, The UWI Source: UWI News The United Nations University at the sitting of its Governance Council on December 7, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan, unanimously appointed Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, its new Chairman/Chancellor, effective May 2025. Noting that Sir Hilary has established a global reputation as a strategic planner in higher education, … Continue reading Sir Hilary appointed Chairman/Chancellor of the United Nations University
An upcoming edition of the series of UWI Vice-Chancellor Forums will focus on the recently concluded historic U.S. election. The virtual forum, titled, The 2024 U.S. Elections: Results, Reactions and Repercussions, will take place on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (AST/Eastern Caribbean), and will be streamed via the UWItv website, http://www.uwitv.global and social … Continue reading The 2024 U.S. Elections: Results, Reactions and Repercussions – A UWI Vice-Chancellor’s Forum
Source: CARICOM By Hilary Beckles, Chair CARICOM Reparations Commission The issue is on all our minds at this week’s Commonwealth summit in Samoa. Now is Keir Starmer’s chance to address it Downing Street has said reparations for the British enslavement of black people in the Caribbean are not on the agenda at the Commonwealth heads of government … Continue reading Global calls for reparations are only growing louder. Why is Britain still digging in its heels?
Two stories from today illustrate the gap between CARICOM and the UK, (and other governments?) on the issue of reparations. The first article, Let Lammy secure slavery reparations, says Caribbean leader reviews the position of the Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles who is calling on UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy to … Continue reading CARICOM and UK look to collide on Reparations at CHOGM
After almost two years of finalising its operational procedures and negotiations, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is set to launch its first-of-its-kind global online graduate business school focused on leadership within the context of supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On Wednesday, Aug. 21, the launch event will be hosted … Continue reading UWI’s new online Global SDG Graduate School launches
Source: Openverse We are on the verge of the start of the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. This exciting cricket event is scheduled to be co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States from June 1 to June 29, 20241. But, did you know that Canada and the West Indies have a history … Continue reading The long history of Canada vs West Indies cricket “might” continue this summer.
Sir Hilary Beckles Source: Caribbean Camera By The Caribbean Camera Inc. on April 28, 2024 New students must acquire 2nd language to graduate says UWI Vice-Chancellor at Toronto gala By Lincoln DePradine Language proficiency for students to graduate from the University of the West Indies (UWI) –irrespective of their program of study – now has been mandated by university … Continue reading Beckles Announces UWI Second Language Proficiency for Graduation
Photo caption - L-R: Yolanda Renee King, author and granddaughter ofDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and Ms. King’s parents: Arndrea Waters King and Martin Luther King III. Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles addressed the United … Continue reading Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Monday March 25, 2024 Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is scheduled to headline a programme hosted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on March 25, 2024 to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The event, which takes place … Continue reading Professor Beckles to address UN General Assembly