President Donald Trump signs a proclamation committing to countering cartel criminal activity at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla.Rebecca Blackwell / AP This weekend saw the announcement of something called the "Shield of the Americas" initiative by the Trump Administration. The announcement, made … Continue reading Some CARICOM States sign on to Trump Administration Regional Security Framework
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By Sir Ronald Sanders February 20, 2026 If U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accepts the invitation to attend the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St Kitts and Nevis from 25 to 27 February, his presence should be treated as consequential. It would offer an opportunity to recalibrate the relationship between the United States … Continue reading If US Secretary Rubio attends CARICOM Summit – Let It Mark a Reset — Not a Reckoning
Save the date: February 19-20, 2026 The Canada-Caribbean Institute (CCI) is pleased to indicate that our next Research Symposium will be held at the St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago, February 19-20, 2026. The symposium aims to bring together researchers, scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and stakeholders … Continue reading 4th Annual Canada-Caribbean Institute Research Symposium
Posted on May 26, 2025 Following McMaster’s organizational accreditation to attend the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development Conference earlier this year, Dr. Thomas Marois, Professor of Political Economy and Canada Research Chair in Public Banking, will lead McMaster’s delegation to this important international conference, which includes a McMaster-sponsored event titled “A Global Public Development Bank Ecosystem, Climate-Aligned … Continue reading McMaster Faculty to Lead High-Level Dialogue at United Nations Financing for Development Conference
May 26, 2026 PARAMARIBO - Suriname's ruling party and its top opposition rival won almost the same number of parliamentary seats in an election on Sunday, setting the stage for complex coalition negotiations that will determine who becomes the country's next president. The South American nation is on the cusp of a predicted oil boom, … Continue reading Suriname’s ruling party, opposition nearly tied in parliamentary election
On May 5, 2025 the CCI held a virtual panel on Canada-CARICOM Relations in the "Trump Era". The video is available below: https://youtu.be/Av3qSuHM1Ds?list=PLBw5WBhw-yQdgf95abdeOpBOrxgVVUFjB
The Ministry of Health, Tobago House of Assembly, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Caribbean Centre for Health Systems Research and Development at The University of the West Indies, The University of Trinidad and Tobago, The University of the Southern Caribbean, the Regional Health Authorities; and the Trinidad and Tobago National Nursing Association are collaborating to … Continue reading Trinidad and Tobago 2025 National Health Research Conference Call for Abstracts
February 18, 2025 The aroma of possibility fills the culinary classrooms where Chef Warren Ford teaches, a space where passion, heritage, and professional excellence converge. With over three decades of culinary management experience, Chef Ford brings a unique perspective to education. When he first arrived at GBC as a part-time instructor in 2008, he saw … Continue reading Breaking barriers and building futures: Chef Warren Ford’s culinary journey at George Brown College
In response to some requests, we are looking into options to change the way this website sends notification of blog posts to subscribers. At the present time, our subscribers receive one email notification for each one of our new posts. Given that there seems to be a lot of good Canada-Caribbean content out there to … Continue reading Too many emails?…a message to our subcribers
Source: Insight Crime Two studies released in recent days seek to quantify the cost to societies of crime and insecurity in the Caribbean and Latin America (LAC). Although it is unclear how much Caribbean data was included in the studies (some "LAC-based" studies tend to be more about South America than the Caribbean at the … Continue reading Costs of Violent Crime and Insecurity place a significant burden on societies