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Dear Friends of the Canada-Caribbean Institute:
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Welcome to 2025. We look forward to sharing developments in the Canada-Caribbean space with you over the coming months.
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Jamaican-Canadian Author’s New Book Celebrating Louise Bennett-Coverley
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January 16, 2025 Louise Bennett-Coverley, popularly known as “Miss Lou,” is a cultural figure in Jamaica known for spreading the rich Jamaican culture with every fiber of her being, both locally and abroad. This is expressed through poems and songs that extend to playwrights. Tania Hernandez, a Jamaican-Canadian novelist, educator, and folklorist, has written a new book on her. The Miss …
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CARICOM, ILO conducting labour market analysis to shape regional migration policy
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January 16, 2025 The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, launched the consultancy: Free Movement of Persons in the CARICOM Region: Undertaking Labour Market Analysis in the Region to inform the development of a comprehensive labour migration policy for the region. Designed as part of an ongoing collaboration between ILO and CARICOM to strengthen the free …
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CDB Working to Increase Women Entrepreneurs’ Access to new Markets and Online Trade with Innovative Partnership
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Published on Jan 14, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) through the SheTrades Caribbean Hub, a joint initiative with the International Trade Centre (ITC), will launch a new partnership to strengthen North American market access for the region’s women entrepreneurs. The Bank is deepening its relationship with Caribshopper, an e-commerce platform designed to connect Caribbean businesses with global consumers, by onboarding SheTrades Hub members …
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CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors endorses minister Albert Ramdin for OAS Secretary-General
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January 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, USA – The CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors at the Organization of American States (OAS) strongly reaffirms its unanimous endorsement of minister Albert Ramdin of Suriname as the CARICOM candidate for Secretary-General of the Organization at the election on March 10, 2025. As Suriname’s minister of foreign affairs, international business, and international cooperation, minister Ramdin has faced …
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Former Canadian High Commissioner joins Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce
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January 14, 2025 FORMER Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Lilian Chatterjee, has been appointed as the Honorary Canadian Co-Chair of the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce, effective January 1, 2025.According to a release from the body, Chatterjee has a distinguished career in public service and diplomacy and brings a wealth of experience and regional insights to the chamber. She served as …
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McMaster is granted organizational accreditation for the United Nation’s 4th International Conference on Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla, Spain
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Posted on January 10, 2025 McMaster University has been granted an organizational accreditation to attend The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development Conference to be held in Sevilla, Spain between 30 June-2 July 2025. This conference aims to address new and emerging issues, and the urgent need to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals, and support reform of the international financial architecture. …
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China aims to deepen Caribbean ties, Grenada affirms one-China principle
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January 13, 2025 BEIJING (Reuters) -China is ready to deepen its comprehensive cooperative partnership with Caribbean nations, President Xi Jinping said on Monday during a meeting in Beijing with Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell of Grenada, a one-time diplomatic ally of Taiwan. China is willing to keep up assistance to regional countries to aid their economic and social development, the official …
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Key Caribbean General Elections to Watch in 2025
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Here is a useful summary of the election activity expected in 2025, by The Caribbean Camera newspaper. 2025 is set to be a significant year for politics across the Caribbean, as several countries prepare for General Elections. Major CARICOM nations such as Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines will command regional attention as voters …
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Barbados suspends its decision to send troops to Haiti
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January 9, 2025 Barbados, which had initially committed to the UN to send a contingent of the Barbados Defense Force (BDF) to Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42217-haiti-flash-7-countries-from-africa-asia-and-the-caribbean-will-support-the-pnh.html as part of the Multinational Mission to Support the Haitian National Police (PNH) under the auspices of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has just suspended its decision to send troops to Haiti, announced Kerrie Symmonds, the Minister of Foreign …
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Guyana to seek help from UN's top court as Venezuela vies for control of disputed territory
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January 9, 2025 by Bert Wilkinson, Associated Press Guyana said Thursday that it will seek help from the United Nations’ top court to deter plans by neighboring Venezuela to elect a governor to rule its western Essequibo region, an area rich in resources long claimed by Venezuela as its own. Guyana’s foreign ministry said in a statement that Venezuela’s plan …
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Can Haiti’s gangs help solve the political crisis? Some politicians seem to think so
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January 10, 2025 Story by Jacqueline Charles When Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier announced on the 221st anniversary of Haiti’s independence that the country’s most powerful gang coalition would soon become a political party, the New Year’s Day announcement by the ex-cop who became a warlord didn’t go unnoticed — but it also didn’t generate the kind of political debate Haitians are used …
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Reflections from COP 29 and Ambitions for COP 30: A Journey Toward Climate Action
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January 10, 2025 Through dedicated work of Office of International Affairs (OIA), in partnership with Planetary Health, the Office of Sustainability, the Department of Family Medicine, and CMPA, McMaster University made significant contributions to the global climate dialogue through engagements and discussions with stakeholders participating at the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change …
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Can Remittances Become a Viable Development Option for T&T and the Wider Caribbean?
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On Friday, January 24 the Trade and Economic Development Unit (TEDU) will host another thought-provoking instalment of the National Conversations series. This session, titled Can Remittances Become a Viable Development Option for T&T and the Wider Caribbean? will explore the critical role of remittances and diaspora investments in bolstering foreign exchange generation and fostering sustainable development in the region. Against the backdrop of declining hydrocarbon production in Trinidad …
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Chancellor Donette Chin-Loy Chang supports a place for caring - makes a $1 million donation to TMU Student Wellbeing Centre
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There is a lot of both Canada and the Caribbean in Chancellor Chin-Loy Chang. A fantastic gift. Watch a video https://youtu.be/MIr5plOgFeM January 09, 2025 Mental health has always been an important issue for TMU alumna Donette Chin-Loy Chang, recently appointed TMU’s Chancellor, who today announced that she is giving $1 million to TMU’s Student Wellbeing Centre (SWC), coming soon to the corner …
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Veteran Farm Worker Takes 25th Trip to Canada
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Farm worker Victor Lettman has been on the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP) 24 times. On Friday (January 3), he departed Jamaica for his 25th trip to Canada, a country that has provided for his family’s needs for more than two decades. “I couldn’t get any job. I had my young kids and couldn’t find anything fi give them, so …
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About the the Canada-Caribbean Institute (CCI)
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The CCI is a collaboration between Caribbean and Canadian universities and colleges. The mission of the Institute is to provide a forum:
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to connect academic institutions, scholars, the business and public sectors, civil society, the cultural and diaspora communities
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to inform and encourage collaboration across Canada and the Caribbean to advance important social, environmental, and economic issues that are vital to the shared prosperity and advancement of both regions; and
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to identify impediments and opportunities related to such progress.
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For more information please visit our website
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