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Dear Friends of the Canada-Caribbean Institute:
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Our Research Symposium was last week and was, by all accounts, a resounding success. A big thank you to the organizers, the speakers, and the researchers for their tremendous contributions. We are already busy on various follow-up ideas.
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Videos of the plenary sessions are now available on-line on our website for those who may have missed the event. We will post videos for individual panel discussions etc. as they become available. Stay tuned.
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Canadian-Caribbean Tourism Resilience Symposium: Co-Designing the Next Decade
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Save the Date Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 09:00 a.m. - Thursday, July 30, 2026, 05:00 p.m. Location: Limberlost Place View on Map The Canadian-Caribbean Tourism Resilience Symposium at George Brown is proud to present a two-day symposium convening tourism ministries, destination management organizations, private sector leaders, and global partners, focused on building resilience in the Canadian and Caribbean tourism sectors. Gathering change-makers from in and around the industry, we …
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Knowledge Hub for the 50th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting
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With the 50th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting beginning later today, information on proceedings can be found at the Knowledge Hub for the meeting. See the link below. 50th HGC Home - CARICOM
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Jamaican student awarded prestigious Brathwaite Scholarship to join McMaster Engineering
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Kaeleigh Lewis joins a growing community of exceptional Caribbean students pursuing degrees at McMaster with the support of Chancellor Nicholas Brathwaite’s PETNA Foundation. February 19, 2026 Incoming international student Kaeleigh Lewis has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Nicholas and Janice Brathwaite Award, a distinguished scholarship that supports exceptional Caribbean students pursuing undergraduate studies at McMaster University. Lewis attended …
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Media coverage of CCI Research Symposium
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CCN TV6, broadcasting from Trinidad and Tobago carried some quick summaries of the proceedings of the recent CCI Research Symposium. You can view the summaries in the links below. CANADA–CARIBBEAN LEADERS CALL FOR DEEPER RELATIONSHIP CHANGING WORLD ORDER, WHAT IS CARIBBEAN's ROLE? For videos of the full proceedings, and other information, please refer to our Research Symposium page.
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Rubio to attend Caribbean summit as US presses Venezuela, Cuba
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February 23, 2026 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will take part in a summit of Caribbean nations on Wednesday, the State Department said, as he seeks a common line on Venezuela and pressure on Cuba. Rubio will represent the United States in the summit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) taking place this week in the small island nation of …
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U.S. Tariffs and the Caribbean
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Another good post from Caribbean Trade Law and Development. Since it's publication, it is to be noted that the U.S. President will increase what he said would be a 10% across the board tariff, to 15% on all countries. See Trump says he's raising new global tariff rate to 15% after Supreme Court loss | CBC News http://caribbeantradelaw.com/2026/02/20/us-supreme-court-tariff-decision-what-does-this-mean-for-the-caribbean/
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Ontario farmers support scholarships for children of Jamaican seasonal workers
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Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association February 9, 2026 GUELPH, ON, Feb. 9, 2026 /CNW/ – A new program has been launched by the government of Jamaica to provide scholarships to the children of Jamaicans working on Ontario fruit and vegetable farms through the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP). The scholarship program, supported by a $10,000 grant from the Ontario Fruit and …
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If US Secretary Rubio attends CARICOM Summit – Let It Mark a Reset — Not a Reckoning
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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 and the fifteen Member States …
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CCI Research Symposium 2026: Day 2 Keynote Presentations
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Our Day 2 Keynote presentations continued the focus on regional security and the implications of the changing international order. The video of the session can be found below. Prof. Andy Knight (University of Alberta) discussed the changing international environment and the challenges facing small states. "Understanding the Interregnum: Challenges to the Existing World Order". The slides from this presentation are …
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CCI Research Symposium Opening Ceremony: Video available
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The Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Canada-Caribbean Institute (CCI), held at The UWI St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago featured welcomes from Dr. Talia Esnard, The UWI, St. Augustine and Chair of the CCI Research and Scholarship Committee and Prof. Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, The UWI, St. Augustine. Remarks were delivered from CCI Leadership (Prof. Sir Hilary …
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Keynote Presentation from The Hon. Bob Rae to CCI Research Symposium now available on-line
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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 international cooperation in the future. …
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Canada can broker a bridge, Carney says on new trading bloc efforts
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By Adriana Fallico Global News February 17, 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said “Canada can play a role” in efforts to explore a trading bloc with the European Union and members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). This is a response to a recent report from Politico suggesting Canada is “spearheading” talks to create a new trade bloc that the report described as …
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Canada bets on 'Build at Home' defence strategy to reclaim sovereignty — and revive readiness
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Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Feb 15, 2026 The Canadian government's long-awaited defence industrial strategy formally landed on Tuesday and arrives in the shadow of a push by the Trump administration to further make the United States the arms-maker of choice among allies. The new strategy has been in the works for more than a year and promises to use defence investment …
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CARICOM leaders to tackle CSME, reparations, Haiti in Basseterre
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February 17, 2026 Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are headed to Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis for the bloc’s 50th regular summit, where they will engage high-profile international guests and address pressing regional challenges including its single market, the crisis in Haiti, border disputes and reparations. According to a provisional agenda released by the Georgetown-based CARICOM Secretariat, the leaders …
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BEING BLACK IN AI
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Evidence, Trends, and Policy Futures at the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and African, Caribbean, and Black Communities in Canada CanAfro Research Institute is pleased to announce the release of its latest research report, Being Black in AI, a comprehensive policy-focused study examining the position of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities within Canada's artificial intelligence ecosystem. Titled Being Black in …
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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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