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It might be summer...and we might have been at the cottage...but the stories do not stop for that. Here is some of what we have been reading...have a look...just to catch up.
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Kevin Davis: Do foreign laws influence homicide rates in Jamaica?
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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)đź“… Monday, October 6, 2025đź•› 12:30 PM – 1:50 PMđź“Ť William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks St, Toronto🥗 Lunch provided Registration …
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CARICOM Statement on Border Incursions on Belize by Guatemala
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September 16, 2025 “CARICOM calls on Guatemala to ensure that its military forces desist from illegally entering Belizean territory and from aggressive actions which will raise tensions between the countries, escalate into a military conflict, and endanger the safety of persons who use the Sarstoon River.” CARICOM has been informed by the Government of Belize that on several occasions during …
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Mexico trip kicks off globe-hopping travel season for PM Carney
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Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is off to Mexico City this week — the first of many official trips during what diplomats like to call "summit season." Here's a look at where Carney will be racking up the kilometres in flights this fall. Sept. 18 to 19: Mexico City Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told …
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Caribbean wants talks on US Navy presence
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September 16, 2025 by Colville Mounsey Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds says the presence of United States troops and naval assets in Caribbean waters must be carefully managed to avoid unintended consequences for ordinary citizens. That is even as Barbados and its regional partners are seeking deeper cooperation with the US to stem the illegal flow …
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U.S. asked Canada to play role in stabilizing Haiti
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September 16, 2025 Robert Fife The Trump administration has urged Canada to play a role in helping to stabilize Haiti, a country that has faced years of political upheaval, escalating gang violence and economic malaise. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told The Globe and Mail Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio personally raised the plight of Haiti with …
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Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines move towards full Free Movement on 1 October 2025
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September 15, 2025 Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States—Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—are on track to implement full Free Movement among themselves from 1 October this year. By implementing the full free movement regime, these four countries have agreed to grant their nationals the right to enter, leave and re-enter, move freely, reside, work and remain …
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CARICOM Observers find Guyana and Jamaica elections worked well
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Guyana and Jamaica have recently held national elections. In the past both countries have experienced serious issues related to their electoral processes. Guyana has seen ethnic divisions spill over into deadly clashes between Indo-Guyanese and Afro-Guyanese elements. Jamaica's experience with party-aligned gang garrison communities resulted in deadly turf wars in the past. It is a sign of a maturing political …
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Caracas threatens Guyana and Trinidad amid growing tensions with U.S.
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By Antonio MarĂa Delgado September 15, 2025 Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino LĂłpez has issued a stark warning to neighboring Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, saying Caracas would retaliate if any attack against the country were launched from their territories. “I tell these governments… that if we are attacked from their territory, they will also receive a response, and that is …
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Caribbean Export Concentration Creates "Severe Exposure" to Global Economic Shocks, CDB Vice President Warns
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September 10, 2025 The Caribbean region's limited export diversity creates "severe exposure" to external economic turbulence, leaving regional economies with "acute vulnerability" to global shocks, Mr. Ian Durant, Vice President, Corporate Services (Ag) at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), has warned. Speaking recently at the 2nd Wider Caribbean Regional Risk Conference, Mr. Durant revealed that tourism accounts for more than half of the foreign exchange …
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'If our culture survives, then so do we': The Caribbean island defying the existential threat of hurricanes
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Runako Celina A year after record-breaking Hurricane Beryl, the Caribbean is still reeling – but on one island, defiant traditions are fuelling its climate resilience. In the predawn darkness, the streets are still damp from the night before as thousands gather, ready to parade through St George's, the capital of the Caribbean nation of Grenada. Chains scrape against the asphalt …
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CDB Champions Data Driven Growth in the Caribbean’s Creative Economy
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September 9, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), is placing data at the heart of its strategy to drive sustainable growth in the region’s creative economy. Speaking at CIIF’s Creative Talk panel, “Collect, Analyse, Activate! Leveraging National Creative Economy Data,” which opened a high-impact symposium entitled “Banking on Culture: Data, Policy and Finance,” …
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Caribbean Movie Nights...U of T
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If you live in Toronto, check these films out...and if you don't, make a note to watch them later...if you can. When and Where Tuesday, September 09, 2025 6:00 pm to Tuesday, November 25, 2025 9:00 pm RL 3-025 Theatre, Robarts Library Description Join us for a free movie night🎥, this upcoming Fall Term on Tuesdays starting at 6 PM. Please find below, the links for sign up - Sept 9: …
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NCU, DBJ provide Climate Smart Training for Small Farmers
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September 9, 2025 Northern Caribbean University (NCU), in partnership with the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) under its BIGEE project, recently trained 25 small farmers and agri-entrepreneurs in climate-smart solutions through the Climate Change Incubator Programme (CCIP).Over 10 weeks, participants gained skills in climate science, business model development, financing pathways, and pitch readiness, supported by dedicated business coaches. Their training …
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Economics of climate change take centre stage for U of T researchers, students
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“You can almost see a new kind of structural climate economics taking shape here" Published: September 8, 2025 By Kate Baggott Do tax incentives for electric vehicles lead to lower carbon emissions and greater employment stability in the auto sector? What are the most effective ways to manage the transition to clean, sustainable energy? How can governments best allocate resources to enforcing …
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The 2ND Africa-CARICOM SUMMIT- Building Bridges from the Caribbean to Africa
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September 8, 2025 The 2nd Africa-CARICOM Summit has brought together African nations, Caribbean states, and the global African diaspora to strengthen unity, deepen integration, and jointly pursue reparations and reparatory justice through a comprehensive transcontinental partnership framework, under the theme: “Transcontinental Partnership in Pursuit of Reparatory Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations.” The Africa-CARICOM Summit is …
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Second CARICOM-Africa Summit marks milestone in bridging historical divide – CARICOM SG
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Sunday, 7 September 2025) Describing the Second CARICOM-Africa Summit at the Headquarters of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as a “homecoming,” CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, said the event also represented a “tangible manifestation” of their commitment to bridging the historical divide and reaffirming familial bonds. “I am moved by …
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Gospel artiste K-Anthony recognised at NCU homecoming awards
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Canada-based gospel artiste K-Anthony was recently recognised by Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville at the institution’s Homecoming 2024 Centennial Awards. K-Anthony, a past student of the institution, is quite excited about receiving the accolade. “Being honoured with the Homecoming 2024 Centennial Award at NCU is truly humbling and inspiring. It feels incredible to be recognised by an institution that …
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"Oil and Climate Change in Guyana"
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Prof. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith will be presenting his recent publication, "Oil and Climate Change in Guyana" at an upcoming event in New York. Please see the poster for details and contact information.
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New Gamma Irradiator Helps Protect Blue Mountain Coffee and Address Threats to Crop Yields and Public Health in Jamaica
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August 11, 2025 Blue Mountain coffee is an internationally renowned variety of Arabica coffee that is produced in Jamaica. One focus of Jamaica’s newly-established mutation breeding programme is to counter the harmful effect  of a coffee leaf rust, a fungal disease that has ravaged coffee plants across the Caribbean since an initial outbreak in 2012, hamstringing production. “Since a major …
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Where the boys aren’t
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A thought-provoking long read on the gender gap at Canadian universities. The gender gap in higher education has been widening for decades. Do universities need to do more to entice men back? Joe Friesen Postsecondary Education Reporter, The Globe and Mail Published September 5, 2025 As classes begin for students at Canadian universities this month, one groupwill stand out for its …
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CARICOM and African leaders to hold summit on Sunday
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September 6, 2025 The leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community(CARICOM) grouping are preparing to meet with their African counterparts in Ethiopia on Sunday, two days after the Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, told another gathering of African and Caribbean people that the greatest antidote to their collective challenges is partnership. Mottley, along with her counterparts from St. Kitts and Nevis, …
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RED RIVER COLLEGE POLYTECHNIC welcomes Caribbean delegates as part of experiential learning study tour
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September 2, 2025 RRC Polytech recently had the honour of hosting high-level delegates from across the Caribbean as part of an Experiential Learning Study Tour hosted by the College and Institutes Canada (CICan) Skills to Access the Green Economy (SAGE) program, with funding support from Global Affairs Canada. The SAGE program supports the implementation of technical and vocational education and …
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Enhancing Cybersecurity Resilience in Trinidad & Tobago
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Join us for a one-day seminar on Strengthening Digital Resilience and Security through policy, best practices, and capacity building. Thursday 18 September, 2025 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. UTT Campus at NAPA, Keate Street, Port of Spain This event is an opportunity to build awareness, share knowledge, and strengthen our collective cybersecurity response.Admission is free - spaces are limited! Register here:Â https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/MeANgipRfVFunded …
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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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