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Here are some of the news stories and announcements that we have been following this week.
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"Book of Abstracts" from 2026 Research Symposium released
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The Canada-Caribbean Institute is pleased to release the "Book of Abstracts" from the recent 2026 Research Symposium. This book contains the program for the event, and most importantly the abstracts of the various papers and presentations. Download a copy below... CCI Book of AbstractsDownload
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Press Release: University of Guyana College of Medical Sciences Delivering the Foundation of Modern Medical Delivery in Guyana with All-Region Rollout of Pre-Medical Programme; Other Responsive Initiatives
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026 University of Guyana medical students engaged in hands-on learning in one of the laboratories within the new College of Medical Sciences Building at the University’s Turkeyen Campus. The University of Guyana (UG) is pleased to announce that its new Regional Pre-Medical Programme is scheduled to commence across all ten administrative regions during the first week of …
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Former CARICOM official weighs in on SG re-appointment
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by Denis Chabrol Sunday, 29 March 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar 29, CMC – A former assistant secretary general (ASG) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Joseph Cox is raising questions regarding the re-appointment of Dr. Carla Barnett as the Secretary General of the 15-member regional integration grouping. “Can Dr. Cala Barnett effectively serve another five-year term in the face of open objection, …
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Some turn to small savings groups for business credit as alternative to Haiti’s banks
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Village Savings and Loan Associations (AVÈK) groups allow members to save and loan each other funds for income-generating ventures by Juhakenson Blaise Mar. 23, 2026 Overview:In Port-au-Prince, AVÈK community savings groups help members access small loans to fund businesses and income-generating activities, providing an alternative to banks for vulnerable populations. The model has supported financial inclusion and entrepreneurship across Haiti. However, …
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PM Browne says election will be held in April
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March 28, 2026 Prime Minister Gaston Browne Friday confirmed that he had written to Governor General, Sir Rodney Williams, advising him to dissolve Parliament for a general election that will be held next month. In the last general election which was held on January 18, 2023, the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) won nine seats with the other …
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CARICOM Secretary General mum on controversy over her appointment, future
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- as Trinidad and Tobago says her "surreptitious" appointment was not on CARICOM leaders' agenda Friday, 27 March 2026, by Denis Chabrol Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett Friday afternoon deflected mounting concerns about her appointment for a second term, just hours after the Trinidad and Tobago government said that was neither on the agenda of last month’s summit …
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SickKids CEO Honoured with U of T Degree
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Trinidad-born Leader Receives U of T Honour By Neil Armstrong Jennifer Bernard, the president and CEO of the SickKids Foundation, is grateful to be among nine individuals who will receive honorary doctorates from her alma mater, University of Toronto. “The fact that my mother is alive to see this day means everything. My parents left everything they knew behind to …
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The Gravest Crime: Canada’s Abstention and the Call for Reparatory Justice
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ByIka Washington on March 26, 2026 On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly made a landmark decision. The global body formally adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. The Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity unequivocally condemns the transatlantic …
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CARICOM pleased as UN declares slavery the “gravest crime ever”
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BVI News on March 27, 2026 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has welcomed what it describes as a “historic” United Nations resolution declaring the transatlantic trafficking and enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity, a move leaders say strengthens the region’s long-running push for reparatory justice. The resolution, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on March 25, 2026, …
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Opinion | Mark Carney should take his own advice and not sit on the sidelines of the Cuba crisis
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An important Letter to the Editor of the Toronto Star today by former Canadian Ambassadors and diplomats who have served in Cuba. March 26, 2026 By Alexandra Bugailiskis and Mark Entwistle, ContributorsAlexandra Bugailiskis and Mark Entwistle are former Canadian Ambassadors to Cuba. For the full list of contributors to this article, please see below. As attention focuses on the Middle …
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T&T continues to stay off-side CARICOM
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In another demonstration of a desire to pursue a more independent foreign policy it is reported that T&T is opting out of the CARICOM plan to provide relief supplies to Cuba in favour of their own plan. Trinidad and Tobago is not joining Caricom in sending humanitarian aid to Cuba. Instead, Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Sean Sobers says …
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CARICOM begins pooling cash for Cuba relief supplies
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Denis Chabrol, Tuesday, 24 March 2026 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member nations have begun pooling cash to send to Mexico to buy a variety of supplies for shipment to Cuba, the Guyana-based regional headquarters said on Tuesday. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong also said “the idea is that all CARICOM member states will make financial donations and that sum will …
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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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