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McGill Nursing’s first Tomlinson Scholar
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PhD student Robera Berhanu is keen to study post-migration HIV acquisition among African, Caribbean, and Black people in Canada Hena Kon, Communications Officer, Ingram School of Nursing February 12, 2025 For as long as he can remember, Robera Berhanu was attracted to healthcare facilities. “Even as a young boy, I liked the idea of becoming a nurse to help address …
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Vice-Chancellor's Forum: President Trump’s Great Policy Shift
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Tune into UWItv on Tuesday, February 18 at 11 a.m. (AST/Eastern Caribbean) | 10 a.m. (EST/Jamaica) for another stimulating Vice-Chancellor's Forum. In collaboration with the University Office of Academic-Industry Partnerships and Planning, the Forum will feature expert analysis on the topic, President Trump’s Great Policy Shift: How Does the Caribbean Respond? Speakers will include: Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Economist and Public Policy Analyst …
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Picart brothers honour mother’s legacy of learning with Goddie nursing scholarship
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February 13, 2025 In the heart of Toronto, Richard and Robert Picart are transforming their mother's extraordinary life story into a powerful force for change by creating a scholarship in her memory. Inspired by their mother, Veta ‘Goddie’ Picart’s lifelong commitment to health care, the brothers established the Goddie Nursing Scholarship at George Brown College (GBC). Their vision is ambitious …
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Website for following 48th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, Barbados, Feb. 19-21, 2025
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Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet in Barbados, 19-21 February 2025, for their 48th Regular Meeting which will be convened under the theme: Strength in Unity: Forging Caribbean Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development. Heads of Government will discuss several pressing issues for the Community, including food and nutrition security, climate change and the climate finance agenda; the ongoing challenges …
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High sodium intake contributes to chronic disease burden in the Caribbean
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This problem is not unique to the Caribbean...Canada has a similar problem... but it is useful to have a report on the situatiaon. Washington, D.C., 12 February 2025 (PAHO) – A new report from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reveals that sodium/salt consumption levels in the Caribbean are twice as high as recommended, contributing to the development of cardiovascular …
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Seminar: Diversification of Revenue Streams as an Alternate to (In the absence of) Oil/Gas economy
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Meeting Registration - Zoom
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Call for Papers: Colloquium Identity, Culture, & Sustainable Development in a World in Crisis: The Challenges of the Caribbean. May 26-29, 2025
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The University of Havana is convening the International Scientific Convention Saber UH 2025, to be held on May 26-30, 2025. Within that framework, the «Norman Girvan» Chair of Caribbean Studies calls for participation in the First Colloquium: Identity, Culture, and Sustainable Development in a World in Crisis: The Challenges of the Caribbean. For full details on the event, and to …
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"Trump’s mass deportation plans spark panic in the Caribbean amid fake news"
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February 11, 2025 Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent Nations across the Caribbean have been attempting to reassure their citizens at home and in the US after misinformation spread on social media channels caused widespread panic over Donald Trump’s plans for trade tariffs and mass deportations. Alarming stories claiming that 5,000 Jamaicans had already been given final removal orders or that more than 1 …
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The Public Health Dimension of the Caribbean Crime Conundrum
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Date & Time Feb 19, 2025 10:00-11:30 AM EST Description Panel discussion organized by the Florida International University Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) and the Caribbean Policy Consortium for the 2025 Webinar Series. The first webinar will discuss the Crime Conundrum, an overall status assessment, using the CARICOM crime symposium held in Georgetown last December 2024 as data input as …
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WORLD VIEW: Is CARICOM failing its smaller countries?
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By SIR RONALD SANDERS Recently, the smaller member states of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) have renewed complaints that the promised benefits and compensatory mechanisms that convinced them to join first CARIFTA in 1968, and later CARICOM in 1973, have not materialised. While the larger economies - Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Barbados - have leveraged CARICOM to …
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Making a global impact through educational development
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February 7, 2025 Brock staff member Natalie Currie-Patterson is sharing her teaching and learning expertise with the world and helping to support student success through faculty development at the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI). Late last summer, the Centre of Pedagogical Innovation’s (CPI) Associate Director of Educational Development delivered professional development workshops for faculty members at UCCI, which signed a …
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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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