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Dear Friends of the Canada-Caribbean Institute:
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We look forward to sharing developments in the Canada-Caribbean space with you over the coming months.
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Reparatory Justice in the International System: Panel Discussion
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Save the date, April 10, 2025 6:00 - 7:15pm EDT The profile of the global movement for reparatory justice for the trans-Atlantic slave trade is rising. Led by the Caribbean Community (Caricom), which issued a Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice in 2013, the issues are being debated in academic and policy circles, and increasingly in the context of international …
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Oral Defence: Key Internal Entrepreneurial Success Factors for business start-ups in Trinidad and Tobago
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Caribbean Development Bank Annual News Conference
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The CDB’s Annual News Conference took place Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (AST). Speakers Mr. Daniel Best, President Mr. Ian Durant, Director of Economics Mr. L. O'Reilly Lewis, Director of Projects (Ag.) Ms. Valerie Isaac, Division Chief, Environmental Sustainability What to expect The President's vision for CDB and the role of the Bank in driving economic growth across the Region in 2025 …
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In the Caribbean, secret lives come at a cost
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The Canadian Broadcast Corporation's Mattea Roach in conversation with H. Nigel Harris. H. Nigel Thomas' latest novel, A Different Hurricane, is set on the lush Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It's about two young men, Gordon and Allen, who become secret lovers until society forces them apart. After returning home from studying in Canada, Gordon's wife's journal threatens to …
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Talks on divisive deep-sea mining resume in Jamaica
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Story by Agence France-Presse Several countries united with campaign groups Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea mining at a meeting on the issue in Jamaica. Members of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are meeting in Kingston to thrash out the first mining code on deep-sea extraction that has faced accusations of imperiling marine ecosystems. …
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Brock Prof., Dr. Louis Volante gives Keynote Address
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Dr. Louis Volante, Distinguished Professor (PhD), Brock University gave one of the keynote presentations at a recent UWI School of Education Research Conference. CARIBBEAN EDUCATION RESEARCH CENTRE/ SCHOOL OF EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION 2025 "Educational Recovery and Renewal in the Wake of the Pandemic" The presentation discussed global educational recovery and renewal efforts in the wake of the pandemic. …
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Statement from Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley
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March 17, 2025 CARICOM commits its full support as the Prime Minister and his government continue to chart a stable, secure and prosperous future for the people of Trinidad and Tobago and the Region. Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, CARICOM Chairman Welcome to new Head of Government The Honourable Stuart Young Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago As …
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A defining moment for Canada-Caricom democracy
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by Tajay Francis, March 5, 2025 In the theatre of democracy, where the podium has so often been an echo chamber for the familiar, Greg Fergus’s rise to become the 38th and first Black Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons in 2023 is an epochal tremor. His gavel, weighted with both precedent and expectation, does not merely call the …
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New U.S. international policy should encourage closer Canada-CARICOM relations
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Canada has been in the cross-hair of the U.S. Administration's attention since President Trump took office. From implementation of new tariffs that are inconsistent with legally binding international agreements, to belittling references to Canada becoming the 51st state, and suggestions from top officials that the U.S. wants the Canada-U.S. border redrawn, Canada's relations with the U.S. has been fraught lately. …
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Canada should look south to the Caribbean amid Trump threats
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Deeper engagement with the Caribbean Community countries would help restore our middle power status and preserve internationalist principles. Dustin Fergusson-Vaux has written a great piece for the IRPP on how Canada can act to revitalize it's middle power status while preserving the ideals on which our history is based. by Dustin Fergusson-Vaux March 14, 2025 The Trump administration’s disruption of traditional …
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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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