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Dear Friends of the Canada-Caribbean Institute:
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Summer is over... and another academic year has begun. This newsletter brings you a number of stories we hope you find interesting. The big CCI news is that we have started planning our 2026 Research Symposium, to be held at the St. Augustine Campus of the The UWI in February 2026.
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Call for Papers: CCI Research Symposium 2026
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The CCI is pleased to release the CCI Research Symposium 2026, hosted by the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Download the document below for full details. Abstracts due on September 30, 2025. CCI-RS2026-Call-for-PapersDownload
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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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ANGUILLA STRIKES DIGITAL GOLD: How Two Letters Transformed A Caribbean Paradise
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Small Caribbean Territory Becomes Unlikely Winner In AI Boom, Earning Millions From .AI Domain Rush By Professor C. Justin RobinsonPro Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UWI Five Islands Campus In the sleepy capital of this amazingly beautiful Caribbean Island, where the pace of life moves to the rhythm of trade winds, government officials are grappling with an extraordinary problem: what to do …
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Caribbean Development Bank is Devising a Transformative Policy & Strategy to Optimise the Regional Education System
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September 30 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is designing a transformative education policy and strategy to unlock the potential of the Caribbean's predominantly young population, with nearly 60% under age 30. Speaking at the opening of CDB's 2025 Regional Transforming Education Symposium and Policy Dialogue in Barbados, CDB President, Mr. Daniel Best, revealed that the Bank's comprehensive transformation strategy is being devised to …
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UTT Partners with The High Commission of Canada to Strengthen National Cybersecurity
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September 23, 2025 The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada, recently hosted the Cybersecurity Resilience through Policy, Best Practices and Capacity Building Seminar. This seminar, made possible by the High Commission of Canada through the Cybersecurity Resilience Fund, aimed to address challenges in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape. The increase in cyber threats …
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Mottley urges support for full free movement of Caricom nationals
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October 1, 2025 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley says the country will “open our doors with order and with pride” as Barbados joins three other Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries in fully implementing free movement of their nationals among themselves from today. Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize and Dominica are implementing one of the …
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Film Screening: Haiti's "Madan Sara"
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Save the date: October 21, 2025 6:30-8:30 p.m. EDT Click here to register You are invited to join the Canada Caribbean Institute and Universities Caribbean for an online screening of the film Madan Sara by Director Etant Dupain. A Madan Sara or Madam Sara (often called Saras), is a woman in Haiti who buys agricultural produce from farmers, transports it to markets, and sells it to merchants. …
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UN authorizes a much larger force to fight gangs in Haiti with new power to arrest gang members
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By EDITH M. LEDERERSeptember 30, 2025 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday to authorize a much larger, 5,550-member international force with expanded powers to help stop escalating gang violence in Haiti. The resolution, co-sponsored by the United States and Panama, will transform the current Kenya-led multinational force into a “Gang Suppression Force” with the power to …
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Guyana’s 4th Cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Concludes with Formal Adoption at the UN Human Rights Council
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September 29, 2025 This morning, at 10:00 a.m. Geneva time (4:00 a.m. Guyana time), the United Nations Human Rights Council formally adopted the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Guyana, bringing the country’s Fourth Cycle Review to a close. The process began with the 4th UPR cycle review on May 6-9, 2025, and Guyana’s presentation …
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UNCTAD and CARICOM sign first cooperation agreement to support Caribbean resilience
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25 September 2025 Home to many small island developing states, economic resilience is just an option but a necessity for the Caribbean towards long-term sustainability. Agreement signed during the UN’s 80th General Assembly in New York. Focus on data, digital economy, trade and food security. Concrete step to advancing UNCTAD strategy for small island developing states. At the 80th session …
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Comissiong clears air on free movement
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By: Josue Ramirez Nelson September 28, 2025 Ambassador of Barbados to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) David Comissiong eyes the Full Freedom of Movement regime as an opportunity for the country to address its ageing society and gaps in the labour force. Commencing on Wednesday, citizens from Barbados, Dominica, Belize and St Vincent and the Grenadines will be granted freedom to …
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Suriname pledges to shield 90 per cent of forests, far beyond global conservation goal
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Suriname’s government has pledged to permanently protect 90 per cent of its tropical forests, a move conservationists say is among the most ambitious commitments to climate and biodiversity ever made by an Amazonian nation. The announcement came during Climate Week in New York City. Foreign Minister Melvin W.J. Bouva delivered the pledge on behalf of President Jennifer …
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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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