Events - UWI Institute International Relations News

November 2008

Topic:"Current Caribbean-EU Relations and Future Challenges"
Location: The Boardroom of the Institute of International Relations
Presenter: Mr. Geert Laporte, Head of the Institutional Relations & Partnerships, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) www.ecdpm.org
Date: Thursday November 27, 2008
Time: 1.00 p.m.

Event: Launch of the UNFPA 2008 State of the World Population Report
Date: Thursday November 20, 2008
Venue: Institute of International Relations Boardroom.
Time: 1.00 p.m – 3.00 p.m
Panellists:
Ms. Leah-Mari Richards, United Nations Population Fund, Caribbean Sub-Regional Office , Trinidad
Professor Patricia Mohammed, University of the West Indies , St. Augustine, Trinidad
Dr. Gale T.C. Rigobert, Institute of International Relations , Trinidad
Dr. Johann Geiser. former UN Resident Coordinator, Trinidad

Discussion Topic: Regional Developments
Location: Board Room, IIR
Presenter: IIR Alumnus Ambassador Henry Gill Director General, CRNM in Barbados (http://www.crnm.org/director_general.htm)
Date: Tuesday November 18, 2008
Time: 4.00 p.m.-6.00 p.m.

October 2008

Event: Seminar - ‘21st Century Multilateralism’
Location: Board Room, IIR
Presenter:

Dr. Patti Goff. Associate Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and holds degrees from Western Ontario, McMaster, Paris and Northwestern. She is also a Senior Fellow at CIGI (www.cigionline.org) and specializes in International Political Economy, International Relations and International Organization, with emphasis on trade and cultural policy. Her latest monograph is Limits to Liberalization: local culture in a global market place (IPE Series, Cornell UP, 2007) (www.cornellpress.cornell edu). Dr. Goff became Director of ACUNS this summer (www.acuns.org)

Date: Monday October 27, 2008
Time: 4.30 pm

Event: Midday UN Day seminar by Regie Dumas on Haiti
Location: Board Room, IIR
Presenters:

Reginald Dumas (Special Advisor for the UN Secretary-General on Haiti) will present his new monograph An Encounter with Haiti (Medianet 2008); Arthur Gray (sometime OAS Representative in Haiti) & Watson Denis (Association of Caribbean States) will respond, though both commentators have to confirm their participation.

Date: Friday October 24, 2008
Time: 12.00 noon

Event: Roundtable of reporting on recent postgraduate professional opportunities
Location: Board Room, IIR
Presenters:

Marlon Anatol – CIGI in Waterloo -for Globalization Studies Network

Doril Ann Beckles & David Anyanwu – CTPL in Ottawa for Canada-CARICOM FTA simulation

Letitia Bobb – TESL in Japan

Elizabeth Encinas – Clinton Global Initiative in NYC

Alisa Mitchell – UNECLAC in Santiago.

Date: Thursday October 23, 2008
Time: 2.00 pm

September 2008

Event: Panel Discussion on "Food – Crisis, Challenges, Opportunities"’
Location: Board Room, IIR
Presenters:

Mr.Winston Rudder, President, The Cropper Foundation
Mr.Alexander Benn, Agricultural Consultant
Mr.Anil Roberts, outspoken radio and TV journalist

Date: Tuesday September 9, 2008
Time: 5.00 pm

Event: “European Counter-Drugs Strategy & the Caribbean"
Location: Seminar Room I, Institute of International Relations
Speaker: Martin Elvins (Lecturer in Politics, University of Dundee)
Date: Thursday 4th September, 2008
Time: 4.30 p.m.

Event: “Challenges of Regional Governance in the Caribbean”
Location: Seminar Room I, Institute of International Relations
Speaker:Terri-Ann Gilbert-Roberts (Jamaican Commonwealth PhD Scholar, University of Sheffield)
Date: Thursday 4th September, 2008
Time: 3.30 p.m.

April 2008

Event: ‘Cross-National Research into Digital In-and Exclusion: The World Internet Project as a Case Study’
Location: IIR Graduates’ Room
Speaker: Ms. Ellen Helsper
Date: Wednesday 23rd April, 2008
Time: 12:00 noon

Event: Seminar: Non-Independent Territories and Small States: Retrospect and Prospect.
Location: Boardroom
Speaker: Professor Paul K. Sutton
Date: Tuesday 1st April, 2008
Time: 3.30 p.m.

March 2008

Event: Guest Lecture by Neil Pierre for IIR students.
All staff are also welcome to attend.
Location: IIR Seminar Room 1
Presenter: Neil Pierre, Director of ECLAC Sub regional Headquarters for the Caribbean
Date: March 6, 2008
Time: 1.30 -3.00 pm

February 2008

Event: In the Shadow of Great Power-Emerging Power Rivalry: Rising China & the Caribbean Region
Co-sponsored by the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Location: IIR Board Room
Presenter: Dr. Greg Chin (Political Science, York University)
Date: February 8, 2008
Time: 3.00 p.m

Event: “Intolerance – the seeds of genocide”
Location :IIR Lecture Room 1
Presenter: Wayde Ramnarine
Date: Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Time: 12:30pm
Sponsored by: The UWI – IIR and the United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean Area (UNIC)

Event: Center for International Governance Innovation & IIR Workshop
Location: IIR Board Room
Presenter: K. Beaulieu
Date: February 19 - 21, 2008

Event: CIGI workshop
Location: IIR's Board Room
Presenter: CIGI staff
Date: February 21 - 22, 2008
Time: 9 am - 4 pm

Event: Dr. Tony Payne at Research Fair
Location: IIR
Presenter: Dr. Tony Payne
Date: Feb 26 - 27, 2008

January 2008

Public Seminar Topic: “The UNESCO Convention and the opportunity it presents for cultural organizations to initiate a dialogue with their governments, and how it should be translated into policy at the national and regional level.”
Co-sponsored by CAFRA and the Commonwealth Foundation.
Presenter : Jim McKee, Director, External Relations, Coalition for Cultural Diversity, Canada.
Venue: Board Room, Institute of International Relations
Date: January 22, 2008
Time: 3.00 p.m.