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January 2010
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UWI Calendar of Events : February 2010 - March 2010 South American Fiesta The University School holds its second all-inclusive Carnival event, “South American Fiesta” at the school’s premises, with performances by Iwer George, Alison Hinds, Anil Bheem, and the BMRZ, among others. Admission costs $400, and the cuisine is South American. For further information, please contact the University School Office at 662-4832, Michele at 720-2702, Nicole at 681-6640, 0r Randall at 704-1909. World of Work (WOW) Registration: 27 January-3 February, 2010 For further information, please contact Student Advisory Services at (868) 662-2002, Ext. 2360 UWI Benefit Gala The UWI Benefit Gala will take place on Saturday 27th February, 2010, at the Four Seasons Hotel, 21 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, under the patronage of Dr. G. Raymond Chang, Chair of CI Financial (CI), one of Canada’s three largest investment fund companies, and Chancellor of Ryerson University. Held for the benefit of UWI's Scholarship Fund which provides scholarships for outstanding academic achievers, this gala will honour the recipients of the 2010 Luminary Award, the 2010 Chancellor’s Award and the 2010 Vice Chancellor’s Award. The reception begins at 6.30pm and dinner starts at 7.30pm. Please note that this is a black tie event. To reserve your ticket, please call 416-214-7578, or email uwi@adriaansandassociates.com. For further information, please visit the UWI Benefit Gala website at www.uwitorontogala.com CaribbeanTales Film Festival and Symposium CaribbeanTales, in association with One Caribbean Media and the Shridath Ramphal Center, presents “The Best of the CaribbeanTales Film Festival, Symposium & Marketplace” in Barbados from February 23rd to March 2nd 2010. Alongside a Symposium on global distribution, workshops, master classes and screenings, the Festival will feature the first ever Caribbean Film Marketplace, where selected independent producers will have an opportunity to pitch their projects and have one-on-one meetings with regional and international film and TV buyers, broadcasters, cinema owners, and government representatives. For further information please visit the website http://www.caribbeantales.ca, or contact Frances-Anne Solomon at francesannesolomon@gmail.com or Keith Nurse at keith.nurse@cavehill.uwi.edu Making Literacy Improvement a Reality The School of Education at the Mona Campus in Jamaica, hosts its biennial literary conference, “Making Literacy Improvement a Reality for Adolescents and at Risk Youths.” The SOE literacy symposium is the premier regional forum for dissemination of research findings, exploration of issues and initiatives that contribute to or mitigate literacy improvement. This biennial symposium attracts participants from the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. For further information, please contact the School of Education, UWI, Mona through Dr Beverley Bryan at beverley.bryan@uwimona.edu.jm, or Dr. Clement Lambert at Clement.lambert@uwimona.edu.jm Turmoil and Turbulence The 11th Annual Conference of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES), “Turmoil and Turbulence in Small Developing States: Going Beyond Survival” will be held at the St Augustine Campus. The small economies of the Caribbean and other areas are grappling with the consequences of a global financial and economic meltdown. These consequences include falling demand for traditional products like tourism, dwindling remittances and the accompanying intensification of negative social ills like unemployment, rising criminality, overburdened health and educational facilities and the like. What are the options, given the limited policy space now available to these small economies? The conference addresses these issues. For further information, please visit the website http://sta.uwi.edu/salises, or contact Francine Alleyne at the.salises@sta.uwi.edu |
