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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 4 MARCH, 2018
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UWI Calendar of Events
MARCH – APRIL 2018
PRESS FOR GENDER JUSTICE
March 5
School of Education Auditorium
UWI St. Augustine
The InterClub of Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with the Institute for
Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) present a Panel Discussion on PRESS
FORGENDER JUSTICE – Ecological Justice. Peace, Security and Justice. Sexual
Justice. Economic Justice. The discussion takes place on March 5 from 9.30am
to noon at the School of Education Auditorium with a programme as follows:
• Welcome Remarks – Dr. Gabrielle Hosein Head, IGDS | Jan Ryan
President, Interclub of T&T
• Feature Address – Mrs. Sharon Rowley, LL.B. (Hons.)
• Panels chaired by Dr. Gabrielle Hosein, IGDS:
• Peace, Security and Justice – Roberta Clarke Coalition Against
Domestic Violence | Jewel Marshall, St. Babb’s Community Women
In Action
• Sexual Justice – Dr. Angelique Nixon Lecturer, IGDS | Sharon
Mottley Women’s Caucus of Trinidad and Tobago
• Economic Justice – Dr. Anne-Marie Mohammed Lecturer, Dept.
of Economics, UWI | Dr. Catherine Ali Women’s Economic
Empowerment Project
• Ecological Justice – Dr. Levi Gahman Lecturer, Dept. of Geography,
UWI | Yahoda Singh Cashew Gardens Community Recycling
Programme
For further information, please contact Tricia Basdeo, IGDS
at 662 2002 ext. 83573/84054 or email
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techAGRI EXPO 2018
March 22 to 25 • UWI St. Augustine
The Faculty of Food&Agriculture (FFA) presents techAGRI Expo 2018. Look out
for booths showcasing agricultural work echoing techAGRI’s guiding principles:
food security, entrepreneurship and commercialisation. There will be the sale of
fresh produce from UWI farms on select days, a petting zoo and a kid’s area, in
addition to the daily food village that will offer local delicacies and meals. This
4-day event takes place at Main Administration Building West Field.
For more information, please visit the Campus Events Calendar at
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PROTOCOL AND DIPLOMACY:
A GUIDE FOR THE MODERN PROFESSIONAL
March 26 to 29 • UWI St. Augustine
The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC) presents the Training
Module: Protocol and Diplomacy: A Guide for the Modern Professional with
facilitator Gail Guy, Retired Diplomat and Protocol Consultant. Participants
will leave with essential skills in: rules and traditions of protocol, international
diplomacy, protocol in state and corporate events, business etiquette and avoiding
professional faux pas. The workshop takes place from 9am to 4pm at DAOC,
Lecture Room. Cost is US$750; Group discount of 10% for each member of
groups of 3 or more.
For more information, please email
or call 662-2002 ext. 85362; 85360; 85359 or visit
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DCFA PRESENTS MAS COLLOQUIUM, VISUAL ARTS,
DANCE AND MORE
April
Save the Dates for the Department of Creative and Festival Arts’ (DCFA)
Season of the Arts Semester II productions:
• April 5 | Carnival Studies Mas Colloquium
at DCFA Cheeseman Building, LR3
• April 4 to 20 | UWI Degree Students Visual Arts Exhibition
at the National Museum
• April 8 | UWI Arts Chorale and UWI Arts Percussion
present Carmina Burana at NAPA, Lord Kitchener Auditorium
• April 18 | UWI Arts Guitar Ensemble Concert
at DCFA Cheeseman Building, LR3
• April 21 | Music of the Diaspora Concert
at UWI St. Augustine, Daaga Auditorium
• April 22 to 28 | UWI Certificate Students Visual Arts Exhibition
at the National Museum
• April 22 | UWI Arts Sinfonia Concert at Teaching and Learning Complex (TLC)
• April 26 to 29 | Sole to Sole Dance Concert at UWI St. Augustine, Daaga Auditorium
• April 28 | More than Just Jazz Concert at UWI St. Augustine, Daaga Auditorium
• April 28 | Children’s Theatre Production at DCFA Cheesman Building, Foyer
For more information, please visit DCFA’s Facebook Page:
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THE JOURNEY – FROM LORD SHORTY TO RAS SHORTY I
March 11
6pm
Queen’s Hall, POS
The UWI presents the 3rd instalment of the Classic Concert series honouring
national legend and father of soca, the late Garfield Blackman withThe Journey
– From Lord Shorty to Ras Shorty I. Featured performers including Rikki Jai,
Gypsy, Explainer, Olatunji and of course the Blackman family – Nehilet, Isaac,
Eldon, Abby, Sheldon
Blackman will pay
tribute by performing
a Ras Shorty I classic
and a song of their
own. All proceeds
will be donated to
the Department of
Creative and Festival
Arts (DCFA) Theatre
Hall Fund.
For tickets, please contact the Fundraising and Alumni Affairs Unit
of the Office of Institutional Advancement and Internationalisation (OIAI)
at The UWI St. Augustine Campus at 224-3739 or 224-3740 or
mail
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