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UWI TODAY
– SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER, 2018
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Calendar of Events
NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2018
Climate Change Impacts on
Food and Nutrition Security Conference
November 12 to 16
Radisson Hotel, Port of Spain
The Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA) hosts the Climate Change
Impacts on Food and Nutrition Security Conference which aims
to collate and share new research experience and findings in
sustainable agriculture and climate change through interactions
and publications. Interested persons can still register to attend the
Conference.
For more information, visit the Conference’s website:
For more information, please contact 272-DCFA (3232)
or email
• To see the details of all the events,
visit facebook.com/UWI.DCFA
Calling on Parents and Teachers – Share your Opinions
November 15 to 16
The UWI St. Augustine Campus
The Rights for Children and Youth Partnership: Strengthening
Collaboration in the Americas (RCYP) is conducting a study on
The Education System in T&T, and its Role in Children and Youths’
Wellbeing. Share your experiences and/or opinions (all information
is confidential) by calling 662-6965 or email Godfrey.StBernard@sta.
uwi.edu. The data collection is part of the 13th Annual Caribbean
Child Research Conference under the theme: Leaving No Child
Behind: The 2030 Agenda hosted by Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of
Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), in partnership with the
Institute of International Relations (IIR) and the Institute for Gender
and Development Studies. The featured speaker for the conference
is Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes (ORTT), President of the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
For more information about the Conference,
please visit uwi.edu/salises/ccrc2018.php
Industrial Engineering and Management Conference
December 7 and 8
The UWI St. Augustine Campus
The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
will host the fourth Industrial Engineering and Management
Conference under the theme, Striving for Performance Excellence
with Quality Management and IEM Practices. The Conference
aims to change the way the members of the audience think about
performance excellence and productivity. In financially challenging
environments, this Conference will show that industrial engineering
‘systems’may be the lowest cost and least destructive means of
sustainable enterprise and institutions. The messages and follow-up
action can potentially impact a wide range of industries, individuals
and jobs.
For more information, visit the Campus Events Calendar
at
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3rd Biennial Oil and Gas Law Conference
March 27 to 29, 2019
Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre
The UWI, St. Augustine’s Faculty of Law has
issued a Call for Papers for the 3rd Biennial
Oil and Gas Law Conference and the Just
Transition Initiative Conference.
For more information, visit the
Campus Events Calendar
at
Call for Abstracts – School of Education
Biennial Conference
Deadline: November 19
The School of Education will host their
Biennial Conference on February 19 to 21,
2019 under the theme, Education Beyond
Borders: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
They have issued a Call for Abstracts with
the deadline for submissions on November
19, 2018. Proposals should provide new
theoretical and epistemological frameworks,
promote best practices and interrogate how
we can revise education for all learners- global
citizens in the 21st century and beyond.
DCFA – Season of the Arts
November and December
The Department of Creative and Festival
Arts (DCFA) presents their Season of the
Arts featuring 16 events throughout
November to December. Look out for
concerts and plays involving dance,
chorale, guitar and more as well as
symposia and colloquia delving into Art,
Education & Tourism and Cultural Research.
There’s something for everyone!
For more details, please visit
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