You are invited to the launch of Dr. Canute Thompson's book "Locating the Epicentre of the Effective (Educational) Leadership in the 21st Century" on January 15, 4p.m. to 7p.m. at the Undercroft.

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The Department of Literatures in English will be hosting the launch of Kei Miller's newest publications: Writing Down The Vision, a collection of essays, and The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, collection of poetry. The event will be held on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at 11am, at The Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts. All are invited.

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For further information please e-mail litsengmona@gmail.com or call 927-2217

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On Wednesday, November 26, 2014, 6-8:30 p.m., at the Undercroft, University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama, Lecturer, Development Consultant, Author and Talk Show Host on Fresh Start, aired 6-9 a.m. on Newstalk93FM at UWI Mona, will launch “Up For Air! This Half Has Never Been Told!”  a historical award-winning novel based on the  May 2010 Tivoli Gardens incursion and its aftermathh.  Keynote speaker at the event will be Dr. Leahcim Semaj, Psychologist and significant presenters will include L’Acadco Dancers and event sponsors. Dr. Tafari-Ama’s presentation will include the screening of the movie trailer excerpted from the novel, since she expects to produce a feature length film based on the book.

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The School of Edcation invites you to an afternoon of Caribbean Poetry Readings and Response on Thursday November 13, 2014 at the Undercroft from 1:00p.m to 3:00p.m.
 
The books to be launched are:
"Give the Ball to the Poet"
Featured Poets include:
 
Velma Pollard
Tanya Shirley
 
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"Teaching Caribbean Poetry"
Featured Poets include:
 
Edward Baugh
Mervin Morris, Poet Laureate

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An Afternoon of Caribbean Poetry Readings and Response

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The GraceKennedy Foundation and The University of the West Indies Press will launch the book,  Environmental Management in the Caribbean: Policy and Practice By Elizabeth Thomas-Hope. The launch will be on September 25, 2014 at 6:00pm at the Council Room, UWI Regional Headquarters.

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The launch hosted by the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) will also include a forum under the theme ‘Gender, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management: The Youths' Perspective’. Contributors will discuss their articles contributed to the Working Paper. The publication which was sponsored by the Freidrich Ebert Stiftung, Jamaica & the Eastern Caribbean, represents the work of former BSc students who were registered in the IGDS’s course: Gender, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (GEND3032), in the 2011/12 academic year. 

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The book: Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law is authored by  Natalie Corthésy former Legal Officer in the Ministry of Labour, who is presently a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Mona, and Carla Anne Harris Roper, former Director, Legal Services Division, Ministry of Labour and Social Security who is presently Acting Deputy Director of Legal Reform. 

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The Launch of IGDS Working Paper # 6: Youth Voices: Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean is presented by the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Mona Campus Unit, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean.
Guest Speaker is Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the UWI Mona Camnpus, Professor Archibald McDonald.

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