The Belize Students’ Association (BSAJ) and Vincentian Students’ Association (VINSA) in collaboration with the Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy and the Institute of Caribbean Studies, invite the University community to a presentation entitled “Lets Talk Garifuna: Our Story, Not His-Story” an examination of the Garifuna journey of exile from St. Vincent to Belize. The presentation takes place on Saturday, November 18 as part of Settlement Day which is on officially celebrated on Sunday, November 19.

CARICOM, in association with the Organisation of American States, will be holding a Workshop for Teacher Training in the Delivery of the CARICOM Primary Level Enhanced Spanish Curriculum, on November 7-10, at The University of the West Indies, Mona. This workshop is being coordinated by the Latin American-Caribbean Centre, and constitutes the third phase of an OAS/CARICOM Project. It will entail the training of trainers who will, in the next phase of the project, train Primary Spanish teachers in their respective countries.

Professor Terrence Forrester, Director of the Tropical Medicine Research Institute (TMRI) at The University of the West Indies, Mona was among the honourees at the first Anthony N Sabga ‘Caribbean Awards for Excellence’ launched by the Ansa McAl Foundation with the aim of encouraging the pursuit of excellence by Caribbean people for the benefit of the region. The gala award ceremony took place recently at the Hilton Trinidad Hotel in Port-of-Spain.

The Faculty of Social Sciences hosts its inaugural Professorial Lecture in which Professor Brian Meeks from the Department of Government will present on the topic “Imagining the Future: Rethinking the Political in Jamaica.” This event takes place on November 28 at 6 pm at the Undercroft, The University of the West Indies. An invitation is extended to the public to participate in this lecture.