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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
12:30PM - 1:30PM |
INTERACTIVE SESSION |
Graduate Student and Supervisor Relationships
OGSR Graduate Lounge
Activity: Graduate Student and Supervisor Relationships
Overview: An exploration of relationships between students and supervisors (best practices, challenges, solutions)
Speaker: Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer/Professor Dale Webber
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Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00PM - 2:00PM |
DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT |
Writing for Stage and Screen
Department of Literatures in English
Title: Writing for Stage and Screen
Overview: Staged readings of some of the best scripts from Amba Chevannes’ “Writing For the Stage & Screen” creative writing class.
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Faculty Courtyard |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00PM - 3:00PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
“Gender Equity in ICT”
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Title: “Gender Equity in ICT”
Overview: The lecture will focus on the barriers to gender equality for women, youths, unattached males and persons with disabilities and the identification of strategies to increase opportunities and access to education, training, and employment in the ICT industry
Presenter: Miss Ayanna Samuels, Independent ICT for Development Consultant/Entrepreneur and Technology Policy Consultant.
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Multi-functional Room, UWI Main Library |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
SEMINAR |
The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work
The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar - "Re-thinking
Caribbean Futures: Perspectives from the Social Sciences"
Overview: This seminar will feature a keynote presentation, art exhibition, and 3 panels exploring issues in regional development, research challenges, and the work of social scientists with people and communities.
Guest Speaker: Dr Honor Ford-Smith, Assistant Professor, Community Arts Practice, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Guest Speaker's Presentation: Haunting Acts and Future Possibilities: Performing Caribbean Radical Imagination in the Present ”
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UWI Regional Headquarters |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00PM - 3:00PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
The lecture will focus on the barriers to gender
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Title: “Gender Equity in ICT”
Overview: The lecture will focus on the barriers to gender equality for women, youths, unattached males and persons with disabilities and the identification of strategies to increase opportunities and access to education, training, and employment in the ICT industry
Presenter: Miss Ayanna Samuels, Independent ICT for Development Consultant/Entrepreneur and Technology Policy Consultant.
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Multi-functional Room, UWI Main Library |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00PM - 2:00PM |
BOOK LAUNCH |
Colour for Colour Skin for Skin:
Department of Government Department
Book Launch Book
Title: Colour for Colour Skin for Skin: Marching with the Ancestral Spirits into War Oh at Morant Bay.
Author: Dr. Clinton Hutton
Overview: This book examines the social, economic, spiritual and ideological bases of the Morant Bay Uprising.
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The Assembly Hall |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
SEMINAR |
The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar - "Re-thinking Caribbean Futures: Perspectives from the Social Sciences"
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work
The SPSW Derek Gordon Research Seminar - "Re-thinking Caribbean Futures: Perspectives from the Social Sciences"
Overview: This seminar will feature a keynote presentation, art exhibition, and 3 panels exploring issues in regional development, research challenges, and the work of social scientists with people and communities.
Guest Speaker: Dr Honor Ford-Smith, Assistant Professor, Community Arts Practice, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Guest Speaker's Presentation: Haunting Acts and Future Possibilities: Performing Caribbean Radical Imagination in the Present ”
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UWI Regional Headquarters |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:30PM - 3:00PM |
RAP SESSION |
Rap Session with Deputy Deans for Graduate Studies
OGSR Graduate Lounge
Activity: Rap Session with Deputy Deans for Graduate Studies – Faculties of Medical Sciences and Science and Technology
Overview: Graduate Students in the FMS and FST rap directly with their respective Deputy Deans.
Speakers: Professor Minerva Thame and Dr. Marcia Roye
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Lawn adjacent to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM - 3:00 PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
The Business of Personal Care Products
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Chemistry
FST URD LECTURE SERIES
Title: The Business of Personal Care Products
Overview: The efforts to develop a profitable business venture in the personal care sector will be discussed.
Presenter: Ms Racquell Brown, CEO of Irie Rock Ltd
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The Undercroft Senate Building |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
2:00PM |
POETRY CLASH |
Poetry Clash 2016
URD 2016 SIGNATURE EVENT
Department of Literatures in English
Title: Poetry Clash 2016
Overview: Competition featuring performance of original poetry by visiting poets and the wider UWI Community with cash prizes.
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Faculty Courtyard |
