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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
12:00PM - 1:00PM |
DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT |
Department of Library and Information Studies
Title: Interactive presentations
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Faculty Courtyard |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
12:00PM - 2:00PM |
SPEAKERS CORNER |
Department of Language Linguistics and Philosophy
Title: Speakers’ Corner
Overview: Public Speaking students to deliver excerpt from already presented speeches. Audience to be invited to make impromptu speeches on select topics
Presenter: Caroline Dyche
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Faculty Courtyard |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
12:30PM - 1:30PM |
INTERACTIVE SESSION |
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 |
1:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
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 - 2:00PM |
DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT |
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 |
1:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
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-2:30pm |
WORKSHOP |
The UWI Library Workshop Series
Topic: Plagiarism & EndNote
Overview: Workshop on Plagiarism & EndNote for graduate students
Presenter: Mrs. Karlene Nelson, Librarian, Loan & Reference
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UWI Mona Science Branch Library PGLC Computer Lab |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00PM - 3:00PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
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 |
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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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 ideolog |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00PM - 3:00PM |
LECTURE PRESENTATION |
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 |
WORKSHOP |
CARIMAC
Title: Motion Graphics Workshop
Overview: A practical workshop that introduces participants to another dimension of animation, Motion Graphics.
Using existing images and text, each participant will discover the process of creating basic motion graphics for advertising and broadcasting.
Presenter: Desmond Young
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Animation Lab, CARIMAC Annex 2 |
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18 |
1:00PM - 2:00PM |
DEPARTMENT COURTYARD EXHIBIT |
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 |
