{"id":60197,"date":"2019-09-09T10:13:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=60197"},"modified":"2019-09-09T16:27:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T20:27:54","slug":"faculty-and-researchers-invited-to-canada-caribbean-institute-info-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/09\/faculty-and-researchers-invited-to-canada-caribbean-institute-info-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and researchers invited to\u00a0Canada-Caribbean\u00a0Institute info session\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Brock\u00a0<\/span>University\u00a0<\/span>moves\u00a0<\/span>closer to<\/span>\u00a0establish<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>Institute for Canada-Caribbean Studies<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in partnership with the University of West Indies (UWI), Brock faculty members and researchers are invited to attend an information session this week to learn about potential academic and research collaborations.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Thursday, Sept. 12 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Schmon Tower 103, Christine Marrett, Senior Programme Officer with the UWI Global Affairs Office, will provide a brief overview of UWI\u2019s academic structure and research foci as well as specific academic programs and researchers interested in collaborating with Brock.<\/p>\n

This past April,\u00a0<\/span>Brock and UWI signed memorandums of understanding<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that began discussions for the proposed institute. The joint initiative will\u00a0<\/span>connect scholars from across Canada and the Caribbean to collaborate on important social, environmental and economic issues that are vital to the shared prosperity of both regions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As the\u00a0<\/span>top university in the\u00a0<\/span>Caribbean<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>UWI<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is internationally recognized as a\u00a0<\/span>centre<\/span>\u00a0of excellence in research, knowledge creation and innovation on matters related to the Caribbean and Small Island States.\u00a0<\/span>UWI serves the\u00a0<\/span>countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean, including Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; the Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; the British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Dominica; Grenada; Jamaica;\u00a0<\/span>Monsterrat<\/span>; St. Kitts-Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; and the Turks and Caicos Islands.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>visit\u00a0<\/span>UWI’s main website<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and the following\u00a0<\/span>web pages: <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n