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The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has conferred ‘Emeritus Professor’ titles on Professors Brian Copeland and John Agard, both of the St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Both conferrals are with immediate effect.

During the Western campaign to illegalise the trans-Atlantic Trade of Africans in the 19th century, traders and their allies argued that African commercial and political interests were their business partners. According to Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI) and Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, “Since then, this perspective has gained global traction, becoming the dominant narrative, particularly in the Caribbean and the Americas.

On Friday, March 10, The UWI Cave Hill Campus held the open session of its annual business meeting of Campus Council for 2023. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus, Professor Clive Landis delivered the Annual Report on the 2021/2022 Academic Year. 

The first point in the Caribbean-led reparatory justice programme jointly championed by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and CARICOM calls for ‘formal and sincere apology’ as a precondition of healing for descendants of enslaved peoples.

The Barbados National Registry (BNR) a centre of The University of the West Indies, housed at the George Alleyne Chronic Disease research Centre-Barbados has published its latest report on cancer entitled “Cancer in Barbados Report 2022”, which shares the number of cases and cancer types most prevalent in our population from 2013 – 2018, as well as the leading causes of cancer-related deaths from 2013-2021.  

Two UWI medical researchers are sounding the alarm on the rising incidence of cancers in developing states.  Dr. Natalie Greaves, clinician-researcher, lecturer in Public Health at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus and Co-Chair of the colo-rectal working group for the African Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3), and Dr. Cheryl Alexis, haematologist, oncologist and senior lecturer in Clinical haematology also at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill are advocating for increased education towards early identification and treatment of the disease. 

Canada’s relationship with the Caribbean came into sharp focus at the recently held Canada-Caribbean Institute Symposium (CCIS), hosted by The UWI Cave Hill campus.  

The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), hosted by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) was recently announced as a recipient of a sustainability grant from Airbnb, the online marketplace for short-term homestays and experiences.  

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Christine Randle as the new Director of the UWI Press. Ms Randle’s appointment became effective in January, 2023.   

UWItv is pleased to announce the launch of a new series in its programming entitled “UWI’s PhDs, a Conversation in Development.” This special series, highlighting the research and findings of the doctoral research and theses of UWI PhD graduates, was designed and developed in partnership with the University’s School for Graduate Studies and Research.