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The 15th Annual University of West Indies Toronto Benefit Awards marked another successful year of fundraising supporting scholarships for Caribbean students on Saturday, April 20. Held at the elegant Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, Canada, and hosted by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Anchor, Dr. Dwight Drummond, the gala event was at capacity with 450 guests from executive-level businesses, public personalities, and community leaders. Together, they raised over $400,000 Canadian in one night. 

Commonwealth Secretary General, The Rt. Honourable Baroness Patricia Scotland, has highlighted the need for an unprecedented level of international political and economic cooperation to address the myriad challenges facing the world today.
 
Baroness Scotland was delivering the inaugural Commonwealth lecture entitled ‘Legacy: Seventy-Five Years of the Modern Commonwealth’, at the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management on Friday.

Caribbean Law Review, the flagship publication of the Faculty of Law at The UWI Cave Hill Campus, is back in circulation after a 15-year hiatus.

The biannual publication, renowned for its academic rigour, made an impactful re-emergence into legal realm discourse with its June special issue calling attention to noncommunicable diseases, one of the most significant health threats to Caribbean countries.
 

The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce that The Most Honourable Dodridge D. Miller, FB, FCCA, MBA, LL.M, LLD (Hon) has been appointed as its 7th Chancellor—the highest office-holder in The UWI system. Now formally Chancellor-Designate, Dr Miller is expected to serve a seven-year term beginning August 1, 2024. He will succeed Robert Bermudez who has served as Chancellor since 2017.

Three academics from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) have been selected as part of the first cohort of the Rising Scholars: Breast Cancer Programme, an international breast cancer research initiative for Early Career Researchers (ECRs). The UWI’s Dr. Simone Badal, Dr. Heather Harewood, and Dr. Natalie Greaves are among the 25 researchers chosen from around the world, with the programme focusing on providing opportunities to Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) and underserved communities.