FR 09/10 02 Engineering 22 Humanities & Education 42 Medical Sciences 72 Science & Agriculture 119 Social Sciences 135 Centres & Units 196 Publications and Conferences 1 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The FaculTy compleTed iTs ReseaRch and innovaTion sTRaTegy and began engagemenT oF vaRious sTakeholdeRs inside and ouTside oF The univeRsiTy FoR FuRTheR inpuT inTo The plan. 2 FR 09/10 Executive Summary A new Electronics Engineering programme The Faculty of Engineering continued its major activities commenced at the Mona Campus in September 2009 in three areas related to the UWI Strategic Plan 2007- with an initial enrolment of 17 students. Twelve (12) of 2012, i.e., Curriculum and Pedagogical Reform (CPR) at these have successfully transitioned to Level 2. The the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, Research programme attracted over 200 first choice applicants and Innovation, and Support Systems. The Faculty for September 2010, of which 32 were accepted into the completed its Research and Innovation strategy and first year (Level 1). Ten (10) students with a Diploma began engagement of various stakeholders inside and in Electrical Engineering from the University of outside of the University for further input into the plan. Technology in Jamaica (UTech) were accepted into Level 2, along with 3 transfer students from the The Faculty completed its plans for implementation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, of a pre-engineering programme in September 2010, UWI, St. Augustine. This shows that the programme inclusive of a vocational training component, and is becoming increasingly attractive. More needs to offered Caribbean-wide through the Open Campus. In be done in strengthening the administration under addition, the Faculty started the process of review of its the Faculty of Engineering so as to better ensure its Assessment and Promotions procedures. Two members accreditation. of staff, Professor Winston Lewis and Dr. Bheshem Ramlal attended a workshop conducted by Dr. Raoul For the review period the Faculty enrolled 375 Arreola, author of the book Developing a Comprehensive undergraduates, inclusive of the aforementioned 17 Faculty Evaluation System which is being used as a in the Electronics Engineering programme at Mona, reference for the review process. and 241 postgraduates. Twenty-eight (28) members of staff attended training provided by the Instructional The Faculty continued its excellent work in consolidating Development Unit (IDU). The Faculty offered 62 the gains made in improving systems to provide for a courses with an e-learning component and introduced better learning experience. Significantly, the Department one market-driven course. of Electrical and Computer Engineering in collaboration with the Instructional Development Unit (IDU) is to be Work continued through the Engineering Institute in commended for its work in starting a programme that the offering of Continuing Professional Development seeks to assist students in identifying their learning styles courses. and developing their learning capabilities. In addition, the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing The Faculty continued the initiative of using internal Engineering should be congratulated for its efforts in resources, including staff as well as students, to its course and programme review, guided by feedback it facilitate the commissioning of the refurbished Block received from its accreditors and from the UWI internal 13 building for the academic year. Of significance quality review process. was the formation of the Classroom Technology Support Unit (CTSU) which was mandated to 3 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus take responsibility for all Multimedia equipped Research continued in the different disciplines within classrooms in the faculty, to assess the compliance of the Department. The Department has also continued all classrooms to applicable classroom standards and to collaborate with a number of international to recommend and effect modifications to bring all institutions. classrooms up to these standards. During the period under review, the Department Departmental Executive Summary graduated 62 students from its undergraduate programmes as follows: First Class Honours (31%), Department of Chemical Engineering Second Class Honours Upper Division (40%), Second The Department continued to maintain its quality Class Honours Lower Division (26%) and Pass (3%). delivery despite its ongoing staffing challenges. The Departmental Office and members of staff were Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering relocated to the refurbished Block 13 at the start of In 2009, the Department of Civil and Environmental the new academic year 2009/2010. Engineering continued to perform creditably in its teaching and research endeavours. The enrolment A major review of the Curriculum for the BSc degree to the undergraduate programmes was near capacity in Chemical and Process Engineering commenced in and this is expected to continue for the next few the second half of the academic year 2009/2010, and is years. The postgraduate enrolment expanded still ongoing. The Department made steady progress significantly due to restructuring efforts designed in enhancing its physical facilities via implementation to take advantage of perceived increased demand. of recommendations from an Occupational Health In terms of research activity, several manuscripts and Safety Consultant. The Department takes pride were published in archival refereed journals, and in having the only functional Safety Committee in the progress was made on product development for Faculty, and continues to work assiduously to improve Caribbean application (disaster-resistant housing). standards of Health and Safety. The department was also well-represented on several national and regional technical committees, and The MSc in Petroleum Engineering was accredited hosted a regional seminar on the building code being by the UK-based Energy Institute for further learning used as a model to develop the Caribbean Building for Chartered Engineers (CEng) status, and has been Code. In keeping with the department’s commitment granted Member of the Energy Institute (MEI) status to quality assurance and continuous improvement, for intake years 2009-2013. The BSc in Petroleum a self-assessment was undertaken, benchmarked Geosciences was also accredited for partial Chartered against leading UK departments, culminating in a Scientists (CSci) status and MEI status for intake restructured undergraduate programme. This is to years 2009-2013. Both programmes have now earned be implemented from Semester 1 of 2010, and is part double accreditation. of the activities for the Department’s re-accreditation exercise scheduled for 2011. 4 FR 09/10 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Geomatics Engineering Over the period 2009/2010, the Department spent and Land Management much of its time and effort in preparing for an (Formerly Surveying & Land Information) accreditation visit from the Institution of Engineering In academic year 2009/2010 the Department made and Technology (IET). This visit resulted in the strides in the full implementation of its revised re-accreditation of the Bachelor of Science (BSc) curricula. Special focus was placed on ensuring that degree for the 2010 intake to the 2012 intake, a major assessments were linked with the learning outcomes accomplishment. A monitoring review will be designed for each course. required in the 2012/2013 academic year to determine if accreditation would be extended to the 2014 intake. Academic staff continued to make significant The Department also completed a Quality Assurance contributions to professional bodies both at local Review exercise coordinated by the Quality Assurance and international levels. Many of its students were Unit at St Augustine and continued the enhancement awarded scholarships with exchange programmes of various aspects of its programme of Teaching and for graduate studies in Canada. Staff contributions Learning. to the public sector and the UWI-12 (non-campus territories) were at an all-time high. Improvements in The Department is engaged in the study of mobile research output led to journal publications, technical applications for small scale fisheries, multi-processor reports, and conference papers. systems and linear circuit applications. It continued its innovative work in steelpan technology and The Department graduated two PhDs and the energy efficiency. Its staff continued to publish throughput of its MSc programmes also saw a major scholarly research in international refereed journals improvement. Enrolment in all programmes was and to deliver presentations at national, regional and stable with a significant increase in the BSc Land international seminars and conferences. Management (Valuation) Programme. Its students continue to excel on all fronts and for the second The Department maintained collaborative consecutive year a Geomatics Engineering and Land arrangements with several regional and Management student was elected President of the international institutions including the Caribbean Engineering Student Society of the Faculty. Telecommunications Union, the Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative Research Initiative, IBM, Nvidia Corporation, MIT’s NextLab, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Trinity College Dublin and the University of Calgary. 5 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Department of Mechanical Students & Manufacturing Engineering Enrolment Members of staff in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering have been actively Undergraduate Enrolment involved in Research and Innovation. The research For the academic year 2009/2010 the undergraduate conducted during the 2009/2010 academic year intake for all programmes in the Faculty was 334 resulted in (2) MPhil/PhD graduates and thirteen (13) students, including 32 at the Mona Campus. This was International Journal Publications. 13% more than the previous year. All five (5) Graduate Studies Programme in the Postgraduate Enrolment Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing The Faculty attracted 223 new students into its taught Engineering are fully accredited by the IMechE and postgraduate Diploma/Master’s programmes, a 30% are well subscribed. In the period under review, the decrease from the previous academic year which had Engineering Management Programme started its an enrolment of 292. delivery in Guyana. In addition, the Department began offering its new MSc programme in Engineering New postgraduate enrolments in MPhil and PhD Asset Management with an enrolment of forty-three programmes of the Faculty, while still low, increased (43) students. by 15% to 22 students in 2009/2010. Research student enrolment is expected to remain low given the very The Department finalized its curriculum review of good employment opportunities for lower level degree the three undergraduate programmes and obtained graduates in Trinidad and Tobago and the region for the necessary University approvals. Implementation Engineers, Surveyors and Petroleum Geoscientists of the first year changes were approved for execution and the traditional lack of regional employment in September 2010. The Department also began the opportunities that fully utilise the skills of PhD and process of laboratory upgrade in response to previous MPhil graduates. accreditation reports and intends to complete this process in time for the re-accreditation exercise in the Total Enrolment coming academic year. Student enrolment at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels over the past three years was as follows: enRolmenT 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 ToTal 2377 2297 2405 posTgRaduaTe % 38% 40% 37% 6 FR 09/10 There has been a steady increase in the percentage of Postgraduate postgraduate students. In 2009/2010, 166 students graduated from taught postgraduate programmes, a 52% increase from Graduation the previous year which had a figure of 87 students. Undergraduate Twenty-two (22) of these students graduated with In 2009/2010, the Faculty produced 369 graduates Distinction. Nine (9) students graduated with in the various disciplines. This figure is just about research degrees: Four (4) MPhils and five 5 PhDs. 15% higher than the previous year when there were The following is the list of the PhD awardees and the 319 graduates. The Department of Mechanical & titles of their respective theses: Manufacturing Engineering graduated 107 students, the highest number across the Faculty and about 12% PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering John Joseph more than the previous year. Title of Thesis: ‘Modelling of non-linear electrical devices using Fifty-two (52) graduates achieved First Class Honours, artificial Neural Networks’ three (3) more than the previous year. The following students topped the various programmes, all with 1st PhD Electrical & Computer Engineering Fasil Muddeen Class Honours Title of Thesis: Chemical & Process Engineering ‘An Acoustic Study of the Steel Pan’ Robert Shirley PhD Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Keron Mootoosingh Kimberly Ramroop Title of Thesis: Electrical and Computer Engineering ‘Overall Convective Heat Transfer from Pipe Surfaces’ Gerald Mahadeo PhD Surveying & Land Information Geomatics Armanath Chinchamee Ijaz K. Ramsahai Marcus S. Arthur Title of Thesis: ‘Developing a Geoinformatics Based Methodology to Industrial Engineering Manage Natural Vegetation Habitats in Trinidad’ Amrika Ramjewan PhD Urban & Regional Planning Land Management (Valuation) Josanne Sayers David Neale Title of Thesis: Mechanical Engineering ‘Physical Development along a Coastline Boundary: Prakash Samaroo an Examination of Sea-Use and Development on the Trinidad West Coast’ Petroleum Geoscience Alicia Bertie 7 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Student Success & Awards Imagine Cup Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering For the 2010 Competition, Microsoft Trinidad and Code Jam Tobago was pleased to sponsor for the first time a Three final year students developed an application for local Imagine Cup final that guaranteed a place at the gathering and managing feedback on social equity international finals for a local team. The local team issues and won a software development contest. was headed by Craig Ramlal, with Azim Abdool as Participating teams were asked to design creative, Head Consultant for the second year running. They novel and useful SMS-based (Short Messaging again entered the competition under the Embedded Service) applications that addressed an assigned Systems Development Category. The team topped category from the Ministry of Public Administration’s the regional competition and competed at the National Information Communication Technology International Round. The prize was an Ebox 4300 and Plan goals. the design was that of an autonomous, intelligent, cheap aeroponic system. Yudistre Jonas, Craig Ramlal and Gyasi Ambrose won the $8000 first prize in Code Jam, a team-based Staff programming competition, now in its second year, Efforts have been made to improve the recruitment which aims to promote software development in and retention of staff. The Department of Chemical Trinidad and Tobago. Code Jam focuses on the creation Engineering under its new Department Head of SMS-based applications using the Teleios Message continued its succession planning activities. Electrical Central mobile messaging service delivery platform, and Computer Engineering saw Mr. Sean Rocke being which was opened to facilitate the competition. This offered a LASPAU/Fullbright Scholarship for studies contest took place on March 11, 2010 in the Faculty in the USA. In addition, it continued the grooming of Engineering and was sponsored by software firm process of hiring young potential academics in various Teleios Systems, in collaboration with Microsoft, capacities. bmobile and the Ministry of Public Administration. Major Awards, Special Honours, Distinctions A team of first year students, Ramone Graham, Vincent Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Ramoutar, Darryl Grant and Azeem Mohammed, • Professor Stephan Gift: NIHERST built an SMS Job Application service, and copped the Appreciation Award 2009 for Dedicated $6000 second-place prize. Service to the Caribbean Youth Science Forum 8 FR 09/10 Appointments, Promotions, Appointments, Promotions, Resignations & Retirements Resignations & Retirements Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering • Professor Stephan Gift: NIHERST • Dr. David Janes - New appointment Appreciation Award 2009 for Dedicated • Professor John Akingbala - retired Service to the Caribbean Youth Science Forum Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Mr. Hector Martin (Construction Group) – Department of Geomatics Engineering New appointment & Land Management • Dr. Pramenath Narinesingh (Water Group) – (formerly Surveying & Land Information) New appointment • Professor Jacob Opadeyi, elevated to Fellow, • Mrs. Charmaine O’Brien-Delpesh (Coastal Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Group) – New appointment • Dr. Michael Sutherland, confirmed Chair • Dr. Mirko Schankat (Water Group) – New (2011-2014), Commission 4, International appointment Federation of Surveyors • Dr. Everson Peters - Tenured • Dr. Michael Sutherland, accepted as Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Surveyors • Mr. Sanjay Bahadoorsingh – New appointment Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Department of Geomatics Engineering • Professor K.F. Pun: Biography published & Land Management in Who’s Who in the World 2009, • Dr. Charisse Griffith-Charles - Tenured 26th Edition, The Marquis Who’s Who Publication Board (ISSN 83-9825) Department of Mechanical • Professor K.F. Pun: Biography published in & Manufacturing Engineering Who’s Who in Science and Engineering • Dr. Graham King – New appointment 2009-2010, 10th Edition, The Marquis Who’s Who Publication Board (ISSN 0083-9817) 9 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Transforming Leadership, Culture & Processes opportunities supported by UWI development Members of academic staff are continually encouraged activities but would also seed and direct more to attend training sessions at IDU. Work is continuing meaningful and higher levels of UWI pure and on the development of an Administrative Handbook applied research portfolio. The Faculty of Engineering aimed at changing the culture in the Faculty, to is proud of the fact that this proposal now forms streamline all processes and to ensure quality the core of the Trinidad and Tobago Government’s assurance in all its undertakings. strategy for enhancing national innovation to better ensure economic growth and sustainability. Training initiatives at the Faculty led to one member of academic staff being awarded a Teaching Certificate R&D efforts continued through the Engineering from the IDU and another was later registered in the Institute, most notably in the Steelpan Initiatives programme. Twenty-eight (28) academics exposed Project which received continued positive public themselves to at least one course in teaching and exposure through beta testing exercises conducted on learning effectiveness. Two members of staff attended the G-Pan and the Percussive Harmonic Instrument professional training workshops in Fundamentals of (PHI). G-pans were used for the first time at the Land Administration (Training for Land Surveyors) National Panorama Steelband Competitions, and another was specially invited to participate in an signalling a start in the acceptance of the new Expert Consultation on the operationalisation of the instrument. Caribbean Sea Commission, organized by the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies Department of Chemical Engineering (CERMES), in Barbados. Research continued in the different disciplines within the Department. In the Chemical Engineering Unit, Research research continued in the areas of multiphase flow, Faculty Overview near critical fluid extraction, biofilms, interfacial The Faculty’s Research and Innovation committee science, thermal cracking of polymers and production completed its mandate of drafting a proposal on how of biodegradable plastics from brewery and sugar The UWI could best address the challenge posited containing wastes. in the Strategic Plan 2007-2012 for improving its Research and Innovation portfolio. The proposal, In the Petroleum Engineering and Petroleum which was accepted by the Faculty Board, endorsed Geoscience programmes, research continued to be the approach described in the UWI Strategic Plan focused on heavy oil reserves and their methods of 2007-2012 document of the urgent need for increased exploitation; reservoir heterogeneities; reservoir levels of innovation to support Caribbean economic fluid analysis; gas hydrates; gas monetization; growth and sustainability. It proposed a structure for micropaleontology; CO2 injection into reservoirs; a Caribbean-wide Innovation System that would not and alternative energy strategies. only see the expansion and improvement of business 10 FR 09/10 In the Food Science & Technology Unit (FSTU) Professor Brian Copeland and Dr. Ronald De Four programme, food safety; risk assessment; carbohydrate • Filing of G-Pan Patents and Trademarks and root crop flour characterization and utilization; and • Filing of P.H.I. Patents and Trademarks product development and evaluation of underutilized local agricultural material were the core research areas. Department of Geomatics Engineering The FSTU is represented on CARDI’s Sweet Potato & Land Management Industry Development Committee that has a mandate Raid Al-Tahir to conduct research and development on the sweet • Developing a Geoinformatics Based potato. Methodology to Manage Natural Vegetation Habitats in Trinidad, PhD Thesis by Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Amarnath Chinchamee. The Department has continued its innovative work in • A Spatial Analysis Approach to Studying steelpan technology and energy efficiency as it moves Mud Volcano Distribution in Trinidad. toward the establishment of new revenue streams into Nadine Pitamber. MSc (Geoinformatics). The University as a result of this effort. The Department • Agroclimatic Zoning of Trinidad for is also engaged in the study of mobile applications Cacao Cultivation. Arlene Aaron. MSc for the small scale fisheries targeting improvements (Geoinformatics). in livelihoods, safety, informal education and citizens empowerment. The Department has continued to Charisse Griffith-Charles and Dexter Davis publish scholarly research in international refereed • The Use of Geodetic Techniques to journals and to deliver presentations at national, Determine Vertical Deformation of Land on regional and international seminars and conferences. the East and West Coasts of Trinidad, MPhil Research by Arleene Atwell-Martinez. Major Projects Completed Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Michelle Mycoo • Research was completed on sustainable soil • “Assessing the Implications of Tourism and reinforcement by Dr. A. Mwasha Promoting Sustainable Development on • Research was completed on improved the Coast of Trelawny, Jamaica”, MSc Urban hurricane resistant roofing by Dr. R. Clarke and Regional Planning Research Project by Doneika Simms Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering • “Land Developers, Hillside Development Professor Brian Copeland and Flooding in the Northern Range, • Completion of G-Pan manufacturing process Trinidad”, MSc Urban and Regional design Planning Research Project, by Jaimie Birbal. • Completion of P.H.I. manufacturing process design 11 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • Exploring Urban Design Solutions and Bheshem Ramlal Planning Guidelines: A Case Study of • “Spatial Analysis Techniques to Investigate Georgetown, Guyana, “MSc Urban and Landscape Archaeology on the Island of St. Regional Planning Research Project, by Kitts”, MPhil Research by Madiha Farag- Anna Perriera,” Miller. • “Land Use Change and River Ecology in the Jacob Opadeyi Arima Valley”, Trinidad, MPhil Research by • “Towards an Integrated Approach for Shobha Sherry-Ann Maharaj, Department GIS- based Flood Risk Assessment: A Case of Life Sciences, Co-Supervised with Dr. Study in the San Juan/Laventille Regional Mary Alkins-Koo Corporation”, MSc (Geoinformatics) by • “Spatial Cognition and GIS: Analysis of Stephen Boodhram, 2010 the Applicability of Spatial Cognition in • “Improving Public Participation Using a the Design of User Interfaces to support Three-Dimensional Model of Reality”, MSc differences within Human Use”, Barry (Planning and Development) by Gabrielle Sinanan, MSc (Geoinformatics) Thongs, 2009 • “The development of cartographic standards • “Evaluating the Impacts of Landuse/Cover for a geological and petroleum environment on the Demerara Watershed, Guyana, using using GIS Tools”, Gernina Sawh, MSc the Automated Geospatial Watershed (Geoinformatics) Analysis Tool”, MSc (Geoinformatics) by • “The development of CSF in implementing Carlene Boodoo, 2010 GIS related projects and the analysis of GIS • “Mitigating Flood Disaster Risk in Local diffusion in the Oil and Gas industry within Communities: Trinidad Case Study”, MSc Trinidad and Tobago”, Kavita Nanan, MSc (Planning and Development) by Tracey (Geoinformatics) Elcock, 2010 • “Methodology for Designing and • “The Design of a Postal Code System for Developing Graphical User Interfaces for Trinidad and Tobago Using GIS Concepts”, GIS Systems”, Lynn Bereton Joab, MSc MSc (Geoinformatics) by Rehanna Jadoo, (Geoinformatics). 2010 12 FR 09/10 Department of Chemical Engineering R.A. Dawe Gail S.H. Baccus-Taylor • Heterogeneity effects (permeability • Investigations into Mauby (Colubrina elliptica) and wettability) on reservoir flow and Drink Fermentation displacement. • The Development of Dark Chocolates from • Alternative Energy of relevance to the Fine/Flavour Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) Caribbean Islands particularly wave, wind, grown in Trinidad & Tobago geothermal, solar and developments. • Antibacterial Activity in Local Herbs • Desalination of sea water by freezing • Detection & Quantification of Cryptosporidium particularly gas hydrates parvum in Water • Hydrates - the feasibility of transporting • Risk Assessment in the Broiler chicken industry stranded natural gas around the Caribbean • Detection of Listeria monocytogenes and using gas hydrates (GtS); unconventional Salmonella in Ready-to-Eat Foods source for natural gas from sub-sea hydrates • The Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in • Heavy oil; Vapour extraction via horizontal Select Abattoirs in Trinidad wells; downhole heating; foamy oil; heavy oil • Development of a Wastewater Treatment Plan wastewater cleanup; asphaltine production at a local distillery problems. • Gas Condensate entrapment within porous W.G. Bertrand media during production. • Scope developed for Research into location, • Sustainability; energy, food, employment, classification, resource quantity, production water. methods, transportation and refining of Heavy • Volumes of mixing. Oils in Trinidad & Tobago. • Sanding; dilation of unconsolidated sand; sand monitoring in production pipelines. D.P. Chakrabarti • Environment considerations; aspects of zero • Modeling hydrocracking in vapour liquid pollution emissions, heavy oil production, equilibrium oil-water separation, particularly gas flotation • Biosorption of Hexavalent chromium by of oily wastewaters, sanding and possible Lujanus Campechanus scales biotechnological inputs. (with A.C. Pilgrim) • Microwave pyrolysis of biomas R. Deo • Pretreatment of Biomass • Biofuels Production • Artificial neural network in two phase flow • Software for Pinch and HAZOP Studies pattern recognition • Risk Management • Phase inversion in a two phase oil water system • Hydrodynamics of trickle bed reactors at high H. Henry pressures • History and Philosophy of Adult Education via the UWI Open Campus. 13 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus J. Marcelle-De Silva B.J. Tyler • Completed evaluation of 3-D seismic data • Atmospheric Aerosol Chemisty for Block 27 offshore the East Coast of • Network for Air Quality Monitoring in Trinidad Trinidad with an aim towards delineating • Atmospheric Aerosol Chemisty natural gas hydrate bearing zones. • Network for Air Quality Monitoring in Trinidad • Research was continued into the best • Enhanced analysis of surface chemical reservoir management practices which will spectroscopy data (BJT) create optimum development of thin oil • Biomaterials Interfaces (BJT) reservoirs. • Surface chemical charaterization of particulate matter (BJT) W.A. Mellowes • SODIS methodology for water and waste- M. Sahoo water treatment • Origin and evolution of fractures in Toco • Characterisation of flours from indigenous Trinidad. materials • Modelling the fracture systems in Toco • Production of bio-degradable plastics • Two billion year old continental breakup in • Anaerobic Digestion of Distillery Waste eastern India • Protein Recovery from and foaming • Closure of the north Singhbhum sea and properties of indigenous sources continental collision in eastern India • Production of bio-degradable plastics • Interpretation of paleostress direction from fractures in north east Trinidad A.C. Pilgrim • Estimation of Paleostress from fracture system • Heavy metals in surface waters and in Toco vegetation • Study of fracture system architecture in Toco • Carbon Foot-printing • Study and development of ligno-fibre J.B. Wilson products • Palaeoenvironments in the Brasso Formation of • Formulation of roof tile from recycled Central Trinidad materials • The Quaternary in DSDP Hole 148: The • Research and Development on Peppers and Changing Impact of the Orinoco Plume Pepper Products • Micropalaeontology of ODP 1006A (Bahamas) • Carbon Foot-printing • Micropalaeontology of Coral Reefs around St. • Study and development of ligno-fibre Kitts products • Larger foraminifera in the Early Micoene of the • Formulation of roof tile from recycled Cayman Islands materials 14 FR 09/10 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Michelle Mycoo Professor Brian Copeland • Adaptations to climate change and sea level • Steelpan Technology rise in the Caribbean • Liveable cities: Caribbean cities in the 21st Department of Geomatics Engineering century & Land Management Raid Al-Tahir Jacob Opadeyi • The use of Geoinformatics for the • GIS-based landslide risk modelling assessment of watersheds’ vulnerability • GIS-based flood risk modeling to land degradation in Trinidad. In • Postal codes systems for the Caribbean collaboration with R. Mahabir. • Assessment of Watershed Wealth Using Bheshem Ramlal Principal Component Analysis with GIS. • Child rearing and its links to Early Childhood In collaboration with F. Canisius and T. Education in Trinidad and Tobago: An Richardson. Analysis of Cultural Beliefs and Practices, • The Analysis of Land Cover and Land Use with the Family Development and Children’s Changes in Trinidad and Tobago. MPhil Research Centre, UWI, St. Augustine thesis by Terri Richardson. (2009/2010) • Developing Ocean Current Models • Caribbean Cultural Dynamics and the using Geostatistical Interpolation. MSc Globalization of Culture: Caribbean Oral Geoinformatics by Aaron Marcus. Culture: Subproject (1:2): The railway system • Assessment of a Reservoir’s Sustainability of Trinidad, with the Department of History, through Remote Sensing Based The University of the West Indies, St. Examination of Watershed’s Land Use. MSc Augustine. (2008-2010) Geoinformatics by Devi Ramcharan. Michael Sutherland Charisse Griffith-Charles • Managing adaptation to environmental • Family Land Tenure Governance and Extent change in coastal communities: Canada and in Tobago, MPhil Research by Sunil Lalloo the Caribbean. International Community - • GIS and Cadastral Reform in Trinidad and University Research Alliance (ICURA) 5-year Tobago – MSc Research by Christian Persad project, sponsored by the Social Sciences and • A Web-based GIS to Support Land Humanities Council and the International Administration in Trinidad and Tobago – Development Research Centre, Canada MSc research by Tegan Medina (SALISES, The University of the West Indies • Spatial Data Quality to Facilitate and University of Ottawa, Canada). Hierarchical Land Use Planning – MSc research by Niron Carrington 15 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • Assessing the socio-economic impacts The MSc in Petroleum Engineering was accredited by of flooding within the Caparo River the UK-based Energy Institute for further learning for Basin, Trinidad using the spatial analysis Chartered Engineers (CEng), and has been granted approaches. MSc Research by Dhanishi Member of the Energy Institute (MEI) status for intake Farnum. years 2009-2013. The BSc in Petroleum Geosciences • Reengineering a geoportal: Developing was also accredited for partial Chartered Scientists visual design decisions. MSc Research by (CSci) status and MEI status for intake years 2009- Kern J. Ranjitsingh. 2013. Both programmes have now earned double • Seismic Microzonation for Trinidad and accreditation. Tobago using a 3D GIS. MSc Research by Jillian St. Bernard. During the period under review, the Department • The Development of a GIS enabled graduated 62 students from its undergraduate Congestion Management System for Port of programmes as follows: First Class Honours (31%), Spain, Trinidad. MSc Research by Natalie Second Class Honours Upper Division (40%), Second Dobbs. Class Honours Lower Division (26%) and Pass (3%). • Graphical Database for Small Scale Fisheries in Trinidad and Tobago. MSc Research by Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Ravi Singh. In terms of departmental level support to students to improve student-centeredness, the web-based Teaching and Learning application “My ELearning” was used to provide Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering students with always-available access to information. A major review of the Curriculum for the BSc degree in Chemical and Process Engineering commenced in Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering the second half of the academic year 2009/2010, and is The Department of Electrical & Computer ongoing. The Department is making steady progress Engineering continued its development of its in enhancing its physical facilities via implementation Teaching and Learning processes. Consequently of recommendations from an Occupational Health many accomplishments were noted. and Safety Consultant. The Department takes pride in having the only functional Safety Committee in A Quality Assurance Review exercise, which was the Faculty that has worked, and continues to work coordinated by the Quality Assurance Unit at St assiduously, in improving standards of Health and Augustine, was completed. The programme’s delivery Safety. and environment was enhanced on account of student engagement in providing study resources, hardware 16 FR 09/10 and software tools, web-based information, problems Graduate Studies sets and a design studio. A curriculum renewal New/Substantially Revised Programmes exercise was completed with active involvement of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering the Instructional Development Unit. Engineering The Department switched to a demand-driven Practice involving practical issues in Engineering approach to postgraduate recruitment and will be Applications were further improved, such as safety, evaluating the success of this approach. In addition, ethical and legal issues and aspects of engineering through encouragement of good MSc students to practice. “Communications across the Curriculum” continue in research, this has led to an increase in was enhanced resulting in the improvement of PhD registrations. writing skills, team-building and confidence in oral presentations. Additionally CEng was accredited Curricula were reviewed to determine alignment for the Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from the with developments in the discipline and current Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK for practice. Therefore, traditional MSc programmes the 2010 intake to the 2012 intake with extension to such as Construction Management and Civil the 2014 intake, subject to a monitoring review in the Engineering were redesigned for better compliance 2012/2013 academic year. with new accreditation requirements. All courses were reviewed and revised where necessary, and all Office of the Dean assessment artifacts and schedules rationalized. During the period under review, the Faculty made The general delivery format was redefined to ensure all arrangements for the implementation of its Pre- a minimum number of contact hours, a course in Engineering programme. This programme is geared Research Methods, and a design project. for delivery to candidates who fall short of the qualifications for entry into the Faculty of Engineering Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering programmes. It offers courses in Mathematics, The Department completed a structural revision of the single major area of deficiency in high school its MASc Programme in Electrical and Computer graduates, Technical Drawing and Communication Engineering in accordance with the UK Standards for Skills. The programme has a vocational training Professional Engineering Competence published in component for which successful candidates would be 2008 by the Engineering Council of the UK and was awarded a Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) designed to satisfy the educational requirements for certificate at Level 1 at least; the inclusion of the Chartered Engineers. This, it is hoped, will improve vocational component facilitates academic learning the attractiveness of the programme to graduates through practical application. and practicing engineers in the region. The revised programme includes a course in Research Methods as required by the UWI School for Graduate Studies and Research. 17 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Outreach Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Strengthening Regionality The Department maintains fruitful collaborative Discussions with the Open Campus to partner in arrangements with several regional and the delivery of its Pre-Engineering programme that international institutions including the Caribbean primarily targeted the provision of increased access Telecommunications Union, the Latin American and to UWI-12 and other underserved communities Caribbean Collaborative Research Initiative, IBM, concluded and the first cohort was expected to start Nvidia Corporation, MIT’s NextLab, the Institute of in the 2010/2011 Academic Year. In addition, the Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Trinity College Faculty continued to respond to requests from various Dublin and the University of Calgary. The results Governments for assistance, particularly in the areas have included joint research programmes leading to of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Disaster significant journal publications, student exchanges Management. and inputs to curriculum development. Department of Chemical Engineering Service to UWI-12 Countries In May 2010, one lecturer delivered a seminar in Nevis and Other Underserved on nearshore micro-organisms. He identified some Communities sites prone to marine pollution and recorded natural, Discussions continued with the Open Campus non-invasive measures that could be used to mitigate to partner in the delivery of its Pre-Engineering the impact of hurricanes. A programme was initiated programme that primarily targets the provision of with the St. Kitts Heritage Society using micro- increased access to UWI-12 and other underserved organisms to assess the health of coral reef systems. communities. The programme is expected to physically start in Trinidad in the 2010/2011 Academic Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Year, targeting 40 students. The Department hosted a seminar on “Overview of IBC 2009 with an Emphasis on Changes from IBC 2006”. Strengthening the This seminar was held at the Faculty of Engineering National Engagement Processes via the Engineering Institute in November 2009, in Department of Chemical Engineering association with SK Ghosh and Associates as Presenter. Staff members continue to represent the Department It was attended by 35 professional engineers from on State Boards and Cabinet Appointed Committees. throughout the Caribbean. A staff member, an Executive of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) with responsibility for its Science Programme, was instrumental in organizing the Secondary School Teachers’ Workshop in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Guyana. This Workshop, hosted by CAS also included educators in the Region. 18 FR 09/10 One lecturer delivered a seminar in Nevis on nearshore Links with Industry Partners micro-organisms. He identified some sites prone to Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad & marine pollution and recorded natural, non-invasive Tobago measures that could be used to mitigate the impact of Board of Engineering of Trinidad & Tobago hurricanes. A programme was initiated with the St. bpTT Endowed Senior Position in Reservoir/Petroleum Kitts Heritage Society using micro-organisms to assess Engineering the health of coral reef systems. CEP Limited CISCO Academy Through the Engineering Institute, the FSTU CL Energy Services Limited collaborated with the Windward Islands Farmers’ Industrial Gases Limited Association (WINFA) by assisting a Co-operative in Microsoft St. Vincent & the Grenadines, in the area of product Neal & Massy Motors development and evaluation. The Commonwealth PCS Nitrogen Trinidad Limited of Dominica also benefited from the expertise of the Petrotrin FSTU in the area of food safety/risk assessment, trouble Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited shooting, product development & evaluation, and overall Powergen industry enhancement. Locally, the FSTU continues to T&T National Petroleum Marketing Company Ltd be engaged by private sector in similar activities. Further, Trinidad and Tobago Methanol Company (TTMC) collaborative research has commenced with the Cocoa Trintoplan Consultants Limited Research Unit in value-added products from cocoa. Unilever Caribbean Limited Collaborative doctoral research was also conducted with WASA Tuskegee University, USA. The Faculty also thanks the various individual and The Department has continued to collaborate with organizational sponsors of prizes at its Annual Prizes & a number of international institutions including the Awards. Indian Institute of Technology and the University of Alberta. Other External Links UNESCO-IHE (Edulink Project including COSTATT, the The Engineering Institute University of Guyana and WASA) The Faculty through its Engineering Institute (EI) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India continues to contribute to regional development through Caribbean Telecommunications Union outreach activities in research, training and consultancies. The Latin American and Caribbean Collaborative Its major activity continues to be the delivery of courses Research Initiative for continuing professional development (CPD). During IBM the period under review, the Institute delivered six (6) Nvidia Corporation CPD courses and 25 projects were in progress. MIT’s NextLab 19 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Projected Activities for 2010/2011 Trinity College, Dublin Programmes The University of Calgary Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering The University of Trinidad and Tobago Restructured undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are to be implemented. Revenue Generation & Cost Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Containment Activities The MASc programme was approved and accredited. The Faculty generated income by hosting short In addition, the research programme was enhanced courses (TT$1,032,813.00 - Gross Revenue) and and the undergraduate programme improved. Summer School 2009 (TT$313,200.00 - Gross Revenue). The Department of Civil & Environmental General Activities Engineering generated income from a projects Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering involving wall testing for Trinidad Aggregate Products Significant outcomes are expected from activities such Ltd ( TT$83,700.00). A seminar titled “Overview of as Caribbean Coastal Processes, Flooding in Trinidad IBC 2009 with an Emphasis on Changes from IBC and Tobago and Natural Disaster Resistant Housing. 2006” hosted by UWI/SKG generated an additional (TT$26,440.00). The event was held at the Faculty of Distinguished Visitors Engineering via the Engineering Institute in November 2009, in association with SK Ghosh and Associates Richard Aching as Presenter and was attended by 35 professional Ministry of Legal Affairs,Government of Trinidad & Tobago engineers from throughout the Caribbean Deoraj Beepaan Cost Containment/Increased Efficiency IET, UK The Faculty set up a Classroom Technology Support Roger Clark Unit (CTSU) to continue its drive to equip and to School of Earth & Environment, also provide technical support for all lecture rooms University of Leeds, UK with Audio/Visual equipment using the Penn State Allison Haggar standards for classrooms. This ongoing exercise has IET, UK resulted in substantial cost containment. Gav Hanes W2Pp Worldwide Academy, Geneva 20 FR 09/10 William Hennessey Franklin Pierce Law Centre, USA Oliver Hinton IET & Newcastle University, UK Mazina Kadir The Intellectual Property Office, T&T Charles Kwesiga Uganda Industrial Research Institute John Mertens Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA Eur Ing Steve Mustars Chairman, IET Americas, Houston, Texas, USA Anthony Paul Aces, Caribbean Energy Specialists, T&T Alfredo Pires Dili.timor-Leste, Natural Resources Laurie Power Energy Institute, UK Odd Raustein Stavanger, Norway Jene Reece Intellectual Property Office, T&T Milla Riggio Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA James Somerville Energy Institute, UK Jan Sykulski University of Southampton, UK 21 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The FaculTy, conTinued The RaTionalizaTion oF iTs couRse oFFeRings, designing couRses FoR diFFeRenT modes oF deliveRy wiTh incReasing Focus on The blended mode opTion 22 FR 09/10 Executive Summary Other major achievements during the review year in The Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE) the area of Teaching and Learning were the opening remained committed in 2009/2010 to fulfilling up of the Faculty’s Writing Centre to provide remedial its objectives in accordance with The University’s instruction to students across the Campus and the Strategic Plan in the key areas of Teaching and offering of Spanish and French courses for credit by Learning, Graduate Studies, Research and Innovation, the Centre for Language Learning (CLL). The CLL and Open Campus. The Faculty also focussed on its also trained 116 Cuban Health Professionals in English outreach goals and objectives. Language. Teaching & Learning Research In the academic year 2009/2010, the Faculty, in its In the area of research the FHE engaged in a number of focus on Teaching and Learning, continued the interesting projects surrounding two major research rationalization of its course offerings, designing clusters, namely: courses for different modes of delivery with more • Arts, Cultures and Theories of the Caribbean and more focus on the blended mode option and • Improvement and effectiveness of Public developing new undergraduate and graduate Education at the Early Childhood, Primary programmes and courses. Some exciting new School and Secondary School level programmes such as a BA in Geography and a BA in Dance were offered for the first time in 2009/2010. The Some exciting research projects that the Faculty Faculty responded to calls from the Deaf Community conducted in 2009/2010 were Professor Valerie and the media industry in Trinidad and Tobago for Youssef’s “Discourses of Violence and of Health”, relevant training programmes. Consequently, an Benjamin Braithwaite’s “Lokono revitalization in undergraduate Diploma in Caribbean Sign Language Suriname” and research conducted by Kathy-Ann and a Certificate in Journalism were approved in Drayton and Benjamin Braithwaite into the Sign 2009/2010 for offering in 2010/2011. The Faculty also Language varieties being used by the Deaf in Trinidad designed and received approval from Academic Board and Tobago. The School of Education was involved to offer new undergraduate courses in History, Film in five major international collaborative research and Education as well as some graduate courses. projects, which are outlined in this report under the Faculty’s Strategic Appraisal of its Research and Innovation in 2009/2010. 23 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Awards Future Goals A number of staff members received awards in The FHE has outlined a number of future goals in 2009/2010 for excellence in creative and festival keeping with its strategic plan in the body of this productions, and Literature and Latin American, report. Some key areas to note: Studies while the School of Education won research grants for projects in Culture and Curriculum. Teaching and Learning: The FHE plans to design and mount new programmes such as: In 2009/2010, FHE awarded 389 undergraduate • BA programmes in Cultural Studies and in degrees, of which 342 were honours degrees and of Arts Education that number, 67 were First Class Honours degrees. • Diplomas in Animation, Indian Music, The Faculty awarded 157 Postgraduate Diplomas Carnival Aesthetics, and Design and Carnival and 77 higher degrees of which five were Doctoral in Education degrees, four in the field of History and one in the • Advanced Certificate in Drama/Theatre-in- field of Linguistics. Education (as requested by the Ministry of 2009/2010 Publications Education to facilitate more Theatre Arts Teachers in Secondary Schools) FHE staff produced a number of publications in the • Certificate in Carnival Studies review period as listed below. • Programme in Product/Industrial Design • 3 Books • 13 Chapters in Books There are also plans to collaborate with the Faculty of • 2 Published Conference Papers Social Sciences to offer a 4-year BA/BSc with Education • 45 Articles and with the Faculty of Science & Agriculture to offer • 1 Exhibition a BEd and Master’s in Mathematics with Education. • 69 Papers presented at Conferences and The FHE also plans to focus on differentiated Symposiums instruction to address the characteristics of all types • 14 Other of learners in the teaching of reading and to infuse • 6 reviews (up from 5 in 2008/2009) critical thinking and authentic assessment into • 2 journal editorship (up from 1 in 2008/2009) courses offered. • 1 monograph • 2 online databases • 2 translations • 3 other 24 FR 09/10 Graduate Studies: FHE plans to design and/or offer Students new postgraduate programmes such as MFA/MPhil Enrolment in Film, MA in Film Literature and Cultural Studies, During the review period, total undergraduate M.Ed. Programmes in Leadership, Educational enrolment at the Faculty of Humanities and Technology, and Assessment and Evaluation; and Education stood at over 2,000 students while graduate implement approved Graduate programmes in enrolment amounted to just under 1000 students. Communication Studies, MSc in Speech Language Overall the Faculty experienced an overall increase of Pathology and a Master’s degree in Sports Management about 6% as a similar decline at the undergraduate in collaboration with FIFA. level, caused primarily by fewer students pursuing certificate and diploma programmes, was countered Research and Innovation: The Faculty intends to by a 50% increase in postgraduate enrolment. The deepen its focus on targeted research through the areas of Communication Studies, English Language creation of research clusters as mandated by the and Literature with Education, Early Childhood Care Campus Principal, PVC, Professor Clement Sankat, in and Education, and Film Studies continued to be the keeping with the UWI strategic plan. In order to create most subscribed programmes. a more enabling environment for the type of cluster- based research that is envisaged, Faculty hopes to set Graduating Students up a Projects and Research Unit headed by a Research The Faculty awarded 408 undergraduate degrees, of Coordinator and to provide Visiting Professors to which 359 were honours degrees including 72 First enhance research capacity and supervisory skills. Class Honours degrees. The top Bachelor of Arts It is intended that staff would be trained to design degree graduating student was Ms. Jade Achoy who and mount large scale research projects and to write majored in Visual Arts. Her counterpart graduating proposals and grant applications. from the School of Education was Mr. Erle Wright who majored in Primary Education: Educational Administrative Processes: The FHE hopes to improve Administration. the streamlining of administrative functions in the Faculty Office to better serve the Faculty and Registry, and to ultimately improve its service to its stakeholders, most important of which is its students. The design and implementation of a semi-permanent Faculty Master Timetable and an intra faculty electronic workflow are some such key projects. 25 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus At the postgraduate level, 141 Diplomas and 39 higher Staff degrees were awarded, including 5 were Doctoral In all, the Faculty welcomed 15 new members of staff degrees which were awarded as follows: to augment teaching in areas such as Education, • Debbie Wendy Mc Collin Literature and Languages. The Department of Creative (with High Commendation) - History and Festival Arts (DCFA) obtained permanent posts • Dane Morton-Gittens – History in Dance, Music and Theatre Arts to facilitate the • Sean Ellery Ng Wai – History expansion of these areas and there was an increase in • Elizabeth Anne Ramjeawan – History the number of Study Abroad opportunities available • Dwane Kebdall Garcia (posthumous) - to staff in the Department of Liberal Arts. Linguistics Awards, Honours and Distinctions Noteworthy Achievements • Dr. Lancelot Cowie was commissioned a Students of the Faculty of Humanities and Education Kentucky Colonel by Governor Steven L. continue to excel on the national and international Beshear. Commonwealth of Kentucky in stage and this year, students enrolled in our Film recognition of outstanding contributions Programme were particularly successful. A number in the field of Latin American Studies, The of student films were screened at the 2009 Trinidad University of Louisville, Kentucky, Sept, and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) at MovieTowne Port 2009. of Spain. Among them, Jimmel Daniel’s student film • Dr. Jennifer Rahim won the Casa de las The Power of the Vagina received special mention Americas Literary Prize for Caribbean by the TTFF’s jury. The film was also shown at the Literatures in English or Creole for her 2009 Portobello Film Festival in London as was the collection of poems, Approaching Sabbaths documentary Got Paper? At What Cost? by Naomi (Peepal Tree Press, 2009). Howard. Professor Patricia Mohammed’s short • Dr. Jeannine Remy arranged and conducted film Coolie Pink and Green, edited by Film students the award winning steelband (CLICO Michael Mooleedhar and Christopher Din Chong Sforzata) to 1st place in the Pan in the 21st (Assistant Editor) received the TTFF People’s Choice Century competition in June 2010. Award. Meanwhile, Andre Johnson, a final year Film • Cacique Best Dramatic Production 2009, student, was awarded a TT$200,000.00 budget by the Fragments. Trinidad and Tobago Film Company to write, direct • Cacique Award for Best Actor (Marlon and produce his own short film entitled Sweet TnT. Debique) in Beauty and the Beast. • Cacique Award for Best Actress (Tramaine Lamy) in Beauty and the Beast. 26 FR 09/10 Appointments, Promotions, Transforming Leadership, Culture & Processes Resignations & Retirements: Staff at the Faculty continues to engage in training • Dr. Heather Cateau was promoted to Senior and professional development at different levels, Lecturer particularly in areas related to Testing, Assessment, • Mrs. Lynda Quamina-Aiyejina Online Instruction and the integration of ICT into was promoted to Senior Librarian II Level programme delivery. In addition, 48 academic staff • Dr. Basil Reid was promoted to Senior members of the Faculty participated in IDU Training Lecturer Workshops. The Faculty is particularly pleased to • Dr. Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw was recognise the academic achievements of the following promoted to Senior Lecture members of staff: • Dr. Merle Hodge, Literatures in English, • Ms. Claudette Jessop graduated in January Department of Liberal Arts - retired 2009 with an MBA in Marketing, Arthur Lok • Dr. Ramon Mansoor, Spanish, Department Jack Graduate School of Business. of Liberal Arts - retired • Dr. Sharanya Jayawickrama, Literatures • Mr. Diego Mideros Camargo graduated in English, Department of Liberal Arts - in October 2009 with an MEd in Youth resigned Guidance, UWI, St. Augustine. • Ms. Laura Serrano (Visiting Lecturer), Department of Liberal Arts - resigned • Ms. Samantha Mitchell graduated in October 2009 with an M Ed in Curriculum Obituaries Development, UWI, St. Augustine. • Mr. Dwane Garcia – Department of Liberal Arts • Ms. Sylvia Rose-Ann Walker graduated in • Ms. Samantha Pierre – Department of October 2009 with a PhD Literatures in Creative and Festival Arts English (with High commendation,) UWI, St. Augustine. Most outstanding thesis award, Faculty of Humanities & Education and Faculty of Social Sciences, 2009. 27 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Teaching and Learning Programmes in development Programmes A committee was set up to conceptualize a Pre- At the undergraduate level the Faculty introduced a BA service BEd programme in light of the closure of in Geography, a BA in Dance and a Minor in Caribbean the National Teachers’ Colleges and the new directive Sign Language. A new Certificate in Education for from the Ministry of Education that only persons School Librarians was also introduced as well as with professional qualifications would be employed courses in History and Screenwriting. Meanwhile, in the teaching service. An undergraduate Certificate for the first time the Centre for Language Learning in Carnival Studies is also under development. offered Spanish and French Level 1A and Level 1B courses for credit. The Faculty was granted approval The School of Education is exploring the establishment for an Undergraduate Certificate in Journalism of Cross-Departmental and Cross Faculty and an Undergraduate Diploma in Caribbean Sign Programmes and the development and design of Language. double major programmes. The intention is to have programmes that will attract new university students Curriculum Review to a career in teaching by providing them with the Curriculum reviews were conducted for programmes opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills in in Education, Film and Linguistics as well as the specific content areas while at the same time exploring Minor in Spanish, the Special in Visual Arts, and the educational theory and practice. This would include Carnival Arts programme. The course on French- being involved in planning for teaching, observing Lexicon Creole was reoriented towards Haitian Creole classroom teaching and some degree of classroom in response to the needs of experts who were travelling practice. to Haiti to provide support in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake which devastated the country. In all The Faculty’s contribution to development in departments and units the Faculty endeavoured to Tobago stepped up a notch this year as the School of follow through on the recommendations outlined in Education commenced offering both the BEd Early Quality Assurance Reviews. Courses with low intake Childhood Care and Development programme were also identified for review and consideration for and the Diploma in Education: Science in Tobago withdrawal while others were modified. in face to face mode. Meanwhile, use of E-learning continues to become more widespread across the Faculty. Discipline-appropriate software has been installed in the Computer Laboratory at the DCFA and this year marked the third year of delivery of the BEd online programme. Approximately 102 new students were engaged in the programme in the year under review. 28 FR 09/10 At the graduate level the Faculty welcomed the first Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) cohorts pursuing postgraduate work in Human The main infrastructural developments at the Communication Studies and the MEd in Reading. Faculty were at the Gordon Street location of the A Master’s in TESOL was approved by TheAcademic Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA). A Board this year while work continues on programmes new ‘temporary’ Musical Arts block was opened and such as a Postgraduate Diploma in Animation, an now houses staff offices, 16 practice rooms and two MA in Creative Design: Entrepreneurship and a music studios. Meanwhile, the Visual Arts Unit now Post graduate Pre-Service Diploma in Education features a new Mezzanine floor with studio space and which will cater to persons with an undergraduate five staff offices. The Festival Library at the DCFA degree who are seeking to enter the teaching was outfitted with equipment to transfer long playing profession. Some existing graduate programmes were records and video tapes to CDs. revised, such as the Arts and Cultural Enterprise Management Programme, which saw student Centre for Language Learning intake increase by 65% in 2009/2010 as a result, and The Centre for Language Learning entered into the MEd in Health Promotion. It was also proposed an agreement with the Instituto Cervantes, Spain, that Information Literacy be embedded in the whereby the CLL is now an examination centre for the programmes of the School of Education and a review Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) of graduate programmes was undertaken to facilitate in Trinidad and Tobago. The Centre assisted the implementation in the 2010/2011 academic year. Trinidad & Tobago Ministry of Health by providing English language training to three cohorts of Cuban Other Developments Health Care Professionals, 116 in total. Similar training This year saw the implementation of Faculty of was provided to a group of staff members from the Humanities and Education Writing Centre Referral Universidad Nacional de Colombia who benefited Form and Writing Centre Policy. Work is continuing from an intensive but varied programme which on the preparation of a Self-Preparatory Handbook included weekly visits to sites of interest in Trinidad. for the English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT), Functional Tertiary English and Functional Applications of Work on Tertiary English Language Learning. These projects are being produced jointly by the Department of Liberal Arts and the Office of the Dean. 29 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Research Jerome DeLisle was lead researcher (Trinidad and The Faculty has two major research clusters: Tobago) in an international project on Data Driven 1. Arts, Cultures and Theories of the Decision Making, an international comparative data Caribbean use study involving ten countries, including the 2. Improvement and effectiveness of Public USA, Canada, Britain, Belgium, South Africa, and Education at the Early Childhood, Primary Trinidad and Tobago. The Principal Investigator School and Secondary School level is Kim Schildkamp of the University of Twente, Netherlands. Research conducted 2009/2010 The Faculty celebrated the launch of a new peer June George and Susan Herbert worked on a reviewed journal emanating from the Department of large-scale assessment in Trinidad and Tobago with History. The History in Action Online Journal (www. Professor John Anderson of the Department of mainlib.uwi.tt/epubs/historyaction). At the DCFA, Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies of Rawle Gibbons engaged in research into Carnival the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Traditions, Caribbean Regional Festivals, Garifuna Raymond Hackett became a member of the IDEA (Belize and St. Vincent) and other 1st Nation Cultures, research network which is a research body of Latin Arts Policy in the Caribbean: the case of CARIBNET. American, Caribbean and Canadian researchers Research coming out of the CLL this year included a committed to the effectiveness and improvement of project by Beverly-Anne Carter on the development public education. of a foreign language policy for Trinidad and Tobago. This was done under the auspices of the Susan Herbert collaborated with Dr. Marcia Rainford, Ministry of Education’s Seamless Education Policy Lecturer, Department of Educational Studies, UWI, Unit with Ian Robertson of the School of Education Mona, to conduct an action research project aimed as the Principal Investigator. There was also a project at the continuing professional development of by Maria Landa on Spanish in contact with Bantu secondary science teachers in Jamaica and which languages: A comparison between Palenquero and the employs e-learning strategies. Spanish Interlanguage of Native speakers of Swahili. Researchers at the School of Education were involved Carol Logie lead collaborative research projects in a number of international research projects: involving The University of the West Indies, Early Childhood Care and Education Project and Syracuse University, College of Human Ecology and Family Studies. The projects are national surveys on (i) Childrearing beliefs and practices in Trinidad and Tobago, and (ii) Health, wellness and parenting practices in Trinidad and Tobago 30 FR 09/10 Other research projects undertaken at the School of Giselle Rampaul is involved in the interface Education looked at the impact of In-Service Training between British literature and postcolonial Caribbean on Early Childhood Teachers; the inclusion of perspectives. She is contributing to publication of elements of nature in the Early Childhood Curriculum an edited collection of essays with Barbara Lalla and a research project on Caribbean poetry. entitled Caribbean Postscripts: Afterwords on the British Canon: Caribbean Re-readings of Seventeenth Ongoing Research to Nineteenth Century British Literature. She is also Department of Liberal Arts involved in Children’s Literature and is editing a Jean Antoine is involved in archival research at volume on representations of the child in Caribbean the Fisher Rare Books Library at the University of Literature. Toronto. She is specifically engaged with research at the Walcott archive with a special focus on his film Louis Regis continues his significant work on scripts, story boards and drawings. This is part of a the Trinidad Calypso, West Indian Literature and long term project to understand and conceptualise Theatre. the specific impact of sound – visual dynamics on Caribbean Literature and Film. Geraldine Skeete continues to explore Literary Linguistics, Change and Development in Caribbean Barbara Lalla continues to spearhead her Literary Discourse and Gender and Sexuality. collaborative, cross disciplinary Caribbean Cultural Dynamics project contributing to publications and Jairo Sanchez has begun work on a project with the scholarly presentations. In addition she is working on Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc in which he is a Caribbean oriented research methods text Research localizing the Spanish Semantic Domains for their Methods in Caribbean Literary and Discourse Culture “Language Explorer” software, a programme designed for students of Caribbean Literary and Discourse for anthropologists, ethnographers and linguists Culture. This is a collaborative project with Nicole among other professionals. Roberts, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw and Valerie Youssef. 31 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Benjamin Braithwaite has begun work on a project Claudius Fergus continues to focus on a number aimed at Lokono revitalization in Suriname. of topics including Revolutionary Emancipation: The Dilemmas of Slavery, Internal Security and Kathy-Ann Drayton continues to research Abolitionism in the Reformation of the British West language disabilities and difficulties experienced by Indies; Anansi, an African Legacy: Bridging Time, young learners in the school system, supporting a Spaces and Spirits; Emancipation and ‘Military government–funded research project in this key area. Necessity’ during the Haitian Revolution: Challenging She has also teamed up with Benjamin Braithwaite the hegemonic paradigms of Slavery and Freedom; to conduct research into the Sign Language varieties and The Memory of Africa in “Nation Songs” and being used by the Deaf in Trinidad and Tobago. Calypso in the Diaspora; and the Ritualising of the Atlantic Slave trade Experience in West Africa. Valerie Youssef continues her research on Discourses of Violence and of Health. Together with Paula A Garcia is exploring 19th Century Cuban Morgan, she edited the 4th Issue of the Caribbean Independence & José Martí’s Relations with Review of Gender Studies on the theme: The Culture African Diaspora Global Perspectives while Kusha of Violence in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study. Haraksingh examines Law in Plural Societies; The This brought together leading local work in the Caribbean and International Trade; Globalization in field of violence intervention. She is also about to theory and practice. The United States in the English embark on a new phase of the International Corpus Speaking Caribbean and Caribbean Archaeology and of English (ICE): Trinidad & Tobago Project with Dr. History in Maps and Images are topics that continue Dagmar Deuber of Freiburg University. This project to attract the attention of G. Matthews establishes the nation’s Standard language variety amongst World Englishes accessible as a recognized Rita Pemberton’s research takes a look at the History language corpus. of the Caribbean Agro-Economics Society and the Constitutional History of Tobago, but she shows a Department of History strong interest in the health history of the region with Bridget Brereton is conducting research into works such as Health and Development in Africa and Contesting the Past: Narratives of Trinidad & the African Diaspora; Health & Medicine in the 19th Tobago’s History; Society & Social Change in the Century Caribbean; Prison Medicine in the British British Caribbean, 1838-1938; Update to Dictionary of Caribbean; and Representation and Other Matters of Trinidad & Tobago Biography. Concern to Doctors in the British Caribbean during the Early 20th Century. Heather Cateau continues to explore Enslavement Systems in the Caribbean and North America; And Revisionism in Caribbean Historiography. 32 FR 09/10 Basil Reid continues to shed light on the first peoples Department of Creative and Festival Arts of the Caribbean with research such as Caribbean At the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, Dani Time (5000 B.C. to the 21st Century); The Encyclopedia Lyndersay is carrying out research into how (certain) of Caribbean Archaeology; Caribbean Archaeology socio-cultural dimensions of a society can be healed by and History in Maps and Diagrams (5000 BC – 1917); the transformational elements of arts education and and Early Caribbean Farmers. He is also working on the socio-cultural dimensions of the transformational Trinidad Railways Project (1870-1968); and Caribbean elements of arts education in the promotion of Heritage: A Source Book. cultural diversity, social cohesion and societal issues for societies-in-crisis. Kenwyn Crichlow’s research Hinduism in the Caribbean is the focus for Sherry- looks at the Landscapes of Michel Jean Cazabon Ann Singh who is conducting research into Social, (1848-50), while Hazel Franco is researching Religious and Political Forum: The Yagna in Trinidad Caribbean Choreographers (Jamaica) and examining Hinduism; The Ramayana in Trinidad: A Socio- the Tobago Legacy – Making Connections through Historical Perspective; The Ramayana Tradition in African Spiritual and Ritual Practices. Trinidad; and Women and the Ramayana Tradition in Trinidad. Jerome Teelucksingh is pursuing projects looking at Labour relations and trade unions in Trinidad and Tobago; Party Politics in Trinidad and Tobago during the 1920s and 1930s; and The Impact of Marcus Garvey on Trinidad during the 1920s. Michael Toussaint is concentrating on topics that explore the pre-Columbus presence of African peoples in the Americas and the political development of the Caribbean. Specific projects include Engendering Nationhood: Women in Social and Political Activism in Twentieth-century Trinidad and Tobago; Runaway East Indian Indentured Immigrants on the Spanish Main in the Late 19th Century; When Silence is Not Golden: Prompting Regional Response to the Discourse on the Pre-Columbian African Presence in the New World; Walter Rodney’s Impact on Caribbean Intellectual thought, African and Indian Consciousness and Labour Politics; and The Black Power Movement in Trinidad and Tobago. 33 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Outreach Lectures, Seminars, Forums, Workshops Service to UWI-12 Countries - 11 including: and Other Underserved Communities • Three cohorts of Cuban Health Care The Faculty lends its support to the development of Professionals, 116 in total, received English the Open Campus through the design of more courses language training at the Centre for Language and programmes for mixed modes of delivery and Learning through the BEd (Primary) Language Arts programme • Workshops for teachers at the Secondary which is offered in collaboration with Open Campus. School Level such as “Alternative Assessment and Teaching for Student Engagement,” Faculty Outreach Events “Towards Effective Classroom Management,” The Faculty hosted/was involved in the following and “Using the Internet in the Classroom: events during the academic year 2009/2010: Webquests” • Workshops for teachers at the Primary Conferences - 2 School Level and Early Childhood Care and • International Conference in honour of Nobel Development such as “Teach them to Reach Laureate Derek Walcott’s 80th birthday in them: Channeling Behaviours of Young January 2010 entitled Interlocking Basins of a ‘troublemakers’ and Typical Children,” and Globe “Reading Assessment, Intervention and Monitoring.” • International 3-day conference entitled One • School-Based Training and Support Initiative Hundred Years of the Mexican Revolution” for Secondary School Principals was hosted in April 2010 by CENLAC and the • A First Workshop on Deaf Language and Spanish Section of the Department of Liberal Culture was held at the end of May 2010 Arts • Professor Valerie Youssef delivered her Inaugural Lecture entitled Language, Education and Representation: Towards Sustainable Development for Haiti Annual events included Campus Literature Week and, Kweyol/Patois Day. 34 FR 09/10 Productions and Exhibitions – 26 including: • March 2010, the UWI Arts Chorale with • Modern Languages 11th Annual UWI Inter- UWI SSTeel presented their 10th Anniversary Campus Foreign Language Theatre Festival Concert: New York, New York and then was held at St. Augustine on 25-26 May 2010 subsequently embarked on a five concert • August 2009, UWI FesTCo, Department of tour to New York in April Creative and Festival Arts’ (DCFA) Theatre • March 12 – 28, 2010, Learning Resource Company, participated in the CARA Centre, March to Caroni: the crisis of International Theatre Festival in Antigua, memory, which uniquely invited the seated receiving great reviews audience “to join the march to Caroni” by • December 5, 2009 Dagaa Hall: UWI Arts promenading around The University of Chorale and National Sinfonia Orchestra: the West Indies Campus and incorporated Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Songs for five different outside community groups Christmas (OWTU); African Cultural Association; • December 16, 2009, Humanities Undercroft Baal Ramdilla; Arts-in-Action; Wordsmiths; & Alice Yard, Woodbrook, Bespoke 09 - the as well as Calypsonians and Poets. The Visual Arts Unit’s Design Lab 3 class delivered production in commemoration of the 40th a unique exhibition of art and design Anniversary of The Black Power uprisings • January 29, 2010 JFK Quadrangle, Haiti was directed by Rawle Gibbons, Marvin Solidarity Event: musicians and poets fully George and Louis McWilliams participated • March 13, 2010, Gordon Street, Jazz at DCFA • February 7, 2010, Dagaa Hall: UWI Arts • April 26, JFK Quadrangle, Bugs Exhibition: Chorale and National Sinfonia orchestra giant papier mache insects displayed at Songs for Haiti: a memorial and fund-raising Gordon Street and subsequently across the production JFK Quadrangle • January 16, 2010, Soft Box , Shabine! (Walcott) • May 25, 2010 Women in Calypso Concert, Exhibition for Walcott Conference DCFA, Agostini Street • January 12, 2010, LRC, Fragments for Walcott • June 6, 2010 Wordsmiths at CLL Auditorium Conference • July 1-4, 2010, Queen’s Hall, Aida by the UWI, • January 21, DCFA Agostini Street, The Old Festival Arts Chorale Yard which featured ole time mas characters and the Mardi Gras Indians from New Orleans • March 11, 2010, Dagaa Hall, Rex Nettleford Memorial, with music from the UWI Arts Chorale and the National Sinfonia 35 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Annual events included Sole to Sole (Dance), the Art A number of students showed films at the 2009 & Design Show – the Final Year Students’ Exhibition, Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) at the end of the year concert Percussion and Steel MovieTowne, Port of Spain and The UWI held a two- presented by the Music Unit, Kaiso Dialogues 6, and day Mini Film Festival in September 2009 screening a the Festival of Plays showcasing productions by Final number of the films from the TTFF. Year Directing students. Other Outreach Activities - 6 • Films, Festivals and Screenings – 7 1. The Centre for Language Learning (CLL) including: Prof. Patricia Mohammed’s short hosted Japanese Cultural Days from film Coolie Pink and Green received the TTFF November 13 to 14, 2009 People’s Choice Award and the editor was 2. The Centre for Language Learning entered Film student, Michael Mooleedhar while the into an agreement with the Instituto assistant editor was Christopher Din Chong Cervantes, Spain whereby the CLL is now • Jimmel Daniel’s student film The Power of an examination centre for the Diplomas in the Vagina received special mention by the Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) in TTFF’s jury and was also shown at the 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Portobello Film Festival in London as was the 3. Communication Studies Section of the documentary Got Paper? At What Cost? by Department of Liberal Arts celebrated its Naomi Howard 10th Anniversary in April 2010 with a week of • During the academic year, Dr. Meir hosted the activities weekly screenings of Campus Film Classics, 4. The Caribbean Interpreting and Translation with the assistance of Film student Jonathan Bureau (CITB) provided services for the Ali state visit of the French President during the • Dr. Meir and the Centre for Language Learning CHOGM meeting in November 2009 assisted in the screenings of Indian Films on 5. French and Spanish interpreting services behalf of the Indian High Commission were provided at the Bureau’s expense to the • The Centre for Language Learning hosted Annual General Meeting and Conference of a Brazilian Film Week from September to The Association of Universities and Research October 2009 Institutes of the Caribbean (UNICA) in March 2010 held at The UWI St. Augustine Campus 6. See collaborative work with international partners as listed under the section of this report entitled Research and Innovation, which helps to strengthen national engagement and regionality. 36 FR 09/10 Projected Activities for 2010/2011 • To re-organize the in-service BEd to The Faculty’s projected activities for 2010/2011 and accommodate potential applicants who beyond are geared towards the realization of its key are employed in the teaching service at objectives of the UWI Strategic Plan include the the primary level but who do not possess a following: Teachers Diploma and to develop pre-service Teaching and Learning programmes at the BEd and Dip Ed Levels. • To start an UG Certificate in Journalism A Pre-Service Diploma in Education will • To continue the revision of programmes to be developed while at the same time the identify courses for modification and for School will continue to deliver the in-Service elimination, and to generate new courses Diploma in Education programme to address • To draft proposal for a Foundation course the needs of the untrained teachers within in Arts, Aesthetics and Culture the system • To introduce new academic writing courses • The School of Education has also begun for Certificate students delivery of the in-service Diploma in • Review Carnival Studies programme Education programme in Tobago. The • Review year long courses in Visual Arts and programme started in 2009 with one Musical Arts BA programmes curriculum area (science) and has been • Review Part Time Students’ timetable needs increased to three curriculum areas during • To design and mount new programmes such 2010/2011. The school intends to continue as BA in Cultural Studies, Certificate in delivery of three curriculum areas during Carnival Studies, Advanced Certificate 2011/2012 and beyond in Drama/Theatre-in-Education (MOE • To offer the Film programme on part-time requested to facilitate more Theatre status to increase enrolment of professional Arts Teachers in Secondary Schools), applicants Diplomas in Animation, Indian Music, • To design revenue earning short courses Carnival Aesthetics, and Design and – Business Writing Today and Writing Carnival in Education, a 4-year BA/BSc Proficiency in the World of Work with Education (in collaboration with • To develop two additional English Language the Faculty of Social Sciences), BEd and Foundation courses - Writing in the Business Masters in Mathematics with Education Discipline and Communication in Creative (in collaboration with the Faculty of Science Arts and Agriculture), Programme in Product/ • To introduce History courses which promote Industrial Design and BA degree in Arts greater regional understanding and special Education co-curriculum courses for History students 37 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • To fully implement revised curricula such as Graduate Studies in Communication Studies (2008-2012) and • To design and/or offer new postgraduate in Visual Arts programmes such as: • Implement Music Therapy course • MFA/MPhil in Film • Focus on differentiated instruction to address • MA in Film Literature and Cultural the characteristics of all types of learners in Studies the teaching of reading across the Faculty • MEd Programmes in Leadership, and to infuse critical thinking and authentic Educational Technology, and assessment into courses offered in the Assessment and Evaluation Department of Creative and Festival Arts • Implement approved Graduate • To explore opportunities for internships for programmes in Communication credits in various programmes Studies • To encourage staff to attend workshops on • MSc in Speech Language Pathology blended delivery and use of MOODLE • Master’s degree in Sports • Increase the use of discipline appropriate Management in collaboration with software in teaching FIFA • English Language Foundation section to • Conduct needs assessment for Master’s in launch 2 workshops in collaboration with the Arts Education programmes and developing Ministry of Education for Teachers of English and/or implementing as indicated in Secondary Schools • Design new graduate courses in History • Expand English as a Foreign Language • Strengthen and streamline Department of programme to meet the needs of non-English Liberal Arts graduate offerings speakers who come to The University either • Review Faculty Graduate Research and as international or exchange students; to Methodology courses capture some of the market for pre-university English for Academic Purposes courses; and to cater to non-native speaking professionals working in Trinidad and Tobago e.g. the Cuban health professionals • Offer CLL Mandarin Chinese and Japanese Language Courses for credit 38 FR 09/10 Research and Innovation Collaboration with Open Campus • To focus on targeted research agendas • Preparation of course material for blended through the creation of research clusters that modes of delivery are in line with the Strategic Plan • Staff to attend workshops to facilitate online • To identify promising students in first degree delivery mode programmes and to encourage them to • BEd Primary degree continues to be offered return to undertake graduate studies in the online referenced research clusters • Mounting of portions of graduate courses • Set up Projects and Research Unit and an online on a phased basis Assessment Unit • Increase activities via workshop, public • To recruit more teaching staff and research lectures, co-curriculum activity and research assistants and engage the services of visiting in non-Campus territories professors with strong research records • To develop and strengthen research ties with the Government and Private sectors • To foster collaborative research among members of the faculty, across Campuses, and with international agencies • Continue work towards the establishment of the region as an international centre for Caribbean Cultural Studies • To offer new study abroad programmes 39 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Distinguished Visitors Department of Liberal Arts to the Faculty Dr. Jane Bernstein Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA Department of Creative and Festival Arts Mr. Idris Akamoor and Ms. Rhodessa Jones Dr. Time Bressman Cultural Odyssey, San Francisco University of Toronto, Canada Mr. Colin Boothman, Professor J. Michael Dash Illustrator, New York Professor of French and Director of the Africana Studies Programme, New York University, Ms. Esailama Diouf New York, USA Creative Arts, USA Dr. Kristy Lascelles Mr. Frederick Jahn Lecturer, Psychology, Creative Arts, Guadeloupe UWI, Trinidad The Mardi Gras Indians Professor Daniel Miller New Orleans, USA Professor of Anthropology, University College, London, UK Dr. Eugene Novotney Head, Music Department, Professor Jane Parpart Humbolt State University, USA Gender and Development Studies, Institute of Gender and Development Studies, UWI Dr. Sally Radford Musical Arts, England Dr. Antonio Pedrós-Gascón Assistant Professor, Spanish, Colorado State Mr. Gerald Tolson University, Fort Collins, USA Professor of Music Education and Jazz Studies, University of Louisville, USA Ms. Corinne Phillip Legal Advisor, Telecommunications Authority of Ms. Celia Weiss-Bambara Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago USA Dr. Patricia Saunders Ms. Anne Marie Woods Cultural Studies, University of Miami, USA Performance Artist and Poet, Toronto, Canada Mr. David Somali Communication Studies, USA Department of History Professor Patrick Manning School of Education Professor in History, Mr. Steven Khan University of Pennsylvania, USA PhD Candidate, University of British Colombia, Canada 40 FR 09/10 Professor Tony Bush University of Warwick, United Kingdom Dr. Jyothi Bathina Education, University of Southern California, USA Film Programme Ms. Ida Does Documentary Filmmaker, Suriname Mr. Juan Gelas Producer and Director, Filmmaker, France Adoor Gopalakrishnan Filmmaker, India Mr. Adam Low Filmaker, United Kingdom Tanja Meding Film Producer, Germany and New York Mr. Horace Ové Filmaker, United Kingdom Mr. Raul Pantin Screenwriter, Trinidad and Tobago 41 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The academic yeaR 2009/ 2010 saw iniTiaTives by The FaculTy which seRved To addRess boTh The Financial and inFRasTRucTuRal ciRcumsTances 42 FR 09/10 Executive Summary Department of Paraclinical Sciences The academic year 2009/ 2010 saw initiatives by the The Department of Para-Clinical Sciences consists Faculty which served to address both the financial of three Units: 1) Pathology and Microbiology, 2) and infrastructural circumstances. In the former case, Pharmacology and 3) Public Health and Primary increased tuition fees for the Schools of Medicine, Care. The Department focussed on implementing Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine were introduced, the changes in the Year 3 curriculum in tune with which resulted in a much improved bottom line for the the GPA system and conversion to the semester Faculty. In the latter case, clerkships have expanded to system within Faculty in the Phase I programme. The the Sangre Grande Hospital, in the areas of Surgery, Department successfully executed the changes with Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, this took the active cooperation of all the members of the staff. some strain off the other traditional clerkship sites. Major changes in the continuous assessment with Approvals have also been received for the renovation the introduction of Progressive Disclosure Questions of the Old Bachelor’s Quarters at the San-Fernando (PDQs) involved extensive collective effort by the staff, General Hospital compound; when completed this which was well received by the students. In addition will provide much needed student accommodation a number of postgraduate students were enrolled in and teaching facilities. various Units. During the academic year there were new appointments and promotions. A number of Interest in the programmes offered in the Faculty has papers were published in refereed and non- refereed not waned. In fact, the Faculty continues to attract a journals and also a book was published. large number of high calibre applicants, particularly to its MBBS and DDS programmes. This augurs well Department of Clinical Medical Sciences for the future existence of the various programmes, The Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and, indeed, the Faculty. The challenge, therefore, is continues to pursue its mission of educating medical to continue to find creative ways of treating with the and other health professionals, to improve the health many issues that face the Faculty. status of the Trinidad and Tobago society and by extension the Caribbean community. There continues to be a difficulty with Human Resources as one staff member resigned during the academic year and eventually had to be replaced by two part time staff members. However, the number of students entering the clinical years continues to increase and there is a great need to expand our pool of teaching resources in order to satisfactorily meet their needs. Child Health’s Telehealth Unit provides a groundbreaking service to the department, health services and the wider faculty. 43 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Professor Zulaika Ali was awarded a National award School of Dentistry during the national Independence celebrations. The The academic year 2009/2010 saw the School progress Department’s impact on the wider university community on many fronts in spite of some challenges. The was evidenced by the appointment of Professor Surujpal demand for admissions is progressively increasing. Teelucksingh as the university’s Public Orator. Professor Nevertheless, due to severe space constraints only Terence Seemungal also chairs the campus Open 35 students of the many eligible students could be Lectures Committee. The Department also celebrated offered admissions during the period of report into the promotion of Dr Hari Maharajh in the Psychiatry Year 1 DDS program. The present infrastructure Unit to the status of Professor. This now means that even for this size of admissions is insufficient and it there are five staff members in the department with is desirable to have more teaching staff, especially for this status. Another landmark was the expansion of hands-on clinical teaching. Some expansion plans teaching to include the Sangre Grande Hospital for the that would accommodate more students with more fourth year adult medicine clerkship. modern equipment that would be cost effective and remunerative as well were brought to the notice of Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences higher authorities. There was an increased number of students in the past year and although we have new staff, there Whilst the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) program has been no increase in staff numbers. There was is in good demand, the performance of students in continued expansion in Postgraduate programmes various exams and especially the graduating class in Ophthalmology, General Surgery and Urology but was equally gratifying with several of them obtaining there is still need for more training positions at General honors, distinctions and securing various prizes Hospitals. for their academic achievements. Sequentially the internship program and the Vocational Training- We have modified the curriculum to reflect significant cum-Residency program have also progressed during changes in the practice of Surgery and to ensure that the period. The interns continue to provide valuable adequate exposure is given to sub-specialty areas e.g., services to the rural community at the UWI-MOH Urology and Neurosurgery. Measures have been taken to collaborative Arima Dental Clinic. Furthermore, the ensure that the core subjects are covered at all teaching School is actively continuing with the Dental Surgery sites so that, although individual experiences may differ, Assistants Training program. core material is covered. The pilot project of School’s Special Needs Dental Measures are being taken to put common surgical Clinic is fast picking up providing much needed procedures on line; this will supplement the students’ services to the mentally and physically challenged exposure to the operating theatre. There is need to persons. Regular student rotations in this clinic are increase teaching staff and further strengthen the bonds in the offing. that exist between Full-time and Associate Staff. 44 FR 09/10 These achievements were not without challenges. The During the academic year, the students participated most tiring of these are the perpetual infrastructural in two major international initiatives involving the issues relating to leaking roofs, air conditioning issues Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) of the University that actually needed the clinic closures sporadically of Guelph in Canada and Colorado State University in resulting in the loss of clinical training for students. the USA. To expand the spectrum of clinical cases in There were also some security challenges, but companion animal medicine at both UWI-SVM and appropriate deterrent measures were taken in a OVC, a program of case sharing through the use of dynamic security environment. videoconferencing was commissioned. The SVM also hosted a regional workshop titled “Management of The School is looking forward to continue its progress Common Blood Disease and Malignancies” facilitated in the new academic year hoping to move towards in by Professor Susan Cotter of Tufts University, School of obtaining an expanded facility in near future. Veterinary Medicine, Massachusetts, U.S.A. delivered through videoconferencing to veterinarians at four School of Veterinary Medicine centres (Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and For the School of Veterinary Medicine academic Bahamas) in the region. A collaborative project was year 2009/2010 could be considered one of the most also commissioned with Colorado State University in productive periods of the five schools in the Faculty of the area of risk management with focus on food safety, Medical Sciences (FMS) in the context of postgraduate public health and animal health which resulted in a studies and research output by academic staff and technical expert, whose post is funded by the United students. A total of five (5) postgraduate students State Department of Agriculture (USDA), is hosted by comprising three (3) and two (2) completed their the SVM. Finally, for the first time in any programme research degrees in the academic year, 35 papers in the FMS the SVM established seven business units were published in peer-reviewed journals and three (Aquaculture, Plastination, Diagnostic services, papers presented at international conferences by Hospital services, Food Safety, Continuing Education academic staff and graduate students. During the and Other Services) with the primary objective being same period, 9 postgraduate students were registered the generation of revenue. for graduate studies. In the academic year 158 undergraduate students were enrolled in the five-year School of Advanced Nursing Education DVM programme of which all 27 final year students The School of Advanced Nursing Education is proud graduated as veterinary doctors. A major challenge of the contribution it has made to the development of for the School was the fact that of the 50 students, Nursing in Trinidad and Tobago. Many of the school’s who enrolled in Year 1 of the programme, 35 were graduates now serve in strategic positions within from Trinidad and Tobago, 15 from the Caribbean but the Ministry of Health and in many Health Care none were extra-regional students. The school plans Institutions. Some are serving as contract officers to attract more extra-regional/overseas students in within the School. the future. 45 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The School is making strides to build capacity by School of Veterinary Medicine strengthening the skills of its Lecturers. We have Twenty-seven (27) students graduated from the embarked on projects to enhance and expand its undergraduate programme. Dr. Karla Georges technological knowledge and skill base. graduated with an award of a PhD with high commendation. Students In the 2009/2010 academic year the Faculty grew by School of Advanced Nursing Education 11%. Undergraduate enrolment increased by 9% while Top students the number of students pursuing Higher Degrees Our two outstanding students for the year are Oneikah climbed by 20%. Sergeant-Richards and Felicia Mohammed-Karim. Department of Clinical Medical Sciences Graduation Two students completed the requirements to A total of forty-one (41) BSc. Nursing students are graduate with the MSc in Clinical Psychology. expected to graduate in October 30, 2010. Included The Department hosted a Fulbright Scholar, in this cohort, all of the one-year fulltime students Ms Samantha Lee from St. Ambrose University, enrolled in 2009 completed the programme and Davenport, Iowa from January 2010 to November will be participating in the Pinning Ceremony and 2010. Graduation in October 2010. Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences Pinning Ceremony Mr. Anatole Wilk, Final Year Medical Student was A successful third Pinning Ceremony for graduating awarded a Distinction in Surgery and the overall students was held on October 29, 2009. Dr. Catherine Surgery Medal at the May/June 2010 MB BS Final Tompkins, Associate Dean, McMaster University Surgery Examinations. The Postgraduate (DM) along with PVC Professor Clement Sankat brought programme in Surgery is expected to produce its first greetings. Among other dignitaries were Professor graduates in the coming academic year. Samuel Ramsewak, Dean, FMS and the Honourable Minister of Health, Mr. Jerry Narace. Forty-nine (49) School of Dentistry students were pinned and received nursing lamps on Thirty- four (34) new students have been admitted that day. into the Year 1 DDS Degree Program. Some 65% are from Trinidad, 22% from the Caribbean and 13% International Clinical Observational Experience from outside the region. Each class is brimming with For four weeks during May 2010, fourteen of our present students, revealing the need to pursue with expansion students along with one student who graduated in plans. 2009 were placed at various International Cancer Care 46 FR 09/10 Management Centres in the UK and Canada. Those Staff in Canada were hosted by the Mc Master University, Appointments, Resignations and Retirements while those in the UK were hosted by the The Royal Department of Preclinical Sciences Marsden NHS Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Dr. Junette Mohan was appointed Lecturer in Human Foundation Trust & Mt. Vernon Cancer Centre. Physiology Dr. Edward Uche-Nwachi retired as a Lecturer in Special Project undertaken by Students Human Anatomy We were privileged to supply the School of Veterinary Professor Dan Ramdath resigned as Professor of Medicine with sixteen (16) nurses who worked on a Biochemistry rotation basis on the 12th and 13th November 2009. These qualified nurses were present at the ‘Open Department of Paraclinical Sciences House Day’ to assist in the event of an emergency. Dr. Michele Monteil, promoted to Professor, Based on feedback there were cases to which their Immunology skills and competencies were exercised and therefore, Dr. Rohan Maharaj, promoted to the rank of Senior we extend to the group a special note of thanks. Lecturer in Public Health and Primary Care Dr. Chalapathi Rao, promoted to the rank of Senior First cohort of MScN students Lecturer in Anatomical Pathology The first cohort of students for the MSc Advanced Dr. Gershwin Davis, promoted to the rank of Senior Nursing was admitted in September 2009. The cohort Lecturer in Chemical Pathology included a total of twenty (20) students, fifteen (15) Dr. Aneesa Ahamad joined as Senior Lecturer in of which are nationals and the remaining five (5) of Haematology which are Dominicans. Dr. Altheia Jones-Lecointe retired as Senior Lecturer in Haematology/ Head Department of Para- Launch of a new Oncology Clinic in Tobago Clinical Sciences Five Tobago graduates from the School of Advanced Nursing were charged with the responsibility of the development and launch of a new Oncology Clinic in Tobago. School of Pharmacy Thirty two students have been awarded BSc Pharmacy degree: 12 first class; 14 upper second class, five lower second class and one pass class. 47 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Department of Clinical Medical Sciences School of Advanced Nursing Education Dr Hari Maharajh was promoted to the post of Mrs. Casian Rawlins Professor and Dr Nelleen Baboolal promoted to appointed Co-Coordinator in the MScN programme. the post of Senior Lecturer. They both work in Mrs. Rita Jarvis-Isaac - resigned the Psychiatry Unit. Dr. Junette Mohan - resigned Drs Neal Bhagwhandass and Mandrekhar Bahall were appointed as Part-time Senior Lecturers in the School of Pharmacy Adult Medicine Unit and are both based at the Dr. Sureshwar Pandey San Fernando General Hospital. appointed Senior Lecturer - Pharmaceutics Dr David Coomansingh resigned as a full-time Dr. Adebayo Amusa Sarafadeen Lecturer from the Adult Medicine Unit effective appointed - Senior Lecturer – Pharmaceutics 31 December 2009. Dr. Ramesh Rao, Lecturer, Human Anatomy - Dr Derek Emmanuel resigned as Research Assistant resigned in the Child Health Unit. Awards Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences Department of Preclinical Sciences School of Dentistry S. Nayak: Recipient of UWI/Guardian Life Premium Dr. Jason Warner appointed Lecturer, Endodontics Teaching Award, 2010, Member, Fellow of Dr. Amit Paryag appointed Assistant Lecturer, Dental Association of Biomedical Scientists (FABM) Technology Department of Paraclinical Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Rohan Maharaj: Made a Fellow of the Caribbean Dr. Ridley Holder, promoted to the rank of Senior College of Family Physician in November 2009 Lecturer. Dr. Michael Diptee assumed duties as Lecturer in Department of Clinical Medical Sciences Veterinary Surgery (Large Animal) Professor Zulaika Ali: Recipient of the Chaconia Dr. Indira Pargass assumed duties as Lecturer in Medal (Silver)(For long and meritorious service Clinical Pathology to Trinidad & Tobago )- Medicine Dr. Venkatasan Sundaram joined the School of Veterinary Medicine as Senior Lecturer in Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences Veterinary Anatomy School of Pharmacy Dr. Mervyn Campbell retired effective June 30, 2010 Ms. Rian Extavour received the President’s Award for Dr. Gustave Borde retired effective July 31, 2010 Volunteerism from the Caribbean Association of Pharmacists in August 2010. 48 FR 09/10 Transforming Leadership, Learning, seminars, laboratory, museum and log card Culture & Processes exercises, clerkships and clinical teaching in wards School of Dentistry by certain disciplines and course information and Dr. Ramaa Balkaran earned a Certificate in lecture material are made available on the Faculty’s International Developmental Dentistry at website via My E-learning. Regular postgraduate University of Louisville School of Dentistry/ seminars and presentations were conducted during Underwood and Lee Outpatient Dental Clinic the academic year July 6th- 19th, 2010. Department of Clinical Medical Sciences The Child Health Unit used lecturers to carry out School of Pharmacy small group teaching for 5th year students and tutors Ms Rian M. Extavour successfully completed the IDU’s for small groups in 4th year. Alternative assessments part-time Postgraduate Certificate in University were implemented, my e-learning was used for the Teaching and Learning, June 2010 and Dr. P. 4th year Clerkship and all-time sensitive reports and Sealy completed PBL workshops for Tutors as presentations were submitted via email. well as workshops on Plagiarism Detection Using Turnitin and Recording and Sharing Lectures The unit substantially revised its programme offering. Using Camtasia Software. First year students may no longer progress to second year of the programme without completing 10 mini Teaching & Learning Clinical Evaluation Exercise (CEX) cases. Second Department of Preclinical Sciences year students cannot progress to Part I examination The Department replaced end-of-year with end- without completing 10 mini CEX cases and submitting of-semester examinations for all the courses and draft proposal for a research project. At the end of the expanded the resources for anatomy laboratory third year of the programme the students must submit practicals by providing more prosected specimens a full proposal with ethics approval and complete 5 and microscopes. mini CEX presentations. Fourth year students will not be allowed to proceed to the Part II examination Department of Paraclinical Sciences unless they have submitted 5 mini CEX cases and a The Department applied a multimodal of course final report for the research project six (6) months delivery and assessment to achieve the ultimate goal of before examinations. preparing the student for clinical sciences in the most comprehensive and effective manner. The methods of Part I Clinical and oral circuits will be increased approach include didactic lectures, Problem Based from five to six and the duration of each station is 10 minutes. 49 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The candidate must attain pass mark in at least three School of Veterinary Medicine stations in each of the clinical and oral circuits. In Most courses are now on My E-learning. Part II, the oral circuit will be increased from 5 to 6 stations, the clinical circuit will remain as 10 stations School of Advanced Nursing Education (SANE) and the duration of all the stations will be increased In keeping with its mission, SANE is partnering with from 10 to 12 minutes. The candidate must attain pass other institutions to educate and to take the nursing mark in at least 6 stations in the clinical circuit and in profession to a higher level. “Summer” classes were at least 3 stations in the oral circuit. conducted for nurses of the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) and a few other institutions have Activities to enhance or improve delivery included the expressed their interest in similar sessions. The use of active learning techniques to teach a module on School also facilitated a few professional development child development and use of internationally utilized lectures for the nurses of the North West Regional mini Clinical Evaluation Exercise (CEX) evaluation Health Authority (NWRHA). for all students introduced in September 2009. Graduate Studies Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences Department of Preclinical Sciences The Department defined the core topics to be covered A Departmental Subcommittee on Graduate Studies at each of the four teaching sites in an attempt to was established to monitor and ensure improved standardize the teaching across institutions. The case graduate students training by supervisors and advisory book as been modified to fall in line with advances in committees. Invigorated weekly departmental surgery and development of the subspecialties. research seminars/journal club meetings were instituted where either students or lecturers make The relationship between the Associate Lecturers presentations. In addition, a three-day workshop on and the Full Time staff is being strengthened through Cell Culture techniques was conducted for academic conferences, seminars, teaching and examination staff and graduate students to expand the research exercises in which they partner in maintaining good capability of the department. academic standards. All full-time staff members are now provided with a detailed list of responsibilities Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences relating especially to teaching and research. Systems Graduate studies in Clinical Surgical Sciences are are in place to assist in ensuring that these are carried largely composed of elements of the postgraduate out responsibly (DM) programmes. Candidates must produce a book of 20 clinical cases with a full discussion of each case. School of Dentistry In addition, Residents attend monthly journal clubs, Lecturers incorporated and hosted a Smoking present papers at local and regional conferences. Cessation Seminar during their lecture sessions. Four senior Residents have already produced peer- reviewed publications and will attempt the final 50 FR 09/10 examination in 2011. We have continued expansion G. Kurhade. “The effects of exercise on immune of the postgraduate programmes in Ophthalmology, cell function and other mediators of immunity in General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Anaesthetics and Trinidadian population”. Campus Research Fund – Obstetrics and Gynaecology. TT$76,200.00 School of Advanced Nursing Education Research Agenda The first graduate (MScN) programme commenced Neuroscience: Neuroprotection involving glutamic in September 2009. The Director has successfully acid, GABA and cannabinoid receptor ligands; negotiated with the Ministry of Health for funding Identification of neuronal pathways. of tuition fees for 15 students pursuing the MSc in Molecular genetics and virology : Molecular evolution Nursing programme. of dengue, yellow fever and other RNA viruses; Investigation of potential anti-viral compounds; Research Epigenetics in type 2 diabetes Department of Preclinical Sciences Medicinal properties of natural products Research Grants Obtained Nutrition & Metabolism J. Addae “Evaluation of the antiepileptic properties of Jasmine and Curcumin.” Campus Research Fund – Major Projects Completed TT$40,200.00 • The pharmacology of ethylenediamine in vivo including its antiepileptic properties. C. Carrington. “Metagenomic Analyses in Support Ethylenediamine is a small molecule which of the Nariva Swamp Wetland Habitat Restoration exhibited activity on the GABA receptor initiative, Trinidad and Tobago”. Campus Research complex and hence has the potential to be Fund – TT$91,000.00 developed into an antiepileptic drug. B.S. Nayak Received “The use of N-terminal BNP and • The role of AMPA, a glutamic acid agonist, multiple risk factors to assess cardiovascular risk in in modulating spreading depression in the elderly type 2 diabetic and non diabetic Trinidadians” brain. Speading depression is part of the Campus Research Fund – TT$36,380.00 process that causes migraine headaches and the expansion of dead brain tissue following J. Foster. “The influence of ethnic variability on the a stroke. AMPA was able to reduce the metabolic programming of nutrition-related chronic spreading depression. Activation of glutamic non-communicable diseases in Trinidad and Tobago” acid recptors in the brain via the use of AMPA Campus Research Fund –TT$28,066.50 provides a more physiological way to control spreading depression. 51 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • The role of Adeponectin and inflammatory Research in Progress markers in assessing the insulin sensitivity in type II Trinidadian Diabetics” Adiponectin Title: Molecular Characterisation of decreases with increasing adiposity and Indigenous Culex Mosquitoes In Trinidad insulin resistance. Adiponectin and TNF-α appear to be related to differences in the Investigators: Shelley Cook a, Albert. J. Auguste insulin mediated glucose turnover b, Christine V. F. Carrington b, Raymond Martinez, Ralph Harbach a • Bombesin Immunoreactivity in the stomach and small intestine of Vagotomized Sprague Affiliations: a Natural History Museum, Cromwell Dawley Rats. Road, London, UK, b Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Summary: Taxonomical classification of mosquitoes to species level on the basis of morphology is very time consuming and requires considerable expertise. Ideally classification should be based on observation of both male and female adults (and intermediate life stages) that have been reared from eggs. In studies dealing with adult field caught mosquitoes this is not possible and in many cases although the genus may be determined with a high degree of certainty, only tentative classifications can be made at the species level. In support of our work on mosquito borne viruses, our aim is to develop molecular bar codes for Culex mosquitoes in Trinidad that will allow for rapid DNA based classification. 52 FR 09/10 Title: Phylogeography and Population Dynamics Summary: Changes in Dengue virus (DENV) disease of Dengue In The Americas patterns in the Americas over recent decades have been attributed, at least in part, to repeated introduction of Investigators: Orchid M. Allicock a, Philippe Lemey DENV strains from other regions, which has resulted b, Andrew J. Tatum c, Oliver G. Pybus d, Brandi A. in a shift from hypo- towards hyperendemicity. We Mueller e, Shannon N. Bennett e, Mark A. Suchard f, are using a rigorous and flexible Bayesian statistical Jerome E. Foster a, Christine V. F. Carrington a. phylogeography framework, and newly sequenced envelope (E) genes from Caribbean DENV isolates Affiliations: a Department of Preclinical Sciences, together with previously published sequences for Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the all four serotypes, to reconstruct the transmission West Indies, St. Augustine, Republic of Trinidad and dynamics through space and time of the four main Tobago. invading DENV subtypes in the Americas. We are also b Department of Microbiology and Immunology, testing hypotheses about factors influencing the rate Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. and intensity of virus movement between countries. c Department of Geography and Emerging Pathogens The results of this work will have implications for Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, the monitoring and control of dengue and other U.S.A. mosquito-borne viruses. dDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, OX1 3PS, U.K. e Pharmacology, Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA f Departments of Biomathematics and Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, and Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1766 53 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Title: Metagenomic Analyses in Support of The Title: The influence of ethnic variability on the Nariva Swamp Wetland Habitat Restoration metabolic programming of nutrition-related Initiative, Trinidad and Tobago. chronic non-communicable diseases Investigators: Christine V. F. Carrington a, John Investigators: Jerome E. Foster a, D. Dan Ramdath b, Agard b, Adash Ramsubhag, Azad Mohammed. Adesh Sirjursingh c, Candace Cuthbert a Affiliations: a Department of Preclinical Sciences, Affiliations: a Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Republic of Trinidad and West Indies, St. Augustine, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Tobago. b Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and b Guelph Food Research Centre, Guelph, Ontario, Agriculture, the University of the West Indies, St. Canada Augustine, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. cMount Hope Maternity Hospital, North Central Regional Health Authority, Republic of Trinidad and Summary: The Nariva Swamp is the largest fresh- Tobago. water wetland in Trinidad and Tobago, and is an important natural resource for surrounding Funding: U.W.I. Campus Research Grant communities. The wetlands are comprised of several diverse ecosystems with many biological resources. Summary: The objective of this research project is to Major anthropogenic interventions have resulted examine the relationship between changes in cellular in large-scale deforestation and degradation of the environment (by varying the level of nutrients and ecosystem. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago hormones) and the programming of cell behaviour is funding the EMA and Forestry Division through the (through gene expression), and whether such Green Fund for a project to reforest the swamp and observations differ among local ethnic groups reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In support using cell lines derived from distinct ethnicities. of this initiative, we propose to collect, identify and The student investigator (C. Cuthbert) has to date determine the genetic composition of the microbial successfully learnt several techniques involved in organisms in the swamp with a focus on those that are the isolation, characterization and propagation of producing GHGs. human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and successfully established cell lines originating from individuals of different ethnicities. We are presently continuing the sampling of chords to create cell lines, with concurrent analyses of gene expression within these cell lines under controlled modulated cellular environments 54 FR 09/10 Title: RNA virus diversity in Trinidad bats - Title: The role of glutamic acid and GABA identification of potentially emergent viruses” receptor subtypes in physiological mechanisms that protect the brain from the neurological Investigators: Christine V. F. Carrington a, Nadin diseases - stroke, epilepsy, migraine and Thompson b, Jerome Foster a, Abiodun Adesiyun b, dementia. Kathryn Holmesc Investigator: J. Addae Affiliations: a Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the Summary: Glutamic acid and GABA receptors West Indies, St. Augustine, Republic of Trinidad and are the main proteins that mediate excitation and Tobago. inhition of neurons in several parts of the brain. b School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medical Glutamic acid receptors are very widely and densely Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. distributed in the brain and have been found to be Augustine, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. involved in diverse normal physiological processes, c University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, such as, development of the nervous system, learning Colorado, USA. and memory, perception of environmental stimuli, programming and execution of muscle activities, as Funding: UWI St. Augustine Campus Research well as various disorders including those listed above. Grant This project examines how to modulate the glutamic acid receptors and some of its downstream effects to Summary: We identified and characterised bat make the nerves in the brain resistant to the agents coronaviruses in two species of Trinidad bat. This that mediate the above disorders. represents the first report of these viruses in South America. We are currently collecting additional bat specimens for further analyses. 55 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Title: Potential neuroprotective properties and Title: GPR55 and Immune function mechanism of action of Jasmine & Curcumin Investigator: Farid Youssef, Andrew Irving Investigator: J. Addae, S. Nayak. Summary: The immune system is thought to play an Summary: A plant which is widely grown in the increasingly important role in neuropathology, with Caribbean, and Curcumin, an active ingredient of adverse inflammatory responses contributing, for turmeric which is used in several Indian cuisines in example, to Alzheimer’s disease, neurodegenerative the Caribbean, affect neuronal activities in the cortex disorders, pain and multiple sclerosis. Cannabinoid and hippocampus (areas that are involved in memory ligands have long been known to have a role in formation as well as generation of epilepsies). The regulating inflammatory processes in the brain and study is examining systematically these effects and the periphery. Inappropriate activation of immune- active compounds involved in the case of Jasmine. derived cells, including brain-resident microglia and macrophages originating from blood, has been Title: The Role of Stress in modulating Moral implicated as a trigger for the neuroinflammatory Judgments process. Recently a new molecular target for cannabinoids has been identified, namely GPR55 Investigator: Farid Youssef (G-protein coupled receptor 55), which has a Summary: Traditionally moral judgments have prominent expression within the immune system been regarded as primarily rational decisions driven and is thought to be expressed on microglia. The by frontal lobe activation and executive function. precise relationship between these receptors in More recent work suggests that emotions may have regulating immune function however remains to a role to play in moral decision making. Given this be established. We are studying dynamic cross- data we sought to assess if stress which activates the talk between these receptor systems and seeking hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and interacts to establish whether endocannabinoid function is with emotional centres in the brain could influence altered during inflammation and disease states. We moral decision making. Data collected and stress have demonstrated GPR 55 staining in modified HEK does have a significant effect; paper being prepared cells lines and are currently assessing microglial cell for submission lines. This has been used to submit a grant application to Wellcome Trust; results of the application will be available in March 2011. 56 FR 09/10 Title: The effects of ketone bodies on synaptic Title: GPR35 modulation of long term transmission and neuronal injury in the rat potentiation hippocampal slice Investigators: Farid Youssef; Andrew Irving Investigator: Farid Youssef Summary: GPR 35 is a novel receptor that is believed Summary: Ketones bodies are known to protective in to be activated selectively by the compound zaprinast some models of neuronal cell death. Given that they inhibitors and their effects on LTP. No new data are released in caloric restriction models that utilze collected this year at UWI; collaborators have been alertante day feeding and we have shown this model working on knockout mice in Dundee to be neuroprotective we are investigating the role of ketone bodies as the mediator of this protection. : Title: Effect of short term adult onset Ketone bodies have not been shown to modulate environmental enrichment on brain function synaptic transmission, LTP or acute neuronal damage under condition of normal glucose but were shown to Investigators: Farid Youssef be neuroprotective under conditions of low glucose availability. Summary: Environmental enrichment is known to modify brain function, among other things Title: The role of endocannabinoids in hypoxic/ improving neuronal function, synaptic density and ischemic neuronal injury memory. We are seeking to assess the effects of adult onset environmental enrichment in aged animals. Investigators: Farid Youssef, Andrew Irving We are assessing its effects upon synaptic plasticity, anxiety and evaluating its role in neuroprotection. Summary: Utilization of endogenous Data and results demonstrated no effect of enriched neuroprotective pathways offers a potential avenue environment on neuroprotection. Results to be for attenuating the effects of ischemia. One such written up for publication pathway is the recently discovered endogenous cannabinoid system. In collaboration with Drs. Frenguelli and Irving at the University of Dundee we are examining the effects of the cannabinoid system on ischemia. Our initials studies suggest that this pathway may indeed be involved in neuroprotection. We are now seeking to use imaging techniques and application of newly developed ligands to investigate the mechanism by which cannabinoids can module ischemia. 57 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Title: The effects of exercise on immune cell Title: Mild cognitive impairment in diabetes function and other mediators of immunity in Trinidadian population Investigators: Drs. G Davis, N Baboolal Profs P Teelucksingh and A McRae (UWI), Prof R Stewart Investigator: G. Kurhade Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London Summary: There is accumulating evidence to Affiliations: The University of the West Indies and show that moderate physical activity can enhance Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London the activities of T cells and neutrophils, cytokine productivity, serum immunoglobulin (Ig) G and Funding: Applied to the Campus Publication salivary IgA levels. This study is intended to test Research Fund the hypothesis that acute exercise induces a rapid interchange of immune cells between peripheral Summary: Surveys have been conducted using the lymphoid tissues and the circulation in a systematic MMSE with 60 diabetic patients. This was done in the manner. These cell- mediated and humoral immune form of a workshop where a seminar was presented to responses depend on many factors, including the participants indicating the risk factors associated the intensity, duration, and mode of exercise, between Diabetes and dementia. Results are being concentrations of hormones and cytokines, change in tabulated however it is clear that other measures body temperature, blood flow, hydration status, and need to done to establish any cognitive impairment body position. In contrast, however, exhaustive exercise in diabetes. Such tests are being established with our causes the systemic release of immunosuppressive collaborator at King’s College London stress hormones and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and temporarily causes a decrease in circulating. To our knowledge this will be the first and largest training study specifically designed to examine the effect of exercise on immunological modulation in Trinidadian population. 58 FR 09/10 Title: Prevalence of dementia in senior activity Title: Neuroprotection in neurodegenerative centres and geriatric homes in Trinidad and disorders Tobago Investigators: A. McRae, A. Rogers Investigators: Drs G Davis, N Baboolal, Prof A McRae (UWI) Prof R. Stewart Summary: Inflammation is currently being considered as one of the early events in the pathophysiology of a Affiliations: Institute of Psychiatry, King’s number of major neurodegenerative disorders such a College, London; University West Indies and Institute Parkinson and Alzheimer’s diseases. Down regulating of Psychiatry, King’s College, London immunocompetent cells such as the microglia is considered as a means to intervene in these early Funding: Campus Publication Research Fund, events. Presently investigations are demonstrating TT$ 65 000 that restricting food intake to rats with experimental Parkinson’s disease can rescue dopamine neurons by Summary: Dementia is present in 10 percent down regulating microglia. This means that through a of persons over the age of 65 years. The sample simple intervention such as diet there may be a means population for this study comprises elderly individuals to protect these vulnerable neurons in Parkinson’s who either visit senior centres, or live in geriatric disease homes or nursing homes in Trinidad and Tobago. These institutions were chosen randomly from a list Title: Influence of high calorie diets on central of registered centres and homes provided by the nervous system structures Division of Ageing, Ministry of Social Development of Trinidad & Tobago. The screening tools used to Investigators: A. McRae, A. Rogers determine prevalence of dementia are the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Community Screening Funding: Grant from the Government of Trinidad and Instrument for Dementia (CSID), Consortium to Tobago and Campus Research Grant TT$18,999 Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease (CERAD) Word List Learning Test and Recall, and Clock Summary: Overeating is a significant risk factor Drawing Test (CDT). Results are presently being for neurodegenerative disorders in particular those determined at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s involving the dopamine system. Present investigations College, London are establishing the influence of high fat and fructose on the vulnerable dopamine system. Studies of this nature are of value as they could assist in understanding how these diets may place this system in peril. Added to these results are findings that a low -grade inflammation is excerbated in the substantia nigra in rats administered 30 % sucrose in drinking water. 59 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Title: Microglial antibodies and other Title: The anticancer properties of some Caribbean biomarkers. Presence in Alzheimer’s disease plant extracts. and other dementias Investigators: Peter SR, Arrindell D, Alleyne T, Investigators: Drs G Davis, N Baboolal, Prof A Odekunle A and Daisley H. McRae (UWI), Dr Dave Prichard Summary: Preliminary results have however shown that Affiliations: UWI, Axis Shield Diagnostics, The methanol extracts from dried leaves, stem and seeds of Technology Park Dundee Scotland Sour sop tree contain flavonoids, alkaloid and terpenoids which exhibited anti cancer activity. Note: Patent application pending. Department of Paraclinical Sciences Summary: Our research has identified a Major Projects Completed microglial antibody in the serum of patients with • Prevalence, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. This antibody is determined trichomoniasis: A STI clinic based study in Trinidad. immunocytochemically using perinatal rat brain as Collaboration: Ministry of Health (QPCC&C), NACC the substrate. We are collaborating with Dr Dave and UWI Prichard trying to identify the antigen recognized by • Molecular detection and characterization of extended the microglial antibody to develop an ELISA test for spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) genes in Klebsiella blood that would be clinically attractive and could pneumoniae and Escherichia coli isolates from a lead to the development of commercial diagnostic tertiary hospital in T & T kits to identify patients with Alzheimer’s disease. • Currently collaborating with Dr. Stefan Monecke, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Title: Pattern of innervation of the Technical University of Dresden, Fetscherstrasse gastrointestinal tract and related organs in the 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany and Dr. Paul Levett, Agouti, a new laboratory experimental animal Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory Regina, species. Saskatchewan, Canada, working on the project in the area of molecular characterization of staphylococcus Investigators: Odekunle A, McEwen-Small C, and aureus isolates in Trinidad and Tobago and the Nayak S. Caribbean. • Completed data collection and data analysis for the Summary: Topography of vagal cranial nuclei has project “An Investigation into the Family Networking, been determined. Vagal neurons projecting to the Health and Volunteering Activities of Retired Persons stomach and the intestine have been localized in the in T & T. “ brainstem. • Prospective Evaluation of the Benefits of Self blood Glucose Monitoring on the Metabolic Control of Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Tobago: A Pilot Study 60 FR 09/10 Department of Clinical Medical Sciences Major Research Each Unit has a research agenda and collaborates • Use of phase contrast microscopy in the with other Departments within and outside of the diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections Faculty. These collaborators include Departments (UTIs). Grant approved December 2009. of Pre- and Para-Clinical Sciences, the Department (Applicability - Validation of a cost-effective of Clinical Surgical Sciences and the Department of point of care test for diagnosis of UTIs). Gender Studies at St Augustine. The HIV training • The use of acute phase reactants (Interleukin initiative led by the Child Health Unit collaborated 6, Tumour Necrosis Factor, Procalcitonin with the Psychiatry Unit in the conduct of one of and C-Reactive Protein) as early markers their training seminars and there is potential there of neonatal infection at the Mount Hope for research collaboration. One of the priorities in Women’s Hospital, EWMSC, Trinidad. the next academic year will be to develop a cross • Prevalence of perinatal exposure to illicit disciplinary research plan for the Department that drugs and endocrine disrupting chemicals will particularly encourage the younger members in neonates delivered at two (2) hospitals in of the department to develop their research and Trinidad. publication record. The Child Health Unit is • Markers for diabetes mellitus and interested in pursuing the paediatric research in hypertension in pregnancy. areas such as Nutrition: Childhood Obesity, Body Fat, • Learner-centred design of health-oriented Anthropometry; Neonatology: Perinatal Infection, distance learning. Substance use in Pregnancy; Childhood Cancer; • Usability-oriented research and development Diabetes in Children; Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs); in Trinidad and Tobago Health Training and Child Development and Abuse, and HIV. Centre and Caribbean’s first usability lab. • Prevalence of dementia and caregiver burden Research Project in Trinidad and Tobago and the search for The Regional Public Good Project is funded by the biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dementia Inter-American Development Bank. This is a novel Action Research Team: N. Baboolal, A. project which aims to unite the region in developing MacRae, G. Davis, hosted by the Psychiatry a surveillance system for chronic non-communicable Unit. diseases. Project Lead is Prof. S. Teelucksingh. • Gender studies including HIV-related behaviour. • Structural cerebral changes in patients with chronic schizophrenia. A comparative radiological study. (Collaborative study with the Psychiatry Unit). 61 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • Ovarian volume measurements with members and service providers to address these issues UltraSound. Correlation with signs and and 3) to influence policies and protocols of service symptoms of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. providers in these areas. • Comparative study of Sonography and CT in the Imaging diagnosis of Renal Calculi. Principal Researchers: R. Reddock, S. Reid • Analysis of patients referred for Computerised Collaborators: Institute for Gender Development Tomography Pulmonary Angiography; Studies, The University of the West Indies and The adherence to the Wells criteria in patient Trinidad and Tobago Coalition Against Domestic workup. Violence • Pituitary abnormalities in patients with headaches referred for MR brain imaging. Project 2: Building responsive policy: gender, sexual cultures and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. Research Grants (Grant amount: US$55,564 – United Nations Project 1: Breaking the Silence: Child sexual Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM); abuse with a special emphasis on incest – A multi- International Development Research Centre (IDRC) sectoral approach. Grant amount: US$200,000 – The United Nations Trust Fund to end Violence against This Project is part of a larger regional project aimed Women (managed by UNIFEM); Government of at producing new knowledge about Caribbean sexual Trinidad and Tobago Research Grant (through UWI); cultures to develop a human rights-based, culturally United Nations Children’s Fund appropriate conceptual and theoretical framework on Caribbean sexual practice that can inform This project addresses the issue of child sexual research, education, law, social policy and health care abuse (CSA) and incest, and its relationship to HIV programmes. Through evidence-based advocacy and infection. Local data have documented the significant technical support, it will ensure a deeper and more occurrence of CSA/incest; the link between CSA effective translation of a feminist analysis of sexual and HIV infection is made in numerous research cultures into HIV/AIDS prevention policies and reports; yet this continues to be a lacuna in the programmes in the Caribbean so as to contribute to a regional research. This project critically examines reduction in HIV/AIDS prevalence rates. the underlying factors – gendered, cultural, sexual, Principal Researchers: R. Reddock, S. Reid and economic or otherwise which contribute to the existence of CSA/incest, and the awareness and Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences knowledge of local service providers with respect Research Agenda to CSA/incest and HIV. It uses an action-oriented The Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences approach to develop interventions to 1) increase research agenda seeks to map out research objectives knowledge and understanding of CSA/incest and that will boost the competitiveness across many the implications for HIV, 2) to empower community facets of each Discipline within individual Units. 62 FR 09/10 It will also represent important milestones in the • Endometriotic rectosigmoid obstruction transformation to becoming more knowledgeable presenting with frozen pelvis mimicking and innovative in future developments in the sector carcinoma and successful implementation is aided in part by • Perioperative outcome of carotid Academic Members of Staff working in conjunction endartecectomy under loco-regional with the DM Graduate students to produce and anaesthesia – a two decade experience from publish research. The agenda will also be facilitated by the Caribbean a Research Assistant, the Journal Club, and Quarterly • Ethnic patterns of Prostate Cancer in the Research Meetings. Southwest region of Trinidad & Tobago • Giant intrarenal arteriovenous fistula and Based on research conclusions, outcomes which are aneurysm- a safe surgical approach materialized will be applied within the institutions • Is the ALPS formula used to calculate Weight- among Health Care Professionals to impact and for-Age applicable to a northern Trinidadian improve methods in which we operate within each population? discipline. It is also important for the Department • Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication for to be exemplars in their respective field training improved gastro intestinal symptoms and students in the importance of research and its impact Quality of Life in making a difference in current trends of practice. • Laparoscopic splenectomy in a minimal resource setting: a case series from the Major Projects Completed Caribbean • A study of domestic violence in an antenatal • Late Delayed Repair of Fractured Penis setting in North Trinidad • Management of nonparasitic Hepatic Cysts • Benign cervical multi-nodular goitre • Minilap cholecystectomy - a real substitue presenting with acute airway obstruction: a for laparoscopic cholecystectomy case report • Neuropathic Ulceration • Bile Duct Surgery without T- tubes • Open common bile duct exploration without • Clear cell carcinoma of the male urethra T-Tube insertion- two decade experience from presenting as periurethral abscess with a limited resource setting in the Caribbean fistulae • Pancreato - Enteric anastamosis: the duct • Concept of a Duct-to-Mucosa evagination technique Pancreaticojejunostomy • Percutaneous Nephrostomy – San Fernando • Does ethnicity influence the outcome of General Hospital Experience Coronary Artery grafting Surgery – a five year • Preoperative outcome of carotid study in Trinidad and Tobago? endarterectomy under regional anesthesia - A two decade experience from the Caribbean 63 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • Preventative Medicine in an Ambulatory “A Comparison of fracture repair methods: Care Centre in Trinidad Biological Osteosynthesis versus Traditional • Spontaneous perforation of the Neurogenic Anatomic Reconstruction” submitted by Dr. Thotta Bladder: an uncommon urological N. Ganesh (principal applicant) and Dr. Siobhan Emergency Bridglalsingh (co-applicant) received funding from • Successful Penile Replantation using loupe the Campus Research and Publication Committee magnification and the study is making good progress. • The Slipping Slipper Sign: a marker of severe peripheral diabetic neuropathy and foot Development of an effective vaccine for use sepsis against leptospirosis in dogs. An effective vaccine • Trends of Breast Cancer Mortality in Trinidad developed from local isolates of Leptospira has been and Tobago – A 35 year study confirmed to be effective in hamster models and trials • Umbilical pilonidal sinus: a new treatment on Beagle puppies are on-going. technique of sinus excision with umbilical preservation School of Advanced Nursing Education (SANE) The School of Advanced Nursing Education is School of Dentistry currently undergoing several research activities that Research is currently being conducted at the school are intended to promote the personal and professional the ascertain knowledge and attitudes towards enhancement of the academic staff. The evidence the dentist’s role in smoking cessation in patients obtained will not only contribute to the School, but attending public health centres. The project also to the Faculty and The University respectively. commenced in November 2009 and is continuing. Another study on the knowledge attitudes and beliefs Major Projects Completed of dental students towards patients with HIV/ AIDS, “The knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and lifestyle commenced in January 2010. practices regarding coronary heart disease among persons diagnosed in Trinidad and Tobago” School of Veterinary Medicine This project was completed during the review period The School of Veterinary Medicine, through its by a group of S.A.N.E., BSc Nursing students, led Postgraduate and Research Committee, has identified by the Director. Lead Researchers were Felicia three areas of research focus for the academic staff: Mohammed-Karim, Riaz Karim, Oneikah Sergeant- Tropical Diseases; Food, Health and Disease Control; Richards, Rabindranath Singh. The purpose of this and Teleimaging Diagnostic Services and Research study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs Network. A number of research projects were and lifestyle practices regarding CHD among persons conducted in the 2009/2010 academic year including diagnosed with this disease in Trinidad. the following: 64 FR 09/10 Major Projects in Progress Outreach The Director currently sits on Committees to develop a Department of Preclinical Sciences standardized Patient Care Assistant (PCA) programme Members of the Department provide career for implementation in January 2011 (Cabinet Minute) development, employability skills and technology and to develop a generic Bachelor’s in Nursing (BSN) training for post-secondary school students. This programme as requested by the Chief Nursing Officer year, sessions were held at resource centres in Sangre (CNO), at the Trinidad & Tobago Ministry of Health. Grande, Arima and Siparia using funding from the Canadian High Commission. A health check up camp School of Pharmacy was also conducted at Barackpore. Research Grants Obtained Adebayo, A. S., Sealy, P., Ignacio, D. & Maharaj, Members of the Department provided assistance to S. received a grant of TT$84,000 for the project – the Alzheimer’s Association of Trinidad & Tobago, “Cost-benefit, safety and efficacy analysis of using conducting surveys concerning caregiver burden. prefabricated adult drug products for obtaining child’s These surveys were conducted in POS, San-Fernando dose of medication not commercially available for and Mount Hope. Other surveys were conducted children in Trinidad & Tobago.” at senior centers and nursing homes throughout Trinidad & Tobago to establish prevalence of dementia Sealy, P. I. received a grant of TT$43,000 awarded by the and a department representative was invited to speak Campus Research and Publication fund - “Evaluative at the Alzheimer’s Association annual recognition of Research on Pharmacist Managed (Directed) Diabetes Alzheimer’s disease awareness month. Care: Focus on self Monitoring of Blood Glucose- Chronic Disease Assistance Programme (CDAP) Staff are also actively involved in the leadership Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Health.” development of young professionals and are regularly invited to speak to university students on ethics and Ignacio, D. received a grant of TT$30,000 awarded leadership both locally and internationally. by the Campus Research and Publication Fund - “Assessment of prescription writing practices at Department of Clinical Medical Sciences hospital institutions in Trinidad and Tobago: Post For the period under review the Child Health graduation views of the pharmacology and therapeutics Unit conducted five workshops in collaboration course.” with Trinidad and Tobago Health Training Centre (TTHTC). The workshops were all held in Jaunary 2010 and focussed on the Psychiatric Dimension of HIV/ AIDS, HIV Basics: Art and Adherence Counseling by Distance Teaching and Advanced Counselling Living Positively with HIV/AIDS. 65 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus During the reporting period, Prof. Zulaika Ali was also instrumental in the delivery and development of Collaborative Research training programmes on HIV Sensitization/Stigma Collaborative work with the Gender Studies and and Discrimination; HIV and Diabetes; Prevention Development Department is ongoing and the UWI is part of Mother to Child Transmission and HIV Basics:- A of a collaborative research project on Herbal Medicine. Course for Pharmacists, among others. The latter project is being funded by the University of Trinidad and Tobago and the Government of Trinidad Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and Tobago. The project also involves an international Service to UWI-12 Countries organisation – the John Hopkins International. A grant and Underserved Communities from the Centre for Caribbean Medicine is being used MSc Clinical Psychology student has been on an to fund follow up of psychotic patients in Trinidad internship programme in St. Lucia for the past year. and Tobago which is a collaborative project with the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, University of Outreach London. Meanwhile, the Department is also involved Many of the outreach initiatives initiated previously by with the section of Old Age and Geriatric Psychiatry at the Department continued in the review year. These the Institute of Psychiatry in dementia research. included the conduct of clinics at the public health institutions by members of the Department. The Links with Other Universities /Organisations Radiology Unit continues to provide clinical service, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada including on-call commitments in diagnostic radiology University of Washington, Seattle to patients of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences University of Miami Complex, Mt Hope and services to the North Central University of Florida Regional Health Authority. Meanwhile, the Psychiatry International Training and Education Centre in Unit continues to provide a psychiatric service for the Health(ITECH),Washington, USA North Central Regional Health Authority. This includes Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health an inpatient service, a consultation/ liaison service and Partner member of the Consortium of Universities for four outpatient clinics. Through collaboration with the Global Health (CUGH). Trinidad & Tobago Health Training Centre, more than University of Toronto 25 workshops and lectures have been mounted. University of Birmingham University of London Cross Faculty Relationships Members of the department collaborate with the UWI School of Dentistry Department of Medicine, Mona campus. The DM UWI Mona Dental School Internal Medicine taught at Mona shares many tutorial A team from the School visited the UWI Mona Campus and assessment similarities with the St. Augustine on invitation to assist with a consultation on the Dental programme. Degree programme at Mona. 66 FR 09/10 Community Outreach School of Veterinary Medicine The School facilitated a Dental Health Promotion The School continues to provide diagnostic services to the programme at the TML Primary School and a Dental food industry and individuals and to mount workshops Health Education Seminar parents of the Bright Ideas on areas of interest to local and regional veterinarians Preschool. A preschool outreach project involving by videoconferencing to centres in Trinidad and Tobago, data collection and OHI was conducted at several Jamaica, Barbados and Bahamas. Regular counselling is also preschools in the Caroni district while screening provided to members of the public on problems related to was undertaken of primary school children at the St. pets and livestock. Staff at the School also engage in career Joseph Presbyterian Primary School in conjunction counselling to secondary school students through school with the Maracas St. Joseph Rotary Club. visits to make presentations on opportunities in veterinary medicine as well as the academic requirements. External Linkages with Industry Partners The DSA Certificate is offered through the Open The School has strengthened its regional and international Campus and the School provides training for Interns partnerships though collaborative undergraduate teaching in collaboration between the Ministry of Health and using student and staff exchanges, research and case the North Central Regional Health Authority. sharing via videoconferencing with the following entities: • Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University Conferences and Seminars Hosted of Edinburgh, Drs. Ashvin Sharma and Jana -Marie Koylass • Colorado State University (CSU), USA Amphitheatre B on Wednesday 24th February, 2010 at • Ontario Veterinary College of the University of Guelph, 6:00pm Canada “An update in orthodontics for the General Dental Practitioner” and “An update in Periodontics for the The School is engaged in collaborative research with the General Dental Practitioner”. Sponsored by Mepha Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on leptospirosis and with the Department of Pathology and Prof. Paluri Murti and Dr. Haytham Al-Bayaty Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical “Antibiotic use and abuse in general dental practice” Branch, Galveston, Texas, U.S.A. on mosquito-borne “Pigmented lesions in the mouth” viruses of zoonotic significance. Lecture at Papirika Restaurant Cocorite. Sponsored by Norvatis The School was able to attract 13 undergraduate regional students in 2009/2010. The target for 2010/2011 is 20 Lecture by Chuck B. Hudson, Professional Relations Regional and 10 extra-regional students. It is anticipated Manager 3M ESPE that in 2010/2011, five practising veterinarians from Haiti “Prosthodontics: Prep to Crown” will pursue graduate studies at the SVM through the UWI Amphitheatre B on Thursday 22nd April, 2010. initiative to assist developments in Haiti following the devastating earthquake. 67 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus School of Advanced Nursing Education Continuing Education Programmes Strengthening Regionality During the Summer Programme, two courses were During the period 2009 – 2010 the School of Advanced run simultaneously for 46 nurses of Tobago. The Nursing Education admitted six new students from courses represented a collaborated effort between the the neighbouring Caribbean region into the BSc School and the Tobago Regional Health Authority to Nursing programme. Three are from St Vincent; two develop professional development programmes for are from Jamaica and one Dominica. For the MScN the nurses of Tobago. This venture also represented programme, five Dominicans were accepted. the School’s commitment to the development of nursing education in Trinidad and Tobago and by Links with Other Universities extension the CARICOM region. In March 2010, the Director visited Dominica and Antigua. The purpose of this visit was to meet with School of Pharmacy the Dean of the Nursing School at the Junior Colleges The School of Pharmacy is actively participating and other health care personnel from the Ministries in the establishment of the Caribbean Network of of Health. It is anticipated that this visit will foster Pharmacy Education, facilitated through CARICOM better relationships for continued collaboration which and the PAHO/WHO Office for Caribbean Program will benefit UWI, Dominica, Antigua and the region Coordination. In October 2010, the School facilitated at large. The Director visited the St Xavier University the second workshop of this network to review in Chicago to collaborate on research scholarships the pharmaceutical priorities and findings of the and support for endorsement in the Nursing sorority, survey of pharmacy education in the Caribbean, Alpha Omicrom of which she is an active member. which was conducted by Dr. Dorothea Rudorf of the Massachusetts School of Pharmacy, Boston. A two day workshop on Oncology Emergency was held at the School in March 2010. Mrs. Tara Moffat, A two-day workshop on management of patients on Coordinator for Palliative Care, Grand River Regional long term therapy in the community with particular Cancer Centre and the Mc Master University, School of reference to HIV and diabetes complications was Nursing (Canada) was the facilitator. The purpose of conducted in July. The programme was assisted by this workshop was to provide students and practicing the Trinidad and Tobago Health Training Centre oncology nurses with evidence-based knowledge (TTHTC), and attracted a wide cross section of they can use more effectively when managing clients practicing pharmacists. presenting with oncology emergency. Additionally, there were scheduled visits to the various clinical sites Revenue Generation where Ms. Tara Moffat further guided the oncology Department of Preclinical Sciences students in developing the competencies of oncology The Department derived revenue from the Teaching of assessment of patients. Anatomy & Physiology to students from COSTAATT and UTT. 68 FR 09/10 Department of Paraclinical Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine The Immunofluroscence service is operational and The seven business units in the SVM generated some provides diagnostic services to patients with renal revenue during the academic year 2009/2010, the first and skin disease. year of operation. Additional sources of funding was provided by offering diagnostic services to practising Department of Clinical Medical Sciences veterinarians, the food industry and the provision of The Psychiatry Unit offers services to external clients teaching aids in the form of plastinated materials for such as, National Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention tertiary institutions. Programme (NADAPP) and the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. School of Advanced Nursing Education The School conducted “summer” schools in Trinidad School of Dentistry and Tobago. The Tobago House of Assembly funded The Oral Histopathology Diagnostic Services and the this professional development programme for Fixed Orthodontic Appliance Programme (Clinic) their nurses in Tobago. This generated funds to the initiated earlier continues to generate a modest amount of $106,000.00 for the School. There are other income, and more than that, a sound professional private institutions which have expressed interest in reputation for the School and The UWI. All clinical acquiring the services of the School to enhance the crown and bridge work now generates income into a development of their nurses. self financing research project into an account held at the Bursary. Similarly restorative Dentistry also has Projected Activities for 2010/2011 an account in the Bursary. Department of Preclinical Sciences • Revision of the learning objectives of all Plans are afoot to generate more income from courses to minimize duplication and gaps fabricating dentures by the Technical Laboratory of across the courses. the school. • Developed four research clusters – Molecular medicine, Neuroscience, Nutrition & An account was opened in the Bursary for the Metabolism and Medicinal Plants. MFDSRCS training program that will be conducted at • Organize a staff/graduate students training the school as an ongoing programme. This is expected workshop on the theory and modern to generate income by way of fees paid by students. techniques of molecular biology Department of Clinical Medical Sciences • Introduction of a DM in Cardiology and the introduction of courses in ‘Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV’ (Diploma and Certificate). 69 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Distinguished Visitors Dr. Lauren Thomas Faculty member, Howard University, Washington, Department of Preclinical Sciences USA Dr. Rong Cao Guelph Food Research Centre, Toronto, Canada Dr. Shelia Weitzman Director of Clinical Services, Haematology / Professor Trevor Stone Oncology, University of Toronto, Canada Professor of Pharmacolgy, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Ms. Judy Van Clieaf Oncology Registered Nurse, Sick Kids Hospital, Department of Clinical Medical Sciences Toronto, Canada Dr. Mohamed Abdelhalem Head, Haematology and Director of Molecular School of Dentistry Haematopathology, University of Toronto, Canada Dr. Anthony Davis Registrar, Bahamas Dental Council Dr. Amza Ali Neurologist, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mona Professor Dhuru Campus, Jamaica Visiting Professor, Marquette University Ms. Cheryl Arneson Dr. Osmond Richardson Nurse Training Tutor, I-TECH, University of Toronto, Chairman, Bahamas Dental Council Canada Dr. Lenore Coleman School of Veterinary Medicine President at Total Lifestyle Change, Inc., Health, Professor Susan Cotter Wellness and Fitness , Washington D.C., USA Veterinary Oncologist, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA Dr. Goulda Downer Nutrition Preceptor and HIV Nutrition Expert, Dr. Marc Kramer National Minority AIDS Education and Training Associate Veterinarian, Avian and Exotic Animal Centre, Howard University, Washington, USA Center, Miami, Florida Sir Christopher R. W. Edwards Mr Aashish Krishan Chairman, Medical Education, London, England Sudhir Gopi Holdings, Dallas Mr. Paul Geli Dr. Stephen Kruth World Bank Consultant, The World Bank, Programme Coordinator, M.c in Small Animal Washington, USA Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada Dr. David Jamadar Clinical Professor of Radiology, Department of Professor Robert O’Brien Radiology, University of Michigan Veterinary Radiologist, University of Illinois Ms. Kamla Sharma Dr. Lino Vella Director, International Patient Programme, Sick Veterinarian, Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital, Malta Kids Hospital, Toronto, Canada 70 FR 09/10 School of Advanced Nursing Education Mrs Jane Burns Clinical Director, Ambulatory Oncology Clinics , Mc Master University Ms. Judy Vanclief Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Professor Joanne Edward Ms. Brenda Johnstone Ms. Carolyn Ingram Ms. Tara Moffat School of Nursing, Mc Master University Visiting External Examiners were as follows: Dr. Jacqueline Comerasamy Professor Serrant Green Mrs. Paula Hancock Dr. Randy Jones Professor Courtney Lyder School of Pharmacy Dr. Eugenie Browne-Myrie University of Technology, Jamaica Dr. Rudolf Cummings CARICOM Health Desk Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana Dr. Emmanuel Cummings Dean, University of Guyana Dr. Carlese Henry College of Bahamas Dr. Adriana Ivama Sub-regional Advisor, Office of Caribbean Programme Coordination, Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization, Medicines and Biologicals Ms. Lydia Thurton University of Belize 71 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus sTakeholdeR consulTaTion has become an inTegRal componenT oF The cuRRiculum ReFoRm exeRcise. a numbeR oF depaRTmenTs have now inFused a “skills maTRix” appRoach, linking These To The expecTed leaRning ouTcomes 72 FR 09/10 Executive Summary contributed to this situation. These included heavy The Faculty of Science and Agriculture is currently teaching loads of academic staff, large class sizes and a the second largest faculty at the St. Augustine lack of adequate laboratory research facilities, attractive campus. It continues to play, through its teaching and research clusters and funding. In this context it should learning, research and outreach activities, a pivotal be pointed out that the faculty’s strategic focus has been role in providing the human resource, equipped with and continues to be on research degrees (MPhil and the appropriate skills and competencies, needed to PhD) rather than taught Master’s Degrees. However, the transform the Caribbean region. The Faculty has, faculty is now actively considering the MSc as the route through its myriad of research activities and working to the PhD rather than through the traditional MPhil with its various stakeholders, been focusing on route. This is expected to impact positively not only on finding solutions to Caribbean problems and as well our graduate intake but more significantly on both the as in the vanguard of promoting the sustainable use quality and output rates of our graduates. of our natural resources. Curriculum Reform Expansion of Access The Faculty continued to place curriculum reform as The Faculty continued to witness a sustained its number one strategic priority as part of its ongoing increase in its student population, especially at commitment to ensure that its curricula offerings the undergraduate level, over the last five years. are relevant and current and that it is a reflection of Total enrolment stood at 3985 of which 3322 were tomorrow’s clients’ needs. The objective is to train registered in the School of Science and 663 in the our graduates to go out and create employment rather School of Agriculture. This represented an increase of than seek employment. In this context, stakeholder approximately 45% over the last five years. However, consultation has now become an integral component the faculty is now forced to consolidate its intake of the curriculum reform exercise. A number of due to limitations in laboratory facilities, classrooms departments have now infused a “skills matrix” approach of appropriate size as well as human resources. The to their continuing curriculum reform exercise linking increased use of ICT will be used to address some of these to the expected learning outcomes. Also “out of these issues with the view of continued expansion of classroom” experience is now an integral part of the access as well as an enhanced interactive teaching and new curriculum. Most programmes, especially those learning environment. in Agriculture, Agribusiness Management and Human Nutrition and Dietetics, now have “built in” internships, Growth at the graduate level has been modest over field courses and practica. Other programmes, especially the last two years. Graduate registration stood at 454 those in the sciences, have compulsory research projects. of which 309 were registered in the School of Science Every effort is being made to link these to industry. This and 145 in the School of Agriculture. This is well is expected to better equip our graduates for the world below the projected target of 20% of the total student of work as well as for further research. population for the faculty. A number of factors have 73 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus A “common set of skills and competencies” approach of the modes of assessment to ensure that they are in has been successfully employed in achieving alignment with the expected learning outcomes are harmonization of curricula across the campuses. To being implemented to address these issues. date harmonization at level one has been essentially achieved. As such there can now be a seamless At the graduate level 14 students received MSc degrees, movement of students across the campuses wishing 10 MPhil’s and 12 PhD’s. However, the throughput rate to pursue programmes at the advanced level. is still cause for concern. A number of systems (regular supervisory committee meetings, staff/graduate New curricula for a number of programmes were student liaison committee meetings, weekly graduate developed and approved for introduction. These seminar presentations, and presentations at regional/ included programmes in Actuarial Science, Optometry international conferences) are being put in place to and Tropical Landscaping at the undergraduate level, address this issue. Already we have seen the positive MSc programmes in The Science and Management impact of some of these measures where 5 students of Tropical Biodiversity and Occupational and graduated with PhDs in chemistry in 2009/2010. Environmental Safety and Health and MPhil/PhD programmes in Geography, Food Quality and Safety Research Funding and Human Nutrition. Access to adequate research funding has continued to be one of the major obstacles in the conduct of Graduation Statistics cutting edge research (both in terms of quality, At the undergraduate level 530 students graduated relevance and output). The Faculty, recognizing this with BSc (General) degrees in various academic serious limitation, has encouraged departments to disciplines offered by the faculty. Of these, 380 were form strategic research clusters (intradepartmental; from the School of Science and 150 from the School interdepartmental/campus; interuniversity) linked of Agriculture. It should be noted that many of the to national/regional development and to aggressively programmes pursued by students in the faculty are pursue funding both locally, regionally and multidisciplinary and transcend the School of Science internationally. Workshops in grant writing proposals and The School of Agriculture as well as other Faculties for academic staff are being put in place. As a result of especially the Faculty of Social Sciences. Five percent some of these initiatives our Faculty members have (5%) of the students graduating received first class been able to secure a significant percentage of the honours; 15% upper second class honours, 47% lower Campus Research and Publication funds. In addition second class honours and 33 % obtained pass degrees. members were also able to secure significant funding This declining trend in the percentage of first/upper from a number of international agencies in excess second honours as well as in the throughput rate has of $9 M - most of this going to the Department of been observed since 2006 and correlates with the Life Sciences. It should be noted also that there are introduction of the GPA system of grading. A number a number of other ongoing research projects which of student support systems as well as re-examination are being funded by external agencies to the extent of 74 FR 09/10 over $5M. Of significance in this respect is the $2.5M • A new collaborative five-year project with USDA funding from the World Bank to undertake studies on has been initiated to identify molecular markers the restoration of the Nariva swamp project. Part of for agronomic traits within the germplasm this project involves a study on carbon sequestration collection (CRU) in wetlands one of the very few studies of this kind undertaken in the world. Publications There were 119 publications in peer reviewed journals, The faculty will also be embarking on new initiatives 91 conference proceedings, 11 books/book chapters to ensure greater involvement with the local/regional and 7 technical reports produced by academic staff private sector and international collaborators in joint members in the Faculty. This represented a small research projects. Already industry liaison committees increase over the previous year. There was also an have been established in some departments. overall increase in commissioned technical reports, This should provide a more sustainable source of monographs and books. Noteworthy is the wider research funding as well as assist in socioeconomic spread of publications across the Faculty. This augers development. well for the future. However, the Faculty’s per capita output for refereed journal publications (1.4 per Major Projects Initiated fulltime staff) is still below the expected norm of 2.0 As a result of increased emphasis being placed on per staff. Systems are being put in place to address research and development in the Faculty, a number this situation. of strategic multidisciplinary research clusters have been formed and projects, related to finding solutions The research output and more importantly the impact to problems, and for which funding has been acquired of the research on socioeconomic development is have been initiated. These include among others: expected to increase significantly with the formation Needs assessments in Caribbean fine flavour countries of more strategic research clusters, partnering with and provision of targeted training (CRU) the private sector, improved research facilities, increased funding and increase in the number of • Four- year CDE funded project aimed at providing postdoctoral research fellows to drive the faculty’s technical assistance to 7 countries in the research initiatives. CARIFORUM in the areas of (a) improving the productivity and quality of cocoa (b) improving food safety through training (c) provision of technical support for value –added industries in the region and (d) supporting linkages with tourism (CRU) 75 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Transforming the as well as to assist in upgrading the human resource Agricultural Sector skills in Grenada. Also of significance is the signing of The Faculty, cognizant of the strategic role it has to a MOU with the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural play in the transformation of the agriculture sector Sciences in China. in the Caribbean, continued to work closely with stakeholders in the agrifood sector to implement a Public and Professional Services number of initiatives. Among these initiatives was the The Faculty continued to make significant appointment of an Interim Director for the School of contributions towards national/regional development Agriculture, upgrading of the soil science laboratory through the varied public/professional services of facilities in the Department of Food production, as well its academic staff and by serving as reviewers and as upgrading the greenhouse facilities both on Campus editorial staff for various regional and international and at the Field Station. This upgrading of facilities in journals. agriculture is expected to be accelerated in the coming year with the upgrading of the sheep facilities at the Conclusion Field Station and the expected acquisition of the long While the Faculty has seen significant, positive awaited Orange Grove lands for the construction of a advances in many areas such as student intake, modern agricultural experimental field station. The curriculum reform, enhanced teaching and learning BSc Agriculture curriculum is also expected to be environment, formation of strategic research completely revamped. clusters, stakeholder relations and international collaborations, there are a number of critical areas The recommendations arising out of the International that must be addressed as a matter of urgency. These Congress on Tropical Agriculture- Overcoming include: Challenges to Developing Sustainable Agri-Food • greater realignment of our research agenda Systems in the Tropics, at which key stakeholders to socioeconomic developmental issues from CARICOM were present, were compiled and • greater private sector participation in our circulated to all CARICOM Governments for their research agenda (incubator facilities) follow up action. • more rapid progress in curriculum reform (stakeholder participation should be a critical A number of MOUs have been signed with regional component of this process) with increased and extra regional countries/institutions. Technical emphasis on developing the critical thinking assistance, arising out of the MOU between the skills of our students Government of Grenada and the Faculty, is being • increased exposure to real life experiences provided with the view of assisting with revitalizing of our students through field trips, projects the Grenada agricultural sector. In this context, and internships (service learning) done in systems have been put in place for the Faculty to assist collaboration with industry with revitalizing the cocoa and nutmeg industries, 76 FR 09/10 • use of technology to enhance the teaching Meanwhile, enrolment in the BSc Agriculture and and learning environment the Major in Agricultural Science, moved from 68 • reduction in size of tutorial/laboratory students to 81 students respectively. classes. This would require additional staffing The enrolment of undergraduate students in the resource Department of Chemistry continues to be capped • improved laboratory facilities at approximately 385 for the Level I programme. • improved facilities for students to study Laboratory and classroom space and the availability • greater emphasis on sourcing of external of human resources are some of the Department’s funding challenges hampering student intake. Postgraduate • income generating activities to assist the student enrolment is also increasing especially Faculty in carrying out its activities as the Department has dramatically improved its • provision of more postdoctoral research instrumentation to meet international standards. fellows to help drive the research initiative Enrolment in courses offered by the Department of Students Life Sciences generally remained steady save for a The Department of Agricultural Economics and marked increase of more than 100% in BIOL 3864, Extension experienced a small decline from 549 to 535 Fisheries Biology & Management. There was a decline in its day (regular) student intake at the undergraduate in the pass rates for the majority of courses offered by level compared to the previous year. A 20% decline in the Department, particularly BIOL 2361, Biomolecules student intake was also experienced in the Evening and Energy Metabolism where the pass rate declined Programmes. This can be mainly attributed to limits from 75% in the previous year to 46% in the review placed by the Faculty of Social Sciences. As such the year. Faculty was forced to gradually reduce the first year registration in the BSc Agribusiness Management The major development in the Department of Physics programme from over 250 to 150 places (day was the requirement that all students be required to students) starting in 2006/2007. With respect to undertake a project in conjunction with industry the postgraduate programmes, the department also in their final year. A Manual of Abstracts for oral witnessed a general decrease in total enrolment from presentation is produced and widely circulated to 39 to 27 over the previous year. stakeholders and the initiative is expected to help foster further collaborative research initiatives In the Department of Food Production the new Major in Tropical Landscaping commenced. Enrolment in the Major in Geography increased from 65 students in 2008/2009 to 71 students and a cap on numbers had to be instituted because of lack of resources. 77 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Students Achievements • Leandy Riley, BSc. Nutrition and Dietetics, was Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension awarded a 2009 OAS Scholarship to read for an Grants awarded to graduate students: advanced degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at • Brent Theophille of the Department of the University of Saskatchewan Agricultural Economics and Extension • Dr. Candice Simpson-Smith, BSc Human received a Graduate Student Exchange Ecology, was awarded the PhD in Nutrition, Program Fellowship tenable at the University UWI in 2009. She is the first graduate of the of Saskatchewan, Canada. BSc. Human Ecology programme to gain a • Michelle Ash, BSc Nutrition and Dietetics, PhD. The BSc Human Ecology programme was awarded a 2010 OAS scholarship to read produced its first graduates in 1997. for an advanced degree in Public Health at the University of St. Georges Department of Food Production • Dr. Neesha Beharry-Borg, BSc Agribusiness • Luckeisha Olliverrie was the most outstanding Management, was awarded the PhD in student for the academic year, graduating with Environmental Economics and Management, First Class Honours and winning five Faculty York University, UK in 2009. She is currently Prizes. employed as a lecturer at Leeds University, Department of Chemistry UK. • Wainella Isaacs, a Level 2 student, won • Rachel Brathwaite, BSc Human Ecology the poster competition at the National (Nutritional Sciences major), was awarded a Science Foundation Research Experience for National Scholarship to read for an advanced Undergraduates (REU) Tampa Interdisciplinary degree in Epidemiology at the University of Environmental Research (TIER). The Nottingham, UK. Programme entailed a 10-week long research • Antonette Brown, MPhil Agric Economics on an area of study related to the Graduate and Extension candidate, has been awarded Mentor’s dissertation. the opportunity to pursue doctoral courses at • Ms. Nakita Noel and Ms. Neatcha Mark-Wallace Wagenien University under the CariWatNet were the top graduates in Chemistry for programme. 2009/2010. Both received First Class Honours. • Marlon Francis, BSc. Human Ecology Mrs. Nadia-Beepath Singh and Ms. Azeena Ali (Nutrition and Dietetics), was awarded a graduated with the PhD in Chemistry with National Scholarship to read for an advanced High Commendation. Their Research Projects degree in Public Health at the London School were entitled: “NMR/NQR Studies of Selected of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. Aromatic Dinitroso and Related Compounds” and “Development of Cost-Effective Treatments for Lead-Acid Battery Waste and Lead- Contaminated Soils in Trinidad”, respectively. 78 FR 09/10 Department of Life Sciences Dr. Carlisle Pemberton • Miss Karen Polson, MPhil/ PhD student was • Awarded a short-term fellowship to participate awarded the Caribbean Health Research in the Faculty Leadership Programme – an Award for the most outstanding Student Paper extension of the Canadian Commonwealth 2010, as well as the David Picou Young Scientist Scholarship Programme. Award. Department of Food Production Staff Dr. Gaius Eudoxie: Awards, Honours & Distinctions • Certificate in Quarry Rehabilitation with Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Emphasis on Agriculture, Professional Dr. Isabella Granderson Education Unit, UTT • Appointed Principal Investigator in the development of the McGill-CARICOM IDRC Dr. Wendy Ann Isaac: concept paper proposal on Improving the • Recipient of ENDURE Crop Protection Nutrition and Health of CARICOM Populations grant for Scientists from International through Sustainable Agricultural Technologies Cooperation that Increase Food Availability and Diversity of Food Choices. Dr. Mark Nakka Wuddivira: • Postgraduate Certificate in University Dr. Sharon Hutchinson Teaching and Learning (CUTL), The • Awarded a short-term fellowship to participate in University of the West Indies, St. Augustine the Faculty Leadership Programme, an extension • Certificate in Managing and Facilitating of the Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Online Instruction (MFOI), The University Programme, and was appointed Chairperson of of the West Indies Open Campus/ the CARICOM Sub-committee on Food Security. Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth. Dr. Selby Nichols • Appointed World Cancer Research Department of Chemistry Fund International (WCRF) Fellow to Dr. Nadia Beepath-Singh: the International Course in Nutritional • Development Engineer, awarded PhD in Epidemiology hosted by the Faculty of Chemistry with High Commendation. Medicine, Imperial College, London. 79 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Department of Life Sciences Department of Physics Professor John Agard: Prof. Ramsey Saunders: • Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for • Received the NIHERST/CAS Icons in Science All-round Excellent Performance in Research in Trinidad and Tobago, January 2010. Accomplishments and Contribution to Public • Appointed “Gast Professor” at the Charite Service. (Humboldt & Free University Berlin) Dr. Dave Chadee: Newly Appointed and Promoted Academic Staff • Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for Department of Food Production All-round Excellent Performance in Research Dr. Victor Mlambo – Lecturer in Animal Nutrition - Accomplishments. New appointment Dr. Grace Sirju-Charran: Dr. Marisa Wilson – Lecturer in Agricultural • Guardian Life Teaching Award for Geography - New appointment Excellence. Dr. David Robinson, Senior Lecturer, Soil Science - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Resigned Dr. Noel Kalicharan: • Designated by NIHERST and CAS as a Department of Life Sciences “Trinidad & Tobago Icon in Science” in the Dr. Laetitia Brechet: appointed Postdoctoral Fellow area of “Computer Science” - specializing in Plant Ecophysiology/Ecohydrology/ Forest Soils in the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Dr. Angela Shirley: Research Cluster. • Completed the Certificate in University Teaching and Learning from IDU, UWI, St. Dr. Brian Cockburn: re-appointed as Deputy Dean Augustine Campus in June 2010 (Enterprise, Development and Outreach) Dr. Virish Tripathi: Dr. Aidan Farrell: appointed Lecturer in Plant • Completed the Certificate in University Physiology Teaching and Learning from IDU, UWI, St. Augustine Campus in July 2009. Mrs. Casandra James-De Freitas was promoted to the post of Secretary Grade 7 Dr. Jayaraj Jayaraman: appointed Lecturer in Microbiology Professor 80 FR 09/10 Professor Indar Ramnarine: re-appointed as Deputy Department of Chemistry Dean, Student Matters Obituary Ms. Linda Phillip (Departmental Secretary) passed Mr. Mike Rutherford: appointed Museum Curator. away in October 2009. Professor Pathmanathan Umaharan: seconded to the Transforming Leadership, Culture, Cocoa Research Unit as Head of the Unit. Process Department of Food Production Mr. & Mrs. Peter Antoine who served the department The department worked on developing a quality as part time Lecturers/ Teaching Assistants for many assurance manual to guide several aspects of the years migrated to Canada. department’s activities including course/programme design, delivery, examination, research as well as Department of Mathematics and Computer Science administrative and financial matters. The objective is Dr. Christoph Hamburger - appointed Lecturer in to provide all staff and especially, new members, with Mathematics guidelines on procedures to facilitate good practice by all. The document had the input of relevant staff Dr. Noel Kalicharan – Senior Lecturer: cross the merit and the final draft was circulated for additional input bar before preparation of the final version. Dr. Alexander Nikov – Senior Lecturer: extension on Three lecturers pursued the IDU Certificate contract on indefinite tenure programme in University Teaching and several Teaching Assistants participates in various workshops including Dr. Sreedhara Rao Gunakala - appointed Lecturer in Moodle training. Mathematics Department of Chemistry Professor Christian Posthoff - retired Postgraduate student throughput and research output have been dramatically increased due to the Cocoa Research Unit change in the Department’s culture which has been Mr Eusebius Solazano – promoted to Technical guided by the implementation of the Strategic Plans Assistant-I of the Department, Faculty and UWI as a whole. Special emphasis has been placed on monitoring Dr. Surendra Surujdeo-Maharaj, appointed Research part-time postgraduate students to enable them to Fellow/Pathologist, Cocoa Research Unit complete their research projects in a more reasonable timeframe. The result of all these activities this year Prof. Pathmanathan Umaharan, appointed Head, will be evidenced by further improved postgraduate Cocoa Research Unit throughput and research publications. It is expected 81 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus that at least 12 postgraduate students will be ready to • Mr. Franklyn Julien (Development Engineer graduate in 2011. Improved research facilities, better III in charge of Mass Spectrometry Services) “people” management and training opportunities at attended a training course by Bruker/ all levels have lead to increased candidates applying BioSpin “Introduction to Avance AV I-III for vacant positions as well as fewer resignations. Spectrometer Service and Maintenance” in Switzerland. The academic year 2009/2010 has also been a • Ms. Lorale Lalgee (postgraduate student) consolidating year where much attention has pursued training as a Research Intern at the been placed on installing and commissioning new Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany in the equipment and introducing new systems for technical area of “Molecular Distribution in Biphasic and administrative management. Work commenced Aggregates on the production of a Quality Assurance manual for • Dr. Nadia Singh (Development Engineer II the department in charge of our NMR Services) participated in three training courses held by Bruker: The CHEMIA (Chemist in Action) student group Advance 1D/2D, Advanced NMR Methods continues its outreach programme to the chemistry and Small Molecule Spectra Analysis - in students and the general student population with Switzerland their focus to promote awareness of chemistry as an • Dr. Richard Taylor was invited as an Honorary academic discipline and a career option and to assist Academic Staff member at the School with the overall development of the student. Their of Chemistry, University of Manchester, initiatives include field trips to industries, seminars, UK. His training focused on the synthesis Mole Day Celebrations, participating in FSA Week and characterization of semiconducting and Chemistry’s Orientation Programme. nanoparticles (Quantum Dots) for solar cell applications. Significant training initiatives • Mrs. Simone Walcott (Postgraduate Student • New Teaching Assistants and Lecturers and Laboratory Technician) participated received IDU training in the scholarship of in the following training courses hosted by teaching. Bruker/BioSpin in Switzerland: • Dr. Nicole John-Thomas received an - Small Molecule Spectral Analysis: attachment at the University of Wisconsin - Natural Products Training Course: – Milwaukee campus from 1st June to 31st this offered an introduction into the August 2010. She conducted collaborative complexities of working with natural work with the American Chemical Society’s products from a drug discovery Examination Institute on measuring student perspective. The focus was mainly on learning. plant biomass which can be extrapolated to include any natural product source. 82 FR 09/10 Department of Life Sciences Significant Staff Training Initiatives Work has commenced on the production of a Quality S. Bharath - Technical Assistant Assurance manual for the department. Two members • attachment to the Department of Biological of staff embarked on a Certificate Course on Teaching Sciences at Towson University to work and Learning with the IDU. In addition, several staff on the collaborative project “Detection members benefited from IDU training on Camtasia of misidentified plants in ICS germplasm Studio and Turnitin plagiarism detection software. collections (3 months) • training in statistical analysis of cocoa quality Significant Training Initiatives parameters at CIRAD – 3 months Staff at the Faculty participated in UWI’s Talent Development Programme, organized by the Human A.Sankar Resources Division as well as a Field Course on Forest • Training in capillary electrophoresis Research Methods in Guyana. and genetic analysis at the Sustainable Perennial Crops Lab (SPCL) in the Beltsville Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Agriculture Research Center of the United A first draft of the Quality Assurance was submitted States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/ and the manual has been upgraded. Also an active Agriculture Research Service (ARS) in Postgraduate seminar series was developed. Beltsville, Maryland (USA) – 6 months. Department of Physics S. Surujdeo-Maharaj The Quality Assurance Manual was implemented and • Training in Host-Pathogen Interaction – an active research seminar series was developed. University of Manitoba – 6 months (Canada- CARICOM Fellowship Significant Training Initiatives. Three members of staff participated in the IDU P. Umaharan Certificate in Teacher Training. • EduLink Professional Development and Programme Training – (UWI) – 6 weeks Cocoa Research Unit • HR Leadership training – Ask Leadership Ltd Strategic planning and business planning exercises (UWI)- 2 months were implemented to propel the Cocoa Research Unit over the next 5 years. A quality management system was introduced for the core processes within the Unit. 83 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Efforts To Improve Herbarium Recruitment And Retention Significant Training Initiatives A proposal is being developed to upgrade the status Mrs. Beverly Adams-Baptiste (Library Assistant) of the Unit to that of a UWI Centre providing greater participated in training workshops conducted on stability to the 48 year old unit. A business plan is the campus on First Aid Training and Strategies for being developed to ensure the sustainability of the Success unit. Mrs. Baksh-Comeau continued to pursue her PhD Significant Training Initiatives entitled Ecosystem services: A case for the conservation • Xoco Central America Ltd, Honduras - of the vascular flora of Trinidad and Tobago. Training of industry personnel on postharvest processing and flavor profiling. Ms. Keisha Manaure (Technical staff) continued to • Training on Fine Flavour Cocoa Development pursue the MSc in the Science and Management of to personnel from the Cocoa Research Tropical Biodiversity Institute of Ghana (CRIG). Done in two phases. Dr. D. Sukha visited Cocoa Research Teaching & Learning Institute of Ghana (CRIG) in October, 2009 Department of Food Production as part of a training initiative to develop The Department introduced practical aspects into and test cocoa postharvest protocols for the core course - AGCP 2001: Principles of Crop the Ghana Fine Flavour Cocoa Project. A Science and Production - which traditionally focused reciprocal visit and hands-on training for a on major concepts in crop science and production. selected person from CRIG to the CRU was Practical components were introduced to reinforce/ arranged this year. stimulate learning and understanding of crop science and production theory. The learning activity also • CRU provided four (4) one to two week sought to foster team work and cooperation, instilling short-courses to personnel from the Ministry a work ethic in students. Students were divided into of Agriculture and the cocoa industry from small groups (5-7 students) each responsible for a St. Lucia on (a) flavor profiling (6 persons) field established research project. The exercise lasted (b) DNA fingerprinting techniques (4 eight weeks and provided practical experience in persons) (c) morphological characterization establishing and maintaining an experiment, data (5 persons) and (d) disease screening for collection and analysis, preparation of a research resistance to cocoa diseases (5 persons) with paper and delivery of a seminar based on the study. funding from the Banana Industry Trust, diversification fund. 84 FR 09/10 The Department adopted a blended learning approach The students have found that when course outlines, for courses, using technologies such as podcasting, objectives and learning outcomes are provided, they wikis, social bookmarking, and online discussion are able to have better direction for the learning process forums among other things, to advance teaching and and preparing for examinations. This initiative has learning. This was a major shift from the traditional been extremely useful and helpful to the students. way the courses had been taught and greater learning impact was achieved. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science An innovative approach to teaching computer Department of Chemistry programming was introduced. Students used personal The Department continued to do work on reforming robots in our introductory course, COMP1100 – the curriculum for the various programmes offered. Computer Programming 1 with good success. Office Development of a matrix of practical skills and hours for all lecturers were posted on the notice boards revision of the supporting laboratory exercises is to allowing students more ready access to lecturers for be finalized. Approvals and implementation of the one on one consultation. In addition, a website for the revised curriculum for the Level One programme will Application of Structural and Computational Biology take place in September 2011. in Biomedical Sciences was created at http://sta. uwi.edu/fsa/dms/icgeb/index.asp to host teaching The process of ensuring direct links between material and lectures. It was initiated to make available assessment practices and the identified course all material and lectures, including audio and video learning objectives continued in 2009/10. Staff wherever available, to all those interested in this field members have made the necessary adjustments and both within the UWI and internationally. are ensuring that course objectives are provided to students. Department of Physics Generally, the Department embraced the use of A one-on-one oral exercise was implemented for technologies such as websites and social network the Level II/III organic chemistry courses and this is for teaching and connecting to students. In some having a positive impact on the learning outcomes. courses lecturers sourced video clips on Youtube as well as DVDs for special topics. Yet in some cases New outcomes experienced it was found that more one-on-one contact would as a result of prior initiatives. benefit students. As such, in order to address high The individual oral exercises for the Level II/III failure rates in PHYS 2280 - Mathematical Methods, organic courses were able to identify the weaknesses the Department removed laboratory work from the of the students and to build confidence in them. course, and instead allocated this time to additional tutorials. The Department also introduced a new level one course, PHYS 1001 - Introduction to Astronomy. 85 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus New Programmes Department of Food Production • Major in Tropical Landscaping - Department The Department increased the number of seminar of Food Production presentations required in graduate level courses. The • MSc in Science and Management of Tropical aim of this measure was to improve the writing and Biodiversity – Department of Life Sciences presentation skills of graduates from the MSc Tropical • BSc Computer Science – Department of Commodity Utilization (TCU) programme. Mathematics and Computer Science Department of Chemistry The Department of Agricultural Economics and In 2009 the Department introduced the Master Extension, together with the University of East of Science Programme in Occupational and Carolina and the International Office at UWI, St. Environmental Safety and Health. The programme Augustine is developing the MSc in Human Sciences. was developed in response to stakeholders’ needs and has been a great success both financially and Graduate Studies academically with 58 students registering in the first Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension year. At the end of June 2010, 30 full-load students In the Department of Agricultural Economics and had completed their taught courses and were about Extension, the MSc programmes in Agricultural to launch into their 6-month research projects in Economics and Marketing and Agribusiness were September 2010. revised during the reporting period. The MSc (Marketing and Agribusiness) has quickly become Advisory Committee groups continued to meet for the most popular postgraduate programme in the the academic year 2009/10, once per semester. These Department. Currently the programme has graduate meetings are in their second year of implementation students from Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, and have resulted in an increase in the throughput Guyana, Jamaica and Montserrat. During the period of graduate students. At these meetings the students under review there was also the formation of a very must justify the progress on their research project. vibrant agribusiness postgraduate association. Access to modern facilities and instrumentation has also led to the improvement in research activities for Collaboration continued with the Universite Des the graduate student. Five PhD students and one Antilles Et De La Guyane, Guadeloupe to develop the MPhil student graduated in 2009/2010. MSc in Nutrition and Health while the MPhil and PhD in Human Sciences are currently being ratified One postgraduate student received an attachment at for submission to the Board for Graduate Studies. The the Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany from October Department also instituted more effective monitoring to December 2009 and July to September 2010 to of the progress of graduate students. further her research project on “Molecular Distribution 86 FR 09/10 in Biphasic Aggregates”. Another student presented Other developments during the review period include a poster at the 39th International Conference on staff-facilitated training abroad of postgraduate Coordination Chemistry in Adelaide, Australia, July students through grants and split-site scholarships; 2010. Her research presented was Synthesis of a novel 10 postgraduate students presented papers at functionalized Cobalt (III) caged surfactant. conferences and seminars; and the introduction of a postgraduate seminar series and a postgraduate staff Department of Life Sciences student liaison program to cultivate a more interactive In the review year work commenced on the research environment. development of a Master’s in Health Administration and Hospital Administration. The Department Cocoa Research Unit facilitated courses in Managing and Facilitating At the Cocoa Research Unit (CRU) graduate students Online Instruction with the Open Campus for engaged in projects involving not just cocoa, but Lecturers from UWI, University of Guyana, University also other plant species such as anthuriums, bodi of Belize and the University of Suriname in order to beans and pigeon peas. There were five MPhil theses prepare for online teaching in 2011/12. under examination and one PhD was awarded to A. Ragoobarsingh for his work looking at Morpho- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science physiological selection criteria related to yield stability Advisory Committees for postgraduate students in bodi beans (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp). have been meeting every semester and significant improvements in graduate supervision and graduate Research student output have resulted. The Department has Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension graduated 13 postgraduate students in 2009/2010 The Department has identified specific research compared to seven students in 2008/2009. foci: Nutrition Education, Food Security, The Impact of Climate Change on Food Systems and Natural Department of Physics Resource and Environmental Management. Other Three new courses were developed at the postgraduate research areas include access to and control of level – PHYS 6294 (Novel Materials), PHYS 6492 resources for agricultural productivity by Gender; (Digital Systems Design) and PHYS 6295 (Solar improving classroom teaching through action research Energy Conversion). These courses will assist in in the classroom on two topics: Group learning and providing postgraduate level courses required for engaging students in the learning processes; and the the MPhil and PhD requirement and will in addition use of Farmer Field Schools in Extension Programmes assist in the future with the development of a Master’s in the Caribbean. of Physics (MPhys) as well as a MSc in Physics with Education. 87 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus During the course of the year the Department engaged M. Mohammed in research partnerships with institutions such as • Chilling injury studies in selected tomato the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, cultivars Guangshou, South China to develop an outreach • Postharvest studies in fresh-cut limes capacity for vegetable extension systems in Trinidad • Simulated studies on marine shipment of hot and Tobago; and the John Cropper Foundation on the pepper implementation of sustainable farming practices in Trinidad’s Northern Range. R. Stone • Climate Change Monitoring and Assessment Department of Food Production in Trinidad Funding was granted for new research including G. • Impact of El Niño Southern Oscillation on Eudoxie’s work on Physicochemical, Engineering Rainfall in Trinidad and Biochemical properties of Trinidadian • Thermal Properties of Trinidadian Soils - soils and their relation to mass movement (Edwin I. Ekwue). (TT$51,000.00) and another on Enhancing compost • Strength, Hydraulic Characteristics and production with enriched microbial cultures. Erodibility of Some Humid Tropical Soils (TT$60,000.00). Both projects received funding under Intense Rainfall - (With Dr. Mark through the Campus Research and Publications Fund Wuddivira and Prof. Edwin.I. Ekwue). (CRPF). M. Wuddivira Completed Projects • Structural stability, hydraulic properties and Several projects reached completion this year erodibility of humid tropical soils under which aimed to help regional farmers compete in intense rainfall - (With Reynold Stone and international markets; assessing climate change and Edwin Ekwue) protecting wetlands. They are as follows: • Determination of soil spatial properties under a Mora hardwood forest in Trinidad W. Isaac & Tobago - (With Mike Oatham and David • Reducing Chemical Use, Improving Rural Robinson) Livelihoods: Towards the Sustainable • Determination of soil spatial properties Production of Fair Trade Bananas, Food under Cocoa in Trinidad & Tobago. - (With Crops and Alternative Markets in St. Vincent. Isaac Bekele and Sunshine De Caires) (CRP.3. NOV09.5) • Soil properties and plant zonation in tropical wetlands and estuarine/river systems using electromagnetic induction - (With Judith Gobin and Melissa Atwell) 88 FR 09/10 • Geophysical Soil Survey as an aid to • propagation of tropical fruit, ecophysiology understanding tropical forest productivity, and stress tolerance in plants (Capsicum) carbon sequestration, and forest restoration - (With Laetitia Brechet, Mike Oatham, and R. Butland David Robinson) • Urban geography • cultural heritage management Research in Progress • participatory GIS Research in progress is expected to produce exciting • community landscape perceptions and the developments in a number of fields. For instance, relationships between people and place for those who are concerned about the ability of the region to feed itself and produce crops for export, G. Eudoxie work is being done to improve the growing of a variety • Soil management of food crops. At the same time, other researchers are • Composting investigating methods of preserving or restoring areas, • Turf management particularly wetlands that may have been destroyed by poor cultivation practices. Lovers of what is referred G. Garcia to locally as “wild meat” and other less traditional • Neo-tropical Animal Wildlife Conservation, protein sources, may be interested in the outcome Production, Utilization and Cuisine of projects dealing with the rearing of wildlife even • Research in the writing of Self Instructional as we look at improving the breeding and rearing of Training Manuals for Animal and Livestock more traditional sources of meat protein. Meanwhile, Production other researchers are themselves delving into areas • Research work is also being undertaken with not traditionally associated with Food Production, milk producing animals, namely Dairy such as sports and culture. Cattle (Jamaica Hope, Crossbred Holstein) and Dairy Goats I. Bekele • Livestock Production Systems • Heavy metal investigation in cocoa • Carnival Ecology • “Ethnocuisineology” C. Bowen-O’Connor • Micropropagation of woody plants (coconut and breadfruit) • mycorrhizal effect on growth and development of breadfruit • environmental management and crop growth in low-cost tropical greenhouses 89 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus G. Gouveia • Weed management in cricket outfields • Managing Soil Acidity through Liming jointly with Prof. R. Brathwaite, Dr. W. A. Technologies; Isaac and Dr. G. Eudoxie • Carbon Sequestration in Soils for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change; P. Shaw • Modelling Nitrous Oxide Emissions from • Environmental change in tropical regions Agro-systems; • Techniques of measuring long term change • Predicting Cricket Pitch Behavior in Relation to Prescribed Preparation Protocols; R. Stone • Managing Sports Turf under Stress • Climate Change Monitoring and Assessment Situations. • Impact of El Niño Southern Oscillation on Trinidad rainfall M. Mohammed – (jointly with. L. Wickham) • Physical and Engineering Properties of Soils • Physicochemical and organoleptic changes • Hydrology of Agricultural Watersheds/ in balata fruits. Wetlands • Chilling injury studies in okra and sweet pepper. L. Wickham • Physical measurements and shelf life studies • Development of value added products from on Chinese tamarind locally and regionally produced commodities. Objective: increased availability and R. Rastogi utilization of locally and regionally produced • Rabbit and Sheep Breeding food. (Lead researcher) • Long-term storage of yam tubers. Objective: L. Roberts-Nkrumah increased availability and utilization of • Investigation of chataigne responses to locally and regionally produced food. (Lead waterlogging researcher) • Grafting selected breadfruit cultivars on chataigne rootstock J. Rouse-Miller • Breadfruit micropropagation – with Dr. J. Rouse-Miller • Evaluation of breadfruit flour from selected breadfruit cultivars jointly with Dr. N. Badrie • Sustainability of use of the Queen’s Park jointly with Dr. S. Hutchinson, and Dr. R. Marshall 90 FR 09/10 M. Wilson hydraulic estimates of variables such as river • Restoration of the Nariva freshwater wetland, discharge. Research is in collaboration with Trinidad. This World Bank funded project Dr. Mike Durand and Dr. Doug Alsdorf (Ohio aims to replant native wetland species and State University). To be submitted to Remote remove artificial drainage channels which Sensing of Environment. have been introduced by illegal agriculture. The surface water component will provide M. Wilson quantitative analysis of the changing • Flood risk, wetland and floodplain hydrodynamics, using hydrological and hydrodynamics, computational hydraulic modelling parameterised using • Modeling of hydrodynamics, remote sensing, acoustic Doppler current profiling. GIS • Development of a hydraulic model of the Congo River wetlands. The Congo is the M. Wuddivira second most significant river globally, yet has • Soil structure, infiltration and susceptibility been the subject of relatively little research of soils to seal formation, runoff and erosion due to ongoing political and logistical under intense humid tropical rainfall difficulties. This research uses a wide variety • Determination of soil spatial properties of remote sensing data to fully parameterise under a Mora hardwood forest in Trinidad hydraulic and hydrological models of the and Tobago system. Initial work on a hydraulic model • Determination of soil properties under cocoa has commenced, in collaboration with Hahn in Trinidad and Tobago Chul Jung and Dr. Doug Alsdorf (Ohio State • Soil properties and plant zonation in tropical University). wetlands using electromagnetic induction • Swath altimetry measurements of the • Spatial and Temporal Variability of Water mainstem Amazon River: measurement Quality Parameters in relation to Mangrove errors and hydraulic implications. This Zonation along the Godineau River, research uses a hydraulic model of a 300 km Trinidad reach of the Amazon River to provide “truth” • Relationship between hygroscopic water data of surface water elevations for use in a content and clay percentage in tropical soils swath altimetry instrument simulator. The • CARIWATNET Project: Strengthening the work has important implications for the Caribbean Scientific Community in Natural forthcoming satellite mission, SWOT (Surface Resource Management and developing Water and Ocean Topography, http://swot. integrated watershed management plans jpl.nasa.gov/), since it quantifies the likely • Geophysical soil survey as an aid to accuracy with which remote measurements understanding tropical forest productivity, of the water surface may be used to derive carbon sequestration and forest restoration 91 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • Using electromagnetic induction to explore I. Chang Yen the geophysical relationship between forest • Development of Cost-Effective Treatments structure and the soil properties in a tropical for Lead-Acid Battery Waste and Lead- forest Contaminated Soils in Trinidad. (PhD • Using electromagnetic induction and Student: Azeena Ali.) chlorophyll meter technologies to establish relationships between soil properties and A. Caffyn nutritive value of tropical pastures for • Grignard Synthesis of Perfluoroalkyl- improved feeding efficiency of dairy cattle in Substituted Phosphorus and Sulphur Jamaica Compounds. ( PhD Student: Adil Hosein) Department of Chemistry A. Maxwell Research Focus • Synthesis and Investigation of Homchiral Chemistry’s departmental research agenda is [2.2] Paracyclophane Derived Ligands as being developed around the following areas: Novel Potential Catalysts for the Enantioselective Materials (catalysts; quantum dots; solar cell systems); addition of Diethylzinc Benzaldehyde. (PhD Natural Products and Carbohydrate Chemistry; Student: Nyan Gadsby-Dolly) Environmental Monitoring and Remediation; and Biological Chemistry – focus on synthesis G. Singh and investigation of potential ion channels. The • The Development of Novel Treatments for research agenda is geared to meet the needs of the Dengue Viruses. local and regional stakeholders as well as to establish (PhD Student: Nigel Jalsa) the department as a leading international centre of excellence in research. • Biomimetic Synthesis of Chiral Cyanogenic Glycosides. This year, projects completed by staff and students (MPhil student: Anthony Dookieram) in the Department included topics with appeal to lay persons such as cost-effective methods of treating D. Stephenson lead contaminated soils and treatments for dengue. • NMR/NQR Studies of Selected Aromatic As well as those which arouse as much interest in Dinitroso and Related Compounds. academic fields: (PhD Student: Nadia Beepath-Singh) 92 FR 09/10 Current Research The high costs of petroleum fuel use (both Some 35 projects are currently being researched by economic and environmental) have encouraged the faculty and students at the Department. Many aim investigation of other sources. Biodiesel is one such at solving problems affecting not only persons in – and this project is to evaluate how a novel source the Caribbean and around the world. It should also of vegetable oil would perform as a feedstock for be noted that the Department received funding biodiesel production. (TT$200,000.00) from the Government of Trinidad and Tobago Research Fund to conduct research on I. Chang Yen corrosion. • Investigation of quality of cocoa beans D. Beckles in Trinidad and Tobago, with respect to • Biodiesel from used cooking oil: heavy metals and ochratoxin levels, from evaluation of production methods and cultivation, processing and storage practices, engine emissions. and development of a HACCP-based system for cocoa beans in T&T - this can maximize The high costs of petroleum fuel use (both cocoa bean quality for export and local economic and environmental) have encouraged the consumption. investigation of other sources. Biodiesel is one such – • Development of a Certification System for first, the project will examine an optimum technique Quality of Cocoa Beans in Trinidad and Tobago for biodiesel production from a variety of waste - this will allow local regulatory authorities to oils. Second, it will determine whether this fuel can monitor and control quality of cocoa beans significantly reduce air pollution in the Trinidad and for export and local consumption. Tobago context. • Characterization of cocoa and chocolate • Determination and characterisation of flavor profiles, using sensory and chemical sources and sinks of ozone depleting techniques - this will provide basis for gases in Trinidad and Tobago and maximization of desirable flavours in local measurement of their emission rates cocoa beans and development of high quality local chocolates. This research is to assist in an understanding of how the small volume use of ozone depleting substances would impact air borne concentrations in developing countries. • Evaluation of Brassica juncea as a feedstock for biodiesel production 93 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus R. Fairman N. John-Thomas • The synthesis of amphiphilic molecules • Evaluation of students’ pre-university with a variety of functional heads for use as conceptual understanding of Chemistry molecular sensors, transporters and probes. Science education researchers indicate that many novice • Divergent synthesis of dendrimers with learners in chemistry are able to apply algorithms without paramagnetic lanthanide cores for use as significant conceptual understanding. An algorithmic MRI contrast enhancement agents. problem is one that can be solved using a memorized set • Defining structure activity relationships in of procedures; whereas a conceptual problem requires macromolecules by molecular modeling, the students to work from an understanding of a concept physico-chemical experiments, and testing to the solution to the problem where no memorized biological activity in bacteria. procedure is likely to be known to the student. L. Grierson • Developing Greener Organic Chemistry • Waste/Virgin plastic recycling (in Laboratory Experiments collaboration with BPUK/BPTT) for Green Chemistry deals with pollution prevention at the Environmental Waste Management. most fundamental level of atoms and molecules. It • Setting up corrosion/applied electrochemistry focuses on the replacement of hazardous substances laboratory for the investigation of coating with less or non-hazardous substitutes. In the first technology corrosion protection of gas/ instance, greener alternatives to most, if not all, of petroleum steel pipes (with Dr. Ann Wilson) the CHEM2260 Basic Organic Chemistry I laboratory • Design and characterization of potential Ion- experiments are being developed. channels formers in synthetic bio-membranes and micro-organisms. (In collaboration with A. Kumar Dr. Richard Fairman) • Metal-directed macrocyclic assembly and used as probes for molecular recognition/ A. Hosein sensing, encapsulation, optical fibers, catalysis • The development and testing of novel and also of biological importance. In this project main group and transition metal catalysts the target is to design complexes of Schiff for applications in olefin polymerization base and amine ligands of above mentioned and organic transformations, particularly importance. for processes that target stereo-specific • Synthesis of dyes for harvesting solar light (dye products. sensitized solar cells, DSSCs) - In this area of research the target will be to design organic/ inorganic dyes which could cover the entire spectral region with high molar absorptivity as well as strong adsorption on the surface. 94 FR 09/10 A. Maxwell G. Singh • Study of the Chemistry of Trinidadian • Synthesis of TB Epitopes for the development Rubiaceae and Euphorbiaceae species of new vaccines • Study of the metabolites produced by • Carbohydrate chemistry for dengue virus microorganisms from the Caroni Swamp inhibitors • Synthesis of chiral 2.2 [pc] derivatives for use • Oxidation of Methane as asymmetric catalysts. • Enzymatic synthesis and new biosensors • Bioactive natural products from plants and • Insect anti-feedents microorganisms isolated from unusual habitats. D. Stephenson • Synthesis of chiral derivatives of [2.2] Studies used for characterizing narcotic drugs and paracyclophane for use as chiral catalysts. understanding food systems: • NMR Studies of the kinetics of dynamic D. Narinesingh equilibria. • Development of novel sensitive devices • Low Frequency Nuclear Quadrupole for analysis of clinical and environmental Resonance (NQR). samples. These studies, utilizing immobilized enzymes, R.Taylor are geared to produce microdevices that may • The Study of Lanthanide/Transition Metal be implanted into patients, for monitoring Doped Copper-Zinc-Tin-Sulphide/Selenide on a continuous basis the levels of particular Semiconducting Nanocrystals (Quantum metabolites in the body critical to the patient’s Dots) for Solar Cell Applications. health. • The Synthesis, Structural Elucidation and Thermotropic Phase Transition Studies of R. Pingal Metal-containing Liquid Crystal Compounds • Preparation of antiviral pyrazoline for Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device compounds for medical use. applications. R. Ramsewak A. Wilson • Discovery of biologically active compounds • Electroactive polymer: Incorporation of with varying structural diversity from these polymers into hydrogel materials for terrestrial plants and marine organisms. the preparation of smart polymers and their use in sensor devices. Research is also being conducted on the use of these electroactive polymers as corrosion protection agents. 95 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Department of Life Sciences Research in Progress Research Focus The Department is carrying out extensive work The Department of Life Sciences has adopted a on breadfruit propagation and cultivation. Other research agenda focused in two main areas: major projects focus on topics as diverse as dengue prevention and wetland preservation. • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services which • Development and proof of efficacy of a lethal targets the documentation, protection and ovitrap for dengue prevention. use of eastern Caribbean biodiversity and The goal of this research is to effect a ecosystem services within the context of reduction in the number of new human sustainable development as well as knowledge infections. This is expected to be achieved dissemination to the wider community. through the use of a novel invention – the The potential impact of climate change of Attractant-Bait Lethal Ovitrap (ALOT). The biodiversity and ecosystem services is also development of the ovitrap is based on over being investigated. 20 years of research surrounding the laying behaviour of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. • Biotechnology and Molecular Biology for ALOT is a lethal trap designed to collect the agricultural improvement and human health. Aedes aegypti eggs and kill female mosquitoes This research will concentrate on developing visiting the traps. The trap is intended to be a biotech products including genetically key component of community- based dengue improved papaya, anthurium and hot pepper. – management programs. In addition, biotechnology will be used • Improving hot pepper yields through the to develop rapid and accurate diagnostic development of hybrids. services for human, veterinary and plant • Isolation, purification and identification diseases. Biotechnological tools may also be of cultivable endophytes of Artocarpus used in the management of genetic diversity altilis (breadfruit) and Artocarpus camansi in forestry, and fisheries. (breadnut) shoot explants. • Effect of maturation and juvenility of Artocarpus altilis shoot tip and nodal explants on in vitro culture establishment. • Micopropagation of A. altilis using a temporary immersion system. • Effect of light on in vitro tuber formation of cassava storage organs. 96 FR 09/10 • Effect of arbuscular mycorrhiza isolated from Department of Physics Artocarpus altilis roots on acclimatization Research Collaboration/Partnerships of rooted stem cutting of A. altilis under • Florida State University, USA to further greenhouse conditions. research in solar energy. • Assessment of the status and ecology of plant • Bangladesh University of Engineering and species of conservation concern in the Aripo Technology Savannas Environmentally Sensitive Area in • Kwame Nkrunah University of Science and north central Trinidad. Technology, Ghana to further research in • Development of methodology for remote solar and renewable energy. sensing of methane emissions from a tropical • Institution for Surface Science in Uppsala wetland. Sweden. • Biochemical and Molecular Studies on • Free University and Humboldt University Tuberization in cassava (Charity)- Berlin. (Manihot esculenta): The Role of Light. • University of Wales, Swansea in the area of Biomagnetism Department of Mathematics and Computer Science • Massey University, New Zealand in water Major Research Completed purification with nano particles. • Dr. P. Mohan completed the project, “A Caribbean- • University of Turku, Finland in astronomy. wide Healthcare Management System Based on • University of Flensburg in geothermal and Cellular Phone Technology” (funded by Microsoft renewable energy. Research based on its “Cell Phone as a Platform • University of the Anterlies of Guyana and for Healthcare” RFP). Guadalupe in material science. • Dr. A. Nikov conducted a usability study of • Suny State University, New York in EEG computer-oriented workplaces in British Gas, Analysis. Trinidad and Tobago. • ICTP on the development of a wind assessment map for Trinidad and Tobago. • University of Ghent, Belgium on the development of the rainfall erosivity map. New Projects for which funding has been obtained 1. Campus Research Grant; Development of Ternary System based Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells 2. Campus Research Grant; Novel Nano composite Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications 97 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Research Focus Dr. Ricardo Clarke The areas of research focus in the Department • The development of a T&T wind assessment includes Environmental Physics with emphasis on map to develop renewable wind energy for alternate energy(solar, geothermal and fuel cells), Trinidad and Tobago. Materials Science, Quantum Physics, Electronics, • Rain erosivity map of St. Joseph/Maracas to Astronomy and Biomedical Physics. assist with planning and development with respect to housing and agriculture. Major research completed • Stratigraphic and structural change to specific Dr. R. Clarke area in the Northern range of Trinidad. The • Modification Analysis and Testify of a Sola results will assist with the development plans Timber Dryer for Adoption by Industry of the northern range. Dr. H. Missan • Determination of possible climate trends • Developed Caribbean’s First Fuel Cell for T&T using non-parametric methods. Materials research Lab This will assist with the adapting for climate Prof. Ramsey Saunders change relating to global warming. • Water potabilisation in collaboration with • Rainfall prediction for the Caribbean using Massey University, New Zealand. Artificial Neural Networks. The findings will Dr. Davinder Sharma aid relevant authorities adequate information • VLSI Implementation of various Digital in the development of agricultural policies. Signal processing algorithms Ms. Sybele Williams Dr. Keith De Souza • Assessment of three-dimensional movement • Optoelectronics and Solar Energy in the upper extremities. Dr. Indra Haraksingh Major research in progress • Renewable Energy – Geothermal and solar Dr. R. Andrews: energy as renewable energy for the Caribbean • Quantum Physics and energy efficient region. buildings in Trinidad and Tobago. • Quantum Physics is applied to microscopy, Dr. Shirin Haque quantum information science and lattice • Astrobiology – the research in this area dynamics of bosons. involves work on mud volcanoes and the pitch lake in Trinidad as analogs for conditions on Mars and Titan respectively. 98 FR 09/10 Dr. J.C. Knight • Photoplethysmography for diagnosis of • Ceramics Synthesis/Cements Additives/ Mud disturbances in the human circularly system Volcano Dynamics. Ceramic and refractory in particular with respect to diabetes and engineering materials are indispensable in, hypertension. for example, steel and glass making industries, • Alzheimer’s research with Free University, petro-chemical industries, electronic and Berlin (Charite) and Institute of Surface electronic industrials, etc. Science, Uppsala, Sweden aimed at the elimination of plaque formation in the Dr. Harinder Missan cerebro-vascular system. • Development of novel, high efficient and • Biomagnetism in collaboration with the cost effective electrolytes for application University of Wales Swansea where the in Fuel Cells and Lithium Batteries, Dye measurement of the magnetic field of Sensitization. Trinidad and Tobago, being the normal heart and those with cardiac a hydrocarbon driven economy, is totally disfunction is used to develop diagnostic dependent on oil and natural gas with hardly modalities. any renewable energy contribution. There is an urgent need for the development of Dr. Davinder Sharma renewable/alternate energy program and • Development of FPGA based speech policy which will lead to sustainable energy recognition system. Security is of major development for Trinidad and Tobago. concern in all the Caribbean countries. This Globally alternate energy research and issue can be addressed by deploying speech applications (includes fuel cells, lithium recognition based security systems at offices/ batteries and solar cells) is getting a lot of houses. Voice operated security systems importance. It is expected that the global fuel proposed by us can provide very high degree cell market alone will be in the order of 90 security at lower cost as compared to the billion dollars by 2015. others systems. We, at VLSI Research Lab, in Physics are trying to develop efficient Prof. Ramsey Saunders algorithms to improve man -machine • Nanotechnology as applied to water interaction so that efficient and low cost purification. automation systems can be designed. • EEG analysis in collaboration with State University New York (SUNY)for diagnosis Ms. Sybele Williams of schizophrenia, depression, autism and • Non-invasive monitoring of idiopathic alcoholism. scoliosis • Assessment of the physical anthropometry of the population of Trinidad and Tobago. 99 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Cocoa Research Unit • A project entitled “Safeguarding the Research Focus International Cocoa Genebank,Trinidad Cocoa Research Unit continues to carry out (ICG,T): a global resource for the cocoa research centred on the international genebank industry” supported jointly by the Dutch and focused on morpho-physiological, genetic Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food and molecular characterization as well as research Quality (LNV) and the CRA, UK . The results into efficient germplasm management. Other of the project has considerable reduced areas of research focus include understanding the vulnerability of the collection through the host pathogen interaction and the genetic basis improving the security of the collection of resistance, identifying molecular markers for (fencing the area) and by providing a characters of breeding interest, factors influencing comprehensive irrigation system based on chemical and sensory quality attributes, studies underground pipes. The project enabled on microfermentation systems, development of propagating and refilling empty spaces standards, mechanisms of cadmium uptake in cocoa within germplasm plots that had resulted and improving the efficiency of propagation through from genetic erosion. (B. Lutchman & D.R. rooted cuttings. Butler). • A five year collaborative project between Major Research Completed USDA, Beltsville and the Cocoa Research Unit • A CFC/ICCO/Bioversity International entitled “ Developing a DNA fingerprinting sponsored five-year project entitled “Cocoa database for the cocoa collections held at the productivity and quality improvement: a ICG,T” came to an end. The project resulted participatory approach. Under this project in the following outcomes. germplasm enhancement for blackpod and • Molecular characterization of Upper witches broom diseases were initiated. Over Amazon cacao material. The earliest 100 promising accessions with resistance cacao germplasm that was brought combined with other useful traits have into Trinidad from the Upper been transferred to the International Cocoa Amazon was characterized with Quarantine Centre, Reading (ICQC,R), UK microsatellite markers. The results for distribution to cocoa breeders worldwide. demonstrated that the collection (D.A Iwaro) was composed of a large number of related family members from a relatively small area. The study allows for further rationalization of each accession groups towards more effective conservation of germplasm. (M. Boccara & L.A. Motilal). 100 FR 09/10 • Determining the level of mislabeling Major Research in Progress within the International Cocoa • A project entitled “To assess the quality Genebank, Trinidad. The existing attributes of the Imperial College Selections” methodology for assessing is aiming to assess the value of “Imperial mislabeling in cacao field genebank College Selections (ICS varieties)” for chemical was improved and the level of and sensory quality attributes. The ICS have mislabeling estimated within the been the most widely distributed Trinitario genebank. This is particularly cocoa material worldwide and are the basis important in devising a strategy of cocoa cultivations in many parts of the for correcting the errors and world. Understanding the flavour profiles of ensuring more effective and efficient these accessions will allow the development management of the genebank. (L.A. of specialty chocolate products. Motilal) • A project entitled “Neutraceutical and flavour • An ancient variety of Criollo cacao profiling of cocoa in Trinidad is a joint project from Belize was characterized between the Department of Chemistry and with microsatellite markers. The the Cocoa Research Unit to understand the study elucidated the high level of chemicals behind flavour and other known homozygosity and homogeneity health benefits of cocoa. within the population collected • A collaborative project between the from Belize and its phylogenetic Cocoa Research Unit and the Ministry of association with other pure Criollo Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources of material collected elsewhere in GORTT began last year to improve resistance Central America. The study showed to black pod disease in the Trinidad Selected that this population can be effectively Hybrids. It is expected that this will result in represented by a few individuals. a new series of cocoa varieties. The study also showed that the • A project entitled “To evaluate cocoa ICS collection has a much smaller germplasm for resistance to Witches’ proportion of Criollo ancestry than Broom Disease” funded by the World expected. (L.A. Motilal). Cocoa Foundation is continuing to screen cocoa accessions held at the International Cocoa Genebank, Trinidad for resistance to the fungal disease. The resistant varieties identified are being used in a population enhancement programme in another project. 101 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • A world bank funded project “Identification Herbarium and promotion of ancient cacao diversity Projects Completed through modern genomics methods to • Increased storage capacity of the herbarium and benefit small-scale farmers” began in 2009 the library. This offers new opportunities for and is continuing. The project will identify expanding flora research and building up the ancient cocoa types grown around Trinidad lower plant specimen reference collection. and the phylogenetic relationships, flavour • The completion of the Darwin project which profiles and agronomic potential. involved an extensive botanical inventory of the vascular plants has produced a draft Conservation New projects for which funding has been Checklist soon to be published .The data provided obtained from this study will help to develop a bio- • Funding from the Perez Guerrero Trust monitoring system for Trinidad and Tobago which Fund has been obtained to support need we hope to embark on in the near future. assessments in Caribbean fine flavour • Completed the data base on an ethno-botanical countries and for provision of targeted survey of folk medicinal plants used in Trinidad training. and Tobago. • Cocoa Research Unit will serve as the executing agency for a four-year CDE Projects in progress funded project aimed at providing technical • Field photography, digitizing and data assistance to 7 countries in the CARIFORUM basing into BRAHMS for the Virtual Field in the areas of (a) improving the productivity Herbarium is in progress which will go live and quality of cocoa (b) improving food on line in the near future safety through training (c) provision of • A study of the biodiversity of the lichens of technical support for value-added industries Trinidad and Tobago is in progress with a in the region and (d) supporting linkages PhD student undertaking a base line study of with tourism industries. Trinidad lichens and its importance for bio- • A new collaborative five-year project monitoring and forest health. This is a taxon with USDA has been initiated to identify which has not been fully studied in Trinidad molecular markers for agronomic traits and Tobago and its role and function in the within the germplasm collection. ecosystem is virtually unknown 102 FR 09/10 Service to UWI-12 Countries and Other Department of Food Production Underserved Communities The Department introduced practical aspects into the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension core course (AGCP 2001: Principles of Crop Science • The Department continued to offer the and Production) which traditionally focused on major BSc Agribusiness Management degree by concepts in crop science and production. Practical distance. components were introduced to reinforce and stimulate learning and understanding of crop science Department of Chemistry and production theory. An eight–week long field-base • Aim of the Department of Chemistry is group exercise was introduced to provide practical to assist the Open Campus in achieving a experience in establishing and maintaining an high level of student satisfaction through experiment, data collection and analysis, preparation efficiency in student administration and the of a research paper and delivery of a seminar based on functioning of the examination system. As a the study. This learning activity also sought to foster result the Department appointed a lecturer team work and cooperation and to instil a work ethic in Chemical Education who coordinates in students. Students were divided into small groups the Preliminary Chemistry programme for (5-7 students) each responsible for a field established Open Campus. research project. Department of Life Sciences The Department also adopted the use of blended • Members of the Department, with learning into delivery of course material using sponsorship from FAO, conducted a short technologies such as podcasting, wikis, social book course on “Laboratory Training on Aspects of marking, online discussion forums, etc, to advance Biotechnology for Agricultural Officers from teaching and learning. This was a major shift from St. Vincent & The Grenadines in July 2010. the traditional way the courses were been taught with greater learning impact. Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Since 2008/2009, the Department has offered the New programmes: BSc Human Ecology and the BSc Agribusiness The Major in Tropical Landscaping commenced. Management as part of the Evening University to cater for persons who cannot attend regular day classes. 103 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Department of Chemistry Department of Life Sciences The Department continued to do work on reforming New Courses and Programmes the curriculum for the various programmes offered. The MSc in Science and Management of Tropical Development of a matrix of practical skills and Biodiversity was launched in September 2009. At revision of the supporting laboratory exercises is to the undergraduate level an alternative course on be finalized. Approvals and implementation of the Biochemistry for Biologists is being developed revised curriculum for the Level One programme will to replace the current Biomolecules and Energy take place in September 2011. Metabolism. This will be revised to fit more appropriately with the Biology Major to improve The process of ensuring direct links between the success rate. Approval will be sought for its assessment practices and the identified course implementation in 2011/2012. learning objectives continued in 2009/10. Staff members have made the necessary adjustments and Department of Mathematics and Computer Science are ensuring that course objectives are provided to An innovative approach to teaching computer students. programming was introduced by the Department. Students used personal robots in our introductory A one-on-one oral exercise was implemented for the course, COMP1100 – Computer Programming I with Level II/III Organic Chemistry courses and this is good success. All Lecturers made submission of having a positive impact on the learning outcomes. their office hours which were posted on the notice boards. Students therefore had more ready access New outcomes experienced to lecturers for one on one consultation. A website as a result of prior initiatives for the teaching material and lectures was initiated The individual oral exercises for the Level II/III at http://sta.uwi.edu/fsa/dmcs/icgeb/index.asp. The Organic Courses were useful in helping to identify purpose of the site is to make available all material the weaknesses of the students and to build their and lectures (audio and video wherever available) confidence. Students have indicated that when to all those interested in this field, whether based at course outlines, objectives and learning outcomes UWI or internationally. are provided, they are able to have better direction for the learning process and preparing for examinations. This initiative has been extremely useful and helpful to the students. 104 FR 09/10 New Programmes The MSc (Marketing and Agribusiness) has quickly The proposal for introducing a new degree become the most popular postgraduate programme in programme, the BSc Computer Science, was approved the Department. Currently the programme has graduate for implementation in September 2010. students from Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica and Montserrat. Department of Physics The removal of the laboratory work from the course The Department provided more effective monitoring (PHYS 2280), Mathematical Methods, allowed that of the progress of graduate students and a very vibrant time to be used for additional tutorials. This was Agribusiness Postgraduate Association has been done to address the high failure rates in this course. formed. Lecturers adopted the use of YouTube and other film Department of Food Production clips as well as DVDs to illiustrate special topics. Other An increased number of seminar presentations is now technologies such as websites and social networking required as part of graduate level courses with the sites were also used for teaching and connecting with objective of improving the writing and presentation students. skills of graduates from the MSc (TCU) programme. New Courses Department of Chemistry The Department introduced a new Level I course The Master of Science Programme in Occupational (PHYS 1001) Introduction to Astronomy. and Environmental Safety and Health, introduced in 2009 in response to stakeholders’ needs, has been Graduate Studies a great success both financially and academically with Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension 58 students registering in 2009. At the end of June A collaborative effort with the Universite Des Antilles 2010, 30 full-load students have completed their taught Et De La Guyane, Guadeloupe, has led to on-going courses and are expected to launch into their 6-month efforts to develop the MSc in Nutrition and Health and research projects in September 2010. the MPhil and PhD in Human Sciences are currently being ratified for submission to the Board for Graduate Advisory Committee groups continued to meet once per Studies. The MSc programmes in Agricultural semester during the 2009/2010 academic year. These Economics and Marketing and Agribusiness were meetings are in their second year of implementation revised during the reporting period. and have resulted in an increase in the throughput of graduate students. At these meetings the students have to justify the progress on their research project. Five PhD students and one MPhil student graduated in 2009/2010. Access to modern facilities and instrumentation has also led to the improvement in research activities by graduate students. 105 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus One postgraduate student received an attachment (MPhys) as well as a MSc in Physics with Education. at the Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany from The Department arranged COMP 6980 Scientific October to December 2009 and July to September Computing for Physics postgraduate students. 2010 to further her research project on “Molecular Distribution in Biphasic Aggregates”. Another Staff facilitated training abroad of postgraduate student presented a poster at the 39th International students through grants and split-site scholarships Conference on Coordination Chemistry in Adelaide, and funding received from the Campus Research Fund Australia, July 2010. Her research presented was has allowed continued research. Ten postgraduate Synthesis of a novel functionalized Cobalt (III) caged students presented papers at conferences and surfactant. seminars during the reporting period. A postgraduate seminar series and a postgraduate staff student liaison Department of Life Sciences program were initiated to cultivate a more interactive In order to prepare for online teaching in 2011/12, research environment. Lecturers from UWI, University of Guyana, University of Belize and the University of Suriname Cocoa Research Unit pursued courses in Managing and Facilitating Online Research Degrees Completed/Under Instruction with the Open Campus. Meanwhile, work Examination/Completed Writing Up commenced on the development of a Master’s in Avila-Rostant, O. Studies on the molecular control Health Administration and Hospital Administration. mechanisms in Anthurium andraeanum with various spathe colours (M.Phil thesis). Supervisor: P. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Umaharan (under examination). Advisory Committees for postgraduate students have been meeting every semester and significant Austin, N. Effect of forest management practices on improvements in graduate supervision and graduate the molecular genetic variability of some important student output have resulted. The Department has Tropical Forest Species in Trinidad and Tobago. graduated 13 postgraduate students in 2009/2010 PhD thesis (under examination). Supervisors: M. compared to seven students in 2008/2009. Oatham and P. Umaharan Department of Physics Bharat, S. Mopho-physiological descriptors of a Three new courses were developed at the postgraduate Caribbean Capsicum chinense germplasm collection. level – PHYS 6294 (Novel Materials), PHYS 6492 (MPhil thesis). Supervisor: P. Umaharan (under (Digital Systems Design) and PHYS 6295 (Solar Energy examination). Conversion). These courses will assist in providing postgraduate level courses required for the MPhil and PhD requirement and will in addition assist in the future with the development of a Master’s of Physics 106 FR 09/10 Joseph-Alexander. A. Morpho-physiological Department of Food Production selection criteria associated with biological Dr. M. Mohammed collaborated with NAMDEVCO nitrogen fixation in pigeonpea MPhil thesis. on a Fresh-Cut Fruit and Vegetable project; with Supervisors: P. Umaharan and A. Ramsubhag (under the School Nutrition Company on a Fresh-Cut Fruit examination) project; with the Tobago House of Assembly (Tobago) on postharvest projects in banana and plantain Motilal, L. Association mapping of butter fat and presented a paper on postharvest management content, resistance to witches’ broom disease of tropical fruits and vegetables. The following and selected morphological traits in a Refractario factsheets were also completed in collaboration with population of Theobroma cacao. PhD thesis. Ms. S. Ragbir (Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Supervisors: P. Umaharan and Dapeng Zhang (under Extension) for public distribution: examination) • Postharvest handling and quality management of okra. Ragoobarsingh, A. (2010). Morpho-physiological • Postharvest handling and quality selection criteria related to yield stability in bodi management of melongene. beans (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp). PhD (Awarded.) • Postharvest handling and quality Supervisor: P. Umaharan. management of bitter melon. • Postharvest handling and quality Outreach management of bodie. Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension The Department along with the Caribbean Agro- Dr. L. B. Roberts-Nkrumah collaborated with Economic Society, hosted the 28th West Indies the Tobago House of Assembly in training nursery Agricultural Economic Conference, held in Barbados, personnel in breadfruit propagation techniques. where a special session was held on the ‘University of the West Indies (UWI) Contribution to Regional Department of Chemistry Agriculture’. The Caribbean Agro-Economic Society The Department continues to support initiatives of has its Secretariat in the Department. The Department the University to assist in strengthening primary and also took over the responsibility for the publication of secondary school systems in the region. Three Open the journal, Tropical Agriculture. Day sessions were conducted with the International School, ASJA Girls and St. George’s College. Work also continues to sensitize national communities to the advancements in science and technology and its role in industrial development, and in the training of secondary school teachers in the teaching of special modules of the CAPE chemistry curriculum. 107 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Department of Life Sciences The Department hosted a Capacity Building The Department provided representation on the International training programme “Caribbean Repsol Biodiversity Management Project Working Training Programme on Bio-informatics: Application Group and the of Structural and Computational Biology in Biomedical Sciences” from 18th - 30th January, 2010, in Darwin Initiative Workshop to review the way forward collaboration with International Centre for Genetics for the Darwin Initiative Zoological Society, London. Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and United Staff coordinated the production of three UNESCO- Nations University-Biotechnology for Latin America funded DVD’s targeting early childhood audiences and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC). The two-week (animated), primary school-aged students and adults international workshop received funding from on: ’Understanding Water- this precious commodity”. ICGEB (Euro 20,000) and UNU-Biolac (USD 10,000). (Dr. Grace Sirju-Charran). The Department also Delegates from the Americas, Caribbean and Europe hosted a workshop with the Institute of Marine participated in this workshop. The programme Affairs on “Building Reef Resilience: Integrating Reef attracted trainers from India, United Kingdom, Resilience into Management”. Venezuela, Uruguay and the USA. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Open Seminars The Department conducted a workshop on “Low-cost Two seminars were held on “Eya Automatic Lecture Wireless Computer Networking” held from 7th June Recording: How To Deliver A Lecture To An Audience Of to 11th June 2010. The aim of the wireless workshop Thousands And More” and “The Science Dissemination was to build needed capacity in the country and Unit of the ICTP: Our Mission And Projects” Caribbean region in low cost wireless technologies for social networks and education. It has provided In March 2010 a week of activities was held for a technical forum for disseminating information on `Statistics Week’, in honour of Prof. Winston Richards tools used for assessing, implementing, maintaining seventy-fifth birthday. The main activities consisted and training wireless networks. It also provided a of several talks by the distinguished invited speaker, unique opportunity for members of the university in Professor Ingram Olkin of Stanford University. various disciplines, to obtain first-hand knowledge Professor Olkin also conducted a workshop on Meta- and research skills from regional and international Analysis. In addition, there was a `Mini-Conference’ experts. Contributing institutions were: on statistics. • The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, • The Internet Society, • Network Start-up Resource Center (NSRC), and • The Foundation Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (EsLaRed). 108 FR 09/10 Department of Physics The CRU/UWI has been designated the executing The Department hosted the “Unfolding Seminar agency for a 4-year project funded by the CDE Series”, linking employers with Physics students entitled “Caribbean Fine Flavour Cocoa Industry and in association with the Ministry of Education Commercialisation” covering seven Caribbean a workshop on electronics for CAPE teachers was countries (1.7 million Euro). This aims to support organised. The Department also organized and the improvement of cocoa productivity, quality, food hosted the ISYA (International School for Young safety value added products and the promotion of Astronomers) in December 2009. The review period agrotourism. saw collaboration on energy efficiency building/ energy efficiency in the region. CRU/UWI has also won a competitive Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund aimed at supporting the development of The Cocoa Research Unit (CRU) a regional network of cocoa industries and sharing Memoranda of Understanding with Regional of best practices. It is envisaged that this could be Stakeholders carried out in the form of a workshop and exhibition. The CRU signed MOUs with the Cocoa Industry Board of Jamaica, the Cocoa Growers’ Association of National Projects Grenada and is in the process of signing MOUs with The CRU provides support to the MFPLMR, Cocoa and the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of St Lucia, Coffee Industry Boards, farmer cooperatives, private the Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board, Trinidad and chocolate manufacturers and private cocoa growers Tobago and with the Cocoa Grower’s association, on aspects of cocoa DNA fingerprinting, quality Jamaica with regards to providing germplasm services, management, sensory testing of samples, resistance flavour testing, accreditation of quality and plant screening and germplasm characterization. The pathology services. As an initial step, a visit was made Unit CRU is also working with various stakeholders to Grenada to assess the needs of the Cocoa Industry. nationally on a major germplasm duplication project Based on the report, a project is being developed to where fractional replicates of the collection will support the Grenada Cocoa Industry. be housed with NGOs, CBOs and private famers. Funding to support this project is being sought from The CRU is actively seeking the support of the Ministry the greenfund. of Agriculture, Government of Barbados and the Cave Hill Campus of the UWI to re-establish the regional External linkages with industry partners Cocoa Quarantine Facility in Barbados. Funding for The Cocoa Research Unit continues to work very this activity is being sought through regional projects closely with industry partners, nationally, regionally and a grant application to the Benefit Sharing Fund of and internationally. During the last year, CRU has Bioversity International. offered training, consultation or services to cocoa industry boards in Jamaica, Belize, Grenada, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago in various capacities. The 109 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus list of international companies that have collaborated An MOU has been signed with the University of with the CRU is long. There have been collaborative Hamburg, Germany to support collaboration on projects, sponsored projects, co-financing, technical Cocoa Flavour Chemistry. Agreements with the advice and general support. The companies include University of Reading, UK and with the University Atlanta Cacao, USA; Belcolade & Puratos, Belgium; of Poland are being pursued in the areas of cocoa Cadbury Ltd. UK; Guittard Chocolate Co., USA; research, collaboration in international germplasm Kraft Foods Ltd.; Lindt and Sprüngli International quarantine and the international cocoa germplasm AG, Switzerland; Mars Ltd., USA; Rausch Plantagen database development and to support collaboration Schocolade, Germany; The Hershey’s Chocolate Co., in development of value added products in cocoa USA; Valrhona, France. respectively. Cross Faculty Relationships Herbarium The Cocoa Research Unit is actively seeking The Herbarium provided institutional support, partnerships with faculties and departments across edited and wrote the forward to the publication, “The the various campuses to improve the size and scope Wild Plants of Antigua and Barbuda: An illustrated of the cocoa research cluster. The CRU already has Field Guide to the Native and Naturalized Vascular strong links with the Departments of Chemical Plants” (Pratt et al 2009). Published by the NGO, and Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Environmental Awareness Group (EAG) in Antigua Engineering, Departments of Chemistry and Life and Barbuda, it is funded by USAID. Sciences of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, and will be working with the Biotechnology Centre at the During the review period the Herbarium collaborated Mona Campus and the Department of Biological and with TTHSI (Trinidad and Tobago Health Science Chemical Sciences at Cave Hill in the near future. Initiative)/CaHMRI (Caribbean Herbal Medicine Research Institute) based in UTT, The School of Local, Regional & International Links Pharmacology Unit, UWI to screen indigenous UWI has had a strong relationship with Centre de medicinal plants in Trinidad and Tobago for clinical Coopération International en Recherché Agronomique trials. An internship programme with students from pour le Développement, France (CIRAD) under the University of the Southern Caribbean, Maracas an existing MOU. Under the arrangement, two Valley, St. Joseph was initiated where students would scientists in Molecular Biology and Plant Pathology volunteer their time to assist the Herbarium staff with from CIRAD are stationed at the CRU. Next year an the mounting of specimens plus cataloguing and additional researcher in Flavour Chemistry will be labelling in the library. stationed at the CRU. This greatly builds critical capacity in various areas within the CRU. 110 FR 09/10 Research on the flora of Trinidad and Tobago continues Department of Physics at the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Revenue was generated from the following activities: Gardens Kew in England. Initiated discussions with • Services offered by the Electron Microscopy lichen expert Ms. Pat Wolseley at the NHM to provide Unit ($3,660.00) training for PhD student Mrs. Andrea Scobie in lichen • Services offered by the Electronics workshop preservation and identification for her research in ($ 46,159.38) 2010. Cocoa Research Unit Revenue Generation Project funding & Cost Containment Activities The CRU continues to generate most of its operating Department of Chemistry costs from project funding. During the reporting • Sum of $80,000.00 derived from consultancies year, new funding was obtained from the following in Occupational, Environmental Safety sources: and Health as well as from manufacturing • The Perez Guerrero Trust Fund to support companies training within the CARICOM, • Cost containment/ increased efficiency - • The World Cocoa Foundation to support the • Effective preventative maintenance system ‘Witches’ Broom resistance Screening’, implemented. • The USDA to support work on identifying molecular markers linked to traits of Department of Life Sciences interest, • Grant from The International Atomic Agency • The World Bank for molecular profiling of Grant in the sum of Euro 20,000. ancient cocoa varieties from Trinidad and • Grant from the University of Alabama in the GORTT for screening of breeding lines for sum of US$50,000 for the Master’s in Public systemic resistance to blackpod disease. Health programme • A set of new field exercises surveying plants Short courses and insects on the campus lawns has replaced The CRU continued to generate income through the two field trips for BIOL1462 (enrollment 476 delivery of short courses in sensory testing, molecular students), saving about $32,000 in transport fingerprinting, germplasm identification, resistance costs. screening and grafting methodologies. 111 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Contractual services/ consultancies Department of Life Sciences Cocoa Research Unit continues to provide contractual Proposed new programmes: services in a number of areas including germplasm • A new MSc in Biodiversity Conservation services, sensory quality testing services, design of and Sustainable Development to be post-harvest processing systems and resistance delivered on-line. This MSc will be the testing product of our Edulink Biodiversity project and will be launched in September 2011. Projected Activities for 2010/2011 Department of Food Production Research activities: Proposed new programmes: • Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ). • A new BSc in Agriculture Start of 4 year funded project on measurement • MSc in Agrifood Safety and Quality(self and economic valuation of ecosystem services financing) to commence in September,2010 at 3 pilot sites in Trinidad and Tobago. (J. Agard, A. Mohammed, M. Oatham, J. Jayaraj, Research activities: A. Ramsubhag, Y. Comeau, J. Gobin ) • Resume research work on agronomic requirements and physiological General activities: characteristics of yams (Dioscorea spp.) Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Research focusing on areas identified as deficient in Initiative keeping with the renewed focus on domestic The specific objectives are to: and regional food security (Dr. L Wickham) • Initiate the development of an MSc • Horticultural maintenance of urban green programme in Biotechnology with specialties spaces (Dr. L Roberts-Nkrumah) in a number of cross cutting areas including agricultural biotechnology, medical Proposed general activities: biotechnology, and bioinformatics. Mounting of a regional 15-day short-course on “Sustainability in Caribbean Agriculture: Principles • Develop strong research programmes and Practices”. and graduate research programmes in micropropagation, genetic transformation, embryo transfer, genomics, transgenics, molecular marker technologies and biopesticides to serve as tools in solving regional problems. 112 FR 09/10 Use the existing strong industry linkages with regard • Policy implementation support for the to anthurium biotechnology research; cassava application of ecosystem management and micropropagation and hot pepper improvement as a services approaches at national and trans- spring board towards developing spin-off companies boundary levels e.g. develop a pilot pro-poor that can bring much needed revenue to the University. payment for ecosystem services case study Other areas of potential interest are diagnostics, using the Nariva Swamp Restoration, Carbon bioremediation, biofertilizers and biopesticides. Sequestration and Livelihoods Project. Review laws of T&T for opportunities to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services introduce ecosystem services conservation The overall goal of this research (Project for Ecosystem and wise-use legislation. Services -ProEcoServ) is to utilise ecological assessment, scenario development and economic • Strengthening of science-policy interfaces valuation of ecosystem services to better integrate to reinforce multi-scale linkages from local these into national sustainable development planning. to international actors, as well as to bridge The project will lead to developing capacities of the gap between research results and policy decision makers, users and beneficiaries of ecosystem application in developing countries and the services to assess trade-offs and development choices international biodiversity arena. that contribute to strengthened biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, and to develop and apply Department of Mathematics and Computer Science appropriate ecosystem management tools within Separation of the Department into two new sectoral planning frameworks and macroeconomic departments - the Department of Mathematics and planning models. Statistics and the Department of Computing and Information Technology. The expected outcomes of the project are: • Development of multi-scale and locally valid Proposed academic programmes: tools and decision support models to apply Introduction of the BSc in Actuarial Science. these in development planning and policy Review of the curriculum for the BSc in Information making e.g. GIS based mapping of ecosystem Technology and the MSc in Computer Science. services and evaluating a computerised This will involve stakeholder consultation decision support system to aid in optimising trade-off analysis of competing natural resource uses. 113 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Proposed general activities • Increase the rate of mounting and data basing • Appointment of Programme Coordinators. of specimens to keep the reference collection • Appointment of an Industry Coordinator to up-to-date as possible. liaise with the stakeholders with the view • Develop the virtual field Herbarium of executing joint research projects as well • Develop a culture of volunteerism to assist as developing a programme of continuing with the workload in the Herbarium. education in key areas Distinguished Visitors Department of Physics Proposed new programmes: Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension • Introduction of three new postgraduate Dr. Cathryn Clement courses in Digital Designs (PHYS 6492), Academic Coordinator, Borlaug Institute. Novel Materials (PHYS6294) and Solar Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Energy Conversion (PHYS 6295 ) Dr. Clarice Fulton Proposed general activities Graduate Programme Coordinator, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and • 3 day course in VLSI Design and Signal Communications Processing for industrial engineers and Professor James R. Lindner researchers Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Cocoa Research Unit Proposal to convert the CRU from a single campus Department of Food Production Santiago Rivas unit to a regional center. Center for Agricultural & Forestry Division, CEDAF, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Herbarium • Publication of ethno-botanical data Department of ChemistryDr. Jeanese Badenock • Improvement to the infrastructure and Department of Biological Science/Chemistry, UWI, the resources of the Herbarium to enable Cave Hill Campus, Barbados staff to increase the output of research and Professor Robert A. Dibie publication of the flora. Dean and Professor of Public Affairs Editor, Journal • Accommodate more staff, researchers and of International Politics and Development, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana students in the Herbarium. University • Increase the rate of restoration of fragile historical specimens in the collection. Prof. G.W.J. Fleet Chemistry Department, Oxford University, Oxfordshire, U.K. 114 FR 09/10 Dr. E. Andrew Kapp Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Associate Professor of Occupational and Dr. Carlo Fonda Environmental Safety and Health, University of The Abdus Salam International Centre for Wisconsin Theoretical Physics (ICTP)Trieste, Italy Prof. Mark Lautens Mr. Christian O’Flaherty Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Senior Education Manager, The Internet Society, Canada Aires, Argentina Prof. Willem Mulder Professor Ingram Olkin Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona Campus, Stanford University, USA Department of Life Sciences Professor Ermanno Pietrosemoli Dr. Grant Brown Professor of Telecommunications Concordia University President of Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (EsLaRed), Universidad de los Andes Facultad Dr. Daren Croft de Ingeniería LabRed, Primer piso Ala Suroeste, University of Exeter Merida 5101 Venezuela Dr. Safi Darden Mr. Javier Triviño University of Exeter Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes, Universidad de los Andes Facultad de Ingeniería Dr. Aaron Fisk LabRed, Primer piso Ala Suroeste, Merida 5101 University of Windsor Venezuela Dr. Jean-Guy Godin Dr. Marco Zennaro Carlton University The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Trieste, Italy Professor Anne Magurran St Andrews University Department of Physics Professor Clive Davies Dr. Trevor Pitcher Massey University, New Zealand University of Windsor Dr. Daryus Rassi Professor David W. Severson University of Wales Swansea Center for Tropical Disease Research and Training, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA Cocoa Research Unit Mr. Winston Acqui Professor Fedora Sutton French Embassy, TATIL Bldg., South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Maraval Road, Port of Spain Dakota, USA Mr. Philippe Bastide CIRAD, Montpellier, France Hon. Mr. Vasant Bharath Minister, Ministry of Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs 115 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Mr. Jean Claude Breton Mr. David N Khun President des Chocolatiers Poitou-Charentes USDA-ARS SHRS, Miami Mrs. Eltha Brown Mr. Forrest E. Mars Jr. First Project Manager, MARS INC., Mc Lean, VA, USA The Common Fund for Commodities Dr. Lyndel Meinhart Dr. David Butler Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory, United Intrepid Equipment, Brazil States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, USA, Dr. Christian Cilas His Excellency Ali Muchumo Head, Cocoa Research, CIRAD, France Managing Director, The Common Fund for Commodities Mr. Pierre Costet Chocolaterie Valrhona, France Mr. David Preece Director, CRA Ltd, United Kingdom Mr. Anton Doldron CEO of the Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board, Mr. Eric Rosenquist Trinidad & Tobago Consultant World Cocoa Foundation Mr. Jacomien Ford Mrs. Jacqueline Rawlins Burlington, Ont., Canada, March Chairman of the Board of Directors, Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board, Trinidad & Tobago Dr. Marcus Grob and Walter Matter SA Cocoa buyers Professor Marek Sikora Professor of Food Science and Technology, Professor David Guest Department of Carbohydrates Technology, University of Sydney, Australia University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland Dr. Bill Guyton Dr. James Small President, the World Cocoa Foundation USAID Mr. José Enrique Herrera Dr. Scott Tiffin Xoco Central America Ltd, Honduras IDRC Consultant, Alastair Ross Tech Centre Mr. Frank Homann Mr. Josh Weimer Xoco Central America Ltd, Honduras Xoco Central America Ltd, Honduras High Commissioner, Joseph-Harris Professor Rene Williamson Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Port of Spain UTT BME, O’Meara Campus Mr. Biki Khurana Marketing Manager, Rausch, Germany Mr. Eric Martin Valrhona, France 116 FR 09/10 Herbarium Dr. Javier Baliosian Universidad de la Republica de Uruguay Mr. Phillip DaSilva University of Guyana Ms. Helen Hardinge Field Ontario, Canada Ms. Colleen Hill Panama Ms. Julie Insley CCH, R.S. Hon, BS, LRT North Carolina, USA Prof. Paul S. Lietman Johns Hopkins University, USA Dr. Sergio F. Ochos Universidad de Chile Mr. Marcus Schaffry Linacre College, Oxford, UK Dr. José Tiberio Hernando University of Los Andes, Bogota 117 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus academic sTaFF, ReseaRch and Teaching assisTanTs paRTicipaTed in insTRucTional developmenT sessions conducTed by The insTRucTional developmenT uniT, wiTh a view To developing pedagogical skills FoR The eFFecTive deliveRy oF couRses. 118 FR 09/10 Executive Summary revised MSc in Management Studies to be delivered At the mid-point of the current UWI Strategic Plan from January 2011. Teaching began in the Postgraduate 2007-2012, the Faculty of Social Sciences continued to Diploma as well as the MSc in Sports Management in make significant progress in achieving its objectives January 2010. consistent with the strategic goals identified in the Strategic Plan. In 2009/2010, the BSc and MSc Leadership and Management programmes initially designed to satisfy In 2009/2010, the Faculty continued to have the largest a demand by the Defence Force of Trinidad and number of students registered at the St. Augustine Tobago, were offered for the first time to the civilian Campus. Total enrolment in the Faculty levelled population. off however, due to resource constraints, with 5,141 students registered; 3,699 students were registered The Department of Management Studies collaborated at the undergraduate level and 1,442 at the graduate with the Certified Management Accountants (CMA) level. Of the total undergraduate enrolment, 1,097 body of Nova Scotia, Canada to develop the Diploma students were registered in the Evening University. in Accounting programme for university graduates This figure accounted for 59% of the 2009/2010 target without an accounting background. The intention is set for Evening University enrolment. In 2009-2010, to replace the existing Foundation Studies Programme enrolment in research degrees continued to increase which is not GATE-funded. with 83 students registered in MPhil programmes and 66 in PhD programmes in the Faculty. Additionally, In the 2009/2010 academic year the Department of in 2009/2010, 804 students graduated from the Behavioural Sciences also began its pilot programme Faculty of Social Sciences with BSc degrees, while 388 to offer a limited number of courses in South Trinidad. graduated with higher degrees. The Semester I courses were: Introduction to Politics; Introduction to Public Administration; and In 2009/2010, the Faculty introduced several new Organization Theory and Behaviour. The Semester market-responsive and elective undergraduate and II courses were: Introduction to Politics II, Issues in postgraduate courses. New undergraduate courses Caribbean Public Administration and Organization included: Professional Ethics; Advanced Strategic Theory and Behaviour II. These courses form part Simulation; Sociology of the Families; History and of the core courses for the Certificate in Public Systems in Psychology and Research Methods in Administration (CPA) and were also offered in the Psychology. The postgraduate courses included: Faculty’s customized Certificate in Local Government Contemporary Issues in Cognitive Psychology; Studies which made use of the decentralized teaching Advanced Financial Economics; Advanced Portfolio model pioneered by the Faculty. The Faculty also Management; Advanced Risk Management; and, continued its collaborative arrangement with the Financial Econometrics. The preceding three courses Open Campus to offer the CPA programme in were introduced as part of a finance option in the Tobago. 119 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The Faculty revised the curriculum for the Certificate Despite the physical and financial resource constraints, in Local Government Studies programme to meet the Faculty continued to make improvements to market demand. This revised programme, which physical plant and equipment for the benefit of both was customized to include four workshops to train staff and students. The Faculty secured University 40 employees of the Ministry of Local Government, funding to convert Room 103 on the Ground Floor of was launched on February 22, 2010. The launch was the Faculty of Humanities and Education building attended by the former Minister of Local Government, into a “smart classroom” equipped with a wide Senator the Honourable Hazel Manning, the variety of media. Plans are afoot to convert several incoming and the outgoing Permanent Secretaries additional classrooms into “smart classrooms” in in the Ministry of Local Government, the Campus the coming period. The Department of Economics Principal and other invitees including the first batch secured additional tutorial rooms and a graduate of students in the programme. research room at Campus House. In the Department of Management Studies, there was the provision of In Semester II of 2009/2010, the Faculty of Social enhanced facilities for Postgraduate students and the Sciences also revised the Foundation course – Law, creation of eight new staff offices. The Management Governance, Economy and Society –offered in dual Lecture Theatre was also refurbished and refurnished, mode, i.e. online to students of the Open Campus and with funding generated internally at the Faculty and face-to-face at the St. Augustine Campus. The aim of Department levels. the revision was to allow all students to read the same course material and be assessed on the same, revised In 2009/2010, the Faculty of Social Sciences also assessment methods. extended its hours of service to Evening University students on Saturdays from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. As part of its remedial programme, the Department to 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. as a direct response to the of Economics introduced a Mathematics Proficiency growth and success of the Faculty’s Evening University Test (MPT) for students reading for the BSc Economics policy adopted in 2004/2005. who do not possess a Pass at Additional Mathematics, Advanced Level Mathematics, AS Mathematics or With regard to investments in teaching quality, in CAPE Mathematics (Units 1 & 2). Students who are 2009/2010, academic staff, research and teaching unsuccessful in the MPT will be required to read and assistants in the Faculty continued to participate pass Remedial Mathematics – ECON 0001, before in instructional development sessions conducted being allowed to read Introduction to Mathematics by the Instructional Development Unit with a – ECON 1003. The objective of this Remedial view to developing pedagogical skills necessary for Mathematics course – ECON 0001 is to provide the effective delivery of courses. Two members of these students with the basic mathematics skills to Management Studies staff received certification in close the proficiency and knowledge gaps in order to Instructional Development in the review period. meet the prerequisites for the Level I Introduction to Mathematics course – ECON 1003. 120 FR 09/10 A 25-member Faculty team, comprising academic and The Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU) administrative staff, participated in the second cross- hosted a workshop in Forest Financing in Small Island campus conference of the Faculties of Social Sciences Developing States for NGOs and the public sector at the Cave Hill campus from January 18 to 20, 2010 organisations in Trinidad and Tobago. with a view to harmonizing Foundation courses across the campuses, expanding cross-campus supervision The Faculty in collaboration with the Mahatma of graduate students, and offering joint academic Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation held the programmes. 7th Gandhi Memorial Lecture on October 9, 2009. The feature speaker, Gandhian Scholar, Ambassador In 2009/2010, a delegation from the Faculty visited Pascal Alan Nazareth was a former Ambassador of partner institutions in the Faculty’s franchise India to Egypt, Mexico, El Salvador and Belize. His programme to conduct its usual semester monitoring lecture was entitled “Satyagraha and Sarvodaya as keys visits to meet with staff, students and administrators. to Good Governance and Corporate Management”. The visits included Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College in St. Kitts (September 24-26, 2009 & February 24-26, The Governance Unit of the Department of Behavioural 2010), the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community Sciences held a panel discussion on “Race Relations” College (November 5-6, 2009 & March 18-19, 2010), on October 28, 2009 at the JFK Lecture Theatre, and the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. which featured Professor Prem Misir, Pro-Chancellor, Lucia (October 15-16, 2009 & April 8-9, 2010) . University of Guyana; as well as UWI St. Augustine representatives, Professor Rhoda Reddock, Deputy The Faculty of Social Sciences hosted a number of Principal; Professor Bridget Brereton, Department conferences, workshops and seminars during the of History; and Professor John Gaffar La Guerre, 2009/2010 academic year. The 7th Sonny Ramadhin Professor Emeritus. Distinguished Cricket Lecture on June 11, 2010 was delivered by Mr. Goolam Rajah, Logistics Manager The Faculty of Social Sciences’ Evening of Excellence, of the touring South African Cricket Team, at the to honour its First Class Honours graduates and Learning Resource Centre. winners of Departmental, Faculty and University prizes in 2009, was held on October 28, 2009. The Department of Economics held its annual The feature speaker was the Honourable Alicia Conference on the Economy (COTE) on October 1 and Hospedales, former Minister of State in the Ministry 2, 2009. The conference highlighted the key economic of Social Development. Ms. Hospedales is a graduate and related developmental issues facing Trinidad and of the Faculty’s Social Work programme and now a Tobago and the wider Caribbean region in light of the doctoral candidate in the Criminology programme. global economic environment. The Department also convened its usual post-budget Forum in September 2009 following the presentation of the 2009 national budget in Parliament. 121 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Academic staff in the Faculty of Social Sciences Over the next two years of the UWI Strategic Plan continued to make invaluable contributions period, the Faculty of Social Sciences looks forward to to national development by participating in the implementation of several regional development Government Task Forces, Committees, Commissions initiatives as well as some aimed towards creating and Regulatory Bodies. Professor Ann-Marie Bissessar the distinctive UWI graduate. The Faculty plans to was appointed to the Integrity Commission in March incorporate a research component in all Level II and 2010. The Faculty was also fortunate to have several III courses, enhance technology in the delivery of all members of staff appointed to serve as Ministers and courses and build research capacity. In particular, the Senators in the 10th Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. Department of Management Studies is collaborating Mrs. Therese Baptiste-Cornelis, former Lecturer in the in the development and delivery of the BSc Accounting Department of Management Studies, was appointed Special to be offered shortly to Open Campus students. Government Senator and Minister of Health. Mrs. The Department also plans to expand the disciplinary Nan Ramgoolam, former Part-time Lecturer in the areas in the PhD in Business Administration to cater MSc Public Sector Management programme, was to the needs of students in Finance, Accounting and appointed Government Senator and Minister of other disciplines in Business Administration, as well Public Administration. Dr. Roodal Moonilal, former as offer majors in Human Resource Management, Part-time Lecturer in the Department of Behavioural Finance and Marketing to better equip graduates to Sciences, was appointed Minister of Housing and the meet the needs of industry. Environment. Professor Patrick Watson of SALISES and Dr. Lester Henry of the Department of Economics were appointed as a Government Senator and an Opposition Senator. 122 FR 09/10 Students Department of Management Studies Department of Behavioural Studies The Department continued to experience strong There has been a general decline in enrolment in growth in demand for its courses and programmes many undergraduate programmes with the exception with an annual intake of approximately 450 new of International Relations. students. Demand for Departmental courses from students from other faculties and departments also The success of postgraduate students in scholarship experienced robust growth, and the Department and award of research grants is recognised in continued to attract high calibre students, including 2009/2010. Mrs. Sideeka Ali received both a UWI national scholarship winners. The number of students Scholarship and the Campus Research and Publication from OECS member countries, particularly St. Lucia, Fund award for her MPhil research while Ms. Mary St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Dominica Arneaud received the 2009 Tatil Prize for the best also continued to rise. The MSc in Management research project in Psychology as well as a Government Studies programme has attracted students on OAS scholarship and UWI postgraduate scholarship and scholarships from Suriname, Grenada, and Jamaica her MPhil research is currently under review by the and also attracts students from Guyana, Barbados, Campus Research and Publication Fund. and Nigeria. The Management Student Society (MSU). remains vibrant and students take advantage Department of Economics of the study abroad and mentorship programme The Department of Economics re-introduced the run in conjunction with members of the business Summer Internship for postgraduate students in community. Economics at the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, with Ms. Samantha Joseph being the first Thirteen students graduated from the MSc candidate. Several postgraduate students also had Management Studies programme; five from the MSc the opportunity to make presentations at three major in Aviation Management programme; and two from conferences including the 41st Caribbean Centre for the MSc Tourism Development and Management. Money and Finance Conference in Guyana 2009; Sir The Department congratulated two recent graduates Arthur Lewis Institute Social and Economic Studies who received prestigious scholarships to further their (SALISES) 11th Annual Conference in Port of Spain studies. Ms. Cherisse Hoyte was awarded a Japan-IADB 2010; and the Research Review Seminar hosted by the scholarship to pursue a Master’s at the London School Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago in August 2010. of Economics and Mr. Gerard Cooper was awarded an Organization of American States scholarship to pursue a Master’s in Finance at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Canada. 123 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Staff Ms Jacqueline Padmore Awards, Honours & Distinctions Lecturer in Social Work- retired Department of Behavioural Studies Professor Ann Marie Bissessar appointed a member Dr Anthony Bowrin of the Integrity Commission of Trinidad and Tobago. Lecturer in Accounting - resigned Dr Derek Chadee appointed a member of the Professor Bhiko Agozini Mediation Commission of Trinidad and Tobago Lecturer in Sociology - resigned Department of Economics Public and Professional Service of Staff Professor Patrick Watson appointed a Government In 2009/2010, staff continued to serve as international Senator in the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago journal reviewers, as well as published numerous articles, chapters and books. Staff also provided Dr. Lester Henry appointed an Opposition Senator in service to the wider University, national and regional the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago communities through membership on various boards, committees and associations. Department of Management Studies Mrs. Therese Baptiste-Cornelis appointed a Government Senator and Minister of Health, Government of Trinidad and Tobago Appointments, Promotions, Retirements & Resignations Dr Randy Seepersad appointed Lecturer in Criminology Dr Sandra Celestine appointed Lecturer in Social Work Dr Amar Wahab appointed Lecturer in Sociology Dr Ann Marie Bissessar promoted to Professor 124 FR 09/10 Teaching & Learning Department of Management Studies Department of Behavioural Studies The Department continued to expand its use of The Ethics Committee which was established during E-Tutorials and thus alleviate some of the space the last academic year was piloted for the first time constraints confronting the Faculty with respect to the in the 2009/2010 academic year with postgraduate hosting of tutorials. It has also had the added benefit students and students enrolled in Research Project in of allowing recruitment from a wider pool of tutor, Psychology – PSYC 3025 course. A research manual with some persons residing abroad being selected to developed for use in Research Design & Methodologies conduct tutorials. The student response to the use of for Social Work – SOWK 6000 continued to be blended teaching methodology in the delivery of beneficial to students. several courses continued to be favourable. In 2009/2010, there were four significant innovations The internship modules in the Tourism and Aviation in the delivery of the Social Work programme. At Management programmes were strengthened with Level I an in-house Practicum was introduced along the inclusion of an international attachment, which in with simulated case conferences. A short course on the case of the Aviation programme, was undertaken Social Work Practicum Instruction was introduced for at Westchester County airport in the USA; and, in the Level III students, as well as community organization case of the Tourism programme included attachment projects and interactive presentations. In addition, the at hotels throughout the Caribbean including Turks programme piloted Community Case Conferences for and Caicos Island and US Virgin Islands. Students student groups engaged in community organization in the Tourism programmes also participated in an projects. educational tour to Curacao. This was a one-week visit that was funded in the main by the Department and the Faculty of Social Sciences. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) entered into between the Department and the Certified Management Accountant Society (CMA) of Nova Scotia, Canada allows for the strengthening of accounting education in Trinidad and Tobago through the provision of teaching and other resource material as well as funding from the CMA. The programme covers UWI students as well as non-UWI students enrolled in CMA programmes in Trinidad and the Eastern Caribbean. 125 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus In accordance with the last Departmental Quality The PhD in Business Administration introduced Assurance Review team, the Department is preparing in the previous academic year, continued to be well to establish an Advisory Board comprising leading subscribed with 12 students currently enrolled in members of the business community and relevant the North American modelled programme. This professional bodies in Trinidad and Tobago. The terms programme is a departure from the traditional UWI of reference for this Committee were developed and PhD programme in that it is comprised of a significant recently approved by the Campus Academic Board. taught component as well as a substantial thesis. As it relates to its support of distance education and Programmes course delivery at satellite locations, during the last In the period under review, Departments made academic year, the Department also continued to considerable advancements in the area of curriculum offer its BSc Management Studies and Accounting development. programmes through the Open Campus. Management and Accounting courses were also delivered as part of Department of Behavioural Studies the BSc Pharmacy programme offered by the Faculty Research Methods in Psychology - PSYC 1009 was of Medical Sciences at Mount Hope. The Department taught for the first time. The course, which had a heavy also continued the delivery of these courses at the Sir online component, delivered tutorials, discussion, Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia, and focus groups and assignments entirely online. the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College in St. Kitts Department of Management Studies Two new courses were developed and approved. These are Caribbean Finance: The Regulatory and Institutional Framework – MGMT 3092 and Professional Ethics – MGMT 3095. The course on Caribbean Finance was developed in response to suggestions from members of the financial community in Trinidad and Tobago. The Postgraduate Diploma and a MSc programme in Sports Management developed and approved in the last reporting year were formally introduced in 2009/2010. The Diploma programme is offered in conjunction with the International Centre for Sport Studies (CIES), in Switzerland under the auspices of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). 126 FR 09/10 Research & Innovation • Reminiscence Bump Project: An examination Research in Progress of the developmental, memory, and socio- Department of Behavioural Studies cultural influences on the existence of the B. Ragoonath reminiscence bump (i.e., a finding that there • A Youth Integrity Survey – with participation is a disproportionate number of memories of 2880 youths between the ages of 12 and 15: recalled from the period of 10-30 years old) The results of this survey are currently being in a Trinidadian sample. analyzed. • Memory Quality Project: An examination K. Lascelles of the change and stability in older adults’ • Selective Association Learning and positive and negative autobiographical Expectancy Bias in Evaluative Conditioning memories from four life periods. with Foods and Body-Shapes: This research explores the potential role of learning and • Positive and Negative Relationship- information biases in relation to eating Defining Memories Project: An examination disorders. of whether the quality (i.e., vividness, emotional intensity, etc.) of relationship- K. Lascelles defining memories predicts marital • Implicit Attitudes towards Breast Cancer, satisfaction. Breast Cancer Treatment and Body-Image: This research explores the role of appearance S. Rollocks attitudes in relation to breast cancer and • Marital Satisfaction in Autonomous and Free- breast cancer treatment. Choice Marriages in the Trinidad Context. • The Relationship between Internet Addiction N. Abada and Depression among University Students • Thinking about Life Experiences (TALE) in Trinidad. Project: An examination of the extent to • The Social Construction of Key Demographic which memory serves self, social, and and Psychological Variables in Explaining directive functions for Trinidadians and Psychological Phenomena. whether these memory functions predict • The Relationship between Demographic and psychological well-being. Psychological Variables in Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviours among Children ages 10 to 16 Years Old in Trinidad. 127 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus D. Chadee loneliness, risk-taking behaviours, economic • A Social Psychological Assessment of cost and gains to the individual, problem- Elaborative vs. Heuristic Information gambling behaviour, assistance. Processing in influencing Negative Copy Cat • Fear of Crime and General Crime, Emotional Behaviour of Male Adolescents: The study States and Perception of Risk of Victimization: seeks to explore the cognitive processing of This research builds on data collected from information in juveniles and the propensity 2007 and further explores the relationship to copycat negative behaviour from the between state and dispositional fears with media. the mediation of emotional states. • The Impact of Emotion Induction on Psychological Reactance: This research L. Hadeed examines the degree to which the elicitation • Mediation and Intimate Partner Abuse – of emotional states impacts the strength of Three Case Studies in Trinidad and Tobago. individuals’ reactance response to a perceived • Community Members’ Views of Conflict threat to freedom. In particular, the study Management. focuses on the induction of anger and calm, as they lie in opposing quadrants with regards M. Sogren to the affect dimensions of pleasantness and • Crimes of Child Sexual Abuse: Cross- arousal. This study is a seminal contribution cultural Explorations and Interventions. A to the literature on psychological reactance. collaborative project with The University of • Gambling in Trinidad and Tobago: This study Huddersfield, U.K. utilizes a host of research methods (household survey, in-depth interviews and focus groups to study gambling and the perceptions of K. Nathaniel-DeCaires problem gambling in Trinidad and Tobago. • Commitment to Social Work Teaching/ This study comprises a sample size of 2,500 Learning Innovation and Scholarship. respondents across Trinidad and Tobago and assesses approach problem gambling by R. Seepersad assessing the frequency of gambling thoughts • Crime and Citizen Security, Youth Violence, and practices, faulty cognitions (the use of Gangs in Trinidad and Tobago, Risk Factors strategies and systems), propensity to gamble for Criminal Offending, Forensic Science. (addiction within the family, depression), • UNDP’s Human Development Report On co-occurrence with addictive and delinquent Citizen Security. Forensic Science in the behaviours (alcohol/drug consumption), Caribbean. 128 FR 09/10 N. Mustapha Graduate Research • Indians in Education in Trinidad and Tobago: Vusudev Ramkissoon A Social History Master’s of Science in Sociology • Patterns of Cultural Change among Indians • “Dynamics and consequences of population in three Caribbean Societies. Aging: A call for Suitable Planning for • Quality Issues in Trinidad and Tobago Sustainable development- WASD 2010 Education. Alea, N., Arneaud, M. J., & Ali, S. (November 2009). Collaborative Research • The quality of self-continuity, social- J. Cameron-Padmore bonding, and directing-behaviour memories • Collaborative research with University of across Adulthood in a Trinidadian sample. Helsinki on “Issues in the Study of Poverty Invited paper presentation the International and Social Welfare Clients” to identify Institute for Reminiscence and Life Review gaps between accessible and needed services Conference, Atlanta, GA. and benefits to contribute to improving quality of service delivered. Wendel Wallace. PhD Criminology. • The Impact of Tourism on Crime in a Small M. Sogren Island Developing Tourist Destination: • Further development and implementation The Case of Tobago”. University of Trinidad of collaborative research and programme and Tobago (UTT), Caribbean Journal of initiatives with The University of Criminology and Public Safety (CJCPS) Huddersfield in the area of (Sex Crimes Volume 14, Nos. 1&2, January and July, 2009. Against Children). The expected outcome is a cadre of professional Social Workers with Alexis, Simon advanced training in intervention with this • Rapists’ Account of their Motivations, client population. Premeditation and Target Choices: Some Trinidad and Tobago Data. Caribbean Journal The Social Work Unit was awarded a grant from of Criminology and Public Safety. January the Campus Research and Publication Fund to & July, 2009. 14(1&2). 186-213. Ed. Professor implement a collaborative project with the University Ramesh Deosaran (Emeritus). ISSN 2073 of Huddersfield, United Kingdom on Crimes of Child 5405 Sexual Abuse. 129 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Graduate Research: Poster Presentation 47th Annual meeting of the Academy Alea, N., Ali, S., & Arneaud, M. J. (November 2009). of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS). • A Caribbean Tale: The use and adaptive “Beyond Our Boundaries: The Inclusivity function of autobiographical memory of Criminal Justice Sciences”. San Diego, in adulthood. Poster presented at the California, February 23rd to 27th, 2010 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, Department of Management Studies GA. B. Pacheco • The Influence of Sales Promotion Face Values Graduate Research: Conferences and Company Reputation on Consumer Anand Rampersad. PhD Sociology Product Evaluations. • Ethnicity, National Identity and Cricket in • Marketing Innovations: The Interaction of contemporary Trinidad, Beyond Boundaries: Promotion Type, Price Level and Consumer Third International Conference on Sport, Expertise. Race, and Ethnicity. University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. 14-18 July 2010 D. Noel • SAS Hash® Object: An Application to Ultra Keron King. PhD Criminology High Frequency Finance. • Policing your Brother as the Other: An • Cost of Trading on Competing Parallel Analysis of Policing in East Port of Spain, Markets: SETS vs. Dealers in London. Trinidad and Tobago. The Academy of • Modelling Execution Risk on SETS on the Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) (2010) LSE. • Pricing the Stabilisation Rule of the Heritage Wendel Wallace. PhD Criminology and Stabilisation Fund, Government of • The Impact of Tourism on Crime in a Small Trinidad and Tobago. Island Developing Tourist Destination: The • Estimating the Withdrawal Probability of the Case of Tobago. Heritage and Stabilisation Fund of Trinidad • The University of the West Indies, St. and Tobago. Augustine. Criminology Unit, Criminology • The History of Slave Finance: A Microstructure Conference, April 9-10th, 2009. Examination of the Auction Markets and Sale (1) The Impact of Tourism on Crime in Contracts in Antebellum Southern United a Small Island Developing Tourist States. Destination: The Case of Tobago. (2) Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice: Continuing Myths or Promised Realities in Trinidad and Tobago. 130 FR 09/10 L.Jordan-Miller • Conducting a National Telephone Survey on • Sports Event Management: The Caribbean Online Purchasing in Trinidad and Tobago. Experience. [A book jointly developed with • Challenges faced by Caribbean Companies C. Hayle]. attempting to use Ecommerce. • Update of 2003 study on B2C activity in A. Lewis-Cameron Trinidad and Tobago. • An Examination of Managerial Competencies of Hospitality and Tourism Graduates of P. Ramlakhan UWI Programmes. • Adequacy of Risk Management Practices in • Community Tourism Participation in Matura Commercial Banks. and Fishing Pond. • A New Framework for Managing Macro- • Attitudes of Hospitality Employees in the Financial Risk in Trinidad & Tobago. Accommodation Sector in Trinidad. • An Application of Contingent Claims Analysis to the Banking System. M. Raghunandan • Emerging Issues on the Horizon: The R. Ramlogan Financial Services Industry in Trinidad & • Industrial Relations: A Caribbean Perspective: Tobago and the Region. This research examines industrial relations • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: across the Commonwealth Caribbean. The Way Forward. • Sustainable Development – A Judicial Interpretation: This research will attempt C. Sahadeo to define sustainable development through • The Future of Green Accounting and judicial pronouncements. Sustainability Reporting at the Micro Level. E. Simms Continuing Research • Determinants of Export Performance: The B. Pacheco Case of Manufacturers in Trinidad and • Once Rejected Twice Shy: Consumer Tobago (jointly with Joni Jacob). Responses to Rejection as a Determinant of • An Eclectic Analysis of the International Purchase Intentions. Entry Mode Choices of Manufacturing Firms in Trinidad and Tobago (jointly with Hima S.Fraser Singh). • Student Attitudes towards Elearning • The Measurement of Service Quality: The Environments at UWI, St. Augustine (a Case of Two Service Firms in Trinidad and collaborative project). Tobago (jointly with Veronica Reid). 131 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Outreach of the Ministry of Health, Wellness, Family Affairs During the review period, the Faculty maintained and Mobilization. its aggressive pursuit toward the strengthening of outreach initiatives on several levels. The Faculty In St. Vincent and the Grenadines another student continued to oversee and monitor the delivery of its was placed at a residential facility for delinquent BSc programmes on a franchised basis to Community and ‘at risk’ boys. This placement was coordinated Colleges in St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and through the Commonwealth Youth Programme the Grenadines, with the two-fold intent of widening and the Ministry of National Mobilization, Youth access to tertiary education programmes in these and Sport. The third student was assigned to the territories and establishing a more regional student Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership in HIV and body on the St. Augustine campus. Departments and AIDS in Barbados. units also made significant advancements in the areas of strengthening regionality as well as international In appreciation of their willingness to accommodate partnerships. a student and at their request for training for the staff of their social services sector, the Business Department of Behavioural Studies Development Unit of The University of the West Collaboration with three regional agencies, namely Indies, St. Augustine has initiated discussion with the Caribbean Internship Project, the Commonwealth the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Youth Programme and Caribbean Media Partnership Mobilization, Youth and Sport in St. Vincent and the allowed for placements of Master in Social Work Grenadines. This exercise will be mutually beneficial (MSW) students in special projects in St. Lucia, St. as appropriately trained staff will: - Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados. • be better placed to pursue tertiary level studies in the area of Social Work Members of staff continued to foster joint-research • provide qualified personnel equipped to relationships with faculty from other Universities. The supervise students on graduate placements Psychology Unit, in particular established a number in future of international linkages in 2009/2010 which has an • allow Social Work to be added to the list of overall effect on the Unit’s vision, research agenda offerings to the UWI – 12 countries and publications. The Department engaged in an ongoing project aimed In collaboration with three regional agencies, MSW to assess forensic science capacity in CARICOM students were placed in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and member states. This project facilitates dialogue with the Grenadines and in Barbados. Again through relevant Ministry of National Security stakeholders the Caribbean Internship Project in St. Lucia, one in all member states, ultimately aiming to arrive at a student was assigned to the Human Services Division regional solution designed to meet the forensic needs of all member states. 132 FR 09/10 Aimed at strengthening the national engagement improvement. Technical assistance will also be processes (eg. public, private or community activities). provided so as to help firms to implement the Another project, the UNDP’s Human Development recommendations made. The diagnostics involved Report on Citizen Security, engaged stakeholders are carried out by staff and graduate students of the from the Ministry of National Security and other Department. relevant sectors, including NGOs, in identifying relevant issues, and in developing recommendations Conferences, Panel Discussions for reducing crime and citizen insecurity. and Public Lectures The Faculty sustained it public outreach and engagements efforts through the hosting of several Cross Faculty Relationships notable conferences, panel discussions, public The Psychology Unit maintained its support to the lectures in 2009/2010. At the Faculty level, public MSc Psychology programme offered by the Faculty of lectures such as the Sonny Ramadhin Distinguished Medical Sciences at Mount Hope. It also continued to Cricket Lecture and the Gandhi Memorial Lecture pursue international exchange and staff collaboration continued to be well-attended. The Department of with University of North Carolina Wilmington and Economics also hosted another successful annual Middlesex University London, University of Syracuse. Conference on the Economy (COTE) and post- SUNY Albany expressed renewed interest in exchange, budget Forum, while the Sustainable Economic and the Unit Adviser is currently communicating Development Unit (SEDU) also hosted a workshop in with the St. Augustine Campus’ International Office Forest Financing in Small Island Developing States for on these developments. Visits were made to the St. NGOs and the public sector organisations in Trinidad Augustine Campus by Professor Jaipaul Roopnarine, and Tobago. University of Syracuse, Professor Joseph Khiston, University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Dr. The Department of Behavioural Sciences in 2009/2010 Camille Garsee of Middlesex University. introduced a committee to deliver public lectures, In 2009/2010, the Governance Unit hosted several Department of Management Studies outreach seminars and training programmes for The Department continued to be actively involved the National Insurance Board, Mayaro Regional in implementing the FINPYME programme. This Corporation and Local Government Councillors programme is aimed at assisting small- and medium- and Aldermen and held a Panel Discussion on Race size enterprises (SMEs) in Trinidad and Tobago to Relations which featured Professor Prem Misir, Pro- improve their competitiveness and facilitate their Chancellor, University of Guyana; as well as UWI St. access to potential sources of financing. It entails a Augustine representatives. diagnostic review of the selected companies in order to provide them with a roadmap for competitiveness 133 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Looking ahead to the next academic year, in the Department of Management Studies, planning is underway for the staging of the 4th biennial Business, Banking and Finance conference to be hosted by the Department in collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF) and the Sir Arthur Lewis Centre for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES). Revenue Generation Departments across the Faculty continued to generate surplus revenue through consultancy services and self- financing programmes such as the Summer School initiative and department-specific programmes as the Department of Behavioural Studies’ Mediation and Criminology programmes and the Department of Economics’ Mathematics Proficiency Test. Distinguished Visitors Dr. Camille Garsee Middlesex University, London, UK Professor Joseph Khiston University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA Professor Jiapaul Roopnarine University of Syracuse, USA 134 FR 09/10 Research Projects Social Norms A multi-disciplinary research venture was conducted on the degree of conformity to social norms and values in Trinidad and Tobago. This was done in collaboration with the Ministry of the People and Social Development, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Data collection has been concluded, and a comprehensive report of research findings has been ANSA McAl presented to the Ministry. Psychological The Centre is currently scheduled to present the major Research Centre findings from this study in the first quarter of 2011. Gambling In the 2009/10 academic year the ANSA McAL Problem gambling has been an ongoing area of Psychological Research Centre undertook a number research interest at the Psychological Research of research projects including studies on copycat Centre. This project seeks to combine data from both behaviour, HIV/AIDS, fear of crime, psychological quantitative (household surveys) and qualitative reactance, and gambling. In November 2009, the (in-depth interviews; focus groups) methodologies Centre completed the collection and analysis of data to examine the frequency of gambling practices in of the Social Norms Project for the Ministry of the Trinidad and Tobago. People and Social Development, Republic of Trinidad In particular, the study is aimed at assessing and Tobago. This project came to an end in May 2010 individuals’ proclivity to engage on gambling; cognitive with the submission of the final report. The Centre distortions associated with problem gambling; risk initiated the start of the Gambling project which tries taking behaviours; cost-benefit analysis; as well as to ascertain a baseline measure of gambling in Trinidad other forms of addictive behaviour. The Centre has and Tobago, among other factors. Experimentation recently finalized the research instrument to be used is a key element of psychological research and the in this project. Data collection is scheduled to begin Centre moves forward in to further enhance this arm in the first quarter of 2011. of the discipline of psychology. 135 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Psychological Reactance Copy Cat Behaviour Among the social psychological constructs being A Social Psychological Assessment of Elaborative explored by the Centre is psychological reactance. vs. Heuristic Information-Processing in influencing Reactance is viewed as a motivational state which is Negative Copy Cat Behaviour of Male Adolescents: aroused in response to a threat to individuals’ free The study seeks to explore the cognitive processing behaviours. This theory has been applied to two of the of information in juveniles and the propensity to Centre’s current research undertakings: the impact of copycat negative behaviour from the media. emotion elicitation on psychological reactance; and reactance as a response to e-commerce. Fear of Crime and General Fear Research continues at the Centre in the area of fear of With regards to the former, the study is aimed at crime. The objective of one such project is to assess the examining the degree to which the elicitation of nature of the link between fear of crime and general emotional states (such as anger and feelings of calm) (dispositional) fear. Multi-stage random sampling impacts the strength of individuals’ reactance response was used to solicit respondents across administrative to a perceived threat to freedom. This study is also regions in Trinidad. The data from a sample of 1457 aimed at understanding the psychophysiology of respondents were used. emotion elicitation and subsequent changes resulting from reactance. Pilot testing is currently being done to The goal of the study was to highlight the degree to ascertain the most effective form of mood induction. which general fear can be considered an explanatory Furthermore, this phase of the study would help variable in fear of crime. This is driven by the view that determine the nature of respondents’ physiological fear of crime can be considered the product of both reactions to each mood induction procedure. situational and dispositional factors. Furthermore, it is aimed at examining the differences in this dyad The Centre is also involved in pioneering local across ethnic groupings in Trinidad. The roles of research on the role of psychological reactance perceived risk of criminal victimization; perceptions in shaping individuals’ attitudes and behavioural of general risk; self-efficacy in predicting fear of crime intentions regarding e-commerce and goal-directed in ethnic groups is also being explored. internet use. This study is focused on internet users’ cognitive, affective, and behavioural response to online advertisements, which are viewed as obstructions to navigation on the internet. The outcome of this research venture has implications for website and advertisement designs, as it provides key insights into the psychology of internet use. 136 FR 09/10 Fear of Crime and Emotional States Jannel Philip’s dissertation title is Health care The captioned study seeks to understand to impact of students’ willingness to interact with patients living mood induction on reported levels of fear of crime; with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV): Examining the influence general fear; as well as perceptions of general risk of attributions, prejudicial evaluation, perception and the risk of criminal victimization. This venture of occupational risk and emotions. Specifically, this is designed to encapsulate key socio-psychological research studies the impact of cognitive and affective features – such as life satisfaction and need for variables on health-care students’ willingness to care cognition – in explaining the impact of differential and interact with PLHIV. Care and treatment of HIV emotional activation on fear and perceived risk. patients are critical factors to HIV reduction efforts. The Centre is currently involved in the pilot phase Factors which adversely affect health providers’ care of this project. To date, the pilot exercise has been of patients living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHIV) have completed with a randomly obtained sample of 107 serious implications for the epidemic. Cognitive students of the University of the West Indies, St. (attributions of blame, perception of occupational Augustine Campus. risk, and prejudicial evaluation) and emotional (fear, anger, empathy and disgust) factors have direct effects Trinidad and Tobago Guardian Survey on health care providers’ delivery of treatment and The Psychological Research Centre continues to care to PLWHA. This study examined effects of these partner with the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian factors on health-care students’ (HCS) willingness to (Trinidad Publishing Company) in conducting interact with PLWHA. nationwide surveys on current events. In May 2010, the Centre was responsible for a nationwide poll on the Rosana Yearwood’s dissertation title is Fear of HIV/ Trinidad and Tobago 2010 General Election. This took AIDS and perception of personal risk: Examining the the form of a telephone survey conducted between 6th impact on stigma towards PLHIV and intentions to be to 9th May. A field survey involving respondents from HIV tested. The research investigates the impact of six marginal constituencies in Trinidad – namely San fear of HIV/AIDS and perception of personal risk on Juan/ Barataria; Princes Town; San Fernando West; stigma towards PLHIV and HIV testing intentions. Her St. Joseph; and Tunapuna – was also held from the methodology included the employment of a stratified 14th to 16th May 2010. random sampling strategy, from which 365 persons aged 18-85 years, 50 % male and 50% females, were Graduate Research surveyed using a 50 item questionnaire administered Research on Stigmatization via face-to-face interviews. Utilizing social Graduate students, Jannel Philip and Rosana psychological theorization, both students provide a Yearwood are completing their PhD research on HIV/ unique understanding of factors contributing to HIV/ AIDS Stigmatization. AIDS stigmatization. 137 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus New Programmes The third instalment in the seminar series, which was A proposal for the introduction of a taught Masters hosted by Ms. Jannel Philip and Ms. Rosana Yearwood, programme in Applied Psychology is being finalized focused exclusively on HIV/ AIDS awareness. The for submission. This programme is to be offered presentation was titled HIV/AIDS - A Regional and through the Department of Behavioural Sciences Local Analysis: Where are we now? Where are we UWI St. Augustine Main Campus, in partnership headed? This seminar was held in recognition of with the Department of Clinical Medical Sciences World AIDS Day 2010. (Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex). International Collaboration Public Fora The ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre Psychology Seminar Series: A Meeting of Minds recognizes the importance of international The Psychology seminar series was launched in April collaboration and deepening of relationships with 2010. This venture, which is hosted by PhD candidates foreign colleagues. Among the collaboration were Jannel Philip and Rosana Yearwood, is also supported with colleagues at University of Central Florida, by the ANSA Psychological Research Centre. Hunter College, CUNY, New York, University of Florida, University of Nis, Serbia and Middlesex In the inaugural seminar, MPhil candidate, Sideeka University London. Ali and PhD student, Jannel Philip presented the following: Emotion Experience and Emotional Distinguished Visitors Regulation – How are they Related to Relationship Prof. Jaipaul Roopnarine Satisfaction across Age and Gender; and Feeling or Professor - Child and Family Studies; Director – Jack Cognition? Cognitions and Emotions as Predictors of Reilly Institute of Early Childhood and Provider Pro-Social Behaviour respectively. Education. College of Human Ecology, University of Syracuse, United Sates of America The second seminar involved a presentation by visiting lecturer, Professor Joseph Kishton, Developmental Psychologist from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Professor Kishton presented in the area of psychobiography which views individuals’ life histories as a cross-product of genetics and the navigation of life events across each stage of the developmental process. 138 FR 09/10 Arthur Lok Jack led by a new member of Leadership Team, Fayola Nicholas, and saw to the rebranding of the school Graduate School with a new logo, Motto “Innovatus Ars Ducendi” and marketing campaign challenging prospective students of Business with the tag line “Are you up to the challenge?” The Student Recruitment Centre was established to In the academic year 2009/2010 the Arthur Lok provide prospective students with personal service Jack Graduate School of Business (Lok Jack and assistance in making their decision and navigating GSB) commenced its strategy for rebranding, the enrolment process. The department is comprised internationalisation, new programmes and of Academic Advisors, Student Recruitment Officers restructuring for exponential growth. and is led by another new member to the Leadership Team, Adi Mabel Montas. Staff The Board of Directors of the ALJGSB is made up in 2010 also saw the creation of the Executive Education the larger proportion of industry leaders of the private Unit, which comprises In Company Training and sector who in turn comprise the various Board Sub Corporate Learning Solution Centre, and eventually Committees together with the UWI representatives. the Conferencing. This Unit was launched at the In this regard the Board of Directors is the explicit Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference “industry liaison committee”. For the period 2010 to the business community. This unit is led by 2009/2010 the Board of Directors saw the departure Jo-Anne Boodoosingh. of Sydney Knox and Thomas Gatcliffe. During this time, the Board welcomed Eugene Tiah, Christine The Internationalisation Centre was formalised on Sahadeo, Kristine Thompson and Gervase Warner. October 2009 with the purpose of increasing strategic alliances, increasing international research projects There was continued restructuring within the school and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders. to meet the growing needs of the organisation with This unit is led by Nirmala Harrylal. the creation of new departments and the addition of staff. Appointments, Promotions, Resignations and Retirements The Market Development Centre was created to Dr. Karen Murdock, PhD, Universitat Autònoma de lead the rebranding of the school, and to create Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain new appointment awareness of the Lok Jack GSB in the international Dr. Abhijit Battycharya, PhD, Globsyn Business markets. This new department is a combination of School, Ahmedabad, India – new appointement the Communications Unit, the Alumni Relations, Conferencing and Customer Service. The Centre is 139 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Students Graduation Enrolment The table below captures the number of graduates by The following table captures student enrolment levels programme – November 2010. . for the academic programmes. (2009/2010 academic year). pRogRamme numbeR oF gRaduaTes EMBA 26 pRogRamme sepT 2009 Jan 2010 may 2010 IMBA 97 EMBA 34 18 Master of Human Resource Management 46 IMBA 65 66 Master of Marketing 19 MHRM 31 21 ToTal 188 MMKT 22 13 DBA 9 Community Outreach MIF 23 The Lok Jack GSB continued to engage in outreach TOTAL 161 100 41 activities to the business community and alumni ToTal with events that highlighted the school and the sTudenT 475 513 554 populaTion contribution of the students to society. The Evening Business Forum allows graduates the opportunity to display the worth of their practicum The Corporate Learning Solution Centre faced large research projects to the business community. challenges with the slowdown of the Trinidad and Presenters are assessed based on the suitability of Tobago economy and the reduction on corporate their research methodology, change management spending towards training. The department was able applicability, innovation and presentation. Shara to continue a positive trend of meeting consumer Sebastien of Carib Brewery Ltd emerged the overall needs with the creation of 17 new programmes and winner at Lok Jack GSB’s fourth annual Evening executing fifteen 15 in-company programmes. Some Business Forum for Best Change Management Project of the firms included Government of Dominica, Neal and Best Research Project 2010. Sebastien a Master & Massy Ltd and Republic Bank (Guyana). of Marketing graduate won a total of $15,000 for her presentation, “Brand Plan for Locally Brewer Dark Beer”. Karen Crichlow won the Most Innovation/ Entrepreneurial Project 140 FR 09/10 The Lok Jack GSB launched the Distinguished Alumni Teaching and Learning Series, in April, 2010 at Hilton Trinidad, to highlight Faculty at Lok Jack GSB continues to improve their successful entrepreneurs who are former students skills through training. Members of faculty attended at the GSB. The evening highlighted Mr, Langston a Microeconomics of Competitiveness Faculty Roach, Executive Chairman of Lanher Industries; Workshop at the Harvard Business School and also Vaman Bajnath, CEO of Bajair and Marianne participated in the Certificate in University Teaching Bishop, Director of 12 Key Marketing Solutions. Dr. & Learning at the UWI Instructional Development Karen Murdock, Deputy Director of the Centre for Unit. Additionally, lecturers were trained in the use Entrepreneurship & Innovation delivered Opening of Lok Jack eLearning and Elluminate Live to prepare Remarks on behalf of the School. them for the future on line programmes that will be offered. The Lok Jack GSB Alumni Board was also formalised and launched with four members at the Distinguished Graduate Studies Alumni Series. The members of the Board currently Revisions to the Lok Jack GSB Graduate Programmes include Stacy Homer, Cindy Goolcharan, Neil Parsan, continued in 2009/2010 resulting in changes to Rani Lakhan-Narace, Neela Kissoon and Gregory Hill. programme names and adjustments being made to This team will lead the engagement of the Alumni, the specialisations of current programmes. The review and will create activities that will allow the Alumni to period saw the launch of the new MSc International be a moving force in the Caribbean market. Finance, the launch of the Guyana In-Company Executive MBA and the launch of the International The Annual Distinguished Leadership & Innovation MBA in Tobago. Conference took place in June, 2010 and featured Professor Vijay Govindarajan speaking on Innovation. Faculty Outreach The Conference was marketed locally and regionally The ALJGSB has launched two research Centres, through events and mass media and attracted over including the Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation 300 attendees, with 10% participation from the wider and the Centre for Corporate Responsibility. This Caribbean and International markets. investment reflects the areas in which it is believed the ALJGSB can make the greatest contribution to the Extensive additional outreach has taken place with a transformation of the local economy. series of events, lectures and activities to support the Student Recruitment efforts and also to assist with the branding of the school as a leader of education in Trinidad. These events are related to the current and new programmes being launch at the school, and will continue as part of the Marketing Strategy for 2011. 141 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Globally, business is being viewed as a major cause The Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation was of the social, environmental and economic problems launched in December 2009. This is at a juncture plaguing our societies. Consequently, there have when the school is placing more emphasis on been intense calls from a wide-range of stakeholders entrepreneurship and innovation given that they for corporations to be more responsible in their effectively contribute to economic development and decisions and so contribute positively in the world’s sustainable growth. Also the school is responding to quest for a sustainable future. Regionally, this call the development needs of the country and the region. for more responsible corporations has also become Entrepreneurship and Innovation are central to the an increasingly prominent feature in our corporate region’s developmental process or for that matter the landscape. It is in this context, that the Business School developmental process of any nation. This importance established the Centre for Corporate Responsibility is reflected in the Trinidad and Tobago’s development (CR) in 2009. priorities. Two of these priorities are: • Developing Innovative people; and The overarching purpose of the Centre for CR is • Enabling competitive businesses to promote responsibility as a key policy among corporations for achieving profitability, growth and Within this context the Centre for Entrepreneurship sustainability and in turn maximize stakeholder and Innovation will be directly addressing the benefits in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider development needs of the country. Additionally, the Caribbean. Through its research activities, the school has strategically position itself to be one of the Centre intends to create relevant knowledge that will leading business schools in the region to be known as inform managers, organizations, government and a centre of excellence in the areas of Entrepreneurship, the academic community on the understanding and Innovation and Business Strategy. practice of corporate responsibility as a management strategy. The establishment of the Centre is intended to provide the business community with the broad The work of the Centre will result in the production knowledge base needed for creating and managing of peer reviewed journal articles, conferences, case competitive businesses within a globalized world studies, teaching materials and tool kits. The Centre economy. Given the structure of the local and is currently conducting research on the following regional economies the Centre will focus heavily, but areas: not exclusively, on Small and Medium Enterprises 1. Corporate Governance as it relates to Family (SMEs) and family businesses. The Centre will be Businesses engaged in organizational knowledge creation (OKC) 2. Developing Measures for Corporate Social which is the capability of the organization as a whole Performance in Trinidad and Tobago to create new knowledge, disseminate it through the 3. Effective Stakeholder Engagement and organization and embody it in products, services Partnerships 142 FR 09/10 and systems. The work of the Centre will therefore Regional and International Engagement focus on specific, applied research, practical skills and During the period October 2009 – August 2010 the knowledge development which have the potential to following was achieved by the Internationalisation lead to context specific solutions. Centre: International Operations – Guyana Currently the Centre is involved with two major The Unit coordinated a series of stakeholder meetings projects. These are: in Guyana during October 2009 – February 2010 with • The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM); the objective of formally introducing Lok Jack GSB and operations in Guyana. The Centre facilitated the • The Business Accelerator. launch the inaugural cohort In-Company Guyana EMBA and an assessment of the market for Open GEM is an annual global survey of the entrepreneurial Enrolment and In-Company Programmes. attitudes, activities and aspirations of individuals around the world. For the first time this survey was As a result of this, Lok Jack GSB Formally launched conducted in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010. The school Lok Jack GSB operations in Guyana on March 3, 2010 is now a member of the GEM Consortium and will which was endorsed by Minister S. Baksh, Minister of continue to conduct and be a part of this survey in Education, Guyana. The GSB also launched Cohort 1 the future. GEM focuses on three main objectives as of the In-Company Guyana EMBA Programme with follows: an intake of eighteen (18) participants and based • To measure differences in entrepreneurial on an assessment of the market there was also the attitudes, activity and aspirations among introduction of Open Enrollment Programmes in the economies; areas of Class Customer Service, Project Management • To uncover factors determining the nature and for Non PM Professionals, Strategic Human Resource level of national entrepreneurial activity; Management and for the In-Company Programmes • To identify policy implications for enhancing the introduction of the Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd entrepreneurship in an economy. Commercial Customer Business Programme. The Business Accelerator (BA) aims at assisting International Operations – Suriname firms that are struggling to graduate to the next level The Centre also began a similar assessment for of growth in an environment of very high rate of potential Lok Jack GSB operations in Suriname. technological obsolescence and business uncertainty. Meetings were held with various public and private The BA will offer: sector heads as well as heads of Anton de Kom • Strategic business plan advice; University of Suriname. • Access to a network of expert resources that is not only limited to the Caribbean, but a truly global network; 143 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus International Strategic Alliances Other Initiatives During the period, a Memorandum of Understanding International & Local Conferences (MoU) was finalized with the Indian Institute of • Dr. Ron Sookram attended the Sub-regional Management, Ahmedabad (May 13, 2010) to facilitate Consultative Meeting to discuss a Report on faculty exchange, academic student exchanges, study Factors and Circumstances inhibiting the Full trips and joint research. Integration of OECS and Belize in the CSME on May 21, 2010 at the Bay Gardens Hotel in St. Lucia. He presented a short paper entitled International Research “Business in Energy Markets – The Case of World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness the LDCs of CARICOM (June 2010) Report 2009-2010 • The unit along with Market Development The Centre in collaboration with the World Centre coordinated aspects of the Trinidad & Economic Forum launched the release of the Global Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 in Trinidad & conference on “Connecting with Central Tobago on September 9, 2010, just nine hours after its America” where Prof Carrillo was a presenter. formal release in China. The conference brought key business persons from across Central America together with The Centre also finalized the Partnership Agreement business persons from the Caribbean region with the World Economic Forum for the Lok Jack (October 20th 2010) GSB to be the Partner Institute for Trinidad & Tobago • The unit confirmed details of Prof Carrillo’s for the execution of the Executive Opinion Survey speaking engagement at the Institute of 2010-2011. This was accepted by the World Economic Chartered Financial Accountants annual Forum. finance conference which is expected to have an audience of international, regional and Mid Term Evaluation of Four Mentorship Projects local captains (October 14th 2010) in the Caribbean • The unit also confirmed the speaking The Centre coordinated the Inter American engagement of Professor Carrillo with the Development Bank Project on the Mid Term Trinidad 7 Tobago Coalition of Services Evaluation of four Mentorship Projects in the Industries (TTCSI) (October 14th 2010) Caribbean (Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica and Belize) which was accepted by the client. Subsequently, the Centre was invited to facilitate the Implementation Planning Workshop. 144 FR 09/10 Projected Activities for 2010/2011 Distinguished Visitors • Introduction of International Master’s of Professor Abjit Battacharya Business Development & Innovation India • Introduction of MBA in Sustainable Energy Dr. Sacha Joseph Matthews Management United States • Distinguished Leadership & Innovation Dr. Sam Bradley Conference 2011 featuring Professor Michael United States E. Porter • Introduction of International MBA and Dr. Julien Ferdinand St. Vincent & the Grenadines Executive MBA in Tobago • Introduction of the Master of Small and Dr. Gour Saha India Medium Enterprise Management • Restructuring of Academic Area to provide improved student service with Learning Assurance Officers • Launch of the National Competitiveness and Cluster Observatory with Professor Rolph Balgobin • Continued Research for WEF Global Competitiveness Survey & Global Entrepreneurship Monitor • Increased International Full Time Faculty on Staff 145 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Caribbean Centre In terms of our research and publication efforts, for Money and ongoing research on price formation in the Caribbean is progressing well and a seminar of stakeholders Finance (CCMF) was held in July 2010 and it is envisioned that the creation of a virtual research group could constitute Executive Summary an ongoing source of expertise and investigation on Academic year 2009/2010 witnessed the transition the topic which can be consolidated over time. The in leadership from Dr. Delisle Worrell, who left the Centre also published two editions of the Journal centre in November 2009 to take up the post of of Business, Finance and Economics in Emerging Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, to Dr. Economies in December 2009 and June 2010 and, the nd Derick Boyd who joined the centre in May 2010. 2 Edition of the book The Financial Evolution of the Notwithstanding, the centre was engaged in a major CARICOM Community, edited by Professor Ramesh study on the managed funds industry in Trinidad and Ramsaran is near completion. Staff at the Centre Tobago, while at the same time making measurable also published and presented numerous papers and progress in preparations to embark on the Caribbean served as experts on panels at various meeting and Financial Risk Assessment project that is funded by conferences. the Inter-American Development Bank. Staff The Centre’s outreach efforts were also successful with Dr. Derick Boyd assumed duties as the newly the Caribbean Business Executive Seminar with the appointed Executive Director of the Caribbean Centre theme “The Future of the Financial Services Industry for Money and Finance (CCMF) on 1 May, 2010. He after the Crisis” attracting 127 participants and the 41st replaced Dr. DeLisle Worrell who resigned in October Annual Monetary studies Conference in Guyana on 2009 to become the Governor of the Central Bank of the theme “Building Financial Sector Resilience in the Barbados. Caribbean” being well attended by participants from regional central banks, academia and multilateral Faculty Outreach financial institutions. The Centre’s summer internship Internships program also hosted postgraduate UWI students During the financial year 2009/2010, the CCMF with from the Cave Hill and Mona campuses. financial support from Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC), hosted two interns from the University of the West Indies - Ms. Nadine Quarrie (UWI, Mona) and Mr. Marlon Stewart (UWI, Cave Hill), both MSc Economics students. They interned with the Centre from June 1 to August 31, 2010. 146 FR 09/10 The 41st Annual Monetary Studies Conference The 14th Caribbean Business Executive Seminar (AMSC) On the conclusion of the 13th Senior Policy Seminar The 41st Annual Monetary Studies Conference was held in Jamaica, it was decided that the name of co-hosted by the Caribbean Centre for Money and the seminar should be changed to the Caribbean Finance and the Bank of Guyana over the period Business Executive Seminar. The change signaled a 10th – 13th November 2009 at the Bank of Guyana’s broadened scope for the seminar to encourage greater conference facilities in Georgetown. The theme of the participation by the business sector and to more conference was “Building Financial Sector Resilience accurately reflect the nature of the intended target in the Caribbean”. A total of thirty-four papers were audience. The 14th Caribbean Business Executive presented. Dr. S. R. Insanally- one of Guyana’s former Seminar was held at the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad) Ministers of Foreign Affairs and now Advisor to the on the 30th April, 2010. Its theme was “The Future of President on Foreign Affairs – delivered the 24th the Financial Services Industry after the Crisis”, and Adlith Brown Memorial Lecture entitled “Financing included speakers such as: for Development – Challenges and Opportunities for • Prof. Jan Kregel – senior scholar at the Levy CARICOM”. Economics Institute of Bard College and Director of the Monetary Policy and Financial The 13th Senior Level Policy Seminar Structure Program For the first time the Senior Level Policy Seminar • Mr. Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. – Executive was held outside of Trinidad and Tobago and was Director representing Brazil and a group of co-hosted by the Bank of Jamaica. The event took eight countries at the International Monetary place at the Sea Bed Conference facility in Kingston, Fund. Jamaica on 4th September, 2009 and was themed • Dr. Esteban Pérez – Economic Affairs Officer “Strategies to Cope with Global Uncertainty –Choices in the Development Studies Section in for Caribbean Business and Finance”. Among the ECLAC (Santiago, Chile) presenters were Mr. Avinash Persaud - Chairman of • Mr. Michael Mansoor – Executive Chairman Intelligence Capital Limited and Member of the UN of the First Caribbean International Bank Special Committee on the Global Financial Crisis; Mr. Limited Philippe Carrel - Executive Vice President, Reuters • Mr. Clarence Tong – Senior Vice President and Mr. Suresh Sookhoo - Chief Executive Officer, in Mizuho’s New Youk Project Finance RBTT Financial Group. Department 147 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The format of the seminar followed previous years 4. The evaluation of the effect of the regulatory with two morning sessions and a panel discussion in framework and investment rules on the the afternoon. The panel discussion was moderated by patter of deployment of managed funds, the Mr. Andrew Johnson – a popular television journalist efficiency of investments and on investment – and the panelists each represented business sectors performance and; such as tourism, banking, insurance and energy. 5. The assessment of prospects for the domestic There were 127 attendees at this year’s seminar. and regional securities market with particular reference to the regional equity markets Journal of Business Finance and Economics in A draft of the report has been submitted. Emerging Economies Two issues of the Journal of Business Finance and Projected Activities for 2010/2011 Economics in Emerging Economies were published The research programme for Staff of the Centre in online at www.ccmf-uwi.org in December 2009 and the financial 2010/2011 will be focus on issues of core June 2010. Each volume comprised papers presented relevance to the central banking community. The at Annual Monetary Studies Conferences hosted by research agenda will include inter alia work on the the CCMF in conjunction with a regional central following; bank. • Methodological issues associated with the development of regional indicators Revenue Generating Activities across Caribbean Countries Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange • Development of research proposal Mutual Funds Project for spatial/GIS analysis of capital In December 2009 the CCMF was contracted by the accumulation or output in the Trinidad and Securities Commission to conduct a Caribbean. baseline market research survey designed to examine • Research on; “The importance of and understand the size, range and investment Nominal anchors for Macroeconomic practices and impacts of the managed funds industry. and Exchange Rate Stability” Among other things, this required: • Demand driven research (requests from 1. The development of a comprehensive Central Banks) featured in the Caribbean profile of the managed funds industry with Economic Performance Report. Work on respect to size, structure, and institutional Exchange Rates was requested by Belize composition; and resulted in a paper for the Central 2. The examination and evaluation of the asset Bank of Belize. The work on this topic management practices of fund managers; continues to be developed. 3. The analysis of the impact of the managed funds industry on the size, growth and development of the securities market; 148 FR 09/10 In addition, the following projects will be • Surveys of price setting behavior in selected undertaken: business activities, and the factors that play an important part in the pricing decision. Caribbean Financial Sector Risk Assessment Project /Proposed Architecture for Regional Currently, four draft papers have been completed for Financial Stability Barbados, Saint Lucia, Belize and the Netherlands The project is an essential element of the overall Antilles and will be made available online at www. architecture which CARICOM is putting together to ccmfuwi.org. With the financial support of the enhance regional financial soundness, and would also Caribbean Region Technical Assistance Centre the allow a deeper coordination with national institutions CCMF hosted a regional conference of participants which would bring many potential benefits for the and collaborators (existing and potential) in the central bank’s work in the region. The project is funded project to discuss the studies that have already been by the International Development Bank (IDB) and is completed and the design of those studies which are expected to commence within this new financial year yet to be undertaken. The conference took place on on the appointment of a lead consultant. 22-23 July, 2010 in Barbados. The Price Formation Project The Financial Evolution of the Caribbean The Price Formation project is meant to bridge the Community, 2nd Edition gap between inflation models, inflation policy and the The first edition of the Financial Evolution of the actual practice of price formation in the Caribbean Caribbean Community published in 1997 and now out and is being coordinated by one of CCMF Research of print, is a standard work of reference on Caribbean Associates; Prof. Roland Craigwell of UWI Cave Hill. financial systems which covers the period 1970 – 1996. The project is being executed through a series of The second edition will consist of chapters on each of research papers prepared by the central banks who the CARICOM countries following the pattern of the have committed to doing so and consists of studies in first edition. The book is to be edited by Professor the following areas: Ramesh Ramsaran, who will write the summary • Studies that describe and test the process of chapter which introduces the book. Chapters on price formation, the dynamics of inflation Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and the scope and effectiveness of anti- and Jamaica have been completed and are currently inflationary policies; available online at www.ccmfuwi.org. Chapters on • Studies that extract information on the Suriname, the Eastern Caribbean and the Bahamas frequency and magnitude of price changes are in process, and should be posted soon. from input data for the construction of the monthly CPI, over about 5 recent years. These studies would also test for possible factors affecting the frequency and magnitude of price adjustments; 149 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Centre for Health Our academic staff continued to support the teaching programmes of the Department of Economics Economics (HEU) through the delivery of lectures both in the day and evening programmes and in conducting tutorials at no charge to the Department. The HEU also had full Executive Summary academic responsibility for the Health Economics The HEU, Centre for Health Economics (HEU) courses offered in the MPH programme of the Faculty within the past academic year relocated offices to 25A of Medical Sciences. Members of staff also provided Warner Street, St. Augustine. The building houses research supervision for the Graduate students at the administrative and academic staff offices along with Cave Hill campus. its state of the art Conference Facility on the ground floor. We anticipate that by the end of the academic With support from the World Bank, the HEU year 2010/2011 the provisions for the Regional Training also conducted an assessment of training needs Centre and administrative and academic staff spaces in Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica and on the first floor facilities will be ready for use. Jamaica. This was executed via Study Tours to various regional AIDS programmes, Ministries of Health, The Centre completed a number of major projects universities and other relevant bodies. The aim of during the year and submitted proposals for some this needs assessment was to get a clearer picture significant research projects. In most cases the Centre of the specific training required by the HIV/AIDS was successful in having these proposals approved. Response Agencies and Programmes in the region Other activities included the continuation and and to develop a training programme to help to further development of the Graduate Seminar Series strengthen the individuals involved in the response in Health Economics, the award of scholarships and to the epidemic. the maintenance of our annual internship initiative. Research The HEU coordinated, supervised and mobilized Major Projects / Reports Completed as a Centre funding for the execution of HIV/AIDS sensitization Comparative Analysis of The Impact of Chronic exercises across the University campuses at Mona, Disease Prescription Drug Programme in Jamaica Cave Hill and St. Augustine. The events took place And Trinidad & Tobago, 2003-2009 – A project funded during the months of April 2010 and May 2010 and a by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It large number of university students, secondary school focuses on analyzing the Chronic Disease Assistance students and health care professionals benefitted Programme (CDAP) in Trinidad & Tobago and from these exercises. Jamaica. Final Report Submitted on May 2010. 150 FR 09/10 HIV and Tourism Study: A Situational Assessment of Patricia Edwards-Wescott Jamaica and Barbados – A report submitted to UNDP • Training Needs Curriculum for HIV/AIDS April 2010. and other Health Care Organizations in the Caribbean. (2010). Karl Theodore and Draft of Final Report on the Nexus between HIV Patricia Edwards-Wescott and Tourism in Selected English Speaking Caribbean • Review of the Literature on the Impact of Countries- A report submitted to UNDP April 2010. Government Expenditure on Economic Growth. (2009) Mainstreaming Matrix of HIV and Tourism in selected • The Impact of Government Expenditure on Caricom Nations – A report submitted to UNDP April Price Stability in Trinidad and Tobago. (2009) 2010 Penelope Forde and Patricia Edwards- Westcott. Disasters and Sustainable Tourism Development: Exploring Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Tourism Industry C. Metivier, S. Lalta, K. Theodore, L. Ramnath in Selected Caribbean Destinations - A project under • A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of the World Bank IDA PANCAP Fund. Executed by the Chronic Disease Prescription Drug Programs Caribbean Community acting through the CARICOM in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, 2003- Secretariat to support the Pan Caribbean Partnership 2009. (2009) against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). November, 2009. Vyjanti Beharry Strengthening the Community of Persons Living • An Economic Response to HIV/AIDS: A with HIV/AIDS and Those Affected by HIV/AIDS in Theoretical Investigation.(2009) the Caribbean – A Community Based Initiative. A • A Profile of the Economic and Health System Global Fund Programme Project, with the HEU as a in Jamaica. (2009) sub-recipient receiving a grant from the Caribbean • HIV and Tourism: A Situational Assessment Regional Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS of Jamaica and Barbados. (2010) (CRN+), the principal grant recipient. • Macroeconomic Profile of the British Virgin Islands: 2006 to 2010. (2010) Research Completed: Individual Staff • An Assessment of the Private Health Kyren Greigg Insurance Industry in the British Virgin • A Review of the Trinidad and Tobago Islands. (2010) Economy 1994-2009. (2010) • Poverty Statistics in Selected Caribbean Countries. (2009) • Analysis of Survey Data on the Use of the Chronic Disease Assistance Programme in Trinidad and Tobago (2009) 151 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Research in Progress as a Centre from several countries will deliver on the objectives HIV/AIDS and Human Development in the of the project. Following an intense period of system Caribbean. design and implementation support, the output will A project funded by the UNDP. It aims at improving be a National Health Insurance Programme for the the effectiveness of the response to HIV/AIDS through people of the British Virgin Islands. the quality of the response to the epidemic, as well as the targeting of programmes being implemented by Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Behaviour on shifting to a much higher level that which currently HIV/AIDS in four OECS Territories (Dominica, St. prevails via research, training and technical policy Kitts & Nevis, Grenada and Antigua & Barbuda). support throughout different countries within the A Project commissioned by the OECS, HIV/AIDS region. Programme Unit. The Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices (KABP) Surveys provides a measure of The focus of this project has now been modified to the current impact of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts report on the nexus between Tourism and HIV in and informs the development of programmes aimed the English Speaking Caribbean Countries being at encouraging and sustaining behaviour change, as researched and also to display a matrix on the part of a continuing plan of action in response to the mainstreaming of HIV as an integral function of growing threat of HIV/AIDS. The study also aims National Tourism Plans in those CARICOM countries. to provide key indicators to inform the UNGASS A Revised Proposal on HIV and Tourism in the and OECS Global Fund Projects in these countries Caribbean: A Study of the Relationship between HIV and provide empirical data that assess the impact of Disease and Tourism in Selected Tourism Territories current prevention efforts. was submitted to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on November 17, 2009. Research in Progress: Individual Staff K. Theodore To Design and Support the Implementation of a • The Why and the How of Caribbean National Health Insurance System in the British Development Virgin Islands (Phase II). • Government Expenditure and Small A project being undertaken for the Government of the Economies British Virgin Islands. Phase II of this project started • Review of the Economics of Climate Change. April 2010 and has an expected duration of eighteen DFID/ECLAC Project. May 2010 months. The dynamics of this project called for the establishment of an on-site office in the British Virgin R. Mc Lean Islands for the duration of the project. A diverse team • An Assessment of the Efforts at Integrating comprising HEU members headquartered in Trinidad HIV Services into Primary Healthcare (PHC) and Tobago, a team based in the British Virgin in the Caribbean – The Case of Aruba, Islands, and a team of specialist consultants drawn Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago 152 FR 09/10 • The Impact of Structural Factors on Poor K. Gittens-Baynes and Vulnerable Children in the Caribbean - • A further examination of The Health Poverty The Case of Trinidad & Tobago and Belize. Nexus: Poverty And Non Communicable Ongoing Diseases In The Caribbean: A Casual Link? V. Beharry and R. McLean K. Gittens-Baynes, C. Metivier and P. Edwards- • Estimating the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Wescott. Businesses in Selected Caribbean Country • The Impact of Poverty on the Health Status - Technical Advisor to Consultant Mr. Nigel of the Elderly in the Caribbean: The Case of Gaines for the UNAIDS funded project “. Jamaica. UNAIDS-June 2009. Ongoing A. La Foucade C. Laptiste • Equity and Health in the Caribbean. • “Towards Estimating the Intangible Costs of • Sufficiency in the Provision of Social insurance Illness: End-Stage Renal Disease in Trinidad Benefits in the Caribbean: Implications for and Tobago” Provision of A Benefit Package of Health • Health, Wealth and Development in the Services Through NHI Caribbean: Theoretical Considerations R. McLean, K. Theodore, C. Metivier, A. La Foucade, C. P. Edwards-Wescott Laptiste, K. Gittens-Baynes, V. Beharry. • The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and • HIV and Tourism in the Caribbean: A Study Income Distribution in Grenada. of the Relationship between HIV and Tourism • Milestones in Caribbean Development. A. in Selected Caribbean Territories. A research La Foucade and P. Edwards-Wescott paper for submission to the United Nations • Benefits Incidence of Health Expenditure in Development Programme, 2009-2010. Trinidad and Tobago • Analysis of the Organisation of Health System C. Metivier in Trinidad and Tobago and Health Services • The Impact of Poverty on the Health Status Available to Children and Women. In, of the Elderly in the Caribbean: The Case of Situation Analysis of Children and Women Jamaica in Trinidad and Tobago. • National Health Insurance Systems and their • Human Capital Formation: A Way Forward Application in Caribbean Countries for the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean • Road Traffic Crashes: Health Costs and States (OECS) Investment Implications • Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases: A Caribbean Perspective of the Trends and Preventive/Corrective Mechanisms 153 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus K. Greigg economists, professionals and senior researchers at • An Econometric Analysis of Labour Demand national and regional levels. The programme also by Sector in Trinidad and Tobago. assists interns in determining their future career and • Review of the 2010/2011 National Budget professional development particularly as it pertains • Are we there yet!? The socioeconomic to reading for higher degrees. For the HEU, the and political lessons learnt from the post Internship Progamme which facilitates the training independence experience of Trinidad and of persons by way of hands-on experience, is an Tobago avenue for short-term support to the Centre’s research • Country Context: Demographic, Economic activities and provides an opportunity to identify and Socio-political. In, Situation Analysis longer-term resource persons. of Women and Children in Trinidad and Tobago. Four candidates, including two MSc Economics students, participated in the Internship Programme K. Greigg, H. Ali, T. Simone during the period February 2010 to June 2010. They • The Child’s Right to An Adequate Standard assisted in the conduct of research initiatives and of Living. In, Situation Analysis of Women carried out surveys related to HIV/AIDS, Inflation, and Children in Trinidad and Tobago. Health Sector Reform and Unemployment. Teaching Programmes Graduate Studies The Centre began offering a PhD in Health Economics A total of 14 theses were supervised by the HEU and is in the process of further developing its training during the review period - three MSc, six MPhil and programme with a phased implementation targeted five PhD papers. Topics included the relationship to coincide with the completion of its Conference between health service costs and a variety of factors Facility and Regional Training Centre in 2010/2011. such as wealth, the prevalence of chronic diseases and In continuing development efforts, the Centre tourism. has also facilitated a Master’s in Public Health offered to personnel in the various fields of Health Outreach Management. During the second quarter of 2010, staff at the HEU planned and executed in-country visits to Health Teaching and Learning Sector Organisations in Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua Students’ and Young Scholars and Dominica to ascertain training requirements in Internship Programme each country. They also coordinated and supervised The objectives of the Internship Programme are three- the execution of HIV/AIDS sensitization exercises fold. For the interns, the programme offers hands-on across the University campuses at Mona, Cave Hill and experience in the world of work, as well as significant St. Augustine providing benefits to a large number of opportunities to interface with experienced health university students, secondary school students and health care professionals. 154 FR 09/10 Strengthening Regionality While a National Health Insurance system is a tool used Montserrat to ensure the proper financing of a country’s health The Government of Montserrat had earlier indicated care system, each system materialises with its own interest in the report entitled, “An Analysis of the uniqueness. The design is underpinned by the need Feasibility of Introducing a National Health Insurance for increased access to and improved quality of health (NHI) System in Montserrat” submitted by the HEU, care services by the population. For the people of the Centre for Health Economics and subsequently British Virgin Islands, the National Health Insurance a request for a Proposal for the “Review of Health system will ensure that all eligible persons (working Financing in Montserrat” was made by the Montserrat adults, elderly, children, indigent, etc.) are guaranteed Government. The HEU, submitted that proposal in access to a specified package of health care services. November 2009. The project is targeted for completion at the end of British Virgin Islands 2011. In March 2010, the HEU, Centre for Health Economics signed an Agreement with the Government of the Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, British Virgin Islands for the Completion of the Grenada and St. Kitts & Nevis Design and Implementation Support of a National During the academic year 2009/2010, the HEU began Health Insurance System for the country. This work on KAPB for selected OECS countries. The signing signified the continued commitment of the Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Behaviour on HIV/ Government to the implementation of the National AIDS in four OECS Territories (Dominica, St. Kitts & Health Insurance system for its population – a move Nevis, Grenada and Antigua & Barbuda) project was that was initiated several years earlier and commenced commissioned by the OECS, HIV/AIDS Programme by the HEU during the period 2006-2007 (phase one). Unit. The Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices In April, 2010 work began on the second phase of the (KABP) Surveys provide a measure of the current project. impact of HIV/AIDS prevention efforts and inform the development of programmes aimed at encouraging and Supported by a team of experts from Trinidad and sustaining behaviour change, as part of a continuing Tobago and the wider Caribbean, as well as expertise plan of action in response to the growing threat of HIV/ sourced from as far as Argentina and Ireland, a project AIDS. The study also aims to provide key indicators to office was established in the British Virgin Islands and inform the UNGASS and OECS Global Fund Projects in a team is based in-country for the eighteen-month these countries and provide empirical data that assess duration of the project. the impact of current prevention efforts. The project is resourced by a team of experts from Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean. 155 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Strengthening the National Engagement Outreach Processes Conferences and Seminars Hosted The Centre continued to support the work of the A major highlight of the Centre’s activities was the Trinidad and Tobago National AIDS Coordinating hosting of a Guest Lecture entitled, “The Challenges Committee (NACC) through its various sub- of Caribbean Public Health” by Sir George Alleyne committees. The HEU also supported two studies (Chancellor, The University of the West Indies). HEU under funding received from the World Bank: Conference Facility, UWI. April 17, 2010. • Estimating the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Households in the Caribbean: Theoretical The HEU continued its outreach activities through Framework and Model. –Ewan Scott April the CHESS which was initiated in 2008. During 2010. the academic year 2009/2010, the HEU hosted • Using an Orthogonal Design to elicit an EQ- presentations by students enrolled in postgraduate 5D Value Set. The purpose of this study was programmes of the Faculty of Social Sciences, as well to test the feasibility of using a set of EQ- as for members of the HEU’s academic staff. 5D health states based on an orthogonal experiment design.- Henry Bailey April 2010. Project / Financing Proposals yeaR clienT/agency pRoJecT sTaTus Government of St. Consulting Services for the Conduct of a July 2010 Vincent and the Behavioural Surveillance Survey for St. Vincent & Awaiting Grenadines the Grenadines Response July 2010 UNICEF Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Trinidad and Tobago Successful Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Chronic April 2010 IDB Disease Prescription Drug Programs in Jamaica Successful and Trinidad and Tobago, 2003—2009. March 2010 World Bank Development of Proposal for Needs-Based Training of HIV/AIDS Personnel in the Caribbean Successful Revised Proposal on HIV and Tourism in the November 2009 UNDP Caribbean: A Study of the Relationship between HIV Disease and Tourism in Selected Tourism Successful Territories August 2009 World Bank - The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS Project Successful 156 FR 09/10 Projected Activities for 2010/2011 Dr. Anton Cumberbatch Proposed Areas of Research Activity Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, • Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago – A Project to be done Willy De Geyndt for UNICEF. Institutional and Implementation Arrangements, The • Provision of Consulting Services to undertake World Bank, Washington D.C a Comprehensive Costing of Health Services Mr. Edward Emmanuel throughout Health Institutions in Trinidad Programme Manager, PANCAP Coordinating Unit, and Tobago – A project to be done for the CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago. • Benefits Incidence of Health Expenditure in Ms. Nicole HazelMonitoring and Evaluation Officer, Organization of the Trinidad and Tobago Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), HIV/AIDS Project • An Assessment of the Efforts at Integrating Unit (HAPU), St. Lucia HIV Services into Primary Health Care (PHC) in the Caribbean – The Case of Aruba, Ms. Sandra JonesPermanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago Trinidad and Tobago • An Evaluation of Post Abortion Care Services in Trinidad and Tobago Judith Morroy Procurement Consultant Latin America and the • The Chronic Disease Problem in the Caribbean Region, The World Bank, Washington D.C Caribbean: Economic Impact and Investment Requirement Mr. Salim October • Adolescent Fertility and Intergenerational Program Officer/Analyst (HIV & AIDS), Poverty- A Review of Policies in 5 Caribbean United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Trinidad and Tobago Countries. • Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Mr. John Primo Perceptions about Cervical Cancer in Procurement Specialist, PANCAP Coordinating Unit, Trinidad & Tobago CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana Dr. Alafia Samuels Distinguished Visitors to the Senior Lecturer, The University of the West Indies, Department Cave Hill Campus, Barbados Sir George Alleyne Mr. Gladstone Skeete Chancellor, The University of the West Indies Project Officer, Donor Resources, PANCAP Coordinating Unit, CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana Shiyan Chao Senior Economist, Task Team Leader, Dr. James St. Catherine The World Bank, Washington D.C Director, Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), HIV/AIDS Project Unit (HAPU), St. Lucia 157 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Centre for Language The Centre participated in the UWI Life/Info Village mounted by the Campus. Newly-acquired posters on Learning (CLL) display gave information on offerings of the Centre, as well as guidelines for registration. A video on the CLL compiled by the Centre’s Audio-Visual Technician Programmes (Ag.) was shown at the CLL booth. CLL bookmarks Beginning 2009/2010 the Centre offered Level 1A were distributed to visitors. The posters would be and 1B Spanish, and Level 1A and 1B French FOR displayed subsequently at the CLL. The registration CREDIT. process went smoothly, and new Student Handbooks and CLL bookmarks were given to registrants. With a foreign language now a requirement for fulfilment of their degree, from the Faculty of Facilities Social Sciences, some 40 students reading for the The facilities at the CLL continued to house many BSc International Relations, registered for French; classes and meetings. In addition to numerous student and more than 50 reading for the BSc Tourism group events on Thursdays, requests for a myriad of Management, registered for Spanish. An increased events were received for the Auditorium in particular number of students registered from the Faculty - seminars and workshops (Campus community, of Medical Sciences, and the Faculty Science and Ministries, and Associations/Organizations), Agriculture. Noteworthy, too, were better-organized professorial lectures, film screenings, Arts-in-Action Spanish courses for International Relations (Diploma) productions, filming projects by students in the Film and for Management (MSc Management Studies) Programme – to name a few. Such activities have postgraduates, which lead to an early start of teaching. given more importance to the need for a proper sound French for International Relations proceeded in a system in the auditorium. timely manner. The CLL is also a testing venue for the British Council Staff IELTS examinations, held monthly on a Saturday. The The administrative office of the Centre for Language number of candidates exceeded the capacity of the Learning functioned with a full complement of staff. CLL rooms, and additional space had to be arranged. The team worked well and improved job performance This matter was reviewed and it was decided that the was evident across the board. During the year, the Centre could no longer comfortably accommodate Clerical Assistants availed themselves of training the examinations. opportunities in Microsoft programmes, hosted by Campus IT Services (CITS). The TOEFL and TS examinations were also conducted by the Senior Administrative Assistant at Student Admissions, in the Centre’s computerized language laboratory. The Centre’s physical and technical requirements for these tests have been adequate. 158 FR 09/10 Outreach On-site courses International Collaboration The CLL works with corporate and government entities The Centre for Language Learning has entered into to provide language training to meet the specific an agreement with the Instituto Cervantes, Spain needs for their staff. This year our clients included the whereby the CLL is now an examination centre for the Ministry of Trade & Industry, Eastern Credit Union Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) and Citibank (Spanish Level 1A), and the Ministry of in Trinidad and Tobago. CLL will conduct both National Security (Conversational Spanish). the registration and examinations for all diploma candidates as the international qualification is not Caribbean Interpreting and Translation Bureau restricted to students of the Centre. The CITB continues to flourish as the demand for language services increases. There are regular English as a Foreign Language translation requests from individuals seeking to The EFL section successfully ran its standard General regularise their status in Trinidad, as well as those English course in each of the two semesters; September wishing to pursue higher education or employment – November 2009 and January – March 2010 with 12 abroad. Corporate clients use the service in application and 6 participants respectively. Additionally, three for international designations or to expand market cohorts of Cuban Health Care Professionals, 116 in share in non-English speaking territories. Institutional total, received English language training. The first clients make requests as necessary in the dispatch of group was hosted August to September 2009. The their international duties. second cohort had their training in October 2009. The final group was trained in February 2010. In- CITB provided services for the state visit of the French house materials were created for this programme President during the CHOGM meeting in November and special credit goes to the Clerical Staff, the AV 2009. Of special note are the French and Spanish technician and student assistants at the CLL. interpreting services provided at the Bureau’s expense, to the Annual General Meeting and Conference of The As part of the Semester 3 (“Summer”) offering, Association of Universities and Research Institutes of the CLL received a group of staff members from the Caribbean (UNICA) March 2010 held at the UWI the Universidad Nacional de Colombia for English St. Augustine campus. language training over a six week period June- July 2010. Participants benefited from an intensive but The list of CITB clients this year includes: varied programme which included weekly visits • UNICA conference and encounter on Haiti to sites of interest in Trinidad. Upon the request of • Rotary Club of Trinidad and Tobago a corporate client, the EFL section also mounted • Happi Products an intensive individual tuition programme of one • Peake Industries Limited month’s duration in July 2010. A total of 250 contact • Ministry of Foreign Affairs hours were administered. • Ministry of National Security 159 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • Ministry of Health and academic endeavour’, the students of Japanese • Ministry of the Attorney General and their tutors organised the cultural days at the • Trinitrain Centre for Language Learning. The interest generated • Bouygues Travaux Publiques was significant and it is estimated that in excess of • International Organisation for Migration 400 persons visited the centre during the two days. • Pan American Health Organisation • The Embassy of the Republic of France in Port- Hindi Film screenings. of-Spain From March 2010. • L’Association Internationale d’Archéologie de la The Film Section of the Faculty of Humanities Caraïbe (AIACA) and Education, The Indian High Commission and • Caribbean Meteorological Organisation the Centre for Language Learning entered into a • Caribbean Union of Teachers collaborative initiative to have screenings of Indian • Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management films on the last Thursday of every month. Offerings Agency such as Taare Zameen Par, Cheeni Kum and Omkara • Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business were well-received. • Caribbean Court of Justice Research Events Beverly-Anne Carter was involved in a research Brazilian Film Week. projection on the development of a foreign language September 30 – October 4, 2009 policy for Trinidad and Tobago under the auspices of The five-day event to feature Brazilian cinema was the Ministry of Education’s Seamless Education Policy jointly hosted by the Embassy of Brazil and the CLL. Unit with Ian Robertson (Principal Investigator). A cocktail reception was held on the opening night, which along with the screening that night was strictly Maria Landa prepared a paper on “Spanish in by invitation. The other four nights were open to contact with Bantu languages. A comparison the public. The Ambassador of Brazil and his staff between Palenquero and the Spanish Interlanguage expressed satisfaction with the film week and there of Native speakers of Swahili”, to be presented is the possibility that this could become an annual at the International Colloquium ¨Mediaciones event. Transculturales en Espacios Iberoamericanos¨ (20-22nd May 2010), at the Department of Modern Japanese Cultural Days. Llanguages, University of Montreal. November 13 and 14 2009. Regis Kawecki prepared a paper on Un corpus antillais Bunka no hi (Culture day) is a Japanese national d’apprenants de français for presentation at the 6 holiday and is celebrated on November 3. Wishing to Journées de Linguistique de Corpus, Université de recognise the day here in Trinidad and in keeping with Bretagne - Sud, held in Lorient, France in September the stated objectives of ‘promoting culture, the arts 2009. 160 FR 09/10 Institute for Gender percentage increases were Introduction to Women’s Studies (GEND 1103), Men and Masculinities in the and Development Caribbean (GEND 2013) and Sex, Gender and Society (SOC I3031), all of which saw more than a 30% increase in Studies (IGDS) the number of registered students. The greatest decline Executive Summary was seen for the course, Cinema and Gender (FILM2101) Major staff changes took place during the year which saw where there was a 48% drop in the number of students a change of Headship from Dr. Grace Sirju-Charran to registered compared with the previous year. Dr. Piya Pangsapa, as well as the addition of new support staff Mr. Keshan Latchman, Research Assistant. Staff Most Outstanding Graduate Students for the year: members were assigned the task of documenting the • Camille Samuel – PhD Interdisciplinary Gender services they provided, an exercise which was seen to be Studies – High Commendation important for developing the Quality Assurance Manual. • Anusha Ragbir – MSc Gender & Development The physical space of the Institute was also reorganized Studies – Distinction and refurbished to allow for better work flow and • Louise Ebbesson – MSc Gender & Development comfort. studies - Distinction Staff Most Outstanding Undergraduate Students for the Awards, Honours & Distinctions year: Professor Patricia Mohammed • Shrinagar Francis – BA African & Asian Studies – • Awarded AFETT WOMAN OF INFLUENCE First Class Honours AWARD – Association of Female Executives of • Karima Pragg – BSc Sociology – First Class Honours Trinidad and Tobago March 8th International • Kema Dillon – BA Communication Studies - First Women’s Day Award, 2010, Port of Spain. Class Honours • Award by Sports Club, Barrackpore, Trinidad for • Geeta Manoo – BA Communication Studies - First High Achievement in the Sphere of Education, Class Honours March, 2010. Graduate Studies Appointments, Promotions, The new postgraduate programme continued to work Resignations & Retirements with the first cohort of graduate students. During Tisha Nickenig was promoted to Research Project Officer the review year the graduate students (except the III Postgraduate Diploma students) took the core course Research Design and Methods. The course was designed Students to help students to develop their research proposals Overall there was a 30% increase in demand for courses and to prepare them to work with their supervisors and offered by the IGDS. The most popular, based on committees once they had completed the final core course. 161 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus At the end of this academic year, seven graduate Research in Progress students were ready to graduate in October 2010. P. Mohammed The IGDS MSc Programme placed its first intern at • A Caribbean Studies Virtual Museum the Ministry of Community Development, Culture Funded through the Government of Trinidad and Gender Affairs. The period of internship was and Tobago Research Grant, this Virtual February 2010 – May 2010. This was a collaborative Museum intends to engage the subject matter activity between the Gender Affairs Division and of cultural phenomena from a contemporary the IGDs to provide a practical learning space for perspective, while establishing trails and Graduate students of the IGDS. traces to the past. Research and Innovation • Conceptualizing Global Democracy, Project The Institute as a whole and individual staff members of the Centre for Study of Globalisation and have been engaged in a number of research projects Regionalisation, The University of Warwick, on topics such as women and trade; Caribbean Coventry. This is a five-year, $1.5 million feminisms; global democracy; gender, development initiative to explore how ‘rule by and for the and empowerment; gender, labour, migration and people’ can operate when addressing global environmental issues; gender, ethnicity, and identity; challenges of the present age. gender-based differentials in secondary and tertiary education systems in T&T; and gender, sexuality and • Online Data Base the implications for HIV/AIDS. Research towards the Publication of an Online Research Completed Open Access Gender Data Base titled CULTURAL D. McFee CROSSINGS. A searchable image data base with • UNDP Guyana EPSTI Baseline Survey comparative images between the Caribbean and The Institute of International Relations was West Africa. A joint project between 2003-2006 with contracted to conduct a baseline survey Professor Edna Bay, Emory University, Atlanta. UWI consultancy to enhance public trust security Researchers on project – Kimberly Byng, Shelene and inclusion programme in Guyana. It was Gomes and Michelle Seeraj. Final Entries in project funded by UNDP Guyana. Prof. Parpart and completed May 2007.Website access at: http://sta. Ms. McFee formed part of the research team uwi.edu/cgds/uwiemory to undertake preliminary data collection in Guyana. Primary data was collected from an J. Roach-Baptiste extensive cadre of stakeholders throughout • Islam and the Atlantic World: New Paradigms Guyana. (August 27th – September 7th 2009). from Latin American and the Caribbean edited by Aisha Khan to be published by the University of Florida Press. 162 FR 09/10 • Doctoral Dissertation (Rutgers University). Strengthening Regionality Gender Practices among African Trinidadian • 15th Anniversary of the IGDS Muslims: A Case Study at the Jamaat al A Public lecture and programme was Muslimeen, Trinidad. hosted by the IGDS SAU, to mark the end of the 15th Anniversary of the CGDS and J.L. Parpart the International Day Against Violence • Transnational Migrant Coping Strategies in Against Women. Professor Eudine Barriteau the Current Economic Crisis: a pilot study delivered a Public Lecture entitled What Love (Jane Parpart, Deborah Mohammed and has to do with it?: Sexuality, Work and Power Marianne Marchand) in Caribbean Gender Relations (November This study will establish a base-line review 2009) of existing literature and carry out field research on the impact of the current crisis • International Women’s Day on these migration patterns. The sites will The IGDS commemorated International initially focus on Trinidadian and Mexican Women’s Day 2010 with a Seminar entitled migration to Canada and the United States, From One to Many: Techno-Politics, with the aim of establishing a larger project Revolution and the Art of the Possible; held once the pilot studies are completed. A on March 11th at the Centre for Language and paper will be presented at the International Learning Auditorium, UWI. The feature Studies Association meeting to discuss initial speaker was Dr. Alexis De Veaux from the findings. Department of Global Gender Studies, Service to UWI-12 Countries University at Buffalo, State University of New and Other Underserved Communities York (SUNY). Break the Silence Workshops: 2009 - 2010 The IGDS in collaboration with the T&T Coalition • WINAD – Research Training Workshop Against Domestic Violence and Arts in Action The Women’s Institute for Alternative implemented a series of workshops in 2009/2010 Development (WINAD) requested the design throughout T&T aimed at educating community and delivery of a research training workshop members and service providers about the effects of entitled Research Methods for Civil Society CSA (Child Sexual Abuse) /incest and HIV. Funding from the IGDS for members of the Caribbean and technical support came from UNICEF and the Coalition for Development and the Reduction UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. of Armed Violence (CDRAV). 163 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • Caribbean Review of Gender Studies – in Guyana in August – September 2009. The Online Open Access Journal final report was presented to members of the Executive Editor - Patricia Mohammed, Guyanese Cabinet in March 2010. Associate Editor - Gabrielle Hosein, Editorial Assistant - Donna Drayton. • Building Responsive Policy: Gender, The 3rd issue, completed in November 2009, Sexual Culture and HIV & aids in the focussed on “Sexual Rights, Practices and Caribbean Identities in the Caribbean”. A Special Issue Rhoda Reddock, Sandra Reid, Gabrielle completed in February 2010 was themed Hosein, Tia Cooper, Project Coordinator: “Interrogating the Culture of Violence Tisha Nickenig in Trinidad & Tobago”. The journal staff Project Partners: The University of West solicited submissions for a General Issue to Indies HIV/AIDS Response Programme (UWI- be published in November 2010 as well as two HARP), Barbados; The ‘Ultimate Purpose,’ Special Issues. The CRGS has also completed Suriname; and York University, Canada its template of responsibilities for the journal Funding: The International Development staff. The CRGS can be accessed at www.sta. Research Centre (IDRC) and the United uwi.edu/crgs. Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Caribbean Office. • Solidarité Haiti Relief Drive Summary: This project aims to produce The IGDS hosted a successful Haiti relief knowledge of the sexual cultures of the collection and donation drive on the UWI Caribbean region and the implications for campus from January 24th – April 30th 2010. HIV/AIDS risk. Project research is taking The goal of the initiative was to gather place in three countries throughout the feminine protection and hygiene products region, Barbados, Suriname, and Trinidad for women and girls who were victims of the and Tobago. January 12th earthquake. Strengthening the National Engagement Process • Enhancing Public Security & Trust This year the IGDS opened its three-week Ethnography Initiative (EPSTI) in Guyana Seminar: The Poetics and Politics of Field Research The Institute of International Relations to the national community (August 2009) and held a conducted a baseline survey consultancy, number of workshops and panel discussions. Specific funded by the UNDP, Guyana to enhance projects aimed at which included the following: public trust security and inclusion programme in Guyana. IGDS staff developed the gender component of the research and also undertook preliminary data collection 164 FR 09/10 • Breaking the Silence: A Multi–Sectoral Cross Faculty Modules Approach to Preventing and Addressing The IGDS continues to work with Faculties on the Child Sexual Abuse in Trinidad and Campus to help students integrate Gender issues Tobago into their core disciplines. In 2990/2010 staff of the Rhoda Reddock, Sandra Reid, Jane Parpart, IGDS delivered guest lectures to students in the Tisha Nickenig, Kathryn Chan, Keshan Department of Creative and Festival Arts, the Social Latchman Work Programme, Tourism and Economics. Project Partners: Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CADV), Caribbean Conferences & Seminars Health Research Council (CHRC) and Arts There were five lunchtime seminars held during in Action (UWI Department of Creative and Semester 1 and 10 during Semester 2. Staff also Festival Arts). presented or engaged in panel discussions at public Funding: The U N Trust Fund to End Violence events such as non-academic conferences and Against Women and the UN International memorial lectures. Among them were: Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), G. Hosein Trinidad and Tobago. • Deliberative Democracy and Global Summary:The Project seeks to break the Governance (Discussant) Conceptualising silence on the taboo subject of child sexual Global Democracy Workshop, Cairo, abuse (CSA)/incest and its implications for December 2009 HIV throughout Trinidad and Tobago by empowering children, parents, communities, T. Nickenig policy makers and service providers who • “The link between child sexual abuse and HIV” work in child protection, HIV/AIDS and Community Team Skills Building Workshop, women’s rights. SALISES, UWI, St. Augustine, 2009 • Gender Sensitivity and Awareness R. Reddock Training – Civilian Conservation Corps • Presentation to Entrepreneurial Seminar The CCC hosted a skills training programme CHOGHM (Commonwealth Heads of for vulnerable youths between the ages of Government Conference) Spouses Dialogue: 15-24 conducted by the Ministry of National The Diplomatic Centre, Prime Minister’s Security responsible for training delivery and Residence, Port of Spain, November 2009. workshop programme design (October – Nov 2009). 165 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Revenue Generating Activities/ Cost Containment Activities Institute of The Institute generated some revenue from the International following projects: • Water for Life: Trinidad & Tobago Initiative a Relations (IIR) Model for Community Participation funded Executive Summary by The Royal Bank of Canada in the amount The Institute achieved a new footing during the of TT$377,304.00. year under review as both regional & global affairs • IGDS’ Graduate Programme: $220,500.00. intensified in the wake of the Fifth Summit of the Americas (SOA) and the Commonwealth Heads Distinguished Visitors to the Department of Government Meeting (CHOGM), both held in Professor Eudine Barriteau Trinidad & Tobago in 2009. This was followed up in • Professor of Gender and Public Policy/ 2010 with the Institute’s participation in a foreign Deputy Principal, The University of the West policy retreat for hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. Affairs and the new Minister. Meanwhile, we increased our programming to maximize synergies Dr. Alexis De Veaux on several fronts: post-graduate degrees, research • Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, & publications, alumni development, outreach & Department of Global Gender Studies, income generation. University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA. Extension of Postgraduate Programmes Professor Thomas Glave Postgraduate programming was extended in relation • Professor of Creative Writing, English, Latin to both the region and number of semester sessions. American & Caribbean Studies, Binghamton The Institute graduated the first cohort in the MSc University - SUNY, USA. International Relations from Suriname and began to offer the programme in Guyana in September 2010. Dr. Michelle Rowley “Summer” classes were offered for the first time in mid- • Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies, 2010. The latter included the first-ever UNU Global University of Maryland – College Park, USA. Seminar in the Caribbean on ‘Regional Governance’ animated by Dr Obi Aginam (www.unu.edu). The MPhil/PhD degree was advanced by a series of formal and informal seminars, some in collaboration with the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, and some of our post-graduate students had their work published in a special issue of Caribbean Dialogue from SALISES. 166 FR 09/10 Workshops Events The Summit year included pre-SOA and CHOGM During the review year the Institute received a high-level workshops. The edited proceedings are to be published delegation from the School of International Studies at by Palgrave Macmillan as Inter-American Cooperation at Peking University; the US Assistant Secretary of State a Crossroads, Mace, Cooper & Shaw (eds) (www.palgrave. for Hemispheric Affairs, Professor Arturo Valenzuela com). Other workshops included a celebration of The (in conjunction with the Office of the Campus 1 Round Table’s 99th year which featured an address by Sir Principal) and co-hosted a lecture by President Bharrat Shridath Ramphal. Jagdeo (Guyana) on the Copenhagen climate change summit. Other events hosted by the Institute during Calendar year 2010 opened with a workshop with Project the 2009/2010 academic year included: Ploughshares, CARICOM-IMPACS and CD-RAV on • a symposium with the Trinidad and Tobago 2 SALW and concluded with another involving the same Coalition of Services Industries on the 3 partners to launch a new collaboration funded by DFAIT Canadian-CARICOM FTA negotiations in Ottawa. Discussions revolved around the theme • A seminar with Caribbean Policy Research ‘Strengthening CARICOM Cooperation to Reduce Gun Institute (CaPRI) on the EU/CARIFORUM Crime’, and our focus was on civil society and private Economic Partnership Agreement. security companies in the region in particular (www. • A series on Canadian-CARICOM relations 6 7 ploughshares.ca). with CPDC and NWCT . • The launch of two edited collections on the Together with the UNDP, the Institute organized a mid- region from Ian Randle - CARICOM and New 2010 workshop on ‘Armed Violence & the MDGs’. This Worlds. 8 was followed up later that year with the launch of the 20th • the first ACUNS AGM (#22) to be held in anniversary edition of the UNDP’s Human Development the Caribbean (www.acuns.org) Report (http://hdr.undp.org/en). • two CARICOM workshops on UN Security Council Resolution #1540 on Weapons of Mass Consultancies Destruction with O’Neil Hamilton A team from the Institute has been subcontracted to • the launch of the T&T Transparency Institute collect interview data in a half-dozen CARICOM member report on the Corruption Perception Index countries for the proposed Caribbean Human Development 2010 Rerport 2011 on ‘citizen security’. This project comes in the wake of two similar projects successfully completed in 1 The Round Table is the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs 4 (http://www.moot.org.uk/index.asp) 2010 – LAPOP opinion polls in Suriname and Trinidad & 2 CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), Coalition for Development and the Reduction of Armed Violence Tobago for Vanderbilt University, and an EPTSI (Enhance (CDRAV), Small arms and light weapons (SALW) 3 DFAIT - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Public Trust, Security & Inclusion) baseline survey in (Canada) 4 Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) Guyana also for the UNDP (www.undp.org/gy). At the 5 DFID - UK Department for International Development 6 Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) end of 2010, the Institute won a consultancy on regional 7 National Working Committee on Trade (NWCT) 5 8 Academic Council on the United Nations System integration from DfID . 167 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • the only Edulink NETRIS workshop outside Faculty Africa for UNU-CRIS in March 2010 (www. Appointments, Promotions, netris-acp.org) Resignations & Retirements Dr. Michelle Scobie, Lecturer – new appointment The Institute performed a key role in the assistance Dr. Matthew Bishop, Lecturer – new appointment provided by the UWI to the Government of St. Lucia Professor Ramesh Ramsaran – retired as of 30th in organising the World Association for Sustainable September, 2009 Development (WASD) Eighth International Professor Ramsaran was offered a post-retirement Conference in St. Lucia. (www.worldsustainable. contract starting 1st October 2009 - 30 September 2010. org). Honorary Senior Research Fellows Ahead of the campus’ 50th anniversary in October, the Academic Year 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 institute held an IIR Day with five IIR Senior Research • Dr. Anthony Bryan Fellows – Anthony Bryan, Anselm Francis, Johann • Dr. Anthony Peter Gonzales Geiser, Peter Gonzales & Rosina Wiltshire – the six • Dr. Rosina Wiltshire MSc candidates to receive distinction at graduation • Dr. Johann Geiser in October 2010 and eminent alums. The Library • Mr. Anselm Francis nominated 44 of the latter for special mention - one for each year of the Institute’s existence. Students At the commencement of Academic Year 2009/2010, In late-2010, Professor Ramesh Ramsaran was 132 students were registered at the Institute. This figure recognized through the award of emeritus status. A includes 19 M.Phil and eight Doctoral candidates. year earlier, Professor Girvan had received an honorary As the year progressed there was 25% decrease in degree at the University of Havana. Professor Girvan registration. was appointed to the UN Committee for Development Policy and as the UN Secretary-General’s Special IIR Library Representative for the Guyana-Venezuela Border Summary Controversy. At the IIR Library the year 2009/2010 was marked by the transition to online circulations. Staff engaged Occasional seminars were given by Ben Richardson in all training opportunities presented with the (Warwick), Sheridan Hill (OAS), Taivo Taivenen objective of “going live” on January 12, 2010. As such, (Helsinki), Stephen Woolcock (LSE) et al. the Library retained the services of two Temporary Library Assistants who are dedicated to the exercise of populating the Integrated Library Catalogue. 168 FR 09/10 The Library launched its information literacy The IIR Library’s input was solicited for the UWI (STA) programme during orientation week by hosting an Accreditation Exercise, Working Group 3 – Teaching orientation session for newly enrolled students. The and Learning. Data was provided on the following:- session included the re-enactment of the common • The Library’s role in sanctioning new habits of students. The highly successful orientation programmes / course offerings over the last exercise was a precursor to a ten week information five years literacy programme which was offered in this format • A statement on the current holdings of the for the very first time to the postgraduate Diploma, Library Masters and MPhil students. This session which • A brief statement on Information Literacy required the involvement of all Library Staff Members activities in selected programme slots, came to a close on • A statement on current physical facilities November 13, 2009 with an overview session and an evaluation exercise. A summary of the evaluations Outreach revealed that three sessions in particular – Endnote, The IIR Library was the site for the training of six the Research Process and Information Ethics, were graduate students to attend the first ever Global the most popular and attracted a 70% attendance Model United Nations hosted in Geneva. The Library rate. also facilitated a debriefing exercise on the return of the students, who attended the Global Model United The Librarians continued apace with thesis checking, Nations hosted in Geneva from the 3rd to 7th August, with pre-submission consultations now an ongoing 2009. exercise to support continuous thesis checking prior to the final submission. Information was In October 2009 in keeping with the observance of solicited from the Library for the Library’s link on the International Day of Peace, the Library became the Institute’s revamped website. The Library’s My the guardians of the UN Travelling Peace Ribbon elearning site was recently revamped and is enjoying Members of the Campus Community were invited popular use among faculty and students. The content to engage in a campaign entitled “Right to Peace, covers the Information literacy modules, research Write Your Piece”. The Ribbon now displays over 100 proposal guidelines, literature reviews, the Master’s/ signatures and quotations from Students and Staff PhD thesis guide, the Chicago Manual of Style and of the Campus community, including the Principal, the Library’s Recent Acquisitions. Professor Clement Sankat. Distinguished Visitors The Honourable Dr. Feleti Sevele Prime Minister, The Kingdom of Tonga The Honorable Neil Parsanlal Minister of Information, Government of Trinidad and Tobago 169 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Seismic In addition to routine monitoring operations, the key events of the period were: Research Centre • Selection of a single architectural firm to be engaged in the design of a facility for housing The Seismic Research Centre is the regional agency the Seismic Research Centre and other campus responsible for monitoring earthquakes and volcanoes related facilities at the SRC compound on for the English-speaking islands of the Eastern Gordon Street St. Augustine. This process Caribbean. The Centre has been providing governments was supervised by the St. Augustine Campus in the Caribbean with expert advice on geologic events Projects Office. and associated hazards affecting these islands for over • Reconstruction of the SRC workshop which fifty years. It is one of the few specialised research was severely damaged by an early morning institutions of the University and its work directly fire in May 2008. It should be noted that this impacts vulnerable island communities throughout was caused by old and faulty electrical wiring the Eastern Caribbean. In addition to the day to day and underscored the vulnerability of the monitoring of 19 live volcanoes and a seismically active monitoring network to the hazards posed by region, the Centre collaborates with local, regional and the existing old building stock and gave further international agencies on research projects relevant impetus to our urgent call for a new building. to its core areas of operation (seismology, volcanology • Completion of all activities regarding a project and education & outreach). All aspects of the research funded by the International Development undertaken by the Centre are of direct relevance and Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and importance to the region. Our research program administered by CDERA re: ICT Applications is driven by the need to better understand geologic in Disaster Management. The project provided processes so as to reduce risk. funding for a 2-year MPhil Studentship in Seismology at the SRC. Executive Summary • Completion of recruitment of the full staff Geologically the period was a busy one for the Centre as complement for managing the Montserrat the seismograph network recorded a minimum of 790 Volcano Observatory (incl. 5 full-time & 2 part- earthquakes in the area of responsibility. There were time staff). It should be noted that the MVO 25 significant felt events for the period, the strongest Management Contract extends from April of which was a magnitude 5.6 event for an earthquake 2008 - March 2013, is for a fixed sum of EC$23 located east of Trinidad. The densest concentration of million and includes 10% common service fee epicentres for the year was seen in the vicinity of the that amounts to EC$1.6M. Paria Peninsula. Apart from the ongoing eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano on Montserrat volcanic activity in the Eastern Caribbean was relatively quiet with most of the volcanoes exhibiting low levels of activity. 170 FR 09/10 • Implementation of the C.O.R.E. (Creating Ground Deformation Networks Opportunity from Research Experience) The SRC now operates a network of seven continuous Programme. The SRC introduced an eight GPS stations (cGPS stations) in the Eastern week summer internship program for highly Caribbean. These stations, located in Dominica, motivated university level students interested Grenada, St Vincent, Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Vincent in pursuing geoscience careers. Students were and Tobago were all fully operational throughout the provided with an opportunity to work closely period under review. They have been used along with with SRC staff on current research project. other reference stations within the Caribbean Basin The programme is funded entirely from the to investigate the tectonic velocity of this region. The SRC Departmental Consultancy Fund. network also aids in executing the campaign style GPS measurements used in our volcano monitoring Completion of a joint research project entitled networks. Data from the cGPS network is available “Assessment and Mitigation of Seismic Risk in the online on request. Two new cGPS stations were Eastern Caribbean” undertaken in collaboration installed in northern Dominica: one at Ross University with the European Centre for Training and Research and the other on a ridge near Penville village on the in Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE) and co- eastern flanks of Morne Aux Diables volcano. These funded by the Municipality of Milan in the year 2009. stations were installed to augment the Centre’s This has resulted in updated and IBC-compliant volcano monitoring capabilities on Dominica and Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps for the Eastern strengthen the Eastern Caribbean cGPS network. The Caribbean Islands, especially the islands of Dominica, SRC has fully implemented an automated system for Barbados and Trinidad. GPS processing of the cGPS stations using GAMIT/ GLOBK that routine produces high precision GPS Seismograph Networks solutions and velocities. The seismograph network, operated by the Seismic Geothermal Monitoring Research Centre in the eastern Caribbean Currently The Seismic Research Centre initiated geothermal consists of over 52 instruments that comprise a mixture monitoring (measurement of temperature, pH, and of short period and broadband seismic stations and chemical composition) of hot springs and fumaroles accelerometers. All seismic stations send their data to associated with Lesser Antilles volcanoes in 2001. an FTP server from where they are automatically sent Routine sampling in islands including Dominica, to the SRC Headquarters at St. Augustine, Trinidad. Saint Lucia, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Kitts, and Nevis The system data can be processed locally in real time if have taken place on a regular basis. Geothermal field deemed necessary. investigations were conducted in Dominica during the reporting period (December 2009 and January 2010 respectively). These trips were undertaken as part of the programme of regular geothermal monitoring in 171 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Dominica, as well as in response to increased seismic Volcanic Activity 2009/2010 activity in northern Dominica. Sampling of the hot With the exception of the Soufriere Hills Volcanic springs and bubbling pools associated with volcanic centres of the Eastern Caribbean exhibited low levels systems were carried out across the island (Fig. 3). No of activity throughout the review period. After a 10 major anomalies in temperature, pH or geothermal month pause, activity restarted at the Soufrière Hills activity were observed at the sites sampled, as Volcano in Montserrat on 4 October 2009. This compared with previous data. The results of the marked the beginning of the fifth main phase of chemical analyses, when complete, will provide more volcanic activity in the 14.6 years of the eruption. details of the chemical composition of the geothermal fluids sampled and reveal any changes that may have The fifth phase has involved ash venting, dome occurred since the last visit to these sites. growth and piecemeal collapse of the lava dome, Seismic Activity 2009/2010 producing pyroclastic flows in all main valleys The seismograph network recorded a minimum of 757 that drain the volcano. Activity was marked by its earthquakes in the area of responsibility, of which a cyclicity and involved vulcanian explosions. The first total of 513 events were located (68%), using our own of these explosions occurred on 8 January 2010 and data and the data contributions from Martinique, sent pyroclastic flow further down the Belham valley Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. The pattern (the drainage valley closest to populated areas), than of seismicity seen in the Eastern Caribbean has ever before during the entire eruption. The phase of been changing in recent years from the distribution activity culminated in a partial collapse of the lava of previous decades. While activity in the Paria dome on 11 February 2010. This event impacted the Peninsula area was maintained at its usual high level, north and northeastern flanks of the volcano and there continues to be a marked absence of a similar extended the pre-existing coastline by more than 650 concentration of events in the Antigua-Barbuda area. m. Since then activity has been low. There were some The elevated output level in the vicinity of Dominica- minor ash venting in late June and July 2010 associated Martinique, apparent since the 29 November 2007 with VT earthquakes. Due to the presence of a large magnitude 7.3 earthquakes in the area, persists. The residual lava dome with steep vertical or overhanging elevated activity seen in mid-September through walls in several areas, rockfalls and pyroclastic flows mid-December arose from an increase in background have continued despite the absence of lave extrusion. seismicity along with earthquakes recorded in the All indications are that the volcano is in a period of northern Dominica area. The largest event for the pause continuing the overall pattern of activity that period occurred on 7 May 2010, east of Guadeloupe has been ongoing since the eruption began in 1995. with magnitude 5.3. There were 9 earthquakes with magnitude higher than 4.5, 24 events in the 4.0-4.5 magnitude range and 88 in the 3.6-3.9 magnitude range. There were 30 events reported felt for the period. 172 FR 09/10 Staff Salazar was attached to the EUCENTRE in Pavia, Italy Appointments, Promotions, as a visiting faculty researcher for three months at Resignations and Retirements the end of 2009. During his visit Dr Salazar focused Christian Eligon on seismicity evaluation and strong ground motion (Research Fellow – Geophysics), estimation for the Eastern Caribbean. Working Jonathan Stone with colleagues at the EUCENTRE a new earthquake (Research Assistant – Outreach), catalogue was compiled for magnitudes above 5.0 for Roderick Steward the period 1530-2009 and fifteen seismogenic sources (Research Assistant – Computer Science) indentified in the region. A comparison was made of Caroline Murrell the available strong motion data cited in the catalogue (Contract Officer II – Environmental) with some attenuation relationships proposed for all held a short-term posts of varying durations subduction and upper-crustal earthquakes for the mainly to assist with the management of the peak ground acceleration and spectral ordinates. Montserrat Volcano Observatory. Seismic hazard analysis and related maps (see Figure Clevon Ash 9) were created through the use of approaches that (Research Assistant – Outreach) – new can account for the uncertainties of the estimates appointment employing the logic tree approach through updated Omari Graham computer codes with a validation procedure using (Research Assistant – Seismology) – new a seismic hazard program developed at SRC by Dr. appointment Salazar. The results of the investigation will be useful to local engineers and authorities for the purposes Research of structural design and construction practices. It The research effort of the Centre is focused primarily has direct linkages to the global effort to determine on seismology, volcanology and outreach with a view seismic hazard and risk models and tools, and and towards an improvement in our ability to provide also presents a framework for future seismic hazard accurate and up-to-date information about earthquake assessment initiatives sponsored by the World and volcanic activity in the Eastern Caribbean. Bank and the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ). Major Projects Completed 2009/2010 Seismic Hazard Assessment: Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency The Centre concluded a major collaborative project (CDEMA)/ International Development Research with the European Centre for Training and Research in Centre (IDRC) Project Earthquake Engineering (EUCENTRE), IUSS and the The main objective of this project was to test and University of Pavia of Italy during 2010. This project analyze the role of Information and Communication involved probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of the Technologies (ICT’s), to strengthen community Eastern Caribbean. As part of this project Dr. Walter knowledge and support in the collection of post 173 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus information for earthquakes in the Eastern Caribbean. Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton), One of the final outputs for the project was a system France (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris) and to automatically collect, analyze and illustrate the Germany (University of Kiel). It was funded by the results using GIS technology. Natural Environment Research Council in the UK. The project is expected to further our understanding Ongoing Research and Projects of the generation of large submarine landslides and Radon monitoring their relationship with volcanic activity in the Lesser This research seeks to investigate the utility of Antilles such as the ongoing eruption of the Soufriere radon monitoring as a precursor to earthquakes. Its Hills Volcano on Montserrat. It also includes application in Tobago is the first instance of its use in identifying links with tsunamis. The results of the the Eastern Caribbean. Tobago was chosen for this research would be of potential interest and benefit research project, due to observations made in the past to the coastal communities in the Caribbean. Dr A. that there were significant changes in groundwater Stinton (SRC Volcanologist based at the Montserrat flow associated with the 1997 magnitude 6.1 event. In Volcano Observatory) participated in the cruise as 1997, the fracture network within which groundwater an observer and consultant on the recent volcanic is held in Tobago appeared to have narrowed or closed activity on Montserrat. The cruise/project was led in response to the earthquake, thus driving water out by Dr Pete Talling from the National Oceanographic of the system (Latchman 2009). We postulate that Centre, Southampton, UK. changes in strain on the fault system projected to carry the next significant earthquake near Tobago could Montserrat Volcano Observatory result in precursory changes in the local groundwater Management Contract fracture network. This could produce anomalies in The SRC/IPGP contract with the Government of radon output which we hope to observe through the Montserrat for management of the Montserrat sensors deployed by this project. PI: Drs J. Latchman Volcano Observatory (MVO) for the period 2008 and E. Joseph. – 2013, is ongoing. During the period in review the full staff complement to manage the observatory was Geophysical survey of submarine debris avalanche achieved and the programme of work proposed by deposits offshore from Montserrat SRC/IPGP in their Technical Proposal well underway. The objective of the project was to identify and map In addition to managing the routine operations of the distribution of large submarine debris avalanche the volcano the SRC team based at the MVO have deposits on the seafloor between Montserrat and effectively managed a significant period of elevated Guadeloupe. In May 2010, the RRS James Cook, a activity which occurred during the period. UK Research vessel was used to conduct detailed 2D and 3D seismic surveys and sidescan sonar imaging of the sea floor deposits. The project was a major collaboration between researchers in the UK (National 174 FR 09/10 New SRC building project SRC visited Bonasse Village - a fishing village located The preliminary design and estimates for the new along Trinidad’s south-western peninsula - during building to house the Centre was completed. A Earth Science Week. In addition to learning about completely new, purposefully designed building is tsunamis, Cedros Secondary students planted trees urgently required to house the SRC, in order to address along the beach as part of the SRC’s Tsunami Ready the present congestion and to halt deterioration Environment & Education (TREE) event. According of valuable equipment, books, records, journals to the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United and other materials that are not properly stored at Nations (FAO) coastal forests can reduce the depth, present. The new building should allow for adequate force and velocity of a tsunami and other large wave accommodation of present activities and make events. provision for the planned developments in terms of geosciences at the Centre. In executing this activity the SRC partnered with the Department of Forestry in the Ministry of Agriculture, Outreach Land & Marine Resources and the Trinidad & Tobago The Education and Outreach arm of the Centre Meteorological Service and received generous provides the bridge between the science and sponsorship from First Citizens, ODPM, Neal & Massy societal application of improved knowledge and Foundation, Scrip-J and Cool Connections Ltd. understanding of the geological hazards. Since October 1998, the US-based American Earth Science Week Geological Institute has organized this national In October 2009, the SRC chose Understanding and international event to help the public gain a Tsunamis as the main theme for its Earth Science better understanding and appreciation for the Earth Week celebrations and targeted two schools for raising Sciences and to encourage stewardship of the Earth. awareness on tsunamis. During Earth Science Week, Earth Science Week promotes understanding and the SRC in collaboration with the Office of Disaster appreciation of the value of Earth Science Research Preparedness and Management (ODPM) sponsored a and its application and relevance to our daily lives. group of geography students from Mayaro Secondary School - a small town on Trinidad’s east coast – to attend Haiti Earthquake a student workshop at the SRC in St. Augustine. At Demand for information was so high following the the workshop, the students learned about the causes devastating earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, of tsunamis and also how to recognize a tsunami’s that the Centre held its first press conference at its natural warning signs. Students were encouraged to premises on 14 January, 2010. This event was well share the information with family and friends. attended by local media and provided an efficient means of disseminating the information that was being Students of Cedros Secondary School benefited from sought. A live video stream of the press conference a similar educational activity when a team from the was made available via the Internet. The demand for 175 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus information was reinforced when the magnitude 8.8 warning and currently a tsunami warning system for earthquake on 27th February occurred off the coast the Caribbean is still in the developmental stages; it was of Chile. Following these events, the SRC sought thought that promotion of self-evacuation in the event to capitalize on the heightened interest in tsunamis of a tsunami would be most prudent. The Tsunami and earthquake safety by facilitating numerous Smart concept was based on this rationale. interviews for local, regional and international media and by providing relevant tsunami and earthquake A suite of region-specific multi-media public preparedness information on the Centre’s web media awareness material (pamphlets, media kit, Public (web site and Facebook). Service Announcements, etc.) was produced under the Tsunami Smart brand together with a teacher resource Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards kit which included four lesson plans and accompanying Warning System Project teaching charts. The material was launched during For the majority of the reporting period the E&O on-island public awareness and education campaigns at team was heavily involved in implementing the Public several Tsunami Smart Sessions, which were essentially Awareness and Education (PAE) component of the stakeholder meetings in three (3) pilot states – Antigua, Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago. During these campaigns Project (TCHWS). Funded by the USAID Office of comments and suggestions for improvement of the US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) material were provided. Feedback received from the and executed by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Workshop participants, the Public Awareness and Management Agency (CDEMA), the PAE component Education Sub-Committee and the Tsunami Smart of the TCHWS Project sought to increase public Sessions was incorporated in the final material, awareness about tsunamis and other coastal hazards electronic versions of which will be made available from within communities in the CDEMA Participating the CDEMA and SRC web sites. States this was achieved through the production and dissemination of public awareness and teacher At the end of the Project a Final Report was submitted to materials, as well as the execution of public awareness CDEMA which included Project activities implemented, campaigns. A key component of the project strategy challenges faced and recommendations for follow up was the development of a branding concept (called activities. Such as mass production and dissemination ‘Tsunami Smart’) used for promoting tsunami of the information material to non-pilot countries, awareness across the region. The Strategy focused development of a strategy and communication tools on promoting awareness of a tsunami’s natural for the boating community and creation of a model warning signs (strong earthquake, withdrawal of the end-to-end system with all elements completed (i.e. sea, unusual roar from the ocean) and appropriate inundation maps, protocols, PAE materials etc.). The responses to these signs. Given that the most likely SRC hopes to begin implementation of some of these scenario for a tsunami in the Caribbean is one that follow up activities in the last quarter of 2010. is locally generated with little or no time for official 176 FR 09/10 Earth Day 2010 undergraduate and post-graduate students with the The Seismic Research Centre celebrated Earth Day opportunity to gain hands-on work experience during for the first time this year with an Art & Illustration an 8-week internship at the Seismic Research Centre. competition for lower secondary school students in Two internship placements were offered for this year’s Trinidad & Tobago. Co-ordinated by the Earth Day Programme which ran from May 17th –July 9th. Ramon Network, Earth Day is celebrated each year on April McVorran and Jenalee Samaroo, both 2010 graduates 22 across the globe and it is intended to broaden of the University of the West Indies, Mona and St. the base of support for environmental programmes, Augustine respectively, secured these positions. The rekindle public commitment and build community CORE 2010 projects were: activism around the world through a broad range of • Magnitude Derivation and Regression events and activities. Analysis - Dr. Joan Latchman, Seismologist This project sought to derive duration The theme for the SRC Earth Day Art & Illustration magnitude formulae using regression competition was “Understanding Earth Systems”. analysis. Three software packages were used The objective was to raise awareness on Geo-hazards - Matlab, NLREG and Microsoft Excel. (earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis) that affect the Caribbean and students were judged on their • Modeling of Geothermal Systems - Deborah ability to use the visual arts to communicate the Robertson, Geophysicist connections between the different systems, the effects This project involved comparison studies of their impact on populations and how to mitigate of three geothermal models using state-of- against these hazards. Over seventy (70) entries were the-art Finite Element Method (FEM). The received from students across Trinidad. intern was given the opportunity to assist in Prizes were awarded to the top three winners from the development of a numerical model using each form (Forms 1, 2, and 3) as well as the top twelve TOUGH2 multiphase-flow code. entries were selected for publication in the Seismic Research Centre’s 2011 Earth Day calendar. Partial The CORE programme is designed to give successful funding was provided by First Citizens Ltd. candidates a full understanding of how the SRC attains its objectives through collaboration within the CORE Internship Programme department. Four days per week, interns worked Following the success of the first CORE (Creating directly with supervisors on research projects with Opportunity from Research Experience) Internship one day each week being reserved for information Programme in 2009, the SRC offered two internship sessions. These one-day sessions gave the interns an placements for Summer 2010. The CORE Internship opportunity to interact with other departments within Programme seeks to identify future geoscientists the SRC, which included electronics, seismology, and communications practitioners by providing volcanology and education/outreach. 177 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Seminars The Seismic Research Centre and the Office of Disaster During the reporting period, at least 14 seminars, Preparedness and Management (ODPM) partnered involving all members of the scientific staff, were to host a national consultation relevant to the broad given to various groups requesting them. This topic “Earthquake Safety in Trinidad and Tobago – included schools and offices based in Trinidad as well A call for action!” The objective of this consultation as an earthquake presentation in Barbados to Mission was to identify the measures necessary to improve Disaster Response Officers from the USAID Office of earthquake safety in Trinidad and Tobago. US Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA). This year also marked the launch of a series of earthquake Student Outreach safety seminars with staff on the UWI St. Augustine Caribbean Youth Science Forum (CYSF) 2009 campus, Trinidad. This initiative was spearheaded by The National Institute of Higher Education, Research, the Human Resources Department and eight sessions Science and Technology (NIHERST) hosted sixth were completed. form science students from across the region for the 8th Session of the Caribbean Youth Science Forum Media (CYSF) 2009. The SRC facilitated one CYSF interactive In the aftermath of the Haiti Earthquake (12th student visit to the Centre and Dr. Erouscilla Joseph January) and Chile Earthquake (27th February), the represented the Centre at the CYSF “Meet a Scientist” SRC continued to receive numerous requests for event. interviews from local, regional and international media. In addition to news features, four staff Creating Opportunity from Research Experience members also participated in two documentaries. (C.O.R.E.) Intern Programme The first documentary required information on In May 2010, the SRC recruited two interns for its earthquakes and volcanoes in the Caribbean and it inaugural paid internship programme. The eight- was produced by a Barbadian production company, week programme was designed for highly motivated Digiscapes. The programme will be broadcasted tertiary-level students interested in pursuing a career throughout the English-speaking Caribbean and in the Geosciences. The interns were recruited it seeks to provide regional viewers with pertinent from the UWI St. Augustine campus. During the information on the various natural hazards to which internship, Interns were required to submit weekly the Caribbean is vulnerable. The second documentary reflection journals, attend weekly information focused on tsunami preparedness in the Caribbean. sessions in sections outside of those to which they The programme was produced by the United States were assigned and also deliver a presentation to SRC Geological Survey (USGS) and will be made available staff of work completed during the programme. The on DVD and via the Internet. programme was highly successful in offering a rich experience for students and the SRC intends to offer it again in summer 2011. 178 FR 09/10 Projected Activities 2010-2011 • Installation of five strong motion instruments The single most important activity for the Centre for the in Trinidad and Tobago as part of a project next three years is the construction of a new building. funded by the Trinidad and Tobago The SRC currently occupies a building which is long government entitled “Strong Ground Motion past its expected lifespan (>50 years old) and has a Studies in Trinidad and Tobago”. multitude of major structural problems such that it is now deemed most urgent that the existing building • Installation of new continuous GPS stations be condemned and a new facility constructed within (cGPS) in Nevis and Saint Lucia and the next 2-3 years. additional stations in Dominica. All stations were funded from the SRC Departmental The Centre will continue to manage its monitoring Consultancy Fund. operations, seek external funding and undertake research and other projects and also continue to • Production of a 2011 Calender on the develop its outreach programmes as can best be done theme “Understanding Earth Systems” – a given current limitations. However, the focus for the project funded by the SRC Departmental Centre over the next biennium will be to secure the Consultancy Fund and the Office of Disaster construction of a new building. Preparedness and Management (ODPM) of Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the other specific projects which are either planned or already underway are summarised below. The budget received from contributing territories • GFDRR Disaster Vulnerability and Risk provide only sufficient funds for basic, routine Assessment Modelling Jamaica and the monitoring and all other work, including most Greater Caribbean Basin Project – a project research, Major developments in the network and managed by the Disaster Risk Reduction outreach, has to be undertaken through grant funding Centre and funded by the World Bank mainly from external sources or from applications to produce a regional scale Risk Atlas for to the SRC Departmental Consultancy Fund. Since Flood, Hurricane and Earthquake and high 2008 such funds have enabled the recruitment of new resolution maps for similar hazards for technical and professional staff and the purchase of four islands. The SRC involvement in this equipment. The proposals that have been submitted project amounts to US$80K and will result and which may come on-stream during the 2011-2013 in the development of an Earthquake Loss period are summarised below: Estimation method for use in the Caribbean. • Seismic Microzonation Studies in Trinidad and Tobago – a proposal submitted to the Ministry of Planning, Government of Trinidad and Tobago to undertake microzonation of major cities and population centres in Trinidad and Tobago over the next 10 years. 179 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • GEM Caribbean Regional Programme – • VUELCO (Volcanic Unrest in Europe and a proposal submitted to the Secretariat Latin America: Phenomenology, eruption of the Global Earthquake Model (www. precursors, hazard forecast, and risk globalquakemodel.org) to implement a mitigatiOn): A collaborative project (with xx Caribbean Regional Programme. GEM other participants) submitted to the European is a global collaborative effort that brings Commission under its 7th Framework together state-of-the-art science, national, Programme. The proposal falls under the regional and international organisations and small/medium-scale focused research project individuals aimed at the establishment of category designed for specific cooperation uniform and open standards for calculating actions (SICA) dedicated for international and communicating earthquake risk cooperation partners countries (focus on worldwide. Funding has been approved by Latin American). GEM for recruitment of one Research Fellow post at SRC for 2 years in order to execute this • REAKT (for Real Time EArthquake RisK programme. ReducTion) – A collaborative project (with xx other participants) submitted to • A new accelerometric network to evaluate the European Commission under its 7th and mitigate seismic risk in the Caribbean Framework Programme. The proposal falls – a proposal submitted to the Caribbean under the large-scale integrating research Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) project category. that seeks to reinforce (in the case of Jamaica) and establish (in the case of the English speaking Eastern Caribbean), a network of sensors to record strong ground movements in the Caribbean, to be used in technical studies for the benefit of the region. The project will be done in collaboration with the Earthquake Unit at Mona Campus, Jamaica. 180 FR 09/10 Sir Arthur Lewis MPhil. and PhD students. This year, one student upgraded from the MPhil to the PhD degree, and it Institute of Social is expected that more shall follow in his footsteps in the 2009/2010 academic year. The Institute welcomed and Economic 12 new students into its MPhil/PhD programme and Studies (SALISES) 13 into the second cohort of the MSc Development Statistics The latter continues to be targeted at the Caribbean region but will be offered worldwide after Errata a few years. In compiling the 2008/2009 Faculty Report, the submission from the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) was The Institute continued its scholarly, professional and inadvertently omitted. The full report of the SALISES outreach activity, which resulted in the publication for the 2008/2009 academic year is therefore presented following this year’s report, that it may be included in of journal articles, technical reports and Caribbean the public record of the Campus and the University. Dialogue, the conduct of consulting and executive training programmes and the continuation of (2009/2010) the public discussion series, the SALISES Forum. In particular, work was advanced on the IDRC Introduction and Overview funded project Managing Adaptation to Coastal The mission of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social Environmental Change: Canada and the Caribbean. & Economic Studies (SALISES) is “to undertake high- quality research and graduate teaching in the areas of The St Augustine Campus hosted this year’s annual social and economic development policy, governance SALISES conference on the theme “Turmoil and and public policy with special reference to small Turbulence in Small Developing States: going beyond developing countries” and a major thrust of its vision survival”. The President of the Republic of Trinidad is to become “an internationally renowned institution & Tobago, Professor George M. Richards, opened the for development policy analysis”. This work carried Conference and hosted a cocktail reception in honour out in 2009/2010 is in keeping with the mission and of conference participants. The Sir Arthur Lewis vision of the SALISES and with the core objectives Distinguished Lecturer was Professor Robert Barro, of the University’s Strategic Plan 2007-12. Reference Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Harvard in this report is to SALISES (St Augustine) unless University. He delivered a lecture on “Macroeconomic explicitly stated otherwise. Effects from Government Purchases and Taxes”. There was a record 111 papers presented, some of The SALISES enjoyed a very successful academic which are currently being reviewed for publication year 2009/2010. Once again its staff participated by (1) the Commonwealth Secretariat and (2) Social in the teaching programmes of the wider Institute and Economic Studies. Participants came from and Faculty and continued supervision of MSc, many countries: Barbados, Jamaica, Germany, UK, 181 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus USA, Spain, France, Fiji, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Italy, Students Canada, Switzerland, New Zealand, Netherland The SALISES (SA) continued its drive to recruit more Antilles and Aruba. students at the MPhil/PhD level with an intake of 12 such students in the 2009/2010 academic year, the It is the Institute’s intention to go even further, in the largest number since the programme began. Thirteen 2010-11 and later academic years, in these and other students were admitted into the MSc Developmental ventures. Statistics programme in 2009/10 compared to seven in 2008/9. Staff Transforming Leadership, Top/outstanding undergraduate/postgraduate Culture and Processes students for the year A major activity of the SALISES during the 2009/2010 John Cozier upgraded from the MPhil to the PhD Academic Year was the Quality Review. The in Economic Development Policy in the 2009/10 SALISES prepared its self assessment report which academic year. was submitted to the Review Team comprising Professor Percy Hintzen (Team leader) of the Teaching & Learning and Graduate Studies University of California at Berkeley; Professor Colin Teaching at the SALISES is strictly at the Graduate Kirkpatrick of the Institute for Development Policy level so all teaching and learning outcomes are related and Management, University of Manchester; Dr to Graduate studies. Terrence Farrell, Chief Executive Officer, One Caribbean Media and Professor Rupert Lewis of The SALISES (STA) continued its drive to recruit more the Department of Government, UWI, Mona. The students at the MPhil/PhD level with an intake of 12 Review Team visited the St. Augustine Campus over such students in the 2009/2010, compared to eight the period February 22-24, 2010 and submitted its in the previous academic year, the largest number final report (for all three campuses) in May 2010. The since the programme began. Those already in the SALISES (all three campuses) were carded to meet in programme continued to make strides as evidenced August 2010 to prepare a schedule to implement the through their seminar presentations, their attendance recommendations of the QR Team. at and presentations to conferences, and the number of candidates upgraded from the MPhil to the PhD. Significant training initiatives It is the policy of the SALISES that all students in the Roy McCree participated in the International Program MPhil programme seek to upgrade in the shortest for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) at possible time to the PhD. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 7 June - 2 July 2010. The program was jointly held by World Bank Thirteen students were admitted into the MSc and Carleton University. Developmental Statistics programme in 2009/2010 compared to seven in 2008/2009 but only one of these 182 FR 09/10 students was full-time. From the cohort of 2008/2009, Service to UWI-13 Countries four part-time students completed their course and Other Underserved Communities requirements. They are yet to complete their research Some of the Institute’s teaching and research activity reports and as such did not graduate as promised in are geared toward service to the UWI-12 countries. or before the end of the academic year. Nonetheless, The IDRC/SSHRC funded project on climate change the four students from 2008/2009 and the full-time pays special attention to the island of Bequia in St student from 2009/2010 have made commitments Vincent and the Grenadines and to the Barrier Reef to submit their research reports and so complete the in Belize while the UN ECLAC project on climate programme during Semester 1 of 2010/2011. change land tourism specifically addresses some of these countries. One of the published articles looks Research & Innovation specifically at social risk management in St Lucia. The SALISES research programme continued apace resulting in the publication of articles in regional Outreach and international journals, book chapters and The SALISES continued its very popular and Technical Reports. These covered areas, all related informative Forum, a public education exercise which to the Caribbean, such as social risk management, deal with topics of national, regional and international sport policy, climate change, tourism, crime and interest. The topics treated were violence, Caribbean productive development policies, • “Proposed Constitutional Reform: One Step Migration, cross-border equity flows and stock market Forward or Two Steps Backward?”, efficiency. • “The Uff Commission: to be or not to be?”, • “Whither Air Jamaica? Meeting the The Institute conducted surveys in Grand’Riviere Challenges of the Aviation Industry in the (Trinidad) and Georgetown (Guyana) as part of the Caribbean”, IDRC/SSHRC CAN$2.0million funded programme on • “The UNC Internal Elections: implications climate change. for national politics” and • “The 2010 General Elections in Trinidad & The Institute began or continued work on Tobago: analysis and aftermath”. a. The establishment of a Domestic Violence Registry for Trinidad and Tobago, Distinguished panellists included Mr. Ramesh b. Climate change and its impact on tourism, Lawrence Maharaj, SC, (Member of Parliament), c. Poverty; Professor Selwyn Ryan (Political Scientist and Former d. Health care provision; Director of the SALISES), Mr. Douglas Mendes, SC e. Energy efficiency; (Head of the Faculty of Law, UWI, St Augustine), f. Ageing; Professor Dennis Pantin (Spokesperson Constitution g. Biodiversity; Reform Forum), Mr. Victor Hart, (Chairman, Trinidad h. Sport tourism; & Tobago Transparency Institute), Dr Bishnu i. Elderly victimization. 183 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Ragoonath (Senior Lecturer in Political Science, • Fostering greater interdisciplinary research UWI), Mr. Vernon de Lima (Attorney-at-Law), involving, if necessary, scholars from outside Professor Norman Girvan (Institute of International of the Institute and the UWI; Relations, UWI), Mr. Ian Bertrand (Aviation • Boosting the outreach program of the Consultant and Former CEO of BWIA International), Institute; Dr. Indira Rampersad (Lecturer in International • Contributing to national and regional Relations, UWI), Mr. Garvin Nicholas (Executive policy discussions through research and Member, Movement for National Development), Mr. publications; Winston Dookeran (Political Leader, Congress of • Establishment of a Summer Programme of the People), Ms. Penelope Beckles (former Deputy the MSc Development Statistics, principally Speaker, Parliament of Trinidad & Tobago) and Mr. to facilitate attendance by candidates from Peter O’Connor (Journalist). the UWI-13 countries. Projected Activities for 2010/2011 Distinguished Visitors The SALISES (SA) intends in the coming years to Mr. Yasuyo Araki Embassy of Japan, Trinidad and Tobago strengthen itself in the following areas: • Begin the implementation of the Professor Robert Barro recommendations of the Quality Assurance Paul M. Warburg Professor of EconomicsHarvard University Review Team; • Supervision of research students through Ms Penelope Beckles Former Deputy Speaker, stricter adherence to regular meetings Parliament of Trinidad & Tobago between the student, the supervisor and the advisory committee; Mr. Ian Bertrand Aviation Consultant and Former CEO of BWIA • Seeking funding through commissioned International research and from grant agencies with a view to increasing staff complement and financing Mr. Debra Coryat-Patton Political Assistant / Attorney-at-Law, graduate study, so increasing the number of Embassy of the United States of America, full-time research students; Trinidad and Tobago • Publishing even more in international Ms. Gloria de Mees refereed journals; ACS Director of Sustainable Tourism, • Improving the profile of the Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago Dialogue and gradually transforming it into Mr. James Dolan a online journal; Press & Public Affairs Officer, • Recruiting more graduate students from the British High Commission, Trinidad and Tobago now 13 non-campus countries and promoting Mr. Winston Dookeran greater research on the these countries; Political Leader, Congress of the People 184 FR 09/10 Mr. Victor Hart Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Sir Arthur Lewis Institute Institute of Social Ms. Emily Luck Second Secretary, Australian High Commission, Trinidad and Tobago and Economic Mr. Ramesh L. Maharaj S.C. Studies (SALISES) – Member of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (2008/2009) Ms. Maria Eugenia Marcano Ambassador, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Introduction and Overview Trinidad and Tobago The mission of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES) is “to undertake high- Ms. Karen McDonald High Commissioner, quality research and graduate teaching in the areas of Canadian High Commission social and economic development policy, governance to Trinidad and Tobago and public policy with special reference to small Mr. Garvin Nicholas developing countries” and a major thrust of its vision Executive Member, is to become “an internationally renowned institution Movement for National Development for development policy analysis”. This work carried Mr. Peter O’Connor out in 2008/2009 is in keeping with the mission and Journalist, Trinidad and Tobago vision of the SALISES and with the core objectives Mr. Patricio Alberto Pradel of the University’s Strategic Plan 2007-12. Reference Ambassador, Embassy of Chile, in this report is to SALISES (St Augustine) unless Trinidad and Tobago explicitly stated otherwise. Mr. Homberto Rivero Ambassador, Embassy of Cuba, The SALISES enjoyed a very successful academic year Trinidad and Tobago 2008/9. Once again, staff participated in the teaching Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz programmes of the wider Institute and Faculty and 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics, continued supervision of MSc, MPhil and PhD Columbia University students. This year, three students upgraded from the Mr. Ricardo Thompson MPhil to the PhD degree, and it is expected that more Ambassador, Embassy of Costa Rica, shall follow in their footsteps in the 2009/10 academic Trinidad and Tobago year. The Institute began delivery of the MSc in Development Statistics with a modest cohort of seven, coming from different countries. The programme continues to be targeted at the Caribbean region but will be offered worldwide after a few years. 185 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus The Institute continued its scholarly, professional and Staff outreach activity, which resulted in the publication Appointments, Promotions, of journal articles, technical reports and Caribbean Resignations and Retirements Dialogue, the conduct of consulting and executive The Title of Professor of Applied Economics was training programmes and the continuation of the conferred on Dr Patrick Watson, Director. public discussion series, the SALISES Forum. It Transforming Leadership, Culture & Processes collaborated with other units of the wider Faculty of The SALISES (SA) began to ready itself for its first Social Sciences in hosting the biennial conference of ever Quality Assurance exercise to be conducted by Business, Banking and Finance, the Sir Arthur Lewis the Quality Assurance Unit. Memorial Conference held and the Sir Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecture Series. It also collaborated Students with BHP Billiton and the Turtle Village Trust The SALISES (SA) continued its drive to recruit more of Trinidad & Tobago to put on an international students at the MPhil/Phd level with an intake of conference on Turtle Conservation. The Institute eight such students in the 2008/9 academic year, the introduced a seminar series where members of its largest number since the programme began. staff and other researchers were invited to present the results of their most recent research activity. The The SALISES introduced the MSc programme in SALISES was part of a consortium with the C-FOAM Developmental Statistics. Ten students were admitted (University of Ottawa, www.C-FOAM.management. into the programme although three withdrew uottawa.ca) than won CAN$2 million in funding over following pressures of work. 5 years for a project entitled Managing Adaptation to Environmental Change from the SSHRC-IDRC Top/outstanding undergraduate/postgraduate ICURA. There were four awardees out of an initial students for the year: field of over 200 and after 9 “finalists” were chosen to Three students - Varuna Ramlal, Sacha John-Charles submit full proposals. and Antoinette Stewart – were upgraded from the MPhil to the PhD programme. It is the Institute’s intention to go even further, in the 2009/10 and later academic years, in these and other Graduation ventures. Two of the seven MSc Development Statistics students in the very first cohort of this programme had completed the programme by the end of the academic year. Honours and Awards Antoinette Stewart was awarded a PhD scholarship and Carlos Hazel was awarded an MPhil scholarship. 186 FR 09/10 Teaching & Learning and Graduate Studies was seen as essential for students doing this MSc Teaching at the SALISES is strictly at the Graduate program as it exposes them to the importance of the level so all teaching and learning outcomes are related empirical data or research to the process of public to Graduate studies. The SALISES (SA) continued policy formulation, implementation and evaluation its drive to recruit more students at the MPhil/PhD and the ways that politics can facilitate or frustrate level with an intake of eight such students in the this process. 2008/2009 academic year, the largest number since the programme began. Three students were upgraded Research & Innovation from the MPhil to the PhD programme. It is the The SALISES research programme continued apace policy of the SALISES that all students in the MPhil resulting in the publication of articles in regional and programme seek to upgrade in the shortest possible international journals, book chapters and Technical time to the PhD. Reports. These covered areas, all related to the Caribbean, such as the informal sector, Crime and The SALISES introduced its long awaited MSc Justice, the financial sector, migration and return programme in Developmental Statistics during the migration, taxation systems, sports and sport policy, review period. This programme came into being casino gambling, occupational segregation and based upon numerous presentations on Training economic growth. The Institute also bid for and won in Statistics by Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard during past awards to conduct research into Annual Meetings of the Standing Committee of • the impact of seal level rise on the Caribbean Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) and subsequent direct (a CAN$2.0million award from the IDRC/ requests from the National Statistical Offices of the SSHRC) Lead Researcher: Patrick Watson CARICOM region. Dr. St. Bernard is the co-ordinator of the programme and of the 10 students who were • Industrial policies in Latin America and admitted into the programme during its first intake, the Caribbean (a research project done in three withdrew following pressures of work. One collaboration with the Foundation for Latin of the seven who remained was from the Eastern American Economic Research, Buenos Aires, Caribbean (St Vincent & the Grenadines) and two Argentina, funded by the Inter-American were from Tobago. Two of the seven had completed Development Bank) Lead Researchers: the programme by the end of the academic year. The Patrick Watson and Sandra Sookram programme, which is self financing, yielded a modest surplus in the 2008/2009 academic year. • Homicidal Patterns in Trinidad & Tobago: 2000-2009 (UWI Campus Research and The course, Public Policy Analysis and Management, Publication Fund) Lead Researcher: Godfrey was introduced as one of the compulsory courses St Bernard in the MSc in Development Statistics. The course 187 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus • Climate Change, the Macroeconomy and conducted during the months June-July 2008 and the Tourism sector in the Caribbean Basin: June-July 2009 respectively. This programme was Analysis and Projections to 2100 (a research done in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat project funded by the UN Economic and was geared to satisfying the professional needs of Commission for Latin America and the CARICOM member states and associated territories. Caribbean) Lead Researchers: Patrick Each of these cohorts consisted of 20 professionals Watson and drawn from the entire CARICOM region. The IDRC/ Sandra Sookram. SSHRC funded project alluded to above pays particular attention to the island of Bequia in St Vincent and the The SALISES is also involved in Pilot Testing the Grenadines and to the Barrier Reef in Belize while the Establishment of a Domestic Violence Registry for UN ECLAC project on climate change looked at the Trinidad and Tobago. This initiative will contribute effects of climate change on nine Caribbean counties towards institutional strengthening to support inclusive of St Lucia and Montserrat. research initiatives geared toward understanding the dynamics of this scourge in Trinidad and Tobago and The SALISES also engaged in research that focused is also expected to provide a framework for similar and population and development issues in undertakings in other Caribbean jurisdictions. The Montserrat. The ideas expressed in such research Project is funded by the Ministry of Community have been presented at a Special Open Campus Development, Culture and Gender Affairs, The Forum in Montserrat and have since been submitted Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. for publication. Lead Researcher Godfrey St Bernard. Outreach Service to UWI-12 Countries The SALISES continued its very popular and and Other Underserved Communities informative Forum, a public education exercise which Some of the Institute’s teaching and research activity deal with topics of national, regional and international are geared toward service to the UWI-12 countries. interest. The topics treated were: For example, three of the students who had been • “A Looming Financial Crisis in the admitted into the first cohort of the MSc Development Caribbean?” Statistics are from UWI-12 countries and one of the • “President-Elect Barack Obama: The MPhil students is the first to be allowed to pursue Challenge of Change in the Caribbean, the the programme at a distance (through a special United States and the Wider World” arrangement with the Sir Arthur Lewis Community • “Climate Change and the Caribbean: a clear College of St Lucia). and present danger?” • “The State of the Financial Sector in Trinidad The third and fourth cohorts in the current cycle & Tobago” of the Regional Demography Workshops were • “Is Calypso Dying?” 188 FR 09/10 Distinguished panellists included Dr. DeLisle Worrell Projected Activities for 2009/2010 (Executive Director, Caribbean Centre for Money and The SALISES (SA) intends in the coming years to Finance, UWI), Ms. Catherine Kumar (Chairperson, strengthen itself in the following areas: Bankers’ Association of Trinidad & Tobago), Mr. Carl • Supervision of research students through Hiralal (Inspector, Financial Institutions, Central stricter adherence to regular meetings Bank of Trinidad and Tobago), Dr. Indira Rampersad between the student, the supervisor and the (Lecturer, Political Science/International Relations, advisory committee; Department of Behavioural Sciences, UWI), Mr. • Seeking funding through commissioned Martin Daly (SC, Attorney-at-Law), Dr. Kenneth research and from grant agencies with a view Mease (Professor of Political Methodology, University to increasing staff complement and financing of Florida), Mr. Clyde Weatherhead (Attorney-at- graduate study, so increasing the number of Law), Professor John Agard (Professor of Marine full-time research students; and Environmental Sciences, University of the • Publishing even more in international West Indies and former Chairman, Environmental refereed journals; Management Authority of Trinidad & Tobago), Dr • Improving the profile of the Caribbean Alan Bachan (Chief Executive Officer, Turtle Village Dialogue and gradually transforming it into Trust), Honourable Mariano Browne (Minister in the a refereed online journal; Ministry of Finance), Mr Winston Dookeran (Former • Recruiting more graduate students from the Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago), UWI-13 countries and promoting greater Mr David Dulal-Whiteway (Managing Director of research on the these countries; Republic Bank Ltd and immediate past President • Fostering greater interdisciplinary research of the Bankers’ Association of Trinidad & Tobago), involving, if necessary, scholars from outside Ms Francine Edwards (Singing Francine, Veteran of the Institute and the UWI; Calypsonian), Dr Louis Regis (Lecturer in Literatures • Boosting the outreach program of the in English and Calypso Aficionado), Mr Lutalo Institute; Masimba (Brother Resistance, General Secretary of • Contributing to national and regional Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organization and policy discussions through research and Originator of Rapso, Mrs Elizabeth Montano (mother publications. of Machel Montano; Director, Xtatik Limited). 189 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Distinguished Visitors Dr. Louis Regis Mr. Allan Bachan Lecturer, UWI, St. Augustine Chief Executive Officer, Turtle Village Trust, Trinidad and Tobago Ms. Anne Sénémaud Regional Counsellor for Cooperation, The Honourable Mariano Browne French Embassy, Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Finance, Government of Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Ricardo Thompson Ambassador, Embassy of Costa Rica, Mr. Martin Daly SC Trinidad and Tobago Attorney-at-law, MG Daly and Partners, Trinidad and Tobago Dr. DeLisle Worrell Executive Director, Caribbean Centre Ms. Francine Edwards for Money and Finance, Trinidad and Tobago Calypsonian, Trinidad and Tobago Marlene de Estrella Director, External Relations, INCAE, Costa Rica Mr. Carl Hiralal Inspector, Financial Institutions, Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Ms. Catherine Kumar Chairman, Bankers’ Association of Trinidad & Tobago Professor Dan Lane University of Ottawa, Canada Mr. Lutalo Masimba (Bro Resistance) Rapso Artiste & General Secretary, Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organization (TUCO), Trinidad and Tobago Mrs. Elizabeth Montano Director, Xtatik Limited, Trinidad Professor Sue Nichols University of New Brunswick, Canada Mr. Thomas O’Keefe Mercorsur Consulting Group, Stanford University, USA Mr. Adesesan Olatmale Minister Plenipitentiary, Nigerian High Commission, Trinidad and Tobago 190 FR 09/10 Sport and Physical StaffAppointments, Promotions, Education Centre Resignations and Retirements Ms. Karen Wickham - promoted to Sports Coordinator (SPEC) Female Obituary The Director and staff were instrumental in the Mr. Jesse Blackman Administrative Assistant (Sports) successful hosting of several landmark activities passed away during the year: • The UWI SPEC International Half- Academic Programmes Marathon attracted the total participation The Centre continues to offer the following academic of 1000 runners which comprised, local and programmes: international athletes and the sponsorship • The Bachelor of Education in Physical of many well positioned corporate bodies in Education - Secondary with a total of 76 in- Trinidad and Tobago. First Citizens was our service physical education teachers. This Presenting Sponsor. We also had The Sport ground breaking degree is an initiative Company of Trinidad and Tobago as our between The University of the West Indies Corporate Sponsor. Sport & Physical Education Centre and This year, the race was also featured on the the Ministry of Education. These student- major television stations. Many UWI Staff teachers are scheduled to graduate in October attended including the Campus Principal 2010. and Deputy Principal. The Minister of Sport • A Certificate in The Art & Science of Coaching & Youth Affairs was also in attendance. (under the aegis of the School of Education) • A minor in Sport Management (under the • The UWI – St. Augustine Human Resource aegis of the Department of Management Department in collaboration with SPEC Studies) provided a number of new activities for the • A BSc in Sport Management (under the aegis Wellness program which is offered for staff of the Department of Management Studies) and faculty. • One issue (volume 7) of SPED journal and Staff and Student Services magazine was published. There continues to be growth in student organized sporting competitions. The Engineering Student Society, Management Society of UWI, Inter-Hall Sports and the Student Guild have organized futsal, table tennis, basketball, cricket and aerobic tournaments. Staff and students continue to use 191 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus the facility five days per week. Students work in the Contribution to the Overall Efficiency of the weight room and attend aerobic dance classes and University spin cycling sessions. The indoor facility is currently The demand for use has been extremely high, but we opened from 6:00 am – 10:00 pm. A conditioning and were unable to satisfy this demand because of the weight control programme is offered for our athletes. increased student activities during the period. • Seminars and workshops Both the outdoor fields at SPEC and the Administration • International Sporting Tournaments East and West fields were lit through a programme • Graduation Ceremonies with T&TEC. This will extend the outdoor usage of • Rental of the outdoor fields these playing areas to 10:00 p.m. Staff and students • Dance & Creative Arts Shows have use of the outdoor fields mainly for cricket, • Career Fairs football, rugby, track & field, hockey and sporting festivals. Scheduled recreational use of all SPEC fields SPEC provides an arena for staff and students to is allowed on specific days for use by students until recreate and to participate in competitive sports. 10.00pm. The Centre hosts many of the university’s activities including Graduation and the World of Work Coaching programmes, led by our part-time coaches, programs, thereby raising the portfolio of university. in excess of ten disciplines, have also continued. These disciplines include Abs, Aerobics, Aqua Aerobics, Outreach Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Football (Men & SPEC has been working with the Community on a Women), Futsal, Gym, Hockey, Karate, Martial Arts, number of initiatives, which include: Massages, Netball, Rugby, Stretch Classes, Spin • Hosting the Protective Services of Trinidad Classes, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Track & Field, & Tobago’s Physical Training Instructors Volleyball. programme • Hosting the Vice Chancellor XI Cricket match Students continue to be awarded credit for at the Sir Frank Worrell Field participation in the MINDING SPEC co-curricular • Allowing Lucia’s Primary School to use our module. facilities for cricket, Tennis and Football • Facilitating the St. Francois Girls’ College Strategy Appraisal world-of-work Internship programme and SPEC has instituted academic degree programs the UTT Service Learning Interns outlined in the strategic plan and has positioned the • Providing coaches for the UWI Vacation University of the West Indies on the international Camp 2010 sporting stage through the successful staging of the • Working with several National Sporting annual Half-Marathon. Organisations on Administrative initiatives 192 FR 09/10 • Providing technical support and a training Other Sponsors facility for several national elite athletes Building Maintenance Services Ltd. • The Trinidad and Tobago Senior Cricket Lease Operators Limited Team used the Sir Frank Worrell Cricket NAAA Pitch as part of their training and also for Narine Sound Company competition National Gas Company Ltd. • UWI/SPEC Football Academy for Women Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation continues to facilitate training for both Unilever Caribbean Ltd. the women National Under 17 and Under UWI Credit Union 20 teams. The National Under 17 team is Wanter Enterprises Ltd. preparing for the FIFA Under 17 World Cup which will be held in Trinidad and Tobago in Hampers September 2010. Hadco Ltd Vemco Ltd Revenue Generating Activities Nestle Trinidad & Tobago Limited SPEC was able to generate sponsorship for the UWI A.S. Bryden SPEC International Half-Marathon. First Citizens Sacha Cosmetics Ltd was again the presenting sponsor of the 2009 Marketing and Distribution International Half-Marathon having contributed over Bermudez Biscuits Limited $350,000.00 towards the event. There were several Happi Food Ltd other sponsors. Johnson & Johnson Trinidad Limited Sports & Games Limited Corporate Partners ($230,000) Glaxo Smithkline The Sport Company of Trinidad & Tobago Holiday Foods Blink Unilever TDC SPEC facilitated the hosting of The Sport Company of Special Trade-off Sponsors (commitment of product) Trinidad and Tobago Developmental Camps during Blue Waters the July/August 2010 period. These camps were in the Gatorade disciplines of cricket, tennis, gymnastics and football Nestle Trinidad & Tobago Limited for both boys and girls. The camps were sponsored by SPORTT to the value of forty thousand ($40,000.00) dollars. 193 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Projected Activities for 2010/2011 • Continue to build and maintain supportive, New Programmes collaborative partnerships with Introduction of a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science • Australian Institute of Sport in the in 2011/12 academic year under the aegis of the • Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee Faculty of Medicine. An Msc in Sports Management, • Sport Company of Trinidad & Tobago sponsored by FIFA, will begin in the 2010/11 under the • University of Massachusetts – Amherst aegis of the Management Studies Unit. • Kent State University, Ohio, USA • University of Wales, Bangor, UK Special Events & Initiatives • TTASPE • Building internal capacity • University of Canberra, Australia • Human – acquire qualified coaches, • University of Trinidad and Tobago technical staff and lecturers in specialized areas • Building quality in our plant, processes and • Physical - install an all weather athletic outputs track, a new multipurpose outdoor • Strengthening the regional character of UWI court, artificial football/hockey field and at the St. Augustine Campus Olympic sized swimming pool • Positively impacting on the community we • Financial – secure grants and foster serve with communication and feedback at partnership with private sector to secure the centre funds for capital projects • UWI Annual International Half-Marathon to maintain an expected target of 1000 • Building effective campus teams participants with a focus on increase To raise the level of the university track and spectatorship field, cricket, hockey, netball and football • Developmental Sport Camps (Basketball, teams to compete at the National level. Hockey, Volleyball, Women’s Football, Netball, Cricket) 194 FR 09/10 Distinguished Visitors The following distinguished guests lectured in the BEd Physical Education - Secondary programme: Mr. Allan Balfour University of the West Indies Major David Benjamin University of the West Indies Dr. John Campbell Cambridge University, UK Dr. Connie Collier Ohio State University Ms. Ann Edwards Manchester University, England Dr. Della Fazey University of Wales Bangor, UK (Academic co-coordinator) Dr. Arthur Joseph University of the West Indies Dr. Judy Oslin Ohio State University Dr. Doris Watson University of Nevada, USA 195 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus 196 FR 09/10 Faculty of Engineering Deborah Greaves, George Smith, Martin Attrill, Mi- chael Belmont, Andrew Chadwick, Daniel Conley, Journal Publications Andrew Eccleston, Brendan Godley, Nick Harrington, Ching Lai Hor, Phil Hosegood, Lars Johanning, Dean Department of Chemical Engineering Millar, Shunqi Pan, Dominic Reeve, Jon Williams, Ju- lian Wolfram, Jingjing XU, Ahmed Zobaa, Qingping Chakrabarti, D.P., G. Das and P.K. Das (2009). ‘In- Zou (2009) ‘Development of Marine Renewable En- fluence of an Orifice on Liquid-Liquid Two-Phase ergy – research, design, installation.’ Maritime Engi- Flow.’ The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, neering, 162, MA4, pp. 187-196. Vol 87, pp. 685-693. Gray-Bernard, C., A.J. Chadwick. (2009) ‘Develop- Wilson, B., R.A. Dawe, A. Gopee, S. Grant, A. Kissoon, ment of a shoreline Management Tool for Trinidad’. T. Young, C. De Noon, A, McLean and K. Singh (2010). The Journal of the Association of Professional Engi- ‘Determining boundaries between abundance of neers of Trinidad and Tobago. Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 33-41. biozones using minimal equipment.’ International Journal of Ecology, Article ID 826475, 13 pp. DOI 10, Kanithi, V. (2009) ‘Impact of Bauxite Mining in the 1155/2010/826475. States of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa Environment’, The Indian Mining and Engineering Journal, pp. 65- Dawe, R A., A. Caruana, and C.A. Grattoni (2010). 70. ‘Microscale study of end effects at permeability dis- continuities.’ Transport in Porous Media, DOI 10, Kanithi, V. (2009) ‘Development and Management 1007/S 11242-010-9642-4. of Groundwater in Eritrea, NE Africa’, The Indian Journal of Science and Technology”, (ISSN: 0974-5645) Roopa, I. and R.A. Dawe (2010). ‘A laboratory study Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1-6. of recovery with carbon dioxide around critical condi- tions of Trinidad’s heavy oil and tar sands.’ Petroleum Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Science and Technology, 28 (15), pp. 1544–1554. Joshi A.A., S.L. Lam and Y.Y. Chan, (2009). ‘Algorithm Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & design of an efficient floating point ADD/SUB unit for an experimental CPU’, International Journal of In- Mwasha A. (2009) ‘Using Environmentally Friendly telligent Information Technology Application, ISSN Geotextiles for Soil Reinforcement: a Parametric 1999-2459, Volume 2 [6] pp. 273-278. Study.’ Journal of Materials & Design, Elsevier Volume 30, Issue 5, pp. 1798-1803. Joshi A.A., S.L. Lam and Y.Y. Chan, (2009) ‘Design & simulation of a Barrel shifter for the 16-bit floating Mwasha A. (2009) Designing Bio-based Geotextiles point unit of an experimental CPU’, IJIITA, Journal of for Reinforcing an Embankment Erected on Soft Soil. Information and Communication Technology, ISSN Journal of Materials and Design, Volume 30, Issue 7, 2072-1471, Volume 2 [5] paper 6. Elsevier pp. 2657-2664. Sarjusingh, W., C. Mohammed and F. Castellanos. Williams, R (2009), ‘A mathematical simulation to (2009) ‘One Size Fits All? - The Case of ECNG3020 - synchronization of a bluff structure.’ Journal of Fluids Special Project Portal’, International Journal of Educa- and Structures 26 (2010) pp. 467-481. tion and Development using ICT, Vol 5, No. 4. 197 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Singh, A., F. Castellanos, J.R. Marti, K.D. Srivasta- Gift, S.J.G., (2010). One-Way Light Speed Measure- va. (2009) ‘A Comparison of Trans-Admittance and ment Using the Synchronized Clocks of the Global Characteristic Impedance as Metrics for Detection of Positioning System (GPS), Physics Essays, Vol.23, Winding Displacements’, Electric Power Systems Re- No2, pp. 271-275. search, Volume 79, Issue 6, pp. 871-877. Other Publications Foley, M.W., Julien, R.H. and B.R. Copeland, (2010) Kamel Singh, Solange Kelly, M.K.S. Sastry, (2009). ‘Proportional-integral-derivative lambda-tuning for ‘Municipal solid waste to energy: an economic and integrating processes with deadtime,’ IET Control environmental assessment for application in Trinidad Theory Appl., 4, pp. 425-436. and Tobago’, The Journal of the Association of Profes- sional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago, Vol.38, No.1, Sastry, M.K.S., Clement Sankat, Kamel Singh (2010), pp. 42-49. ‘Administration and Management of Undergraduate Capstone Projects in Joint Degree Technology Pro- Nigel Ugas, M.K.S. Sastry, (2009). ‘A Novel Control grams,’ International Journal of Management in Edu- Strategy for an Ammonia Marine Loading Arm,’ The cation, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 376–390. Journal of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago, Vol.37, No.1, pp. 65-72. Sastry, M.K.S., Riaz Ali, (2009) ‘The design and de- velopment of a virtual laboratory for power system Articles/Chapters in Books modelling and load flow analysis to promote innova- Mallalieu, K.I., and Collins, P., (2009). ‘A Framework tive learning,’ International Journal of Innovation and for the Delivery of Cross-Regional Distance Educa- Learning, Vol. 6, No.2, pp. 178-191. tion to Professionals in Developing Countries’, Bridg- ing the Knowledge divide: Educational Technology for Gift, S.J.G. (2009), ‘Einstein’s Principle of Relativity Development. Stewart Marshall, Wanjira Kinuthia and and Cosmic-Ray Muon Decay’, Physics Essays, Vol.22, Wallace Taylor, Eds., Information Age Publishing, No.3, pp. 221-223. Technical Reports Gift, S.J.G. (2009), ‘Stellar Aberration and the Lu- Sharma, C., F. Castellanos, A. Aiyejina and A. Ram- miniferous Ether’, Physics Essays, Vol.22, No.4, pp. saran, ‘Draft Renewable Energy Policy Green Paper 423-426. for Trinidad and Tobago’, Engineering Institute, UWI, December 2009. (Consultancy Service to the Ministry Maundy, B., A. Elwakil and S.J.G. Gift. (2010), ‘On of Energy). a Multivibrator that employs a Fractional Capacitor, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing,’ Department of Geomatics Engineering Vol.62, pp. 99-103. & Land Management Gift, S.J.G. (2010), Doppler Shift Reveals Light Speed Al-Tahir, R., T. Richardson and R. Mahabir (2009). Ad- Variation, Apeiron, Vol.17, No.1, pp. 13-21. vancing the use of earth observation systems for the assessment of sustainable development. The Journal Gift, S.J.G. (2010). Light Speed Invariance is a Re- of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trini- markable Illusion, Physics Essays, Vol.23, No1, pp. dad and Tobago. Volume 38, Number 1, pp. 6-15. 1-4. 198 FR 09/10 Opadeyi, J., C. Griffith-Charles, S. Ali, and J. Gan- Department of Mechanical teaume-Farrell (2009). ‘Towards the Use of Geo- & Manufacturing Engineering graphic Information Systems for Effective Monitor- ing and Evaluation of Land and Marine Resources in Anantharaman, N. Evaluation of Lean Six Sigma Small Island Developing States.’ West Indian Journal (LSS) in a Continuous Product Line Manufacturing of Engineering. Vol. 31, July pp. 10-18. System, Udyog Pragati (India), Vol.34, No.2, April- June, (2010). Opadeyi, J., B. Spence, K. Miller, C. Griffith- Charles. (2009). ‘Incorporating Geoinformatics Chowdary , B.V., D.R. Sahatoo and R. Bhatti, Toler- into Disaster Preparedness and Management ances Issues in CAD Model Translation for Rapid Pro- Operations: A Caribbean Regional Approach.’ totyping, International Journal of Engineering, Vol. 4, West Indian Journal of Engineering. Vol. 31, July pp. No. 1, 2010, pp. 25 – 38. 54-68. Chowdary, B.V., A Study on Integrated Manufac- Griffith-Charles, C. and J. Opadeyi. (2009). ‘Antici- turing Technologies in the Caribbean Manufac- pating the Impacts of Land Registration Programmes’. turing Firms, West Indian Journal of Engineering, Survey Review, Vol. 41:314. pp. 364-373. Vol.31, No.1, 2009, pp. 36-53. Miller, Keith and Jacob Opadeyi (2009). ‘New Geo- Chowdary, B.V. and P. Praveen. A Real Time Mecha- detic Infrastructure for Trinidad and Tobago.’ Survey- nism for Operation Assignment in a Flexible Manu- ing and Land information Science, 69 (10); pp. 19-28. facturing System: A Combined Operations Splitting and Balanced Workload Approach, Global Journal of Sutherland, M., D. Lane, Y. Zhao and W. Michalowski Flexible Systems Management, Vol. 10, No 4, 2009, pp. (2009). ‘A spatial model for estimating cumulative ef- 23 – 32. fects at aquaculture sites’. Aquaculture, Economics and Management 13:4, pp. 294-311. Chowdary, B.V, Fahraz Ali and C.A.C. Imbert, Part Design and Evaluation through Reverse Engineering Book Chapters Approach, International Journal of Agile Manufactur- Mycoo, M. (2010) Environmental policy for water ing, Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2009, pp. 73 – 82. resources development: A case study of Trinidad in Saving Small Island Developing States: Environmental Ekwue, E.I. and A. Harrilal (2010). Effect of soil and Natural Resource Challenges. Ed. Shyam Nath, type, peat, slope, compaction effort and their interac- John L Roberts and Yeti Nisha Madhoo, Common- tions on infiltration, runoff and raindrop erosion of wealth Foundation. ISBN No: 978-1-84929-031-9 pp some Trinidadian soils. Biosystems Engineering Jour- .400. nal, UK, 105, pp. 112 – 118. Mycoo, M. and Gobin, J. (2010) Sustainable Man- Haldar S C, ‘Free Convection about Vertical Circu- agement in Small Coastal Communities in the Carib- lar Plate’, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat bean: Policy Lessons from Case Studies. The Shades Transfer, Vol.23, No.4, pp. 810-815, 2009. of Blue: Upgrading Coastal Resources for the Sustain- able Development of the Caribbean SIDS. UNESCO, Pun, K.F., Chin, K.S. and Yiu, M.Y.R. “An AHP ap- Valbees Printers Limited. ISBN 978-92-3-104154-9. proach to assess new product development perfor- mance: an exploratory study”, International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, Vol.5, No.3, 2010, pp. 210-218. 199 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Pun, K.F. and N. Sookdeo, “Adoption of an effec- Conference Presentations tiveness-centered approach to improve maintenance Department of Chemical Engineering operations: a case study”, The Journal of the Associa- tion of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago, Ali, N.A., G.S.H. Baccus-Taylor, D.A. Sukha, and Vol.39, No.1, 2010, pp. 46-57 D.R. Butler. The Effect of Microorganisms & Fermentation Time Pun, K.F., M.Y.R. Yiu, and K.S. Chin, “Developing a on Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Flavour. self-assessment model for measuring new product Presented at the 16th International Cocoa Research development performance: an AHP approach”, In- Conference, ternational Journal of Advanced Operations Manage- Bali, Indonesia: COPAL. Nov. 16 -21. (2009). ment, Vol.2, Nos.1/2, 2010, pp. 57-79 Dookeran, M.M., G.S.H. Baccus-Taylor, J. Aking- Wuddivira, M.N. Ekwue, E.I, and Stone, R.J. (2009). bala, and B. Tameru Mechanisms of stability and erodibility of humid Quantitative Risk Assessment Model for Salmonella tropical soils under intense rainfall. Geophysical Re- on Chilled Broiler Chicken Carcasses from Large-Scale search Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-0, 2009 EGU Gen- Processors in Trinidad and Tobago (Abstract). eral Assembly 2009. Presented at the Conference on Risk Analysis: The Evolution of a Science at The Society of Risk Analysis Wuddivira, M.N., Ekwue, E.I,. and Stone, R.J. (2010). Annual Meeting, Modelling slaking sensitivity to assess degradation Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, potential of humid tropic soils under intense rainfall. Maryland, USA. (2009). Land Degradation and Development Journal, UK, 21: 61-73. Baccus-Taylor, G.S.H. The Role of Women and Their Impact in the Food & Patents Beverage Sector in the Republic of Trinidad and Toba- Copeland, B.R., US Patent 7,750,220 B2, The G-Pan go. Invited Paper presented at the 4th Conference of Musical Instrument July 6, 2010. The World Organisation for Women in Sciences. June 27 – June 30, Beijing, China. (2010). Copeland, B.R., Trinidad and Tobago TTP/2009/00050, The G-Pan Musical Instrument, W. Bertrand – chaired IBC International Energy 2009. Conference in December 2009. Copeland, B.R., Marcel Byron, Keith Maynard, Ear- Hosein, R., W. Bertrand, W. and R.A. Dawe, le Phillip Trinidad and Tobago TT/P/2009/00030, An Trinidad and Tobago Heavy Oil Recovery. Paper pre- Apparatus For Percussive Harmonic Musical Synthe- sented at The Oil Sands & Heavy Oil Technologies, sis Utilizing Midi Technology (APHAMS), 2009. Calgary, Alberta, Canada July 20-22, 2010. De Four, R., US Patent No. 7737651 for: Self Starting Attended SPE and GSTT general meetings, including Method and Apparatus for Sensorless Commutation the SPE Conference ‘Energy Resources beyond 2010’, of Brushless DC Motors June 28 –30, 2010, Port of Spain, Trinidad. 200 FR 09/10 Marcelle De Silva, J., Department of Geomatics Engineering SPE Paper #133531 – The Occurrence of Unconvention- & Land Management al Natural Gas Reservoirs Offshore Trinidad, Griffith-Charles, C. SPETT Energy Resources Conference, Challenges to Effective Land Governance in Trinidad Port of Spain, June 27-30, 2010. and Tobago. Authors Brendan Figuira, SPE and Jill Marcelle De In Proceedings of XXIV FIG Congress 2010. Facing Silva, SPE, The University of the West Indies, Dr. the Challenges – Building the Capacity Sydney, Wanda-Lee DeLandro-Clarke, Ministry of Energy Australia, 11-16 April 2010. and Energy Industries, Trinidad and Tobago, Wayne Bertrand, SPE, The University of the West Indies, To- Griffith-Charles, C. 2010. bago. Land Conflict in Trinidad and Tobago. Presented at ISTT/RICS/CASLE – Caribbean Land Mellowes, W.A., Conference 2009. National Science & Technology Systems in English Port of Spain, Trinidad, 19-20 November 2009. Speaking Caribbean. Brasilia IANAS Conference on Inventing a Better Fu- Davis, D., M. Sutherland, and S. Jaggan ture: A strategy for Building Regional Capacities in Augmenting Tide Gauge Data with Satellite Altimetry Science & Technology, in the Observation of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean. July 21-23, 2010. Published in the Proceedings of the International Federation of Surveyors’ (FIG) Congress, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Sydney, Australia, May, 12 pages. (2010). Castellanos, F., W. Sarjusingh and C. Moham- Mycoo, M., med, Sustainable Management in Small Coastal Communi- Special Project Portal: A Case Study of a Customised ties in the Caribbean: Policy Lessons from Case Stud- Course Management System, ies. II Coloquio Internacional Jose Marti: por una E-learn 2009, Port of Spain, Trinidad, June 2009. cultural de la Naturaleza- The Colloquium on Nature and Sustainable Develop- Castellanos, F., ment, the Palacio de Convenciones, Template for Feasibility Studies of Micro-Power Hy- Havana, Cuba, June 9th –June 11th, 2010 brid Systems in the Caribbean, SICEL 2009, Opadeyi, J. Bogota, Colombia, August 2009. Benchmarking Disaster Risk Management Tools in the Hemisphere: a look at the BTool. Castellanos, F., Paper presented at the 2nd Hemispheric Encounter Average Hourly Wind Speed Forecasting with ANFIS, National Mechanism and Networks for Risk Reduc- Nickel James 11th Americas Conference on Wind Engi- tion Encounter of Santa Marta: from Theory to Prac- neering – 11 ACWE – tice’ San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2009. April, 2010, Colombia. Mallalieu, K.I., Bynoe, Paulette and Jacob Opadeyi ICT: The Driver for Knowledge Based Societies and Development of a Watershed Management Plan for Transformation, the Demerara Sub-Watershed in Guyana. 7th Caribbean Ministerial Strategic Seminar, Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Caribbean Envi- Washington, D.C. 29 – 30 March, 2010. ronmental Forum and Exhibition, 201 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Montego Bay, Jamaica; June 21-25, 2010. Non-Refereed Publications Department of Geomatics & Land Management Opadeyi, J. and Paulette Bynoe Sutherland, M. (2009). “The Marine Cadastre.” In Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Landuse Lighthouse: The Journal of Canadian Hydrographic on the Biophysical Characteristics of Demerara Sub- Association, Edition No. 75, Fall/Winter 2009, pp. Watershed in Guyana. 5-6. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Caribbean Envi- ronmental Forum and Exhibition, Ramlal, B. and M. Sutherland (2010). “Developing Montego Bay, Jamaica; June 21-25, 2010 an Enterprise Wide Geographic Information System for the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Manage- Opadeyi, J. (2010). ment: Enterprise Wide Geographic Information Sys- Perspectives on Earthquake Risk Assessment and tem Implementation Plan.” Prepared for The Office management. of Disaster Preparedness and Management, Ministry Paper presented at the National Consultation on of National Security, Trinidad and Tobago, March, 22 Earthquake Safety in Trinidad and Tobago. pages. July 5-6, 2010 Trinidad. Ramlal, B. and M. 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Roberts Self and peer assessment in an undergraduate com- The agony of addressing their words: Reflections on munication research class using mixed methods. the works of Derek Walcott and Jorge Luis Borges. 8th International Conference on Education and In- Interlocking Basins of a Globe Conference in honour formation Systems, Technology and Applications (EI- of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott STA) The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Cam- Orlando, Florida, USA, June 29 – 2 July 2010. pus, Trinidad and Tobago, 13-15 January 2010. 211 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus G.A. Steele D. Watson “I Am Becoming a Teacher”: Reflective Student engagement in assessments. Practice and Developing Professionalism. SoTL Commons: An International Conference for the Cutting Edges: Creativity in Language Teaching and Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Teacher Training Conference Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA, Canterbury, England. July 2010. March 10-12 2010. V. Youssef G.A. Steele A Sociolinguistic Perspective on Walcott’s Differen- Self and peer assessment in an undergraduate com- tial Use of Language with specific reference to ’Pan- munication research class. Celebrating University tomime’. Teaching Interlocking Basins of a Globe Conference in honour The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Cam- of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott pus, Trinidad and Tobago, December 9 2009. The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Cam- pus, Trinidad and Tobago, 13-15 January 2010. M. Toussaint Race Relations in Trinidad and Tobago from an Historical Perspective: Allowing the V. Youssef Past and Present to Inform Our Way Forward. The varilingual language use of Trinidadian teachers. 42nd Conference of the Association of Caribbean His- Third International Conference on the Linguistics of torians Contemporary English Barbados, 11-15 May 2010. St. Mary’s College, University of London, 15-18 July, 2009. R. Walker Reading Walcott with a transformative vision: A teach- V. Youssef ing strategy for the 21st century. Interlocking Basins Hard Facts or Soft porn? of a Globe Conference in honour of Nobel laureate Caribbean Studies Association Conference on the Ev- Derek Walcott eryday Nature of Violence in the Caribbean The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Cam- Barbados, 24-30 May 2010. pus, Trinidad and Tobago, 13-15 January 2010. Published Conference Papers D. Watson Dedovets, Z. (2010). Theoretical and practical as- The Reflective Practitioner in the Foundation English pects of using logic problems at mathematics lessons. Classroom. Materials of the International Scientifically-Practi- Poster Presentation at the IDU’s Celebrating Univer- cal Symposium: “Modern education: Scientific ap- sity Teaching Excellence Forum and Poster Exhibi- proaches, experience, problems, prospects.” Penza, tion: Setting the Research Agenda in Teaching and V.G. Belinsky Penza State Pedagogical University, Learning Russia (PSPU), pp. 8-13. The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Cam- pus, Trinidad and Tobago, September 2009. James, F. (2010). School leadership in secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. New Zealand Inter- D. Watson national Educational Leadership Conference, 7th -9th Mother the Architect of Caribbean Society: A post co- April 2010, Christchurch, New Zealand. lonial gendered reading of Kamau Brathwaite’s Mother poem. Caribbean without Borders Conference San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 2010. 212 FR 09/10 Translations Other Mideros, D. and Roberts, N. (May 2010) transla- Quamina-Aiyejina, L. School of Education (SOE) tors: Ferreira, J. The history and future of Patuá in Repository in UWISpace. Currently, there are three Paria: Report on initial language revitalization efforts collections in the repository with the following con- for French Creole in Venezuela. Journal of Pidgin and tents: Creole Languages 24(1):139-158. Translated as La his- Conference Papers and Proceedings – 58 toria y el futuro del patuá en Paria: Informe de los es- Published papers – 86 fuerzos iniciales en la revitalización del criollo francés SOE Publications - 69 en Venezuela. Romanitas, Vol. 4 no. 1. Quamina-Aiyejina, L. Three databases that were Jairo Sánchez, translator: Short stories by James uploaded to the Internet—one full-text Caribbean Thurber Saltana: A Journal of Literature and Transla- Virtual Library (CVTLIB) and one bibliographical- tion 3(1). Caribbean Educational Bibliography (CEDBIB)— and (MEDPRA)- a database which contains records of Exhibitions M.Ed. projects conducted at the School of Education Steve Ouditt exhibited at the International Art Ex- for which students obtained an ‘A’ grade, were contin- hibition in Guadeloupe in July 2010, a juried exhibi- uously updated during 2009/2010. One hundred and tion. thirty nine records were added to the CVTLIB online database; 541 were added to the CEDBIB database; Non- Refereed Publications and 71 added to MEDPRA. Reviews Antoine-Dunne, J. (June 2010) “Seeing and Carib- Ramesar, R. (Yao) Feature Film, Stranger in Paradise being,” Review of Phenomenology’s Material Pres- directed by Yao Ramesar, 2010. ence by Gabrielle Hezekiah. Trinidad and Tobago Re- view. p.20-21. Faculty of Medical Sciences Chinnen, S. (April 2010) A movie analysis on inter- Journal Publications text in Out of Africa by Sydney Pollack is available on- Department of Preclinical Sciences line at the following address: http://www.africine.org/index. Auguste A.J., P. Lemey, O. G. Pybus, M. A. Suchard, php?menu=art&no=9403 R. A. Salas, A. A. Adesiyun, A. D. Barrett A.D, R. B. Tesh, S. C. Weaver, C. V. Carrington. (2010) Yellow Meir, C. 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(2010) Laparoscopic Naraynsingh, V., Hariharan, S., Dan, D., Bhola, S., splenectomy in a minimal resource setting: A case se- Bhola, S., Nagee, K. (2009) Trends in breast cancer ries from the Caribbean. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percu- mortality in Trinidad and Tobago – A 35-year study. tan Tech. Jun; 20(3):e125-8. Cancer Epidemiology. 2010 Feb;34(1):20-3. Epub 2009 Dec 6. Hariharan, S., Chen, D., Ramkissoon, A., Taklalsingh, N., Bodkyn, C. Cupidore, R., Ramdin, A., Ramsaroop, Sharma, A., Naraynsingh, V., Teelucksingh, S. (2010) A., Sinanan, V., Teelucksingh, S., Verma S. (2009) Pe- Benign cervical multi-nodular goiter presenting with rioperative outcome of colorectal cancer and valida- acute airway obstruction: a case report. Journal of tion of CR-POSSUM in a Caribbean country. Interna- Medical Case Reports. 4:258doi:10.1186/1752-1947-4- tional Journal of Surgery Dec; 7(6):534-8. 258. Hariharan, S. 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Veteri- nary Parasitology, 166: 119-123 Conference Presentations Department of Preclinical Sciences Yacob, H. T., Ziyad, D. S. and Basu, A. (2009). Ec- A. J. Auguste, S. Volk, N. Arrigo, R. Martinez, V. toparasites and gastrointestinal helminthes of chick- Ramkissoon, A. Adams, A. Adesiyun, D. Chadee, ens of three agro-climatic zones in Oromia region, J. Foster, A. Da Rosa, R. Tesh, S. Weaver, C. Car- Ethiopia. Animal Biology, 59: 1-9. rington. Isolation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Mucambo Vi- School of Pharmacy rus (Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus complex Rajesh, R., Patel, N., Vidyasagar, S., Pandey, S., Man- subtype IIIA) in Trinidad. juVarghese, S. (2010) Sodium Glucose Co transporter Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors: A New Sword for the Treatment Medicine and Hygiene of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of November, 2009. Pharma Sciences and Research (IJPSR) Vol.1 (2), 139- 147, 2010. B. A. Mueller, M. Paidi, M. O. M. Allicock, C.V. Carrington, D. J. Gubler, S. N. Bennett Riley, C.K. and Adebayo, A. S., (2010) A compara- Phylogeography and Molecular Evolution of Dengue tive investigation of the packing and flow properties Virus Type 1 in Puerto Rico, 1981-1998. of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) starches and their Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical potential use in solid dosage formulations Starch/ Medicine and Hygiene Starke (Germany) Volume 62 Issue 6, pp 277 - 332 November, 2009. Published Online: May 12 2010 10:14AM DOI: 10.1002/ star.200900201. J. Addae, N. Ali and T. W. Stone T. W. Interactions between Alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-meth- Sealy, P.I, Nguyen, C., Tucci, M., Benghuzzi, H., ylisoxazole-4-propionate and N-methyl-D-aspartic Cleary, J.D. (2009) Delivery of antifungal agents using acid receptors in rat neocortex in vivo – implications bioactive and nonbioactive bone cements. Ann Phar- for control of epileptiform discharges. macother. Oct; 43(10): 1606-15. Society for Neuroscience Chicago, USA, October 2009. Shavi, G. V., Kumar, A. R., Usha, Y. N., Armugam, K., Ranjan, O. P., Ginjupalli, K., Pandey, S., Udupa, N. (2010) Enhanced dissolution and bioavailability of gliclazide using solid dispersion techniques. Interna- tional Journal of Drug Delivery, 249-57. 219 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus J. Morren, G. Davis, N. Baboolal, A. McRae S. Nayak, D. Ramsingh, D. Ramdath, S. Gooding, Assessment of Treatment Goals Attained by Patients S. Bissram, A. Mohammed, A. Raychaudhuri, B. According to CHRC/PAHO Guidelines for Diabetes Sahadeo, V. Pandohie, K. Figaro Management in Primary Care Centres in North Trini- Plasma Adiponectin Levels are Related to Obesity, In- dad flammation, Blood Lipids and Insulin Resistance in 55th Caribbean Health and Research Council Scien- Type 2 Diabetic and Non diabetic Trinidadians. tific meeting. 55th Caribbean Health and Research Council Scien- tific Meeting. N. Baboolal, R. Stewart, G. Davis, A. Mc Rae Prevalence of Dementia in Persons attending Social S. Nayak, D. Ramdath, J. Marshall, G. Isitor, M. Welfare Services in Trinidad and Tobago: Preliminary Eversley, S. Xue, J, Shi Findings Wound Healing Potential of the skin of the Common 55th Caribbean Health and Research Council Scien- Grape (Vitis Vinifera) Variant, Cabernet Sauvignon tific Meeting. 55th Caribbean Health and Research Council Scien- tific Meeting. N. Baboolal, G. Davis, R. Stewart, J. Ramesar, A. McRae S. Nayak, D. Ramsingh, D. Ramdath, S. Teeluck- Pioneering Study on Caregiver Burden and Dementia singh in the Southern Caribbean Plasma Adiponectin Levels are Related to Obesity, In- International Conference of Alzheimer’s and Related flammation, Blood Lipids and Insulin Resistance in Disorders Type 2 Diabetic and Non-diabetic Trinidadians Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2010. AACC Meeting California. O. M. Allicock, J. E. Foster, B. A. Mueller, S. N. Bennett, C. V. Carrington Department of Clinical Medical Sciences Phylodynamics of Dengue Viruses Types 1 and 3 in the A. Lum Lock, C. Bodkyn and Z. Ali Americas. Parent Perceptions of Paediatric Oncology Services at Poster presented at 15th International Bioinformatics the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWM- Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epide- SC), Trinidad miology 55th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Health and Re- Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 2009. search Council (CHRC) Trinidad, April 2010. O. M. Allicock, P. Lemey, A. J. Tatum, O. G. Pybus, B. A. Mueller, S. N. Bennett, M. A. Suchard, J. E. A. Lum Lock, C. Bodkyn and Z. Ali Foster, C. V. Carrington Challenges of providing a comprehensive, multidisci- Phylogeography of Dengue Viruses in the Americas plinary paediatric oncology service at the (EWMSC), Oxford Virology Symposium, From Theory to Thera- Trinidad peutics 16th Annual Medical Research Update Conference of Christ Church College, U.K. April 2010. the Trinidad & Tobago Medical Association (TTMA) Trinidad, June 2010. 220 FR 09/10 J. Brown Z. Ali, G. Deane, A. Lum Lock, L. Archibald, N. The Empty Delta Sign – Can we see it without IV con- Philip and E. Phillip trast? Upskilling Health Care Providers for the 21st Century: Caribbean Society of Radiologists Meeting The Role of the Trinidad & Tobago Health Training Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 2010. Centre 16th Annual Medical Research Update Conference of J. Brown the Trinidad & Tobago Medical Association How reliable is ultrasound in the diagnosis of pyelo- Trinidad, June 2010. nephritis Caribbean Society of Radiologists Meeting Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 2010. School of Dentistry R. Balkaran, R.S Naidu, S. Teelucksingh, T. Seemun- L. Pinto Pereira, T. Seemungal, S. Teelucksingh and gal, L. Pinto-Pereira, E. Prayman, A. Bissoon S. Nayak A preliminary investigation of periodontal disease Markers of Lung Function and Inflammation in West and diabetes in Trinidad Indian Diabetics Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC) Annual European Respiration Society. Scientific Conference and Meeting April 2010, Trinidad. R. Birbal, M. Rios M, N. Bhim, S. Mohammed, B. El- cock, W. Welch and T. Seemungal Pandemic H1N1 Influenza and Dengue Fever: A Case School of Veterinary Medicine Report Z. Bakos 55th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Health and Re- Babesiosis and Theileriosis – World Perspective search Council (CHRC) Intermediate Meeting of the World Equine Veteri- Trinidad, April 2010. nary AssociationDebrecen, Hungary, 2010. S. Reid and R. Reddock R, T. Rogers and T. Nickenig Child Sexual Abuse, Incest and HIV: The perspective Z. Bakos and R. Bridgelal of service providers in Trinidad and Tobago Ultrasonographic description of the caudal and ventral Poster presentation at XVIII International AIDS Con- lung borders in normal Warmblood horses (poster) ference Fourth World Equine Airways Symposium Vienna, Austria, July 2010. Berne, Switzerland, 2009. Z. Ali, A. Nartker, S. Bluemer, A. Lum Lock, G. School of Advanced Nursing Education Deane and D Picou C. A. Shavers, L. M. Green, , M. Price, J. E. Ony- Poster Presentation: ‘Distance Learning and eLearn- skiw and C. A. Archer-Gift ing Resources for Training Healthcare Providers in Promoting the Healing and Restoration of Children Trinidad & Tobago’ and Adolescents Exposed to Adverse Environments, 55th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Health and Re- Conditions, or Situations search Council (CHRC) Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau Inter- Trinidad, April 2010. national (STTI) 21 st International Nursing Research Congress: Global Diversity through Research, Educa- tion and Evidence-Based Practice Orlando, Florida, July 2010. 221 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus C. A. Shavers, L. M., Green, M. Price, J. E. Ony- C. Ezenwaka, A. Jones-LeCointe A, O. Okali, R. Ex- skiw and C. A. Archer-Gift tavour Promoting the Healing and Restoration of Adoles- Self-monitoring of blood glucose improved both the cents, Children, and Families Exposed to Adverse Con- glycaemic control and 10-year coronary heart disease ditions or Environments risk profile of Afro-Caribbean type 2 diabetic patients Sigma Theta Tau International 40th Biennial Con- in Trinidad and Tobago. vention Poster presentation at 20th World Diabetes Congress Indianapolis, Indiana, October/ November 2009. Montreal, Canada, September 2009. C. A. Shavers, L. M. Green, M. Price, J. E. Onyskiw Dr. P. Sealy and C. A. Archer-Gift Medicines Regulation in the Caribbean Region: Injury Prevention and Violence Reduction Project Strengthening of National Medicines Regulation Au- Second International Conference on Violence in the thorities Health Sector PAHO Workshop De Meervaart-Amsterdam, Netherlands, October Barbados, September, 2009. 2010. Rian M. Extavour, J. Griffith C. A. Shavers, C. A. Archer-Gift, L. M. Green, J. E. Pharmacy Preceptor Workshop Onyskiw and M. Price Caribbean Association of Pharmacists Exposure or Exposures to Violence and Trauma among Dominica, August 2009. Children, Adolescents, and Families who Reside in Ad- verse Conditions, Situations, Environments or Com- Rian M. Extavour munities Safe Selection of Non-prescription Analgesics 6th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psy- Nassau, Bahamas, May 2010. chiatry Stockholm, Sweden, October 2009. Rian M. Extavour Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety course C. Ingram, M. Price, O. Wahoush, P. Siewdass and University of Utrecht Summer School D. Israel-Richardson June/ 2nd July 2010. Profile of an International Oncology Nursing Educa- tion Partnership V. Gouripur 16th International Conference on Cancer Nursing Ethical Considerations in Clinical Research Atlanta, Georgia, March 2010. Department of Pharmacology, KLE University Work- shop on Clinical Research Belgaum, India, June 2010. School of Pharmacy A. S. Adebayo Personalized Medicines – Scientific Basis, Prospects and Problems UTECH’s Annual Health Professional’s Conference Kingston, Jamaica, July 2010. 222 FR 09/10 Faculty of Social Sciences Lee, Y-L., & Hadeed (2009). Intimate partner vio- Journal Publications lence among Asian immigrant communities: Health/ Department of Behavioural Studies Mental Health Consequences, Help-Seeking Behav- Alea, N., Thomas, R. A., Manickchand, B., Ramirez- iours, and Service Utilization. Trauma, Violence & Cole, M., Renaud-Simon, C., & Bacchus, K., (2010). Abuse (10), 143-170. The emotional quality of childhood memories and depression in Trinidadian older adults. Caribbean Sookram, S., M. Basdeo, K. Sumesar-Rai and G. Journal of Psychology, 3, pp. 4-24. Saridakis. 2010. Serious Crime in Trinidad and Toba- go-An Empirical Analysis using Time Series Data Be- Alea, N., Vick, S. C., & Hyatt, A. (2010). The content of tween 1970-2007. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Stud- older adults’ autobiographical memories predicts the ies. 35(1): 60-75. beneficial outcomes of reminiscence group participa- tion. Journal of Adult Development, 17, pp. 135-145. Ragoonath,B. Yes to Local Government, No to Par- ticipatory Democracy: The Local Government Re- Alea, N. (2009). The prevalence and quality of silent, form Dilemma in Trinidad, St Lucia and St Vincent. socially silent, and disclosed autobiographical mem- Commonwealth Journal of Local Government. Issue 3, ories. Memory, 18, pp. 142-158. May pages 31-50 Bluck, S. & Alea, N. (2009). Characteristics of posi- The Social Work Unit- SONDAI Project, HIV/ tive autobiographical memories in adulthood. Inter- AIDS and Social Work Practice in the Caribbean, J. national Journal of Adulthood and Human Develop- Cameron Padmore, A Jones and P Maharaj (eds) – Ian ment, 69, pp. 247-265. Randle Publishers, (2009). Bluck, S., & Alea, N. (2009). Thinking and talking Rampersad. I. Multiplex Layers of Controversy: Rea- about the past: Why remember? Applied Cognitive list and Liberalist Impulses in the 5th Summit of the Psychology: Special Issue: Baddeley Revisited: The Americas. Pensaminetos Propios. No. 29, Ano 14. Jan- Functional Approach to Autobiographical Memory, June 2009. 23, pp. 1089-1104. Rampersad. I. Turbulence within the Cuban Amer- Bissessar, Ann Marie. Competency Testing in the ican Community in South Florida. Practicing Anthro- Public Service of Trinidad and Tobago Public Person- pology, Volume 31. no. 2, Spring 2009. nel Management, Volume 39 No. 2 Summer 2010 :127- 145 Wahab, A., D. Plaza. (2009). Queerness in the Trans- national Caribbean Canadian Diaspora. Caribbean Bissessar, Ann Marie. Challenges Facing Senior Review of Gender Studies: Special Issue on Critical Public Servants in a Plural Society. Public Personnel Sexualities, Vol. 3. Management. Volume 38. Spring 2009: 1-15. Williams, D. (2009). Racial, Cultural and Sociopo- Bissessar, Ann Marie. An Institutional Review of litical Disparities in Mental Health Administration in Planning Budgeting and Monitoring in the Caribbe- the United States in Social Pathology: An Introduc- an: Challenges of Transformation- International Jour- tion: Icfai University Press nal of Public Sector Management IJPSM/667. Volume 23, Issue 1 in January 2010: 22- 37 223 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Williams, D. (2009). Conceptualising Restorative Alghalith, M., The limitations of prospect theory Justice in the Caribbean: The Philosophy, The Policy and the expected utility theory: a new theory. Atlantic and the Practice. Caribbean Journal of Criminology Economic Journal, 38, 2010, 243-244. and Public Safety. January&July, 2009. 14(1&2). 186- 213. Ed. Professor Ramesh Deosaran (Emeritus). ISSN Alghalith, M., A new stochastic factor model: gen- 2073 5405 eral explicit solutions, Applied Mathematics Letters,. 2009, 22, pp 1852-1854. Department of Management Studies Bhatnagar, C. (2010) Cross-listed cross-currency as- Alghalith, M., Empirical comparative statics under sets and arbitrage with forwards and options, Global price and output uncertainty, Journal of Applied Sta- Finance Journal (USA), Vol. 21, Issue 1, pp. 98-110. tistics, 2009, 36, pp 1097 – 1100. Bhatnagar, C. (2009) International Equity Portfoli- Henry, L. and N. Bissessar (2010) Trouble in Paradise: os: Diversification and Disconnect, The International The impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Ca- Journal of Finance (in collaboration with Philadelphia ribbean, Global Development Perspectives, Maryland, University, USA), 2009, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 6181-6200. USA: International Development Options, Winter 2009- Summer 2010, Vol. 6, No.1-2. Ramlogan, R. (2010), Using the Law to Achieve Envi- ronmental Democracy and Sustainable Development: Mohammed, A. and Strobl E. (2010) Good Gover- an Elusive Dream for Trinidad and Tobago, Electronic nance and Growth in Developing Countries: A Case Green Journal, University of California, Vol. 1: Issue Study of Regulatory Reforms in the Telecommunica- 30. tions Industry –– Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade. Ramlogan, R. (2009), Creation of International Crimes as a Means for Ensuring Effective Protection Theodore K. (2010) Employment, Growth and Social of the Environment, Temple International & Compar- Stability in a Developing Economy. Social and Eco- ative Law Journal, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 345 -407. nomic Studies Vol. 58: Nos. 3 & 4(2009) Pgs. 63-74. ISSN: 0037-7651. Department of Economics Alghalith, M., Preferences estimation without ap- Theodore K. (2010) Income Deficiency, Transfers and proximation. European Journal of Operational Re- Development: A Microeconomic Perspective, Current search, 2010, 207, pp 1144-1146. Research Journal of Economic Theory, 2 (2). Alghalith, M., Introduction to the theory and appli- cations of uncertainty. (with A. Dalal) Annals of Op- erations Research, 2010, 176, 1-5. Alghalith, M., A new theory of hedging. Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds, 2010, 16, pp83-84. Alghalith, M., The theory of the firm under multiple uncertainties. Economics Bulletin, 2010, 30, pp 2075- 2082. 224 FR 09/10 Books & Chapters in Books Williams, D. & K. Lynch (2009) The Increasing In- Department of Behavioural Studies fluence of Islamic Fundamentalists on the African- Alea, N., McLean, K., C. & Vick, S. C. (2010). The American Community. In The Ethics of Terrorism. story of us: Examining marital quality via positive Ed. Gilly, Gilinskiy and Sergevnin. Charles C Thomas and negative relationship narratives. Marriage: Roles, Publishers ISBN 13-978-0398078669. Stability and Conflicts. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Department Of Management Studies Bissessar, Ann Marie. “Regeneration or redevelop- Chambers, D., Roberts, S. and Lewis-Cameron, A. ment? The Case of East Port of Spain, Trinidad, West (2010) (eds) Papers from Conference Proceedings of indies.” In Urban Regeneration Management Interna- the 1st International Tourism Conference – Beyond tional Perspectives. Edited by John Diamond, Joyce the Boundary: Creating New Epistemologies in Tour- Liddle, Alan Southern and Philip Osei. Routledge, ism, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 10, 4. New York. 2009. (115-132). Lewis-Cameron, A. and Roberts, S. (2010) (eds) Bissessar, Ann Marie. Breaking the Glass Ceil- Marketing Island Destinations: Concepts and Cases, ing: East Indian Women and Educational Mobility London: Elsevier. in Trinidad and Tobago. In R.L Hanloo Black and White Publishers, Delhi, India. /2010 (110-130). Pacheco, B.G. and A. Lewis-Cameron (2010) “Weath- ering the Storm – Crisis Marketing for Small Island Bissessar, Ann Marie. E-Governance Challenges in a Tourism Destinations” in Marketing Island Destina- Plural Society. In Comparative E-Government: An Ex- tions edited by Acolla Lewis-Cameron and Sherma amination of E-Government Across Culture. By Chris Roberts, Elsevier Publishers. Reddick. Springer Integrated Series in Information Systems (Http://www.springer.com/series/6157)- 201 Pacheco, B.G. (2010) “D-Bamboo Home and Garden Shop” case and teaching note, Ivey Publishing. Bluck, S., Alea, N., & Demiray, B. (2010). You get what you need: the psychosocial functions of remembering. Ramlogan, R. And N. Persadie (2010) Common- In J. Mace (Ed.), The act of remembering: Toward an wealth Caribbean Business Law, 2nd edition, Rout- understanding of how we recall the past. Cambridge ledge/Cavendish Press, London. University Press. Department of Economics Mustapha. N. Sociology for Caribbean Students: Re- Henry, L. (2010) Firm Weaknesses and Regulatory Re- vised Edition, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, Sep- form in the Non-Bank Financial Sector, In Caribbean tember 2009, (458 pages). Trade and Development Report: Strategies for Recov- ery, Renewal and Reform, Chapter VI, pg. 188-225. Wahab, A. (2010). Colonial Inventions: Landscape, Power and Representation in Nineteenth-Century Hosein R. (2010) Trade Policy in the Caribbean in ‘Trinidad.’ Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publish- Caribbean Trade Policy and Development Chapter 7, ing. P. 299. edited by Caribbean Development Bank. 225 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus La Foucade A. Human Immunodeficiency Virus & Alea, N., Arneaud, M. J., & Ali, S. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. A Reference The quality of self-continuity, social-bonding, and Text of Major Milestones, Key Events and Develop- directing-behavior memories across adulthood in a ments in the Caribbean. First Edition. Editors Althea Trinidadian sample. La Foucade, Karl Theodore, Ewan Scott, Christine Invited paper presention at the International Insti- Laptiste, Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes, Charmaine tute for Reminiscence and Life Review Conference, Metivier. Atlanta, GA. (November 2009). Scott E., Howard M., and La Foucade A., Public Sec- Chadee, D. tor Economics for Developing Countries: 2nd edition. “Fear of Crime: Assessment of Personality Traits, UWI Press, Mona, Jamaica Time Perspective, Well-Being and Ethnicity,” Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Con- Theodore K. HIV/AIDS In Small Countries: When vention, Small is Not Beautiful – A Study of Countries in the Pa- Boston. May 2010 cific, Southern Africa and the Caribbean- Developmen- tal Changes of HIV/AIDS in Small States – authored Chadee, D. jointly with Mahendra Reddy, Happy Siphambe for “Fear of crime, general fear and ethnicity: Assessing the Commonwealth Secretariat, London – Published the relationship.” July 2010. Paper presentation at the Association for Psychologi- cal Sciences Annual Convention, Conference Presentations Boston. May 2010 Department of Behavioural Studies I.Rampersad. A Bissessar. “Energy Security, Sustainability and Survivability: Ca- “Governance is it for Everyone.” ribbean Initiatives or Lack Thereof.” World Congress of Political Science 11th Annual Conference of the Sir Arthur Lewis Insti- Santiago Chile 12- 17th July 2009 tute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES). Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 24-26, 2010. Bissessar. “Beyond Money Laundering: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago.” A. Wahab Subjects of the State: Race, Colonial Liber- Government, regulation and Financial Crime Preven- alism and the Government of Modern Freedom. Carib- tion organized by the International Governance and bean Studies Association Barbados, May 2010. Risk Institute August 9- 13th 2010 Hyatt Regency Hotel. D. Williams. Evidence-Based Corrections – What does that Mean? Association of Caribbean Heads of A. Bissessar. Prisons and Correctional Services 4th Regional Cor- “The introduction of a Ministry of Justice.” rections Conference Nassau, Bahamas, June 2010. 11th Annual Conference of the Sir Arthur Lewis Insti- tute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES). D. Williams, K. King, W. Wallace. Towards a Carib- Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 24-26, 2010. bean Criminology. Academy of Criminal Justice Sci- ences. San Diego, CA, February 2010. 226 FR 09/10 Conference paper Chadee, D., Brewster, D., De Gannes, A., Knott, D., Alea, N., Arneaud, M. J., & Ali, S. Lee Pow, J., Palmer, D. & Subhan, S. The quality of self-continuity, social-bonding, and “ Attitude change towards male homosexuality in a directing-behavior memories across adulthood in a Caribbean country” Trinidadian sample. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Invited paper presention at the International Insti- Sciences Annual Convention, tute for Reminiscence and Life Review Conference, Boston. May 2010 Atlanta, GA. (November 2009). Chadee, D., Baksh, A., Charles-James, M., Harryper- Conference posters sad, C., Ogiste, S., Pierre, N. & Seegobin, D. Alea, N., Ali, S., & Arneaud, M. J. “Determinants of adolescent aggression in secondary A Caribbean tale: The use and adaptive function of au- school students in a Caribbean country.” tobiographical memory in adulthood. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Scientific Meet- Sciences Annual Convention, ing of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston. May 2010. Atlanta, GA. (November 2009). Chadee, D., Ashford, A., Edmund, J., Kirpalani, N., Bluck, S. & Alea, N. Ramsubhag, P., Wakefield, K., & Wilson, K. (2010). Why remember? Adult age differences in functional Violent music and aggression in adolescents: Moder- use of the personal past. ating Role of Trait Aggressiveness. Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Scientific Meet- Poster presented at the Association for Psychological ing of the Gerontological Society of America, Sciences Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA. (November 2009). Boston. May 2010. Baron, J. M., Bluck, S., & Alea, N. M.Sogren. Off target speech in autobiographical narratives: Wan- “Insights to the Caribbean Family: Legacy, Tradition dering words or elaborative additions? and Culture.” Poster presented at the 62nd Annual Scientific Meet- 9th Biennial Conference of Caribbean and Interna- ing of the Gerontological Society of America, tional Social Work Educators. Atlanta, GA. (November 2009). Guyana. July 2009. Baron, J. M., Bluck, S., & Alea, N. M.Sogren. “I meant to say that! Age group differences in sharing “Family and Community Responses to Child Sexual personal stories.” Abuse.” Poster presentation at the International Institute for Regional Symposium, UNICEF and the University of Reminiscence and Life Review Conference, Huddersfield, U.K. Atlanta, GA. (November 2009). Barbados May 2009. Chadee, D. , Belcon, H., Burroughs, S., De Souza, S., Cameron-Padmore Ng Ying, N., Santal, P., Seescochan, R. & Singh, K. “Knowledge/Attitudes, Prevalence and Patterns of “Media’s influence on male body image, self-esteem Drug Use/Abuse in Primary School Students in Trini- and lifestyle choices.” dad and Tobago” Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Presentation at Caribbean Studies Association Con- Sciences May 2010 Annual Convention, ference, Boston. (2010). Barbados. May 2009. 227 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Department of Management Studies Henry, L. Bhatnagar, C. Issues Affecting the Onshore and Offshore Financial “The Capital Asset Pricing Model versus the Three service sector in the Caribbean since the Onset of the Factor Model: A United Kingdom Perspective,” Global Financial Crisis. Paper presented at the 17th meeting of the Global Fi- Caribbean Center for Money and Finance, Monetary nance Conference held at Poznan University of Eco- Studies Conference, nomics, Poznan, Poland between June 27-30, 2010. Georgetown, Guyana, November 12-14th 2009. Lewis, A. and Clauzel S. Joseph, S., Franklin, M. and Hosein, R. Community Development through Tourism: Feasibil- The Caribbean Diaspora – An untapped resource for ity and Demonstrativeness – Lessons Learned from impacting economic development in the Caribbean the St. Lucia Heritage Tourism Programme, through investments. Paper presented at the 1st International Tourism Con- SALISES Annual Conference. ference on ‘Beyond the Boundary: Creating New Epis- March 2010. temologies in Tourism’, UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados, December 8-11, 2009. Joseph, S., Franklin, M. and Hosein, R Remittances and Economic Development- the devel- Ramlogan, R. opmental impact of remittances in the Caribbean: a Public Interest Environmental Litigation: Perspectives comparative analysis: evidence from St. Lucia and from the Caribbean. Trinidad and Tobago. Paper presented at a panel discussion on “Public In- 41st Annual Monetary Studies Conference, terest Environmental Litigation: Perspectives from Georgetown, Guyana. November 2009. Abroad” at the 28th Annual Public Interest Environ- mental Law Conference Theodore K., University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon. Chronic Disease Research Agenda: A Perspective from 2010. the English-Speaking Caribbean. PAHO Regional Workshop on the Economic, Fiscal Department of Economics and Welfare Implications of Chronic Diseases in the Hosein, R. and Franklin M. Americas. M. Dutch Disease, Ecotourism and Development Washington, D.C., 23 - 24 November, 2009 Funding. Third Conference on the Economy (COTE), Department of Behavioural Sciences UWI, St. Augustine. October 2009. M. Basdeo. Certificate of Participation at the Summer School University of Bamberg, On Parliaments. Ger- Henry, L. many. 2010 Ponzi Schemes, Crashes and Other Issues Affecting the Financial Services Sector in the Caribbean, with M. Basdeo. Certificate of Participation at the 9th Special Reference to Trinidad and Tobago. Workshop University of Hull. 2010. On Parliaments Third Conference on the Economy (COTE) UWI, St Augustine .October 2009. 228 FR 09/10 Technical Reports Lascelles, K.R.R., & Nugent, R. (2010). Implicit Asso- Department of Economics ciation task (for body-shapes) [Computer program]. Hosein R. (2010) Corporate social responsibility, Ronald Marshall. 2010: Guest Lecturer on Street MNCs in the oil sector and domestic agricultural pro- Children and Counselling. Department of Education duction in host economies. University of the West Indies: February 11th, 2010. Hosein R. (2010) Corporate Governance in the Carib- Department of Economics bean (Consultancy done with Havelock Brewster for Hosein R., (2010). Booming Mineral Resources and CARICOM) the Imperative of Economic Diversification, West In- Hosein R. (2010) Consultant to CARICOM on Public dian Journal of Engineering. Private Partnerships in the Caribbean- Opportunities and Challenges (Consultancy done with Havelock Hosein, R., Franklin, M. and Joseph, J. Oil boom, Brewster for CARICOM) rebuilding a culture of entrepreneurship and the need for microfinancing in a petroleum rich sub economy. Hosein R. (2009) Technical Consultant on Terms of January 2010. Reference for CARTFund by various applicants Hosein, R. and Franklin, M. Suitcase Trading in Rx Mohammed, A., Moya R. and Sookram S. (2010). Medicines in the Caribbean: Evidence from Trinidad Productive Development Policies in Trinidad and and Tobago. July 2010 Tobago: A Critical Review with IDB Working Paper Series #115. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Devel- Joseph, S., Franklin, M. and Hosein, R. The Impact opment Bank of the Global Financial Crisis on Remittances: The Implications to the English Speaking Caribbean. June Scott E., Theodore K., Stoddard D, La Foucade A. 2010 (2009) A Brief on Equity in Health and Health Care: The Jamaican Experience since EquiLAC I. Pan Amer- Joseph, S., Franklin, M. and Hosein, R. Caribbean ican Health Organization, Washington, DC. Home Town Associations: An untapped resource for impacting development in the Region. July 2010. Scott E., (2009) Measuring and Explaining Health and Health Care Inequalities in Jamaica 2001 to 2007. Scott E. Employment and Earnings in Caribbean Ewan Scott and Karl Theodore. Paper prepared for economies. Applicability: Labour market policy for- Pan American Health Organization., Washington, mulation through identification and explanation of DC. labour market differentials within and across Carib- bean economies. Other Input Department of Behavioural Sciences Scott E. Poverty measurement methods. Applicabil- Lascelles, K.R.R., & Nugent, R. (2009). ECExperi- ity: Enhancement of monitoring of poverty allevia- ment: Double dissociation [Computer program and tion/eradication efforts through simplified but com- manual]. 5 page document. parable measurement method. Lascelles, K.R.R., & Nugent, R. (2010). ECExperi- ment: Counterconditioning [Computer program and manual]. 8 page document. 229 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus ANSA McAl Psychological Chadee, D., Ashford, A., Edmund, J., Kirpalani, N., Research Centre Ramsubhag, P., Wakefield, K., & Wilson, K. Violent music and aggression in adolescents: Moder- ating Role of Trait Aggressiveness Conference Presentations Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Con- Chadee, D vention, Fear of Crime: Assessment of Personality Traits, Time Boston, May 2010. Perspective, Well-Being and Ethnicity Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Con- vention, Boston, May 2010. Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF) Chadee, D. (2010) Fear of crime, general fear and ethnicity: Assessing the Conference Presentations & Reports relationship. A Birchwood. Monetary Policy Rule in the Presence Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Con- of Persistent Excess Liquidity: The Case of Trinidad vention, and Tobago. 41st Annual Monetary Studies Confer- Boston, May 2010 ence. Bank of Guyana, November 10-13, 2009. Chadee, D., Belcon, H., Burroughs, S., De Souza, A Birchwood. Financial Aspects of Growth and De- S., Ng Ying, N., Santlal, P., Seesochan, R. & Singh, K. velopment in the Caribbean. Presented at CDB and (2010). COTE conference. September 2009 Media’s influence on male body image, self-esteem and lifestyle choices A Birchwood. Caribbean Financial Statistics Project. Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Con- CCMF/CARICOM/CARTAC Workshop on Regional vention, Financial Stability. Trinidad. March 2010. Boston, May 2010. A Birchwood and A. Brackin. Financial Aspects of Chadee, D., Brewster, D., De Gannes, A., Knott, D., Growth and Development in the Caribbean. In Growth Lee Pow, J., Palmer, D. & Subhan, S. (2010) and Development Strategies for the Caribbean. Ca- Attitude change towards male homosexuality in a Ca- ribbean Development Bank, 2010. Pp 185-97. ribbean country Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Con- D. Seerattan. Monetary Policy Effectiveness in the vention, Caribbean – Objectives, Effectiveness and Challenges. Boston, May 2010. CARICOM Central Bank Governors Meetings. Cen- tral Bank of Haiti. October 30th, 2009. Chadee, D., Baksh, A., Charles-James, M., Harryper- sad, C., Ogiste, S., Pierre, N. & Seegobin, D. D. Seerattan. Report on the Economic Performance Determinants of adolescent aggression in secondary and Convergence of the CARICOM Region (January- school students in a Caribbean country June 2009.) CARICOM Central Bank Governors Meet- Association for Psychological Sciences Annual Con- ings. Central Bank of Haiti. October 30th, 2009. vention, Boston, May 2010. 230 FR 09/10 D. Seerattan and N. Spagnolo. Intervention in the T. Polius. Caribbean Economic Performance Report Foreign Exchange Market, Market Turnover and the June 2009. Fiscal, public debt and financial sections. Impact on Exchange and Interest Rate Dynamics. 41st Worked on Box titled; Impact of Global recession on Annual Monetary Studies Conference. Bank of Guy- fiscal accounts and debt dynamics in the Caribbean. ana, November 10-13, 2009. T. Polius. The Managed Funds Industry in Trinidad D. Seerattan. A Caribbean Financial Stability Report and Tobago. Team member for a report commis- (FSR): The CCMF Project to Develop Appropriate FSIs sioned by the Trinidad and Tobago Securities Ex- and EWSs for the Region; FSR Reporting Framework change Commission. July 2010. and the Preparation of the Regional FSR. CCMF/ CARTAC/CARICOM Regional Financial Stability Journal Publications Workshop – A Caribbean Architecture. Hyatt Re- Derick Boyd, Comment: (2010) “The nature of the gency, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. March 3 ADAS model based on the ISLM model” Cambridge – 5, 2010. Journal of Economics, Volume 34, Number 3, pp. 587-590. J. Jhinkoo. Financial Systems of the Caribbean – An Overview. 41st Annual Monetary Studies Conference. Seerattan, D and N. Spagnolo. (2009). Central Bank Bank of Guyana, November 10-13, 2009. Intervention and Foreign Exchange Markets. Applied J. Jhinkoo. The Managed Funds Industry in Trinidad Financial Economics. Volume 19, pp. 1417-1432. and Tobago. Team member for a report commis- sioned by the Trinidad and Tobago Securities Ex- Sonny Nwankwo, Kazem Chaharbaghi, Derick Boyd. change Commission. July 2010. (2009) “Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Af- rica: Issues of Knowledge Development and Agenda T. Polius. Do Archipelagic States have Bigger Govern- Setting”, International Journal of Development Issues, ments? 41st Annual Monetary Studies Conference. Vol.8, Issue 2. Bank of Guyana, November 10-13, 2009. Awards T. Polius. Price Rigidity in Saint Lucia: Evidence from Derick Boyd: Highly Commended Award at the Li- CPI data. CCMF Price Formation Seminar. Barbados, terati Network Awards for Excellence 2010 for article July 22-23, 2010. co-authored with Professor Sonny Nwankwo and Professor Kazem Chaharbaghi, entitled “Sustain- T. Polius. Achieving Regional Financial Stability: A able Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues for Model for Success. Regional Financial Stability Work- Knowledge Development and Agenda Setting” pub- shop. Trinidad and Tobago, March 3-5, 2010. lished in International Journal of Development Issues, , 2009, Vol.8, Issue 2.Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. T. Polius. Caribbean Economic Performance Report: “Fiscal and Financial Sections” as well as Boxes titled; “International Donors Conference: Towards a New Centre for Health Economics Future for Haiti” “Comparative Stock Exchange Per- formance CARICOM and the US” and “Some trends in (HEU) Caribbean Tourism.” Team member. Caribbean Cen- tre for Money and Finance. December 2009 Books and Chapters in Books Michael Howard, Althea La Foucade and Ewan Scott. Public Sector Economics for Developing Coun- tries: 2nd edition. Mona Jamaica: UWI Press, 2009, pages 399. 231 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Journal Publications Karl Theodore Karl Theodore. (2009) Employment, Growth and A Brief on Equity in Health and Health Care: The Ja- Social Stability in a Developing Economy. Article in maican Experience since EquiLAC I. Social and Economic Studies Vol. 58: Nos. 3 & 4Pgs. Paper prepared for Pan American Health Organiza- 63-74. ISSN: 0037-7651. tion Co-authors: Scott E., Stoddard D, La Foucade A. Karl Theodore. Income Deficiency, Transfers and Washington, DC. August 2009. Development: A Microeconomic Perspective, Cur- rent Research Journal of Economic Theory Vol. 2 No. 2 Vyjanti Beharry ISSN: 2042-4841 March 2010. Comparative Analysis of Impact of Chronic Disease Drug Programs in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago Conference Presentations and Publications Presentation to Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Karl Theodore Workshop on Encouraging the Better Performance in Towards a UWI Research Programme in Health the Management of Chronic Diseases The University of the West Indies faculty of Medical Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 28 - 30, 2009 Sciences Research Day December 2nd, 2010 Kyren Greigg The Department of Economics Post Budget Forum Karl Theodore Panelist Economics and Crime: Spectators Today, Victims To- Demas Rampersad Seminar Series morrow UWI, St. Augustine – September 2009 HEU Post-Graduate Seminar. September 17th, 2009 Institute for Gender and Karl Theodore Chronic Disease Research Agenda: A Perspective from Development Studies (IGDS) the English-Speaking Caribbean. PAHO Journal Publications Regional Workshop on the Economic, Fiscal and Wel- Reddock, R., S.D. Reid, A.L. Nielsen (2010) Changes fare Implications of Chronic Diseases in the Ameri- in HIV needs identified by the National AIDS Hotline cas. of Trinidad and Tobago, Rev Panam Salud Publica. Washington, D.C., Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 93–102 (with S. D. Reid and A. L. 23 - 24 November, 2009. Nielsen). Karl Theodore Books and Chapters in Books Employment, Growth and Social Stability in a Devel- Hosein. G. (2009) Insider Experiences and Ethno- oping Economy. graphic Knowledge: Reflections from Trinidad, in Article in Social and Economic Studies Vol. 58: Nos. Fieldwork Identities in the Caribbean. Ed Erin Taylor. 3 & 4(2009) Florida: Caribbean Studies Press. 2009. Pgs. 63-74. ISSN: 0037-7651. Mohammed, P. (2009) Imaging the Caribbean: Cul- ture and Visual Translation, Macmillan Education, Oxford, New York, 387 pages 391 images, Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-02149-3. 232 FR 09/10 Pangsapa, P. , Smith, M.J. (2009) Look up: environ- Conference Presentations mental governance and reforming global institutions, G. Hosein in P. Jehlicka and P. Sarre (eds), Prospects and Pos- Introducing Women’s Studies: Twenty-first Century sibilities for Environmental Change, Open University, Dilemmas for Feminist Teaching in the Caribbean Milton Keynes. Feminist Review 30th Anniversary Conference, UK, 2009. Pangsapa, P., Smith, M.J. (2009) Look down: envi- ronmental movements, NGOs and participatory re- G. Hosein search”, in P. Jehlicka and P. Sarre (eds), Prospects and Women’s Values: What Matters Now and Why Possibilities for Environmental Change, Open Univer- Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership sity, Milton Keynes. Launch Barbados, 2009. Pangsapa, P., Smith, M.J. (2009) Buddhist virtues and environmental responsibility in Thailand, in C. G. Hosein Blackmore, M. Reynolds and M. J. Smith (eds), En- Young Women and Leadership: Gender Issues vironmental Responsibility: Ethics, Policy and Action, Workshop on Gender and Leadership: The Nexus be- London, Zed. tween Academia and Activism. Caribbean Studies Association Conference (Jamaica) Pangsapa, P., Smith, M.J. (2009) Corporate en- Jamaica, 2009 vironmental responsibility and citizenship, in C. Blackmore, M. Reynolds and M. J. Smith (eds), En- G. Hosein vironmental Responsibility: Ethics, Policy and Action, Child Sexual Abuse and Incest in Trinidad and Tobago: London, Zed. Fieldwork Findings Caribbean Studies Association Conference (Jamaica). Pangsapa, P., Smith, M.J. (2009) Strategic thinking Panel title: Gender, HIV and the Implications for and the practices of ecological citizenship: A Reply Trinidad and Tobago to Dobson, in C. Blackmore, M. Reynolds and M. J. Trinidad & Tobago, 2009 . Smith (eds), Environmental Responsibility: Ethics, Policy and Action, London, Zed Books. D. McFee Beyond Simple Notions of the Little Black Boy Parpart, J.L. (2010) Preface: Engendering Global Women’s Institute for Alternative Development Restructuring in a Post-9/11 World, pp. xx – xxii, in (WINAD), UNICEF and the Ministry of National Se- Marianne Marchand and Anne Sisson Runyon, eds., curity Gender and Global Restructuring: Sightings, Sites, and Breakfast Meeting Resistances 2nd edition, (London: Routledge). Trinidad & Tobago, November 2009. Parpart, J.L. (2009) Choosing Silence: rethinking D. McFee voice, agency and women’s empowerment, pp. 15-29, Locating Gender in our Discourse on Peace Conflict R. Ryan-Flood and R. Gill (eds), Secrecy and Silence and Development in the Research Process: feminist reflections (London: Panelist in Commonwealth People Forum panel on Routledge). Peace and Conflict November 2009. 233 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus P. Mohammed J. Parpart Gender Politics and Global Democracy: Insights from Choosing Silence: Rethinking voice, agency and wom- the Caribbean en’s empowerment Workshop on Conceptualizing Global Democracy Workshop for Silence and Secrecy, London School of Cairo, Egypt, December 2009. Economics and Politics London, UK, October 2009. P. Mohammed Gender Equality and Gender Policies J. Parpart 11th Annual SALISES Conference, Choosing Silence: Rethinking voice, agency and wom- Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, March 2010. en’s empowerment International Studies Association T. Nickenig New Orleans, USA, February 2010. The link between child sexual abuse and HIV Community Team Skills Building Workshop, SALIS- J. Parpart ES, Fine Words, Failed Policies: gender mainstreaming in UWI St. Augustine, 2009. an insecure and unequal world Political Studies Postgraduate Seminar, University of T. Nickenig the Western Cape Building Responsive Policy: Gender, Sexual Culture South Africa, April 2010. and HIV/AIDS: Trinidad Preliminary Findings UNIFEM Project Advisory Team two-day workshop J. Parpart Barbados, October 2009. Masculinity, Poverty and the New Wars Feminist Research Institute, Aalborg University T. Nickenig Denmark, April 2010. Child Sexual Abuse, Incest and HIV: Perspectives of Service Providers in Trinidad and Tobago J. Parpart International AIDS Conference 2010 Engendering (In) Security and Conflict in African IR Vienna, July 2010. Canadian Congress of Learned Societies, Canadian Association of Development Studies P. Pangsapa Montreal, May/June 2010. Environmental justice and ecological citizenship in the Caribbean R. Reddock Environment and Citizenship in Latin America Pro- Panel Presentation on Race Relations, JFK Audito- ject Workshop, Simon Fraser University, rium, Vancouver, Canada, April 2010. UWI-STA, Dept. of Behavioural Sciences, October 2009 P. Pangsapa ‘Mai phen rai (‘No problem’): The Consequences of and R. Reddock Responses to the Global Economic Crisis for the Thai Chair and Presentation to Opening Session Gender Textile and Garment Industry’ Section – Commonwealth Peoples’ Forum Center for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies Cascadia Hotel, November 2009. (CAPSTRANS), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, January 2010. 234 FR 09/10 R. Reddock Non-Refereed Publications and Related Works Presentation to Entrepreneurial Seminar CHOGHM Chapters in Books (Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference) Mohammed, P., J. Wedderburn,, C. Babb (2010) Spouses Dialogue Gender-sensitive policy making in the Caribbean: A The Diplomatic Centre, Prime Minister’s Residence, Manual 2nd Edition. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Carib- Port of Spain, November 2009. bean Office, Jamaica, Caribbean Policy Development Centre, Barbados with the Institute for Gender and R. Reddock Development Studies, University of the West Indies, New Ways of Understanding Social Stratification in St. Augustine. Trinidad and Tobago Presentation to Final Year B. Education Programme Parpart, J. L. (2010) Silenced Visions of Citizenship, University of Trinidad and Tobago, Valsayn Campus, Democracy and Nation: African MPs in Rhodesian April 2010. Parliaments, 1963-1978’ in Sabelo Ndlovu- Gatsh- eni and James Muzondidya, eds., Redemptive or Gro- J. Roach Baptiste tesque Nationalism? Rethinking Contemporary Poli- Understanding the Everyday Occurrence of Violence tics in Zimbabwe (Oxford: Peter Lang). in the Cultural Life of the Caribbean: Where Do We Go From Here? Criminalising the Muslimeen: Semiotics Parpart. J.L., H. Veltmeyer (2010) Critical Develop- and Epistemic Violence on [Black] Muslim Bodies. ment Studies: the Itinerary of an Idea” and Jane Par- Caribbean Studies Association 35th Annual Confer- part, “Gender, empowerment and development,” in ence Henry Veltmeyer (Ed), Tools for Change: a handbook St. Peter, Barbados, May 2010. for critical development studies (Halifax: Fernwood Press). J. Roach Baptiste Turmoil and Turbulence in Small Developing States: Parpart, J.L. (2010) Masculinity, Poverty and the Going Beyond Survival. The Pillar of Zakat: A Lesson ‘New Wars’, in Sylvia Chant (ed), pp. 674-679, The In- from the Jamaat al Muslimeen. ternational Handbook on Gender and Poverty (Lon- SALISES 11th Annual Conference don: Elgar). Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 2010. Parpart, J.L. (2009) Fine Words, Failed Policies: Gen- J. Roach Baptiste der mainstreaming in an insecure and unequal world, No: Subjectivity and Agency in Muslim Rights/Rites of in Jacqui Leckie (Ed), Development in an Insecure and Negation. Piety and Subjectivity: Formation of Mus- Gendered World (Farnham, UK: Ashgate). lim Women’s Identity at the Jamaat al Muslimeen in Trinidad. Film Production Graduate Students Islamic Conference The S Factor (2010) Documentary, 15 mins. Direct- North Carolina, USA, February 2010. ed by Patricia Mohammed and Edited by Michael Mooleedhar for the Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago, on the rights of sex workers and policies pertaining to sex and sexuality. Featuring original interviews. 235 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Coolie Pink and Green (2009), Director and main Le Friant, Anne, Boudon, Georges, Arnulf, Adrien script writer, Edited by Michael Mooleedhar, Direc- and Robertson Richard (2009): Debris avalanche tor of Photography, Franklyn St. Juste, Original mu- deposits offshore St Vincent (West Indies): impact sic Score by Sharda Patasar, Editorial and production of flank-collapse events on the morphological evo- assistance by Christopher Din Chong, Script Assis- lution of the island. Journal of Volcanology and Geo- tance, Nazma Muller, 25 mins. Co Producers Patricia thermal Research, Vol. 179, Issues. 1-2, doi:10.1016/j. Mohammed and Rex Dixon, supported by an Award jvolgeores.2008.09.022. from the Trinidad and Tobago Film Co. Won Most popular local short film at the Trinidad and Tobago R.D. Vargas Franco, J.-C. Thouret, G. Delaite, C. Film Festival, September 2009 and screened as the van Westen, M.F. Sheridan, C. Siebe, J. Mariño, T. opening ceremony film at the Pravasi Film Festival, Souriot, and A. Stinton, (2010): Mapping and as- New Delhi, India, January 2010. sessing volcanic and flood hazards and risks, with emphasis on lahars, in Arequipa, Peru, Geological Society of America Special Paper 464, pp 265-280, Seismic Research Centre doi:10.1130/2010.2464(13). Journals Publications Teeuw, R., Rust, D., Solana, C., Dewdney C. and Rob- Axel K. Schmitt, Daniel F. Stockli, Jan M. Lindsay, ertson, R. (2009): Large Coastal Landslides and Tsu- Richard Robertson, Oscar M. Lovera and Roman nami Hazard in the Caribbean. EOS, Vol. 90, No. 10, Kislitsyn (2010): Episodic growth and homogeniza- 81-88. tion of plutonic roots in arc volcanoes from combined U–Th and (U–Th)/He zircon dating. Earth and Plan- Book Chapters etary Science Letters, Vol 295, Issues 1-2, pp. 91-103, Robertson R.E.A. (2009): Geology of the Lesser An- doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.028. tilles. In: Rosemary Gillespie and David Clague En- cyclopaedia of Islands. University of California Press. Cole, P.D and Scarpati, C (2010): The 1944 eruption 1111p. of Vesuvius, Italy: combining contemporary accounts and field studies for a new volcanological reconstruc- Technical Reports tion. Geological Magazine. 147(3) 391-415. E Joseph. 2009. Geothermal monitoring: Northern Dominica: 28th January – 3rd February, 2010. Internal Fournier, Nicolas, Moreau Magali & Robertson report: Seismic Research Centre, UWI. St. Augustine, Richard (2010): Disappearance of a crater lake: impli- Trinidad. cations for potential explosivity at Soufriere volcano, St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles. Bulletin of Volcanology, E Joseph. 2009. Geothermal monitoring: Northern Vol. 42, doi: 10.1007/s00445-010-0422-3. Dominica: 2nd December, 2009. Internal report: Seis- mic Research Centre, UWI. St. Augustine, Trinidad. Komorowski J-C, Legendre Y, Christopher T , Bern- stein M, Stewart R, Joseph E, Fournier N, Chardot P Cole, V Bass, T Christopher, C Eligon, M Fergus, L, Finizola A , Wadge G, Syers R, Williams C, and Bass L Gunn, H Odbert, R Simpson, R Stewart, A Stin- (2010): Insights into processes and deposits of haz- ton, J Stone, R Syers, R Robertson, M Bernstein, R ardous vulcanian explosions at Soufrière Hills Volca- Watts, P Williams. Report on Activity between 15 Au- no during 2008 and 2009 (Montserrat, West Indies). gust 2009 and 28 February 2010. MVO Open File Re- Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 37, no., 2010, doi: port 10/01a. Montserrat Volcano Observatory, Flem- 10.1029/2010GL042558. mings, Montserrat. 236 FR 09/10 Abstracts and Posters The Slumbering Morne Aux Diables Volcano, North- Cole, P.; Odbert, H.; Stinton, A.; Christopher, T.; ern Dominica. Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, Spain, Stewart, R.; Stone, J.; Gunn, L.; Eligon, C.; Bass May 2010. Poster. V.; Syers R.; Robertson, R.(2010) Renewed Volcanic Activity at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat 2009- Joseph E and Lindsay J. Geothermal Geochemistry 2010. Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, Spain, May 2010. And Potential Health Hazards Of The Sulphur Springs Oral. Geothermal Field, Saint Lucia. Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, Spain, May 2010. Poster. Cole, P.D.; Stewart, R.; Odbert, H.; Stinton, A.J.; Christopher, T.; Eligon, C.; Bass, V.; Syers, R.; Bern- Oscar M. Lovera, Axel K. Schmitt, Daniel F. Stockli, stein, M.; Stone, J.; Williams, C.; Robertson, R.; Jan M. Lindsay, Richard Robertson, Roman Kislit- Watts, R. (2010) Combining Traditional Observational syn. (2009): Zircon dating and spectral analysis as a Methods and Multiparameter Monitoring Of Renewed new tool for unraveling the chronology of magmatic Activity At Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Cities events. Oral Presentation. on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, Spain, May 2010. Oral. Robertson D, Lewis N, Joseph E, Fournier N, and Bozzoni, F., M. Corigliano, C. Lai, L. Scandella, W. Witham F. Numerical modeling of the Boiling Lake Salazar, J. Latchman, L. Lynch & R. Robertson in Dominica. IAVCEI-Commission of Volcanic Lakes (2010) Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment Study Workshop 7: Costa Rica 10 – 19 March, 2010. Oral. for the Eastern Caribbean Region. Paper 920, 14th Con- ference of European Earthquake Engineering, Mace- Crosweller, S. Barclay, J., Simmons, P., Lorenzoni I., donia. Oral. Robertson, R. (2009): Risky beliefs in a volcanic cri- sis – The importance of context-specific information. Wadge, G.; Cole, P.; Stinton, A.; Komorowski, J.-C.; UCL DRR Conference 4-6 November 2009 Stewart, R. (2010) High Resolution Radar Monitor- ing of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat with Ter- Lowe C.J., Haklay, M., McGuire, W.J. and Robertson, raSAR-X. Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, Spain, May R.E.A. (2009): Practicalities of Vulnerability Analy- 2010. Poster. sis: Lessons from St. Vincent, Caribbean. UCL DRR Conference 4-6 November 2009. . Oral Presenta- Stone, J.; Edwards, S.; Levieux, G.; Robertson, R.; tion. and Cole, P. (2010) MVO Staff Web based communi- cation at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory. Cities Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, Spain, May 2010. Poster. and Economic Studies (SALISES) Scarpati, C.; Valentina, C., Catalani, M.; Cole, P.; DeDonna, G.; Lepore, S., Perrotta, A.; and Pilley, V. ERRATA (2010) Volcanic Risk Perception in the towns around In compiling the 2008/2009 Faculty Report, the sub- Mt. Vesuvius. Cities on Volcanoes 6, Tenerife, Spain, mission from the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social May 2010. Paper. and Economic Studies (SALISES) was inadvertently omitted. The full list of publications and conferences Watts R.; Robertson R.; Abraham W.; Cole P.; Cor- of the SALISES for the 2008/2009 academic year is riette D.; de Roche Thesser.; Edwards S.; Higgins M.; therefore included below, that it may be included in Isaacs N.; Johnson M.; Joseph Bernard, Joseph E.; the public record of the Campus and the University. Latchman J.; Lynch L.; Nath N.; Ramsingh C.; and Stewart R. (2010) Elevated Seismic Activity Beneath 237 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Journal Publications Conway, D., R.B. Potter and G. St. Bernard. 2009. 2009/2010 Transnationalism Personified: Young Returning Trin- idadians ‘in Their Own Words’ Tidschrift Voor Econo- Henry-Lee, Aldrie, Philip Osei, P.K. Watson and mische en Sociale Geografie. 100(1): 101-113 Sharon Trezelle. 2010. Social Risk Management in a Small Island: The case of St. Lucia. Social and Eco- Mc Cree, R. 2009. Sport Policy and the New Public nomic Studies. 59(1&2): 61-89. Management in the Caribbean: Convergence or Re- surgence? Public Management Review. 11(4): 461-476. McCree, Roy. 2010. Female Boxing and Violence in Trinidad. Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes Potter, R. B; D. Conway and G. St. Bernard. 2009. Re- in Education. 4(2): 43-58. petitive Visiting as a Pre-Return Transitional Strategy among Youthful Trinidadian Returnees. Mobilities. Sookram, S. 2009. The Impact of Climate Change 4(2): 249-273. on the Tourism Sector in Selected Caribbean Coun- tries. Caribbean Development Report. 2(30): 204-225. Sookram, S. and E. Strobl. 2009. The Role of Educa- tional Choice in Occupational Segregation: Evidence Sookram, S., M. Basdeo, K. Sumesar-Rai and G. from Trinidad and Tobago. Economics of Education Saridakis. 2010. Serious Crime in Trinidad and To- Review. 28(1): 1-10. bago-An Empirical Analysis using Time Series Data Between 1970-2007. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Sookram, S. and G. Saridakis. 2009. The Effect of Studies. 35(1): Economic Factors on the Tax Ratio in Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Developing Areas. 42(2): 111-128. Sookram, S., P.K. Watson and F. Schneider. 2009. Structure and Size of the Household Sector of the Sookram, S. and P.K. Watson. 2008. Small Business Hidden Economy in Trinidad and Tobago. Applied Participation in the Informal Sector of an Emerging Economics. 41(27): 3545-3559. Economy. Journal of Development Studies. 44(10): 1554-1576. St. Bernard, Godfrey. 2009. Firearms and Reported Homicide in Trinidad and Tobago: A Socio-Demo- Sookram, S. and P.K. Watson. 2008. The Informal graphic Perspective. Caribbean Journal of Criminol- Sector, Poverty, and Gender in the Caribbean: the ogy and Public Safety. 14(1 and 2): 81-109. case of Trinidad & Tobago. Journal of Eastern Carib- bean Studies. 33(4): 43-68. Watson, P.K. 2009. The Efficiency of the Stock Mar- ket in the CARICOM sub-region: an Empirical Study. Watson, P.K. 2008. Return variability in CARICOM Journal of Applied Financial Economics. 19(23): 1915- Equity Markets. Journal of Business, Finance and Eco- 1924. nomics in Emerging Economies. 3(2): 1-26. 2008/2009 Agozino,B., B. Bowling; G. St. Bernard and E. Ward. 2009. Guns, Crime and Social Order in the West In- dies. Criminology and Criminal Justice. 9(3): 287-305. 238 FR 09/10 Peer-Reviewed Articles Published as Book Technical Reports Chapters 2009/2010 2009/2010 Artana, Daniel, Anne-Marie Mohammed, Ramiro McCree, Roy. 2010. Sport and Multiple Identities in Moya, Sandra Sookram and P.K. Watson. Produc- Post-War Trinidad: The Case of McDonald Bailey. In tive Development Policies in Trinidad and Tobago: A The Sociology of Sport and Social Theory edited by critical review. IDB Research Project. August 2009. 81 Earl Smith, Chapter 15, 201-214. Human Kinetics. pages. Potter, Robert B; Dennis Conway and Godfrey St. Mohan, Preeya and P.K. Watson. CARICOM Cross- Bernard. 2009. Returning Youthful Trinidadian Mi- Border Equity Flows. Study funded by First Caribbean grants: Prolonged Sojourners’ Transnational Experi- International Bank. March 2010. 41 pages. ences. In Return Migration of the Next Generation: Transnational Mobility in the Twenty-first Century Watson, P.K. Climate Change and the Macroecono- edited by Dennis Conway and Robert Potter. 274-309. my in the Caribbean Basin: Analysis and Projections Ashgate Publishers. to 2099. Study funded by United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. 2008/2009 October 2009. 33 pages. Artana, D., S. Auguste, R. Moya, S. Sookram and P.K. Watson. 2009. Trinidad and Tobago: Economic Conferences Presentation and Publications Growth in a Dual Economy. Chapter 8 in Growing 2009/2010 pains: binding constraints to productive investments Roy McCree in Latin America. Edited by Manuel Agosin, Eduardo The Death of a Boxer: Sport, Gender and Nationalism Fernandez-Arias, and Fidel Jaramillo. ISBN: 1-59782- in Trinidad and Tobago (17 pages). 096-2. Inter American Development Bank. 365-415. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport St. Bernard, G. 2008. Exploring Childhood Vic- (NASSS), timization in Trinidad and Tobago: An Analysis of Marriott Hotel. Ottawa, Canada, November 4-7 Homicidal Cases. In Promoting Child Rights Through, 2009. Volume 1. Edited by Aldrie Henry Lee and Julie Meekes-Gardiner. Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social Roy McCree and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies, Sport Tourism in Caribbean: Imperatives for Policy Mona, Jamaica. 30-55. and Practice. (26 pages) Paper presented at Tourism Seminar, Runaway Bay Non Peer reviewed Articles Published as Book Heart Hotel, Chapters Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 9 July 2010. 2008/2009 Mc Cree, R. 2009. Casino Gambling in Trinidad and Godfrey St Bernard Tobago: Contradictions and Challenges. In Jamaica’s The Use of Firearms and Reported Homicide in Trini- Casino Initiative: The Policy Options. The University dad and Tobago: Towards Overcoming a Public Safety of the West Indies, Mona Campus. 73-84. Threat. 18th International Conference on Safe Com- munities, Cali, Colombia, August 13-15, 2009. 239 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Godfrey St Bernard Sandra Sookram Demographic Ageing in the Caribbean Sub-Region: World Bank’s Annual Conference on Development Implications for the Elderly in Trinidad and Tobago. Economics (ABCDE), 11th SALISES Annual Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, May 30 – June 2, 2010. Participa- Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and To- tion funded by the World Bank. bago. March 24-26, 2010. (Co-Author: Juliana Law- rence). Patrick Watson Cross-Border Equity Flows in the CARICOM Region. Godfrey St Bernard 41st Annual Monetary Studies Conference, Bank of Elderly Victimization and Prospective Measures for Guyana, Prevention: The Case of Homicide in Trinidad and To- Georgetown, Guyana, November 10-13, 2009. (with bago. 35th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Stud- Preeya Mohan). ies Association, Almond Beach Resorts Hotel, St. Peter, Barbados, May 24-28, 2010. Patrick Watson Managing adaptation to environmental change in Sandra Sookram coastal communities: Canada and the Caribbean. Regional Report on the Effect of Climate Change on SALISES 11th Annual Conference, the Tourism Sector. (30 pages). Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. March Paper presented at Expert Group Meeting on Macro- 24-26, 2010 (with Daniel Lane). econometric Modelling in the Caribbean: New Chal- lenges and New Direction, Patrick Watson ECLAC, Port of Spain, Trinidad, November 20, 2009. The Ménage à trios of biodiversity, human welfare and developing countries. Sandra Sookram 4th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Poverty in a High Income Country: The Case of Trini- Economics, dad and Tobago (22 pages). Montreal, Canada, June –July, 2010 (with Paulo Nunes and Sonja Teelucksingh). Paper presented at conference on Tourism and the Reduction of Poverty, Campus de Schoelcher, Univer- Patrick Watson site des Antilles et de la Guyana, CEREGMIA, The Digital Divide in Trinidad and Tobago 2007. Martinique, December 7-9, 2009. SALISES 11th Annual Conference, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. March Sandra Sookram 24-26, 2010 (with Bheshem Ramlal). Factors determining Health Care Provision in Trini- dad and Tobago. (20 pages). 2008/2009 Presented at the SALISES 11th Annual Conference, Roy McCree Port of Spain, Trinidad, March 24-26, 2010. Sport Participation in the Caribbean: the Mandles Re- visited. Sandra Sookram Annual conference of North American Society for So- Energy Efficiency in the Tourism Sector. (15 pages). ciology of Sport, Presented at a Seminar on Promoting Energy Effi- The Curtis Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA, November ciency in the Caribbean, 5-8 2008. ECLAC, Port of Spain, May 13-14, 2010. 240 FR 09/10 Roy McCree Godfrey St Bernard The New Social Compact and Rural Development in Notions of Nationalism and Prospects for National Trinidad. Development: A Study of Young Professional Return- 10th Annual Conference of SALISES, ees in Trinidad and Tobago, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, Annual Conference of the American Association of March 25-27 2009. Geographers, Las Vegas Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, March Roy McCree 22-27 Casino Gambling in Trinidad and Tobago: Contradic- (Co-Authors: Dennis Conway and Rob Potter) tions and Challenges. Policy Conference on Gaming, Godfrey St Bernard Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Saturday Demographics, Youth Victims and Prospective Mea- April 18 2009. sures for Prevention - The Case of Homicide in Trini- dad and Tobago, Godfrey St Bernard 10th SALISES Annual Conference, Sustaining the Future Well Being of Our Children: An The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Empirical Analysis of Breastfeeding Practices in Trini- Barbados, March 25-27 dad and Tobago Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Conference, Godfrey St Bernard UWI, St. Augustine Campus, 25-27 September 2008 Firearms and Reported Homicide in Trinidad and To- bago: A Socio-Demographic Perspective”, Criminol- Godfrey St Bernard ogy Conference, Early Childhood Education and Human Development The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Cam- Prospects: Are Some Children Disadvantaged? Carib- pus, Trinidad and Tobago, April 8-9 bean Child Research Conference: Promoting Child Rights Through Research, Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Godfrey St Bernard Jamaica, October 21 –22 Demographic Ageing in the Caribbean Sub-Region – Implications for the Elderly in Trinidad and Tobago”, Godfrey St Bernard 34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies As- Natural Environment and Its Prospects for Sustain- sociation, able Development in Montserrat in the 21st Century, The Hilton, Kingston, Jamaica, June 1-5 Montserrat Country Conference School of Continu- (Co-Author: Juliana Lawrence) ing Studies, Open Campus, The University of the West Indies, Salem, Montserrat, November 13-14 Godfrey St Bernard Homecoming and Challenges to Professional Enter- Godfrey St Bernard prise: The Case of Returnees in Trinidad and Toba- The Youth Development Index and Variations in the go”, Status of Youth in Jamaica, 34th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies As- PIOJ_STATIN 20th Anniversary Conference – Framing sociation, Social Policy Development Through Research, The Hilton, Kingston, Jamaica, June 1-5 Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, November (Co-Authors: Dennis Conway and Rob Potter) 25-27 241 The University of the West Indies – St Augustine Campus Sandra Sookram Poverty and Household Welfare in Trinidad and To- bago. 10th Annual Conference of SALISES, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, March 25-27 2009. Sandra Sookram Do Victims of Crime Fear Crime More? Paper presented at Conference on Developing a Ca- ribbean Criminology, Criminology Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, April 8-9, 2009. Patrick Watson Return variability in CARICOM equity markets. AFFI2009 Conference, Brest, France, May 13-15, 2009. Patrick Watson (with Vangie Bhagoo). Predicting a Debt Crisis in Selected Caribbean Coun- tries. 10th Annual Conference of SALISES, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, March 25-27 2009. Patrick Watson (with Simi Seuraj). 40th annual Monetary Studies Conference, ECCB, Basse Terre, St Kitts, November 11-14, 2009. 242