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• Dr. Thera Edwards was a facilitator at workshops for the “Teaching Climate Justice and Resilience through Ancestral Plant Heritage in Jamaica” project held in Linstead and Lauriston, St. Catherine. October 13 & 14, 2022. • Simon F. Mitchell . “Timing and distribution of Paleogene (30–66 Ma) rifting in Jamaica” Geological Society of Jamaica public lecture, 14 th March 2023. • Simon F. Mitchell . “The Earthquake Unit and Earthquakes” (invited talk). Earthquake Symposium, University of Technology, Jamaica, 18th May 2023. • Dr Shaneica Lester presented “Rethinking Urban Water Management: A Case of the Kingston Water Supply System” at the Varysian Network Webinar on July 13 , 2023. • James-Williamson, S.A. 2023 “Geoconservation in Jamaica”presented at the ProGEO regional network for Latin America and the Caribbean Inaugural Workshop (Virtual) on April 26, 2023. • Dr Arpita Mandal presented at the B.R.E.W. Online Research Forum – Part 1: Water – Agenda March 22nd 2023. Topic: Water – A Vanishing Resource. • Dr Thera Edwards presented “Jamaica’s Watershed Area Management Mech- anism.” Talk at Faculty of Science and Technology B.R.E.W Online Research Forum, Part 1 – Water. March 22, 2023 . • Dr. Shaneica Lester attended GlobalSCAPE: Global Relevance in Science Communication Workshop on February 10, 2023. The workshop is part of the Horizon 2020 GlobalSCAPE Project – funded by the European Union The workshop was focused on raising and building the capacity of the science communicators about differences in audience and context when planning and delivering science communication. The workshop presented an opportunity to assess gaps in science communication locally and globally and solutions to some of the barriers to effective science communication. • Dr Patrice Pinder “East meets west: A candid talk on the pros and cons of using standardized tests as assessment tools of students in mathematics and science; globally, what appears to work and not work?” Invited Presentation Given at The 1st Standard-based Assessment and Evidence-based Research (SAER) International Conference (Hybrid), Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China (Virtual) [International Visibility–China].
Conference/Workshop/Webinar Attendance
Dr Shaneica Lester • participated in a Webinar themed: “World Water Day 2023 – “Water for people and cooperation partnership.” Monday March 20, 2023. International Water Resources Association (IWRA).
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