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DEAN’S OVERVIEW
(40) articles were published this year with submissions from staff across the Faculty, our graduate students at the Mona Academy, as well as from guest contributors. Although we did not receive approval of our proposal to USAID for funding for a Climate Change and Sport Initiative, the Faculty remained committed to its climate action agenda. Proposals submitted through the Global Institute for Climate-smart and Resilient Development (GICSRD) on rainwater harvesting and solar electricity generating systems were accepted. A sub-committee was formed to further develop the proposals to access donor funding. Mona later submitted a grant application to procure funding to expand the wastewater project to irrigate the three main fields at the Bowl. The committee is also working with the other campuses to develop their proposals to access funding for their projects. NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH Relationships with governments, sport governing bodies and sporting entities were built strengthened during the year. Following a visit to Jamaica by the Honourable Minister of Sport, Trinidad and Tobago, a draft proposal for a Community Inclusion Programme was submitted for consideration by the Trinidadian government. The 22 nd Annual Frank Worrell Memorial Lecture was delivered by the Honour- able Mia Motley on July 25 th . She used the opportunity to remind the Caribbean governments that they have a responsibility to see to the development of the game of cricket; recommending that new governance structures must be put in place for its sustainability. A webinar series titled Debates in Sports Ethics was launched in February 2023. Two episodes of the series were delivered through the collaborative efforts of the Department of Language, Linguistics & Philosophy in the Faculty of Human- ities & Education (Mona), the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (St. Augustine), the UWI Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Unit and the Faculty of Sport. Special thanks to visiting Professor Balaganapathi Devarakonda who served as the ethics expert for the series. The Faculty also hosted a virtual panel discussion on “Sport as an Antidote for Gender Based Violence” on December 1, 2022, in recognition of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW) through 16 days of activism. The regional forum was organised in collaboration with Brock University and the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS). Professor of Kinesiology at Brock University, Cathy van Ingen whose research, outreach and advocacy centre on Boxing as therapy for domestic violence and other trauma was the feature presenter. The aim was to increase awareness among coaches, trainers, clubs, social service
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