Jamaica Self-Help

Youth-at-risk: phase 1

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The goal of this project was to compile information about programs and resources available to Jamaican youth-at-risk. The project provided a resource binder including information from the websites of various organizations working in Jamaica, in Canada, and internationally.

2004

Jamaica Self-Help: global awareness trip manual

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Creator (cre): Slattery, Colleen, Issuing body (isb): Trent Centre for Community-Based Education, Supporting host (sht): Jamaica Self-Help, Other (oth): Trent University Geography Dept
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I have produced a manual for the Global Education Committee and trip leaders involved with Jamaican Self - Help (JSH). The reason for this project is to improve parts of an existing manual.

2002

Jamaica debt and development: party politics, foreign policy and debt negotiations

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The goal of the project was to research and analyze issues related to development in Jamaica, focusing on the history of the Jamaican international debt, past development strategies in Jamaica, the consequences of the debt for current social development programs, and development alternatives currently in place in Jamaica. The goal of the workshop is to provide a historical context of colonialism in Jamaica; open a discussion on the impacts of the colonial legacy specific to poverty and education.

2005