Author: Jean Saint-Vil
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Reflections of a Retired Canadian Public Servant
Warning: might include expressions of gratefulness and praise for the Canadian Science and Technology System. In a few days, I will begin official retirement from the Canadian Public Service, following three decades working primarily at the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the federal granting agency that supports discoveries and innovation in Canadian universities,…
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San zansèt nou yo ki te koule
Konpatriyòt, onè! Jodi a, Dimanch 30 Jiyè 2023, mwen voye salitasyon espesyal pou Kaptenn Nérilia Mondésir ak tout ekip Grenadye pa pè chay nou yo k ap woule boul Koupdimond, jouk lòt bò latè, nan peyi Ostrali. Respè pou nou medam! Sonje se pa daso nou te pran pou nou te rive kote nou ye…
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Who supports foreign invasion of Haiti, why?
For several months now, there has been incessant diplomatic activity to justify a U.S. invasion of Haiti albeit, this time, with black face. As described in my letter published October 17, 2022, due to problematic racial undertones of the conflict at hand, decision-makers in the US, Canada and Europe would prefer that Rwandan President Paul…
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What is urgent and necessary in Haiti
The author asks CARICOM member states to support the Haitian people in their struggle for sovereignty. Ottawa, June 6, 2023 Dear Leaders of CARICOM, I greet you in the name of each common ancestor whose bones remain restless at the bottom of the Caribbean and Atlantic Oceans. I hope this brief note finds you in…