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April 1997, Issue 25
Editors: David Gairdner, Jo-Ellen Parry and Katherine Reilly
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Citation - Herbet "Betinho" de Souza Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, November 2, 1996 York University used the occasion of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Congress to confer an honorary doctorate on Brazilian scholar and activist Herbet "Betinho" de Souza, and the Congress was dedicated in his name. De Souza, who studied at York during the 1970s, is a hemophiliac who was diagnosed as being HIV positive more than a decade ago. Despite his poor health he continues to be one of Brazil's most high profile social activists, recently leading a national campaign against hunger and poverty. Much of de Souza's work has been focused on the fight to increase awareness of AIDS.
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CERLAC Hosts CALACS
Congress
President Cheddi
Jagan of Guyana was among those in attendance at the 27th Annual Congress
of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS),
held at York University October 31 to November 3, 1996. The Congress drew
a significant number of scholars from across Latin America and the Caribbean,
as well as from Canada, the United States and Europe. "Delegates commented
that the Congress was one of the largest and most intellectually stimulating
CALACS events they had attended," says Patrick
York -URACCAN Linkage Project is Underway In the fall of 1996, the Linkage Proposal between CERLAC
and the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of
Nicaragua (URACCAN) was granted $750,000 in funding to carry out a five-year
institutional development project.
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