In 2000, LACC launched its Caribbean Intra-regional Migration Seminar Series, which each year brings together international academics and activists working in the area of Caribbean Migration Studies.
To date, the following seminars have been held:
- First in the Series, “West Indian Participation in the Construction of the Panama Canal”,
held 15-17 June 2000, traced the contribution of approximately 50,000
West Indian labourers to this remarkable feat which constitutes an
important chapter in our history.
- Second in the Series, “Intra-Caribbean Migration: The Cuban Connection (1898-present),
held 14-16 June 2001, traced the socio-economic and cultural impact of
approximately 90,000 British West Indian labourers who went to Cuba
towards the end of the 19th century to work with the United Fruit
Company on Cuban Plantations.
- Third in the Series, “The Socio-economic and Cultural Impact of West Indian Migration to Costa Rica”,
held 4-5 July 2002, traced the impact of West Indian migration to that
country, including the migrants’ contribution to the construction of
the railroad.
- Fourth in the Series, “The Socio-economic and Cultural Impact of West Indian Migration to Colombia”, held 9-11 July 2003, traced the historical links between the English-speaking Caribbean and Colombia.
- Fifth in the Series, “The Haiti-Jamaica Connection”, held 3 April 2004 traced the socio-cultural and economic links between Haiti and Jamaica.
- Sixth in the Series>, “The Socio-economic and Cultural Impact of Caribbean Migration to Nicaragua”,
held 2-3 July 2004, examined the anglophone Caribbean presence in
Nicaragua and highlighted the historical links between Jamaica and that
country.
- Seventh in the Series, “The Socio-economic and Cultural Impact of Caribbean Migration to Belize and Honduras”,
held 8-9 July 2005, examined the Anglophone Caribbean presence in
Belize and Honduras and historical links between Jamaica and those two
countries.