The University of the West Indies Saint Lucia Country Conference 2016 The overall theme of the conference is: “Collegial Information Sharing for Sustainable Development”. This conference is expected to create an environment for sharing and learning, which is a necessary step towards establishing the links which facilitate the management of indigenous knowledge for our own use, thus providing an avenue by which academic research on Saint Lucia can make a substantial contribution to global discourse.

1. Bougainvillea Room (Room 1) Begonia Room (Room 2)
9:00 –10:00 Moderator: Dr. Cathy James-Springer
Full Panel Session
Beyond Talk: Crossing Language Boundaries (A&C)
Joseph, Dr. Kyneata; Esnard, Dr. Talia; Descartes, Dr. Christine; Evans, Dr. Sandra
10:00-10:20
Break
Session 2 Chair: Dr. Sonia Alexander Session 2 Chair: Dr. Anthony Felicien
10:20-11:00 Evidence–Based Management of Caribbean
Health Systems: Barriers and Opportunities
(Hea)
Greaves, Dr. Damian
Vernacular Instruction and the Development of
Literacy: An Alternative for Language
Instruction in St. Lucia
Depradine, Dr. Kathy
11:00-11:40 Sex Tourism and HIV/AIDS in St. Lucia: A
Health Policy Perspective (Hea)
Theodore, Prof. Karl; Ali-Sisbane, Ms.
Haleema Laptiste, C; La Foucade, A; McLean,
R
Creole Influence in the Writing of St. Lucian
Students at the Common Entrance Exams(A&C)
Francis, Mr. Ronald
11:40-12:20 Imposex in Marine Gastropod Molluscs in Saint
Lucia. (Eco)
Daniel-Thomas, Ms, Bethia
Supporting Children’s Transitions from Pre-
Primary to Primary School: A Collaborative
Approach (Ed)
Kinkead-Clark, Dr. Zoyah
12:20-1:20
Lunch Break
Session 3 Chair: Ms Sonia Severin Session 3 Chair: Dr Rosemarie Mathurin
1:20-2:00 Explaining the Housing Deficit in Saint Lucia
(Soc)
Pierre-Louis, Ms. Rosemary.
Intra-Sentential Code-Switching of English-
French Creole Bilingual St. Lucians:
Grammatical Licensing, Motivation and
Perception(Ed)
Charles-Charlemagne, Mrs. Joel
2:00-2:40 Exploring the Plight of Households Headed by
Elderly Females: The Case of Relative Poverty
In St. Lucia
(So Sci)
Boochoon, Ms. Leandra And St. Bernard, Dr.
Godfrey.
The Contextual Needs Implementation Model
(CNIM) for Improving Implementation of
Science And Technology Curricula in St. Lucian
Primary Schools (Ed)
Clifford, Dr. Catherine A
2:40-3:20 Considering An Information Governance
Programme?- Basic Considerations for Higher
Education Institutions.(Ed)
Bryan, Mr. Emerson O S G
A Critical Inquiry into the Status of Social
Justice in Teacher Education in Saint Lucia
Edward, Dr. Marietta
3:20-4:00 Public Expenditure on Education: Is There a
Correlation with Economic Growth? A Case
Study of St. Lucia (Ed)
Henry, Mr. Clarence
4:00-4:40 Dine Outs
Saint Lucia Country Conference 2016
Presentation Schedule (Day 2)
Friday,October28th
,2016