Symposium Schedule

DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2022

Opening Ceremony

Session 1

The Value of the Local Plant Resource During Slavery

Dr Sonia Peter, Executive Director, Biocultural Education and Research Programme

A Modern Community Case Study - Codrington College Community Survey

Health Resilience and Preventative Approaches using Medicinal Plants: A Focus on Wellness

Dr Damian Cohall, Deputy Dean Pre-Clinical Sciences & Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus

Session 2

Youth Dialogue

Medicine in your garden?

Robali Sewitt, Seaneé Dorant, and Jade Hunte

Moderator: Marsha-Ann Clarke, Founder/CEO, Youth Equipped to Achieve

Spirituality and Traditional Medicine: Healing for the Soul

Reverend Dr Michael Clarke, Principal, Codrington College

Caribbean Plants: Here today, gone tomorrow?

Professor C. M. Sean Carrington, Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science & Technology, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus

DAY 2 - THURSDAY 7 APRIL 2022

Session 1

A Video Presentation of The Codrington College Medicinal Herbs Project

Economics of Plant Biodiversity and Traditional Medicine

Dr David Bynoe, National Coordinator (Barbados), GEF SGP UNDP

Translating the Local Botanical Pharmacopeia into New Medicines

Dr Damian Cohall, Deputy Dean Pre-Clinical Sciences & Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus

Traditional Medicine: From the garden to the market

John Hunte, Secretary, Organic Growers Cooperative Society

Underutilized Plants as New Crops for Food Security and Health

Dr Sonia Peter, Executive Director, Biocultural Education and Research Programme