A project focusing on the protection and preservation of the undersea ecosystem. A project by the Agro-ecological Caribbean Network (ARECNE) and Caribbean Grassroots Organizations in response to Global Warming in collaboration with WACC Global & the Folk Research Centre (FRC) Inc., Saint Lucia. (Read more) Saint Lucia, like most island states, is dependent on two […]
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Publication of the commemorative poetry collection entitled “IKONS: New and Selected Poems” by John Robert Lee The main purpose of this project is to publish a poetry collection entitled IKONS by the celebrated Saint Lucian poet John Robert Lee. Robert Lee’s poetry chronicles the changing historical and cultural landscape of Saint Lucia, and in
The FRC is in the early planning stages to convert the late Dame Marie Selipha ‘Sesenne’ Descarte’s former dwelling house into a folk museum, to be known as the La Plas Sesenne Museum.This concept arises out of FRC’s revitalization initiative, FRC Vivan, following the devastating March 25th 2018, fire at Mount Pleasant, which completely destroyed
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FRC Call for Host Communities for Mwa Éwitaj Kwéyòl and Jounen Kwéyòl 2023
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This week as Saint Lucia celebrates National Library and Information Week 2023, we celebrate the professionals who are integral to the work of libraries, research centres and information units. At the Monsignor Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre, these individuals are invaluable to our work.
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Today marks the official launch of Library Week 2023 in Saint Lucia. Let us take a look at some snippets from today’s launch. National Archivist, Margot Thomas (left of image) makes a presentation to the featured speaker, Keithlin Caroo of Helen’s Daughters Librarian Assistant at the FRC- Bernardia Vitalis FRC’s Librarian- Catherine Octave- Isaac
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The Studies Conference allows academic researchers to present the major goals and outcomes of their research on some aspect of St. Lucian social and cultural life. The event seeks to promote a productive and informative exchange between researchers and St. Lucian citizens, including academics, historians, cultural specialists, and those working within the policy arena. Third,
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Improving justice for kwéyòl language speaker in the jurisdiction of the eastern Caribbean supreme court.
The Folk Research Centre has embarked on an ambitious program to digitize Its collection of artifacts, documentation and other content, to make them available online for greater access to the general public. The need for the Folk Research Centre to digitize their information collection and to make them available online cannot be over emphasized. One
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FRC project for the indigenisation and popularisation of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in St. Lucia. The project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aimed to translate the SDGs to the local language, Kwéyòl, and the local context, and popularise them in order to promote efforts towards sustainable development. The processes involved in
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