Dacia L. Leslie

Senior Research Fellow at SALISES, The University of the West Indies, Mona and Chair of the Crime Prevention and Offender Management (CPOM) research cluster.

[Dacia L. Leslie @DaciaLeslie]

Excellent! Really proud of Tania. You can review her work on Google Scholar vis-a-vis safeguarding the rights of child witnesses.

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

🎉 Celebrating an Academic Milestone!

Congrats to Mrs. Tania Chambers on her successful upgrade from MPhil to PhD candidature! 👏

The SALISES family wishes her continued success as she advances on her doctoral journey!

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

New publication: Intersecting Inequalities in Jamaica and Beyond, edited by Kevin Williams, Dacia L. Leslie & Warren Benfield. Explore poverty, social protection, child justice, AI, human rights and inequality in the Global South. https://t.co/smeZJ1JcPS

[Dacia L. Leslie @DaciaLeslie]

Honoured to work with my co-authors Tania Chambers, Ramona Biholar & Richard Leach on this important contribution to witness care and justice reform in Jamaica.

📖 Get a free copy up to Oct. 6 here:
https://t.co/8rHP4YprCm

#WitnessCare #JusticeReform #Jamaica #AccessToJustice

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

📢 New Publication

“Enhancing witness participation in Jamaica’s justice system: Insights from the 2019 Witness Care Conference”

By Dacia L. Leslie, Tania Chambers, Ramona Biholar & Richard Leach.

FREE ACCESS until Oct. 9, 2026:
https://t.co/TSbwmoF0s8

#WitnessCare

[Dacia L. Leslie @DaciaLeslie]

Really proud of Kerry-Coy Virtue!!!!!The just shall live by faith (Hebrews 10:38)🙌🏾🙌🏾

[MOHW JA @themohwgovjm]

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 🎤🎤 Congratulations 🎊🎉🍾🎈 to the 3rd cohort of scholarship awardees for the Dr. Barry Wint Memorial Scholarship Programme. The 2026 recipients will pursue various courses of study in public health! #goodnews #publichealth #scholarshipsinhealth #humanresourcestrategy

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

Thank you to all our partners and stakeholders for supporting the Equity in Action Breakfast Briefing and contributing to the development of the National Roadmap for Action on Advancing Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities in Jamaica (2027–2032).

#EquityInActionJA

[Dacia L. Leslie @DaciaLeslie]

Really excited to be a part of this important initiative!

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

Join the Caribbean Youth in Evaluation webinar!
A regional conversation on youth leadership in evaluation as part of #YouthInEvaluation Forum ’26.
📅 21 May 2026
⏰ 10am–1pm AST

Featuring regional M&E professionals incl. Dr. Dacia Leslie

More info:
https://t.co/P0fntLwD1P

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

🚀 Join us for the launch of the
SALISES AI Readiness Study (Jamaica) 🇯🇲
📅 May 12 | 🕘 9AM
📍 Eon Nigel Harris Council Room, Regional Headquarters, The UWI, Mona Campus

Featuring leaders in AI, policy & innovation
🔗 Register: https://t.co/SlW7m7RiqO

[CETLUWI mona @CETLMONA]

The UWI/CETL Mona congratulates all faculty receiving 4.5 and above on the Course Experience Review for the AYs 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.

Your dedication to your students' learning experience is truly commendable-congratulations!

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

MSc in Development Statistics @ SALISES, UWI St. Augustine
✔️ Online delivery
✔️ 1 yr FT | 2 yrs PT
✔️ Specialisations in (1) Social and Demographic Stats & (2) Survey Research
Apply: https://t.co/Hl2wDylZLr
More Info. - https://t.co/snEHPtyRp6

[Dacia L. Leslie @DaciaLeslie]

Honoured while thanking God and the village🙏🏾🏌🏿‍♀️

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Dacia Leslie (Snr. Research Fellow, SALISES Mona) on receiving
The UWI, Mona Principal’s Research Award for Best Research Publication 2024/2025 (FSS).

📘 The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Prison Overcrowding in Jamaica
🔗 https://t.co/MCbFZgcy7n

[CETLUWI mona @CETLMONA]

We’re excited to share with you the Volume 18, Number 4 publication of CETL’s Teaching Tips Newsletter, for January 2026!

This month we feature "Implementing Scaffolding in Your Course".

[Dacia L. Leslie @DaciaLeslie]

It was such a privilege to give the keynote address at the PIOJ's 10th Annual Best Practice Symposium.

If you missed the sessions or want to engage with the conversation, I encourage you to tune in here:
🔗 https://t.co/Or6TulpWjr
@SALISESMona

[Caribbean Child Research Conference @caribchildconf]

From Barbados 🇧🇧 to Jamaica 🇯🇲, the journey continues!

Last year’s #CCRC was a celebration of youth brilliance & purpose 💡

Now, as we mark 20 years of amplifying young voices, we’re taking it even further! 🥳

Join us Nov 6–7 at UWI Regional HQ for two days of ideas & impact.

[Caribbean Child Research Conference @caribchildconf]

Keep those ideas flowing! 💡
Our young thinkers and writers now have until October 13, 2025 to submit their entries for #CCRC2025

🎨 Ages 6–8: Poem
📝 Ages 9–11: Essay
📑 Ages 12–17: Research Paper

Let your voice shape the future of the Caribbean child. 💬

#ChildRights

[Caribbean Child Research Conference @caribchildconf]

⏰ 3 DAYS LEFT!
Deadline for the #CCRC2025 Children’s Competitions is Oct 3 🚨

🎨 Poem (ages 6–8)
📝 Essay (ages 9–11)
📑 Research Paper (ages 12–17)

Don’t miss your chance to share your voice + win prizes!

Submit 👉 [email protected]

#ChildRights #CCRC20

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

🌍 Big news!
7 UWI scientists will contribute to the @IPCC_CH Seventh Assessment Report (AR7).

Proud Caribbean voices shaping global climate science.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/o9E4hsdDSe

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

📢 Updated Call for Papers – Adults & Academics!
Submit to the 20th Caribbean Child Research Conference
📅 Nov 6–7, 2025

Theme: Leaving No Child Behind
🗓️ Abstracts now due: Aug 22
📧 [email protected]
🔗 https://t.co/430gf3zVp6

#CCRC2025 #ChildRights #CCRC20

[Dacia L. Leslie @DaciaLeslie]

Such a privilege to have been invited to deliver the keynote at El Shaddai Home Schools’ Graduation & Awards Ceremony—an innovative, one-of-a-kind online school in the Caribbean.
👏🏽Congrats to valedictorian Deneque Whyte & top boy Jace DaCosta-Smith!
💐#BloomWhereYouArePlanted

[Dacia L. Leslie @DaciaLeslie]

Thanks a million Martin!

[Martín Hernán Di Marco @MartnDiMarco2]

Atenti!

Interested people in this write to @DaciaLeslie! Great opportunity for collabs accross que region.

Gente interesante escríbanle a @DaciaLeslie. Gran oportunidad en colaboraciones a lo largo de la región.

[SALISES Mona @SALISESMona]

Call for Chapter Contributions
Deadline extended to April 30, 2025

Read full Call - https://t.co/uvsf7U7cuR

Queries and submissions should be sent to [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]