Copy Of Local Seminar Treatment Plan

Programme Treatment Programme Title: Cayman Talks Producer:

Cathrine Welds, Danya Thomas, Sandra White, Jacob Wood, Khadeen Jackson, Gregory Quintero Davis, Joelyn Scott and Tashae Lawson

Host:

Robert Lynch

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Aim:

The Concept

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30 Minutes

ICCI FM listeners around Grand Cayman to open their minds in telling them about the school as well as the local seminar to further reiterate the importance of knowing one’s history and preserving it.

- To encourage the people of Cayman to sign up for the Local Seminar offered at the International College of the Cayman Islands bi-annually even if they do not desire to complete a full degree program To start up/create a dialog with the Cayman Island government officials in regards to our findings and way forward for the people of the Cayman Islands.

Through the segments we aim to open the minds of the listeners to learn more about the rich history, heritage and culture of all three islands. With this we also hope to have the government officials listen in and take some of our suggestion to create unity among the different people that help to create The Cayman Islands. Preserve it, honor it and watch it grow

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Description Introduction[Intro track][Cathrine] On January 23-31 2019, eight of us students from ICCI participated in a nine-day local seminar which involved visiting and learning about The Cayman Islands' rich history, culture, heritage, and what our tourism industry has to offer locals and visitors alike on all three islands. We learned about the many environmental conservation and educational efforts made by the Cayman Islands Government's Department of Environment, the Central Caribbean Marine Institute and their employees and supportive volunteers. We had the opportunity to learn about Cayman's rich history from our discovery to present day from a few of our tourism ambassadors and tour guides who imparted a wealth of knowledge and showed a lot of passion for the work they do. These ambassadors also expressed a love for the Cayman Islands and the various causes they supported which was inspiring to see. Throughout the nine-day seminar, we received feedback from the ambassadors, environmental protection enforcers, scientists, and government employees, regarding their

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Programme Treatment experiences daily. They are seeking more support from our local Government heads and our local population to keep their passions, efforts to spread awareness alive, and to affect the changes that are needed to protect the Cayman Islands' unique environment, and engaging in the heavier promotion of its rich culture, heritage, and people. This seminar has opened our eyes to so much that we were not aware of and had ignited a passion in us to share what we have learned. We also want to promote making the teaching of Cayman's history, culture, and heritage mandatory in all schools' in the Cayman Islands. We believe it should be a mandatory part of the curriculum to not only instill national pride but to help those who call the Cayman Islands home appreciate this amazing country, its humble beginnings and the resilience of our forefathers and mothers who paved the way for what and who we are today.

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Grand Cayman

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Programme Treatment [Khadeen]Pride Workshop – State the objectives of the Pride workshop. Highlight who did it, the Department of Tourism. At the beginning of the seminar, we were immersed in a PRIDE workshop where Ms. Janet Holiness imparted an immense amount of knowledge from Cayman’s history. The objectives of the workshop was to learn: ●

The history of the five centuries of the Cayman Islands.

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The differences between the three islands.

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The unique heritage and culture of the Cayman Islands through arts and crafts.

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Structure of economy and government of the Cayman Islands.

From this workshop we picked three things we learned about that we found intriguing, either because we only knew of the incomplete historical accounts of well-known stories or we were completely unaware of how it came to be significant in Cayman’s history. For example: – ●

The Wreck of Ten Sails – We learn since childhood of the wreck of the ten sails and it is a well-known tourist attraction on the coast of our eastern district. There is currently steel remains of a ship that ran aground many years ago that most of us believed were the last remnants of the infamous wreck, as far-fetched as it may seem. However, what we learned was that in actually, the 10 ships

Programme Treatment that wrecked in 1794 on the water breakers, were in fact wooden and was a part of a fleet of 59 French ships and that King George III was aboard one of the 59 ships. What is more intriguing is that the evidence behind how the wreck occurred was due to miscommunication by the crew contradicts the folklore that Cayman’s inhabitants at the time lured these ships closer to sure by walking back-and-forth along the seashores with donkeys and lanterns to spark the passing ships sailors’ curiosity. ●

The role Owen Roberts played in Cayman History – It is understood that Cayman’s two aviation pioneers were Mr. King Parker Jr. a Canadian man who founded the airline called Jamaica Air Transport. Mr. Parker Jr. made his first flight to Cayman on November 23, 1946. According to Cayman Compass (2013) “he flew from Kingston to Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac and in une 1947, Parker purchased a PBY Catalina flying boat from the Canadian government to replace the Stranraers. He also renamed his company “Cayman Islands Airways”. By December 1947, apparently in financial straits, he sold the company to Bahamas Airways, represented by Wing Commander Owen Roberts.” Mr. Owen Roberts got the first airfield in the Cayman Islands after. It is said that on a flight returning from Jamaica Mr. Roberts’ experienced

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The Treaty of Madrid - Great Britain took formal control of the Cayman Islands, along with Jamaica, under the Treaty of Madrid in 1670 from Spain. The treaty is also known as the Godolphin Treaty. Britain and Spain decided which territories they would take control of and signed the treaty to end their feud.

[Danya] From that, we ventured out into field trips. After the Workshop, we participated in a series of trips around the Island that showed us things we never knew before, such as the Segway tours, the crystal caves, the bioluminescent tours, among others.

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[Sandra] & [Tasahe] Good/Highlights: Intro – First we wanted to start off by saying thank you to Ms. Susan Howard owner of Pirates Point, Gay Morse and her team for the wonderful hospitality, amazing food and just such a welcoming atmosphere. (Tashae) Island tours: ●

We visited the CCMI which is the Central Caribbean Marine Institute where Maisy Fuller gave us an in depth talk about their research on the

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Programme Treatment different corals and rebuilding the coral life. Students, interns and educators from all over the world are housed at the CCMI Institute (from time to time) where they get hands on experience to better understand the complex interactions of natural and human processes on the reef ecosystems. Why is the reef so important to the Cayman Islands? We learned that: ●

The reefs are a habitat for many marine organisms

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The reefs are vital for food, jobs and recreation

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It is an enormous source of income for our islands

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Protects us from storm

Reefs are destroyed by climate changes, pollution, coastal development and over fishing. Hence we understood the passion Maisy and the team demonstrated for healthy reefs

Another place we visited was the National Trust’s Booby Pond where the Islanders ensured that a natural habitat was provided for the beautiful boobies and frigates. Mr Joe Ploply gave us a refreshing and informative talk about the Kleptoparasi`tic relationship between the boobies and the frigates, which means the frigates have to depend on the boobies for their food. Rather interesting was the drama between these two species to ensure their survival. The viewing platform which is part of the National Trust building offers a spectacular view of these birds in their habitat. To ensure that the boobies and frigates always have

Programme Treatment a home, the breeding area is known as a “Sanctuary Zone” where human access is prohibited except for research and management. (Sandra) ●

Next stop on our tour of Little Cayman was the Department Of Environment where we met with Paul Chin, his wife and his team who are working with the groupers to help track which ones are native to Cayman as well as keep them safe as they are becoming endangered.

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Going to the Museum in Little Cayman we met an extraordinarily passionate young woman named Tanja Laaser pronounced “Tanya” who cares about the native rock iguanas on the island and she also made a presentation on a different day telling us some ‘did you know?'s about the Cayman Blue and Rock Iguanas and how differentiate them from the invasive South & Central American green Iguanas. i.e. Third eye, salt gland scales on side of green iguana face, and spikes under green iguana chin. Our blue iguanas are seed spreaders who help replenish the growth of Cayman’s flora and fauna while the green iguanas eat and destroy the blue and rock iguanas’ food source. Greens also disrupt the food chain and ecosystems for birds, bees, and other insects that play an integral parts in keeping Cayman’s ecosystems balanced. As well as the project the have called the “the green iguana

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The togetherness of how each person could tell you something about someone else's job.

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Little Cayman is the last piece of old Cayman. (Tashae)

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[Transition 3] Cayman Brac

[Jacob] & [Gregory] Good/Highlights:

Intro: Cayman Brac has a strong cultural presence, and they do a lot of culture teachings in the school. ●

Keino Daley, Nathan Walton and Philip Smith for being our tour guides of Caves.

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Saskia Edwards for Heritage House and her hospitality even though they were preparing for a new exhibit. Thatch rope competition

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Walton's Mango Manner- Simone Scott co-founder of the Cayman Brac Autumn Heritage Festival hosted us and introduced us to different flowers that were used for medicine in Cayman. She also introduced us to Mr. Conroy D. Ebanks who is a very amazing artist.

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Brac Power and Light: Johnathan Tibbetts. The pay as you go meters and we saw the Bubble house.

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You cannot go to Cayman Brac without visiting the bakery and getting Cayman Brac Bread, Bulla, and Coconut bread.

Conclusion

Message to CI Government [Joelyn] [Restate improvements etc.] [Also say thanks to the parts that are doing well]

Thank you’s: Department of Tourism, Department of Environment, National Trust and Heritage House. Feedback/Improvements: ●

Promote more Caymanian Style houses and architecture, i.e., Boggy Sands

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Make it mandatory to learn Caymanian history and show connections with the other countries in all schools.

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Parents in need to teach their kids about their heritage and not just their grandparents and vocational skills.

● It is not true that there is not a lot to do in Cayman.

And even though it may seem that there is not a lot, there is so much to learn and do in Cayman

Feedback/Improvements:

● They need more support with the conservation and the feral cat situation and volunteers for Tanja “Tanya.”

Feedback/Improvements: Overall

● The long-standing divide culturally and we need to work together to ensure that the culture and people

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Closing

[Advocate for the school talking about the seminar and what a good experience and the degree programs etc.]

[our little one liners about what we would need the government to tackle first] [Intro track]

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