‘Welcome’ in all our languages. At table (L-R) Dean Claudette Austin, FEH; Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith; Professor Ian Robertson, keynote speakerRegistration table, including Jill Medford (far left) and Carinya Sharples (second right)At podium: Dean Claudette Austin, FEH. At table (L-R) Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith; Professor Ian Robertson, keynote speakerStaff of the University LibraryVice Chancellor Ivelaw Lloyd GriffithGuest speaker Professor Ian RobertsonChairperson Mrs Coreen Jacobs at registrationSandro Edmunds (in red), from the Arecuna people of Pariuma, at registrationAudience, including (back row) Dwayne from the Department of Creative Arts; (next to the camera) Principal Regional Development Officer for Annai, and (left section) staff of the learning channel and Diana Cruickshank, linguistics studentKey organisers of the colloquium, Estherine Adams and Orin Nelson with guest Maxine Cholmondely (centre)
Questions and answers session. Audience members include Dr David Hinds (front), Mr Leeland Clenkian from St Cuthbert’s Mission (black shirt), Father Richard Peters from Wakapoa (next to Mr Clenkian), Nandia Spencer from Matthews Ridge (plaid shirt), Zedeea Singh from Mabaruma (extreme left), and balata artist Guy Fredericks from Nappi Village (white shirt)(L-R) Annansha Peters, key organiser of the colloquium; Ruel Johnson, special advisor to the Ministry of Culture; Audrey Michelle Rodrigues from UNICEFQuestion and answer session, with Fred Collins (speaking) and audience members including Cliva Joseph, an Akawaio teacher from Phillipai (red shirt, black jacket), balata artist Guy Fredericks (white shirt) and Sabine McIntosh from the Deaf Association of Guyana (far right)Interview with Professor Hubert DevonishCecily Bernard from The Language InstituteKeynote speaker Professor John RickfordProfessor Hubert Devonish and (in front) Larissa Harimotto, a UG student from Kopinang villageSabine McIntosh, Deaf Association of Guyana(L-R) Al Creighton, Ian Robertson, Nick FaraclasColloquium initiator and chief organiser Charlene Wilkinson speaking on the podiumIn the audience of the colloquium(L-R) Former Minister of Culture Frank Anthony, Ovid Williams, Alim HoseinUniversity of Guyana Vice Chancellor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith speaking at the podiumMembers of the Buxton theatre group, who performed at the colloquiumUniversity of Guyana lecturer Alim Hosein and UWI St Augustine former professor of linguistics Ian Robertson at the podiumPoster naming all the parts of the body in the indigenous language of WarrauParticipants of the colloquiumBreak out sessions at the colloquiumGuest speaker Professor Hubert Devonish in discussion at the colloquiumParticipants of the colloquiumParticipants of the colloquium: Kamalla Francis, a Warrau translator from Kamwatta-Moruka, with Norman Cox of Whitewater (Mabaruma sub-district)Group sessions at the colloquiumCharlene Wilkinson and Ovid WilliamsOvid Williams (right) at the colloquiumPost-event discussions at the colloquiumPost-analysis at the colloquium, with Alim Hosein, Ian Robertson and Nick Faraclas
The Guyanese Languages Unit 