Universities Studying Slavery conference in Halifax demands that government follow CARICOM's lead on reparations. The four-day Universities Studying Slavery conference that took place in Halifax Oct. 18-21 produced a resolution calling on Canada to join the Caribbean Community and Common Market political and economic union—CARICOM—in fulfilling reparatory justice. The resolution was proposed by Dr. Sylvia D. Hamilton, filmmaker, writer and Inglis Professor Emeritus of the University of King's College; and representatives of the Global Afrikan Congress, including its chair Cikiah Thomas…