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The IOJ is located at 10-16 East Street, Kingston, Jamaica, and has responsibility for the following organizations: The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica /Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB). Liberty Hall: Legacy of Marcus Garvey – a project of the ACIJ/JMB; The Jamaica Music Museum (JAMM) The Junior Centres (Programmes Coordination)
According to him the vision for the project was to "export an innovative software development strategy to enable Jamaican youth to prosper in the global internet knowledge economy." He was honored for his innovations and commitment to coaching with the Silver Musgrave Medal for Science in 2012 by the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ). [6]
The library was established in 1979 by the Institute of Jamaica Act, 1978 from the collection of the West India Reference Library, which was created by Frank Cundall in 1894. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The National Library of Jamaica is part of the Institute of Jamaica . [ 4 ]
Sir Anthony Musgrave. The Musgrave Medal is an annual award by the Institute of Jamaica in recognition of achievement in art, science, and literature. [1] Originally conceived in 1889 and named in memory of Sir Anthony Musgrave, the founder of the Institute and the former Governor of Jamaica who had died the previous year, the medal was the first to be awarded in the Western Hemisphere.
Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, (formerly Jamaica School of Art and Crafts), is an art school in Kingston, Jamaica.In 1940, Edna Manley pioneered evening art classes at the Institute of Jamaica's Junior Centre but it was not until 1950 that the first formal arts school opened at the DaCosta Institute at 1 Central Avenue, Kingston Gardens. [1]
He started work at the Institute of Jamaica at the age of 14. Three years later he joined the Jamaica Daily Gleaner, of which his father was editor, as a proofreader, and two years later became a reporter on the Jamaica Times. In 1903, De Lisser became assistant editor of the Gleaner and was editor within the year. He wrote several articles for ...
The Order of Jamaica is the fifth of the six orders in the Jamaican honours system. [1] The Order was established in 1969, and it is considered the equivalent of a knighthood in the British honours system. [2] Membership in the Order can be conferred upon any Jamaican citizen of outstanding distinction.
Hugh Lawson Shearer ON OJ PC (18 May 1923 – 15 July 2004) was a Jamaican trade unionist and politician, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972.He was also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade from 1980 to 1989, under Edward Seaga.