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The Gilling Papers provides evidence-based analysis of Jamaica, education, criminal justice, governance, diaspora development, and public policy.

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Not London. Not Kingston. The Caribbean: Why the CCJ Should Become Jamaica’s Final Court of Appeal

I have followed Jamaica’s long and often contentious debate over republican status for many years: whether we should become a republic, how the transition should occur, and what a genuinely Jamaican Constitution should include.

An Open Letter to Dr. Leo Gilling

What About the Half That’s Never Been Told?

Before America Pardoned Garvey, Jamaica Had Already Judged His Life

Marcus Garvey, political prosecution and what Jamaica’s National Heroes teach us about law, justice and leadership

You Will Never Know Until You Try: Finding Your Place in Service

No one can know beforehand whether they are truly ready for philanthropy or charitable work.

After the Bulldozers Leave: Are We Solving Informal Settlements—or Deepening Poverty?

I woke up yesterday morning to images from Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny that disturbed me deeply.

We Know Who Sang The Jamaican Songs. But Who Made It Soun Suh Good?

Why Jamaica’s Musicians, Writers and Engineers Must Stand Among Its Reggae Icons

Who Owns Jamaica’s Beaches? Who Has the Right to Use Them? And How Did We Get Here? An In-Depth Review of Jamaica’s Beach Laws, Private Property, Public Access and the Struggle for the Shoreline

I Grew Up With the Beach as Part of Community Life

Jamaica’s Reggae Icon Award: If You Create a Benchmark, Begin With the Benchmark

Part I — What Exactly Are We Measuring?

Five Minutes Before Independence: The Night Jamaica Grew Up

I have always tried to be in Jamaica during the Independence season, between July 27 and August 12.

The Jamaica Teaching Council Legislation: Where Should Professional Regulation End and Criminal Law Begin?

I first became aware of the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill in 2015.

Riding Toronto’s Freedom Train on August Morning - Emancipation Day

I’ve heard about Toronto’s Freedom Train on the morning of August 1 for years.

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