@jcollinsgonsalves
Managing Director, Historical Research International | Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to Watch for 2025 | Fellow, Royal Historical Society-UK | Rotarian | https://www.historicalresearchint.com/
I'm very pleased to share my January 2026 interview with 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐋𝐃. 𝐡𝐜, 𝐂𝐂𝐇, 𝐀𝐀 of John Fernandes Ltd. on our 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐑𝐈 Webcast! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hKX...
🗺️The Life of Books Extends Beyond the Page.
✨ I am grateful for the journey my books took with you this year as we come to the end of 2025 and look forward to 2026!
Looking forward to even greater things and working with you in 2026!
#ThankYouReaders #GratefulAuthorResearcherHistorianConsultant
✨Looking forward to delivering this lecture!
I'll be sharing research from my book - 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨-𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞: 𝐀 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚) 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒-𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒.
Thanks Prof. Tillotson!
✨I’m incredibly honoured to share that I've been named as one of 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 by CIBWE.
Deeply appreciative to have had the award presented by the Hon. Marci Ien, P.C, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 at the ceremony in Toronto, Canada on October 25, 2025.
I'm happy to share that my book𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟓-𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓 was the:
#1 Bestselling book on Amazon in Guyanese History
#1 Hot New Release in Caribbean and West Indian History
#1 Hot New Release in Portuguese history
Book also available at Barnes & Noble and Blackwell's!
Thank you!
It is a groundbreaking study of the entrepreneurship of the Portuguese immigrants in colonial Guyana. This book examines the entrepreneurial ventures by the Portuguese as well as the expansion and diversification into new enterprises.
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬!
I am very pleased to share my recently published book - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟓-𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟓: 𝐀 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
"This contribution is substantial." Prof. Vibert Cambridge
See full review by Dr. Juanita Cox via this link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's quite an honour that my book on Iris de Freitas Brazao, is displayed at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple Library, alongside books by 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗶 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻, Supreme Court of the United States; Leslie Thomas KC, Lewis Stephenson Hunte KC; among others!
📷Sally McLaren
👏 It "is an outstanding work of scholarly research."
📖"The author’s research and focus on Brazao’s biography is meticulous."
Thank you for this excellent review Dr. Juanita Cox of the UK Institute of Historical Research published in the Black Histories Journal(Taylor & Francis)2025! Very honoured!
Lovely to see Past President Rod Karius, my fellow Rotarians Jean-Jacques Tremblay, M.S.A., CPHR, Dawn Fargey, Edward Mondol, Martin Connolly, and Muriel Dunnigan among many others.
Congratulations to District Governor Brian Edwards-Rotary for an exemplary year and to the organizing committee for this year’s conference including PP Jim Saunderson, Ryan May, CIP, and PP Melinda Noyes, among others.
Messages from dignitaries including David Shepherd. A moving and informative Indigenous Cultural Presentation was delivered by the Dancing Cree group, as well as a tremendous Indigenous Curated Dinner by Cree Chef, Author and Top Chef contestant Chef Shane Mederic Chartrand.
There were also Keynote Addresses by Dr. Carrie Smith, Vice Provost, University of Alberta, Anna Marie Robertson, Paul Harris Fellow & Global Grants Scholar, Tammy Cunnington PLY 🇨🇦, Paralympian & World Record Holder among others.
Rotary District 5370 Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada, May 24-25, 2025!
Wonderful to have listened to the Hon. Salma Lakhani, Ltd. Gov, Alberta and her inspiring speech.
#rotaryinternational #serviceaboveself
Thanks Dave!
Available via this link ttps://www.amazon.com/Freitas-Brazao-Legal-Luminary-Trailblazer/dp/1738083705/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.aMCB08oEx68_kUMFD2-Gmg.ttwCpLh8xE-qMT3oaSymPfpShOH4o_q7XbGnTR_g4Po&qid=1748752890&sr=8-1
Congrats to Dr. Anna Macdonald for being awarded the Best Short Documentary 2025 from the Berlin Kiev Film Festival for her documentary Changes in Light! Extremely honored that my book on Iris de Freitas Brazao(pictured in the image below) was featured so prominently by both Anna and Marilyn Clarke!
✨Film Feature! University of London, IALS Library Film🎬 Very honoured that my book on Iris de Freitas Brazao was featured in the important and highly regarded film by Anna Macdonald. The premier was held in London on Dec 9, 2024, at the IALS and at an earlier viewing in Oct2024.
Caribbean Studies Association, thanks for featuring my book on Iris de Freitas Brazao in the CSA August 2024 newsletter!
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Great news! #1 in Amazon Most Gifted books in Caribbean & West Indian History for my book-Iris deFreitasBrazao(1stFemaleLawyerinCaribbean). I headed this category for a period of time. Thanks to all those that continue to purchase the book &the great reviews!
Thanks to Prof. Brereton for this great review of my book on Iris de Freitas Brazao recently published! She noted that "It is a tribute to the author's patient and dogged research that she has managed to tell so much of Iris' remarkable story ..." T&T Express, April 11, 2024
