2025 Caribbean Leaders Dialogue

In May, the Caribbean Canada Leaders Dialogue 2025 [CCLD 2025] will bring together 100 individuals from business, education, government, labour, and civil society for a cross-sector experiential leadership development program.

A spokesperson said, “For the past 18 months, a group of dedicated leaders have been working to bring the Caribbean Canada Leaders Dialogue 2025 to life.

“Driven by a relentless passion to grow leadership competencies across the Commonwealth, the Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conferences Inc Canada Charity Board, in collaboration with alumni from previous programs, is set to launch its 2025 program on 22 May 2025.

“Hosted in Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean, from 22 May to 1 June, the CCLD 2025 educational leadership experience hosts 100 participants from these regions and amplifies a proven platform. Working across business, government, labour, education and civil society, dialogues create the competencies and connections in support of the Canada, Bermuda and the Caribbean community.

“Starting in Canada and moving to Bermuda and six countries in the Caribbean over 10-days, the highly diverse participants, will have first-hand exposure to new peer-to-peer interactive learning experiences provoking dialogue across real time, complex issues, so that the quality and relevance of their decision-making is improved.

“Under the CCLD 2025 umbrella theme of Impact-Driven Leadership: Creating Positive Change in Our Communities, there is a focus on six crucial sub-themes – diversity and inclusion, sustainability and innovation, ethics, impact, collaboration, and advocacy.

“As an evidence-based beacon of what is possible when working together, graduates of this dialogue will be formidable decision-makers and change-agents advancing sustainable and innovative approaches to drive positive change across communities and economies.

“The purpose of the conference is not to produce high sounding resolutions and weighty conclusions but to challenge the participants’ assumptions and prejudices; to give them the chance to examine real situations and the issues arising from the interaction of the organizations and the communities in which they operated.

Tammy Richardson-Augustus at Windsor Castle meeting with HRH Princess Anne, Wes Hall, Agnes Di Leonardo.

“This initiative presents valuable opportunities for leadership development, regional collaboration, and engagement between Canadian, Bermudian and Caribbean stakeholders.

“HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, is the President of the global organization, assuming this role from her father, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, who started the charity in 1968. Wes Hall is Chair of CCLD 2025, and Hemi Mitic is the Lead Director from the Canadian Board.

“Key members of the Canadian team include the Board of Directors Agnes Di Leonardi, Hubert Sibre, Robert Taylor, Sir Trevor Carmichael Lt. Col David Clarke, Kevin Howlett, Linda Haslam-Stroud and Sandy Di Felice.

“The Bermuda Planning Committee includes Tammy L Richardson-Augustus [Bermuda country lead] and Edward Ball Jr.”

“As the Canadian Board of the Duke of Edinburgh Commonwealth Study Conferences Canada, Inc celebrates 15-years as a registered charity, and CCLD 2025 as the tenth conference hosted by Canada, it’s important to recognize the various leaders who contribution to and are formed from this conference, each advancing a stronger Commonwealth,” said President Agnes Di Leonardi.

“CCLD 2025 is more than a conference – it is a catalyst for enduring leadership, shaping individuals who return to their communities equipped with insights, networks and the conviction to drive meaningful change across sectors and borders,” said Tammy L Richardson-Augustus Bermuda Planning Committee.

“Following an opening plenary in Canada, the umbrella theme and each sub theme is explored via a unique dialogue tour in one of seven countries in across Bermuda and the Caribbean, with 14 or 16 participants traveling and working together. Meeting again at the closing plenary in Barbados, ideas, concepts, and solutions explored during the tours will be presented to the global charity President and CCLD 2025 Chair who will preside over the conference commitment to dialogic pedagogy through an intersectional lens, to enhance the quality of decision-making and deepen Commonwealth partnerships. This conference strengthens diplomacy and influence, while improving awareness of leading policies and priorities which facilitate economic, social, and civic prosperity.”

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