President’s Quarterly Progress Report: July − September 2008
President’s Quarterly Progress Report: July − September 2008

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2008
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Commonwealth of Learning
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Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver
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On the nomination of the Secretary-General, the Board has appointed
His Excellency, the Honourable Burchell Whiteman, O.J., as Chair for an initial term of
three years. Currently Jamaica’s High Commissioner in London, he began his professional
career in education more than 40 years ago as a teacher and subsequently as school
principal. He joined the Jamaican cabinet in 1992 and distinguished himself as a Minister
of Education, Youth and Culture for ten years before becoming Minister of Information and
Leader of Government Business in the Senate until 2006. In 2002, he was appointed as the
Regional Representative for the Caribbean on the COL Board of Governors and has served
as Acting Chair since 2007. In 2004, he was named an Honorary Fellow of COL.
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Commonwealth of Learning (COL)