Taanishi!

Applications are open for Community Engaged Learning's global learning opportunity, Belize: Indigenous Land-Based Foodways! Please share this opportunity with UM Indigenous undergraduate students.

Belize: Indigenous Land-Based Foodways invites First Nations, Métis, and Inuit students from the UM on a 9-day global Indigenous learning opportunity with a Maya community in Belize! We encourage you to apply if you are interested in visiting with Maya community members and learning about the intersections of food with culture, land, and people. We will spend time with Maya elders and knowledge holders learning about traditional foods, forest farming practices, cooking techniques, and land-based practices.

There is an information session on Thursday, November 21, 10-11am in the Circle Room at Migizii Agamik, featuring Maya scholar, Dr. Filiberto Penados. All are welcome!

Program participants will gain travel experience and be immersed in group learning in the Q’eqchi’ Maya community of Laguna, Belize. The program includes a December orientation session, weekly training in January and February, the travel period from February 14-22, 2025, and debrief meetings in March. This project is funded by Global Skills Opportunity, the Government of Canada’s outbound mobility pilot program and the CEL Travel Bursary.

To be eligible for this program you must be Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit), currently be a UM undergraduate student, have limited travel experience, have a Canadian passport, and be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. The deadline to apply is November 25!

Application: https://forms.office.com/r/cBwLcVcavU

If folks have any questions please connect with Meghan.Young@umanitoba.camailto:Meghan.Young@umanitoba.ca. Maarsii!