In May 2024, 14 students from the University of Windsor will earn university credit studying in Costa Rica with me. We will travel the length of the country, visiting with three Indigenous communities and learning how to work intentionally towards building good relations with Indigenous peoples as visitors to their lands. We will visit two oceans, hike through the rainforest, swim in mountain rivers, and learn about contemporary efforts to protect Indigenous lands, foster Indigenous language programs, and the local efforts to maintain Indigenous knowledges, such as art, sport, ethnobotany, and foodways.

Recruiting for this course took place in Fall 2023 and is now closed. I cannot promise that this course will be offered again, but my hope is to make this a regular course offering at University of Windsor.

Group of University of Windsor students at Puerto Viejo in Lìmon, Costa Rica smiling out at the Caribean Ocean after an impromptu hike.