August 2006 -  13 UNBC undergraduate students participated in a UNBC Geography  Field School to Guatemala with Dr. Catherine Nolin, Assistant Professor of Geography. As part of our vision of tranformative learning, we worked with Grahame Russell of Rights Action and Caren Weisbart of the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network to create a delegation-style course in order to explore the issues of culture, rights, and power through the experiences of state violence, genocide, and recovery in Guatemala.

 

All students committed to creating and participating in a group community presentation in Prince George upon our return to Canada. This website grows out of the presentation which took place in October 2006 at UNBC's Weldwood Theatre. More than 120 people attended the evening slideshow and commentary which proved to be a highlight of our time together as a group.

 

In the pages that follow, the text of the evening's presentation is interspersed with images from the slideshow. The speaker is identified at the beginning of each section which is important because each participant wrote his or her own text. This is truly a collaborative project.

 

We look forward to your comments and ask that you send them to Catherine Nolin at nolin@unbc.ca   

 

Dr. Catherine Nolin
Geography Program, UNBC 

July 2007