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2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 2
By Rylee Boswell Today was our second full day in Guatemala City. We started the morning bright and early with a beautiful breakfast of crepes, fruit, cheese and tomato! Our driver Martin picked us up at 7:30 a.m. and we headed to an archeological site called Parque Arqueológico Kaminaljuyu in [...]
2026 Dalhousie Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 1
By Mabel Szekely-Farrol Our first full day in Guatemala was super eventful and informative. We started out our day with a delicious breakfast at Casa San Benito, consisting of corn tortillas, eggs, beans, fruit, and an assortment of jam and salsa, which was a great start to the morning. We [...]
Intern update: Permaculture is a way of life – reflections on IMAP’s Permaculture Design Course
By Hannah Frazer, former BTS Intern What do you see? As of a few weeks ago, I would have answered similarly to the same small voice that has likely just gone off in your head looking at these three photos—a house with a porch, a field of flowers, [...]
BTS 2025 Year in Review
The last year was one of renewed connection, hard-won progress, and steadfast solidarity in both Guatemala and Canada. From standing with our partners facing criminalization and displacement, to celebrating community victories against destructive Canadian mining projects, to welcoming so many guests to the Maritimes, 2025 reminded us what collective strength [...]
We’re Hiring! Interim Maritimes Coordinator
Interim Maritimes Coordinator Employment type: Temporary, Contract (from June 15, 2026 to April 30, 2027) Location: Must be based in the Maritimes Working hours: 27 hours per week Pay rate: $30 per hour, to be invoiced as an independent contractor and paid monthly. Start date: June 15, 2026 (note: the [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 7
By Sophie Purcell Our final day in Guatemala was a meaningful way to close out the experience. We traveled to the Xinka territory where we learned about the impacts of Canadian mining on local communities. Hearing directly about these realities made the issues feel much more personal and reinforced the [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 6
By Amy Lam, Corey Culligan, and Tiara Ramsay Perez We started off our day with breakfast around 7:45 a.m., our final meal at IMAP. We packed our things and said our goodbyes to everyone before our driver Martin picked us up around 8:30 a.m. We took a different route back [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 5
By Cali Cordeau and Nellie Campbell We started the morning with a really good breakfast, omelets, fruit, refried beans, fresh watermelon, and papaya juice. It felt like the kind of meal that sets the tone for a full day ahead. After breakfast, we had a 30-minute lesson on the Cosmovision [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 4
By Katie Murphy and Sophie Purcell Today started early at the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute (IMAP) with a sunrise swim in the lake. After that, we went back up for breakfast, which included pancakes, yogurt, fruit, and cantaloupe. Once everyone was together, we loaded into the truck and drove to Santiago. [...]
2026 StFX Fieldschool to Guatemala: Day 3
By Amy Lam and Claire Haussmann Today our first full day of adventures at the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute (IMAP) commenced! Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. was a delicious combination of scrambled eggs, pancakes with honey, refried beans with blue corn tortillas, and papaya. After breakfast, BTS Guatemala Coordinator, Javier gave a [...]