Winter 2022

Welcome Messages from Dean Ruiz, Dean Hickey, Dean Gonzalez, Rep. Espat & Mayor Rosales Keynote Presentation: Finding What Matters – Fr. Beau Schweitzer Opening Remarks: Hon. Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Technology Can Study Penetrate What Matters? The Project of Liberal Education – Dr. Anthony Andres

What Matters in Research for Tertiary Level Educators: Techniques and Methods – Dr. Michael Odell “Laudato Si” and the Outdoor Leadership Adventure at JPIIJC – Fr. Beau Schweitzer Education and the Task of Re-Imagining our Relationship with the Land and Each Other: Reflections from Indigenous Future-Making – Dr. Filiberto Penados Stories Matter: Finding Nuestras Voces during the Pandemic = Ms. Melba Marin-Velasquez Beyond Tipu: Re-Viewing 16th – 19th Century Western Belize – Mr. Giovanni Pinelo Your Comments and Questions, Sharing Experiences of Liberal Education in Belize and the US – Dr. Anthony Andres and Mr. Andrew Meluch The “Popul Vuh” and the Use of Our Venerable Texts as a Means of Appropriating our own Stories in the Teaching of Belizean Studies – David N. Ruiz Emerging Businesses Navigating through the Pandemic – Gayle Ozaeta What Matters in a Connection to Traditional Healing Wisdom: In the Footsteps of H’men Don Eligio Panti – Dr. Rosita Arvigo