Grown spiritually, culturally and emotionally,: CBU students experience Māori culture in New Zealand exchange during Indigenous Arts course – Penticton Herald

August 27, 2024

This past July, seven Cape Breton University students had the opportunity to fly across the world to New Zealand.

The opportunity was a part of an Indigenous Arts course created by Marcia Ostashewski, professor of Ethnomusicology, and was created with the intention of connecting local Indigenous/Mi’kmaq students with the Indigenous/Māori culture in New Zealand.

“This is part of a broader relationship-building and collaborative process between Aotearoa/New Zealand and Unama’ki/Cape Breton, specifically between Mi’kmaq and Māori people,” said Ostashewski.

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