A unique opportunity offered by the Dhillon School of Business at the University of Lethbridge allowed a group of Indigenous students to learn about and experience the culture, history and business practices of the Māori people in New Zealand.

Students completed a course called Introduction to Māori Culture and Business Practises before they embarked on a two-week study tour at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. Accompanying them were Rhonda Crow, ULethbridge Indigenous learning & program coordinator, and Rob Crow, director of economic development for the Blood Tribe, who co-instructed the ULethbridge course and was the lead instructor for the New Zealand portion.

In New Zealand, the students were joined by two Māori cultur…