Itz Cohuatl, Pipil and Mayan
Interim Director of FNHL (2021-2022)
Bio
Dr. Eduardo Jovel is a Director of the Indigenous Research Partnerships, Faculty of Land and Food Systems and founder and Director of xwc̓ic̓əsəm Garden.
Dr. Jovel, whose traditional name is Itz Cohuatl, is an Indigenous scholar of Pipil and Mayan ancestry. His academic training includes Ethnobotany, Mycology, and Natural Products Chemistry. His research intersects with Indigenous Health and Wellness, Indigenous land-based Education, Gender, Research Ethics, and Indigenous food sovereignty. He is the founder and Director of xwc̓ic̓əsəm Garden at UBC Farm, focusing on restoring community leadership on self-determined land-based education and research, and, respectfully, mobilization of Indigenous knowledge. Dr. Jovel has worked with Indigenous people in Peru, Ecuador, the United States, New Zealand, Mexico, and Canada.
More about Dr. Eduardo Jovel – https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/eduardo-jovel/