Dr. Nancy Turner is a distinguished professor at UVic and the Hakai Chair of Ethnoecology.
I had the good fortune almost 20 years ago to attend Dr. Turner’s environmental studies course on ethnobotany, the study of plants in the traditional contexts of the people who use them.
When we attended traditional activities like a beach pit cooking it was possibly my first (non museum) introduction to living, breathing First Nations culture. We made many things with our hands in her class, like pine needle baskets. But this was not your stereotypical basket weaving course, the kind you’d sign up for to pad your course load.
This is a woman who has dedicated her life’s work to understanding and championing Traditional Ecological Knowledge. This is her personal website.
http://pspaldin.wix.com/nancyturner
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