field course

Instructor
I have been visiting Clayoquot Sound annually since 1999, when I spent a research summer studying den choice in the Giant Pacific Octopus. In recent years I have served as a founding board member for the Ucluelet Aquarium Society. In these roles I have come to appreciate the unqiue ecology of this region. I have also taken opportunities to interact with loggers and fishermen, with environmentalists and naturalists, with educators, artists, scientists, business people and politicians who live and work in this area. It has been an education for me to speak with these local stakeholders and learn about their perspectives on environmental and economic issues.

When I teach courses in environmental philosophy each year, many of the readings and classroom discussions strike me as out of synch with the issues as I encounter them in the Clayoquot region. I designed this course in an effort to bring these worlds together. I hope that students will benefit from interacting with people for whom environmental issues are a living cocnern. I would also like for students to learn about the ecology of this region and determine for themselves why it is valuable. At the same time, for people living in this region there is an opportunity to benefit from discussing philosophical issues with interested visitors.

-Stefan Linquist

To find out more please contact me: linquist@uoguelph.ca
or visit my website biophilosophy.ca