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Biography

University of Saskatchewan - Philosophy

Associate Professor and Arrell Chair in Food, Policy, and Society at University of Guelph
Philip
Loring
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
I am an anthropologist and futurist with interests in sustainability, food systems, fisheries, and environmental justice. My goal is to contribute to more sustainable practices in my community and to educate people to think differently about their relationship with the natural world.

Experience

    Education

    • University of Alaska Fairbanks

      Master of Arts (MA)

      Anthropology
      Ethnography and historical ecology of Alaska Native food systems; also, studied with the Resilience and Adaptation Program, an NSF IGERT

    • University of Alaska Fairbanks

      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

      Indigenous Studies
      Political ecology of climate change, natural resource management, and food security in Alaska (PhD); also, studied as a part of the Resilience and Adaptation Program, an NSF IGERT.

    • University of Alaska Fairbanks

      Assistant Professor


      Mentor graduate students & post-doctoral researchers; research on food security, fisheries, and climate change impacts on coastal communities. Also some research on ecotoxicology.

    • Florida Atlantic University

      Bachelor of Arts (BA)

      Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
      Contentration in Philosophy, certificate in Classic Studies

    Publications

    • That’s What Opening Day Is for: Social and Cultural Dimensions of (not) Fishing for Salmon in Cook Inlet, Alaska

      Maritime Studies

      This paper explores some non-economic social and cultural dimensions of a small-scale salmon fishery, and discusses their importance to the well-being of the fishers and the fishing communities.