Eric Higgs
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Eric Higgs

Professor, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria
ecological restoration | new natures | mountain legacy project

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About

My research combines ecological and philosophical methods and insights to understand how we intervene responsibly in ecosystems experiencing rapid change. The change is not just environmental and ecological; it is cultural, too. For almost two decades , I have operated the Mountain Legacy Project, a long-term study of changing Canadian mountain landscapes using the world's largest systematic collection of historical survey photographs.

​My teaching encompasses courses in restoration, changing natures, nature and technology and core courses in the graduate program. I encourage applications from exceptional students interested in working on interdisciplinary questions concerning restoration, historical ecology in mountain ecosystems, and emerging ecological novelty.​

​​My previous long-term appointment was at the University of Alberta (1990-2001), and moved to the University of Victoria in 2002. From 2002 to 2010 I was Director of the School. I have held visiting and short-term appointments at the University of Groningen, University of Western Australia, University of Waterloo, Oberlin College, MIT, and the University of British Columbia. From 2001-2003 I was Chair of the Society for Ecological Restoration.

News

February 17, 2023--Interview in "Restoring an ancient lake from the rubble of an unfinished airport in Mexico City" by Matthew Ponsford, MIT Technology Review.

February 15, 2023--CREDTalk Video of "Emerging Landscape Novelty" lecture by Jeanine Rhemtulla and Eric Higgs

​December 17, 2022--Launch of "Mountain Legacies," a Future Ecologies podcast featuring the Mountain Legacy Project.
School of Environmental Studies, B164 David Turpin Building PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2
+1 250 721 8228 
ehiggs@uvicDOTca