Profile
Pamela Courtenay-Hall
Name:
Pamela Courtenay-Hall
Email:
pcourtenay@upei.ca
Position:
Associate Professor
Department:
Philosophy
Phone:
902-894-2838
Building:
SDU Main Building 513
Island Scholar:
Island Scholar Biography
Chair, Philosophy; Associate Professor; Teaching Associate in Environmental Studies
BA, BEd, MA (Windsor); MA (Notre Dame); PhD (Toronto)
Pamela began her university studies in Mechanical Engineering, and her teaching career 40 years ago as a math and physics teacher. She taught environmental education and philosophy of education as a tenured professor at UBC (1992-2002) before coming to PEI. Her research is focused on identifying the cultural roots and present state of the interrelated problems of environmental degradation, social inequality and community decline … and the educational and social-economic policy reforms that can help ameliorate these problems.
Research Interests
- Ethics of climate change
- Ecorealism and cultural-economic imperialism in global environmental negotiations
- Sustainable agriculture
- Critical thinking, environmental education and decolonization
- Human-nature alienation and reconnection
- Ethical and metaphysical issues in parenting
- Popular culture, social media and sexual liberation