Jason Young teaches in the Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication program. His work focuses on reframing environmental issues to foster creative modalities of engagement. His interdisciplinary research ranges across nature-culture dynamics, (eco)phenomenology, process philosophy, systems thinking and various post-human perspectives. Young takes an open-minded and adventurous approach to the academic enterprise and is committed to transformative approaches in learning and teaching.
Experience
Young has more than 10 years of professional experience working in the environmental field including environmental consulting, field biology, sustainability studies and conservation. He received his PhD from Queen's University where his research in the School of Environmental Studies focused on the role of imagination in an age of planetary emergency. Young has worked for various sustainability initiatives and remains dedicated to fostering ways of being that move beyond the dominant paradigm towards inclusive, ecologically resistant futures.
Education
2023
PhD in Environmental Studies
Queen's University
2018
Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication (with distinction)
Royal Roads University
Awards
2018
Chancellor's Award
Royal Roads University
2018
Founders' Award
Royal Roads University