2007 Ian Urquhart

Ian Urquhart’s childhood rambles in interior B.C. set the stage for a lifelong love of wilderness. An engaging writer, his numerous publications include Making It Work: Kyoto, Trade, and Politics (2002) and The Last Great Forest: Japanese Multinationals and Alberta’s Northern Forests (1994). Ian has been teaching political science at the University of Alberta since 1987. He has an uncompromising commitment to speak the truth about Alberta’s current political climate and about how it affects wilderness. His lifelong defence of Alberta’s wild places has included invaluable contributions to AWA as board member, writer, and conservationist. Ian’s dedication to accurate critique and to a conservation ethic is as much a part of him as his love of Alberta’s wild places.