Nancy J. Turner – With Indigenous teachers
Nancy J. Turner Interview Segment
produced by Trevor Marc Hughes
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The initial segment as part of the second round of interviews in which we gratefully acknowledge funding through Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia, we were very pleased to speak to BC’s premier ethnobotanist and prolific author Nancy J. Turner from her home (with her husband Robert D. Turner) on Protection Island near Nanaimo. Nancy J. Turner has spent a career working with Indigenous teachers who have shared their traditional knowledge with her, but as she tells The British Columbia Review, not all is shared, some is private, but one thing is clear: that she is grateful for the teachings.
The British Columbia Review Interview Series is grateful for the support of Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia to produce a second round of interview segments as part of ‘Beyond the Lower Mainland: The BC Author Video Road Trip’
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Trevor Marc Hughes was a freelance arts reporter at CBC Radio from 1997 to 2007. In and around that time he worked as a researcher and associate producer on documentary and current affairs programs that aired on Knowledge Network, The Discovery Channel, and Discovery Health, and were produced by Transatlantic Films, the UK’s oldest independent film production company. His own documentary projects include The Young Hustler, a film he produced and directed, about his grandfather’s days operating a Fraser River tugboat during The Great Depression. He has recently uploaded his interviews with Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Catherine Clement, Graeme Menzies, Henry Yu, Yasuko Thanh, and Rodger Touchie.
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The British Columbia Review
Interim Editors, 2023-26: Trevor Marc Hughes (non-fiction), Brett Josef Grubisic (fiction)
Publisher: Richard Mackie
Formerly The Ormsby Review, The British Columbia Review is an on-line book review and journal service for BC writers and readers. The Advisory Board now consists of Jean Barman, Wade Davis, Robin Fisher, Barry Gough, Hugh Johnston, Kathy Mezei, Patricia Roy, and Graeme Wynn. Provincial Government Patron (since September 2018): Creative BC. Honorary Patron: Yosef Wosk. Scholarly Patron: SFU Graduate Liberal Studies. The British Columbia Review was founded in 2016 by Richard Mackie and Alan Twigg.
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