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Alain Cuerrier

Dr. Alain Cuerrier is a researcher and writer at the Montreal Botanical Garden. He earned his PhD in plant systematics (University of Montreal with one year at Harvard University) before switching to ethnobotany. Cuerrier participated in the creation of the First Nations Garden in Montreal. Since then, he has started ethnobotanical and ethno-ecological projects with the Inuit, Innu, Naskapi, Cree and Squamish people of Canada, as well as the Palikur of French Guiana and the Cabécar of Costa Rica. Cuerrier is also a member of the Plant Biology Research Institute, adjunct professor at University of Montreal, and past-president of the International Society of Ethnobiology. He has published more than 12 books on plant uses by First Nations and Inuit of Canada as well as on the philosophy of biology.

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