Will Valley

Will Valley is an Associate Professor of Teaching in Applied Biology at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia. With a PhD in Sustainable Food System Education and a background in Secondary Sciences education, Valley specializes in pedagogical innovations for sustainable food systems, systems thinking, and community-engaged scholarship.

• PhD, Sustainable Food System Education (UBC)
• BEd, Secondary Sciences (UBC)
• BSc, General Biology (UBC)

His research focuses on regenerative education frameworks, decolonial pedagogy, and urban agriculture's multifunctionality. He teaches courses like LFS 100: Introduction to Land and Food Systems and LFS 400: Audio Storytelling.

Selected publications analyze community-based food systems, decolonizing methodologies, and equity-centered pedagogies. Recent work explores reparative just transitions (2025) and ethical engagements between Western and Indigenous sciences (2024).