Oral history interview with Valerie Langer (partial audio recording and transcript)

Description

In this interview, Valerie discusses her work in environmental activism. She shares how she came to work for the Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS). She describes her role within FOCS as well as the origins of the organisation and its structure. She discusses life and work before, during and after the Clayoquot peace camp, speaking about activist burn out and various tensions within local activism. Valerie also describes how she became involved in activism and shares her views on the relationship between feminism and ecofeminism.

Date

14-Aug-96

Type

Sound recording, Oral histories

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Collection

Clayoquot Peace Camp Oral Histories

Tags

academia, activism, activist burn-out, after Clayoquot, becoming political, blockade, camp, clearcutting, consensus/ decision-making at camp, deforestation, direct action, early life and formative experiences, ecofeminism, environmentalism, family relationships, farming, feminism, First Nations, fishery, food at camp, forest industry, forestry, friendships with other activists, funding and fundraising, gender, gender politics, gender politics at camp, Greenpeace, labour at camp, leadership, life after Clayoquot, life at the camp, logging, logging industry, MacMillian Bloedel, media, men at camp, non-violence, organisation of campaign, other activism, peace activism, relations with First Nations, relationship between feminism and environmentalism, relationships with local populations, social movements, tensions at camp, workshops at camp

Citation

Moore, Niamh, “Oral history interview with Valerie Langer (partial audio recording and transcript),” Clayoquot Lives: An Ecofeminist Story Web, accessed November 1, 2025, https://clayoquotlives.sps.ed.ac.uk/items/show/46.

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Subject

Item: 'The Women of Clayoquot' magazine piece from 'Focus on Women'

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