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Petter Fleischer Jacobsen 
Email: petterfjacobsen@gmail.com
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Born and raised in Oslo, Norway, I came to Canada in 2004. Having grown
up with the Norwegian outdoors I chose to do my university studies in
Canada, where I can continue the tradition of fishing, hiking and other
outdoor activities. I have always had a great interest in North and South
America, so when I finished my compulsory service as a medical corporal
in the Norwegian military at the age of 20, I packed my bags and travelled
through the Amazon and northern parts of South America. That’s when
I decided to study anthropology and indigenous studies. I attended TRU
in Kamloops for 1 ½ years, but decided I wanted to live further
north so, I chose Prince George to attend UNBC. In January 2007 I went
back to Latin America to work for Fair-trade coffee farmers in Oaxaca
and Chiapas in Mexico, as well as working as an International Peace Observer
in areas of low-intensity warfare in Chiapas. In Peru, I worked for the
Norwegian Rainforest Foundation conducting interviews with tribes affected
by the construction of the South American Transcontinental Highway.
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