Pearce Jones is a researcher and practitioner in regenerative sustainability, committed to reimagining the relationship between economy and ecology. Born to Canadian parents of Egyptian and European ancestry, he grew up across China, Mexico, and Singapore, an upbringing that nurtured both cultural curiosity and a deep gratitude for place.

He earned a Bachelor’s in Materials Engineering from McGill University and a Master’s in Industrial Ecology from the University of Victoria, where he explored how to align economic activity with ecological flows. This work strengthened his awareness of the colonial roots of today’s crisis, the economic incentives that sustain it, and the urgent need for regenerative financing.

Currently, Pearce is pursuing an interdisciplinary PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Victoria, supported through a MITACS partnership with the IISAAK OLAM Foundation. His research focuses on community-driven approaches to financing Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs), seeing them as seeds to shift extractive systems toward a stewardship economy that values care for land, water, and community.

Having lived across continents, Pearce carries an international perspective grounded in respect for local ecologies and is grateful to be living and learning on the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking peoples.