David suzuki biography summary rubric

Canadian scientist and environmentalist

This article is about the biologist. For the U.S. heavy metal musician, see Dave Suzuki.

David Takayoshi SuzukiCC OBC FRSC (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist.

Suzuki earned a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment.

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He is best known as host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things, seen in over 40 countries. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment.

A longtime activist to reverse global climate change, Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990, to work "to