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David Suzuki
David Takayoshi Suzuki 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 abou…
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culture · Canadian scientist and environmentalist (born 1936) · writer · environmentalist · science writer · biologist · zoologist · climate activist · journalist · also David Suzuki, David Takayoshi Suzuki, Dr David Suzuki, Suzuki
Born 24 March 1936 · Q354534
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2026· 2 entries
Suzuki endorsed Avi Lewis in that year's federal NDP leadership race
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2025· 1 entry
Variety: David Suzuki Feature Biopic in the Works, Montreal’s Possibles Média Introducing Project in Toronto (EXCLUSIVE)
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2021· 1 entry
Said that pipelines would be "blown up" if climate action was not taken; he later apologized
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2018· 2 entries
National Post: David Suzuki | National Post
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Suzuki was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Humanist Association
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Canada's Walk of Fame (2017).
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2015· 2 entries
Suzuki was awarded the Freedom of the City by the Vancouver City Council, which entitled him to the title Freeman of the City of Vancouver
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To ask for his endorsement of the Liberal platform on climate change
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2013· 1 entry
In the French news magazine L'Express, Suzuki called Canada's immigration policy "disgusting" (We "plunder southern countries to deprive them of their future leaders, and wish to increase our population to support econom
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2012· 1 entry
His foundation's website included an "Understanding GMO" page that said, "the safety of GMO foods is unproven and a growing body of research connects these foods with health concerns
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2011· 1 entry
The Harper government announced a five-year, "$2-billion federal prison-building boom" to add "over 2,700 beds to men's and women's prisons across Canada", with $517 million already "spent on prison construction" in 2010
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded Right Livelihood Award (2009).
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Suzuki was awarded the honorary Right Livelihood Award
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2007· 1 entry
Suzuki was honoured by Global Exchange, with the International Human Rights Award
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2006· 1 entry
Suzuki was the recipient of the Bradford Washburn Award presented at the Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts
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2004· 2 entries
Suzuki ranked fifth on the list of final nominees in a CBC television series that asked viewers to select The Greatest Canadian of all time
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Suzuki was nominated as one of the top ten "Greatest Canadians" by viewers of the CBC
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2001· 1 entry
And has since been professor emeritus at a university research institute
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1997· 1 entry
And later made into a five-hour mini-series on Canadian public television, was broadcast in 2002
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Kalinga Prize (1986).
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1976· 1 entry
“More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.”
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1974· 1 entry
Founded the radio program Quirks & Quarks, which he also hosted on CBC AM radio (the forerunner of CBC Radio One) from 1975 to 1979
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1973· 1 entry
Suzuki married Tara Elizabeth Cullis, with whom he had two daughters, one of whom is Severn Cullis-Suzuki
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1971· 1 entry
With the weekly children's show Suzuki on Science
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1961· 1 entry
And was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001
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1958· 1 entry
From Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he first developed an interest in genetics, and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961
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1936· 2 entries
Born 1936-03-24.
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To Setsu Nakamura and Kaoru Carr Suzuki in Vancouver, British Columbia, where his parents were also born
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