David Takayoshi Suzuki

Grandfather, Award-Winning Scientist, Environmental Activist, Broadcaster,
Canada

David Suzuki has made it his life's work to help humanity understand, appreciate, respect, and protect nature. He is familiar to television audiences as the host of the CBC science and natural history television series The Nature of Things (1979–2023). David was the recipient of the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award. David has been recognized by BC Achievement, in partnership with the Lieutenant Governor of BC, for his extraordinary work as a recipient of the 2021 BC Reconciliation Award. Dr. Suzuki is a Companion of the Order of Canada and a recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for science, the 2009 Right Livelihood Award, and UNEP’s Global 500. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia and has been honoured with 33 honorary degrees from universities in Canada, the United States, and Australia. His written work includes more than 55 books, 20 of them for children. Dr. Suzuki has been honoured with adoptions and names from eight Indigenous Nations in Canada and Australia.