A conversation with Dr. David Suzuki
Humanity at a Crossroad: Business as Usual or Transformation
Agenda
15:45 - 16:30 - Dr. David Suzuki Keynote Speech
16:30 - 16:45 - Q&A Period
17:00 - 17:30 - Book Signing
About this event
DAVID SUZUKI, PhD
Grandfather, Award-Winning Scientist, Environmental Activist, Broadcaster
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 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 to 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, United States and Australia. His written work includes more than 55 books, 20 of them for children.
Read more here:
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/david/
This event is presented by the UBC Cluster of Research Excellence in Solar Energy for Net Zero and the UBC Faculty of Applied Science. Learn more about the Solar Energy for Net Zero Research Cluster here.
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Find parking. Nearby lots: E & F. Paid parking in effect at all times.