David Suzuki
Dr. David Suzuki has made it his life's work to help humanity understand, appreciate, respect and protect nature. A scientist, broadcaster, author, and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, he is a gifted interpreter of science and nature who provides audiences with a compelling look at the state of our environment, underscoring both the successes we have achieved in the battle for environmental sustainability, and the strides we still have to make. Both inspiring and realistic, he offers leading-edge insights into sustainable development and model for a world in which humanity can live well and still protect our environment.
He is familiar to television audiences as host of the CBC science and natural history television series The Nature of Things, and to radio audiences as the original host of CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks, as well as the acclaimed series It's a Matter of Survival and From Naked Ape to Superspecies. David was the recipient of The Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award.
An award-winning writer and former faculty member of Harvard University, Tara Cullis has been a key player in environmental movements in the Amazon, Southeast Asia, Japan and British Columbia.
She was a founder of the Turning Point Initiative, now known as the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative. This brought First Nations of British Columbia’s central and northern coasts into a historic alliance, protecting the ecology of the region known as the Great Bear Rainforest.
In 1990 Dr. Tara Cullis co-founded, with Dr. David Suzuki, the David Suzuki Foundation to “collaborate with Canadians from all walks of life including government and business, to conserve our environment and find solutions that will create a sustainable Canada through science-based research, education and policy work.” Tara founded or co-founded nine other organizations before co-founding the David Suzuki Foundation.
Tara has been adopted and named by Haida, Gitga’at, Heiltsuk, and Nam’gis First Nations.
Miriam Fernandes is a Toronto-based artist who has worked as an actor, director, and theatre-maker around the world. Recent directing and creation credits include Hayavadana (Soulpepper Theatre), Nesen, (MiniMidiMaxi Festival, Norway) The First Time I Saw the Sea (YVA Company, Norway). She is currently is co-writing/adapting for the stage the ancient epic, Mahabharata (Why Not Theatre/Shaw Festival), is developing a Deaf/hearing production of Lady Macbeth (in partnership with 1S1 Collective), and is the co-writer of What You Won’t Do for Love with Drs. David Suzuki and Tara Cullis. Miriam is the recipient of the JBC Watkins Award and was nominated for the inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize. She is also the co-artistic director of Why Not Theatre and has trained with Anne Bogart’s SITI Company, and is a graduate of École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris.
Toronto-based stage director Ravi Jain is a multi-award-winning artist known for making politically bold and accessible theatrical experiences in both small indie productions and large theatres. As the founding artistic director of Why Not Theatre, Ravi has established himself as an artistic leader for his inventive productions, international producing/collaborations and innovative producing models which are aimed to better support emerging artists to make money from their art.
Ravi was twice shortlisted for the 2016 and 2019 Siminovitch Prize and won the 2012 Pauline McGibbon Award for Emerging Director and the 2016 Canada Council John Hirsch Prize for direction. He is a graduate of the two-year program at École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. He was selected to be on the roster of clowns for Cirque du Soleiiel. Currently, Sea Sick, which he co-directed, will be on at the National Theatre in London, his adaptation of The Indian epic Mahabarata will premier at the Shaw Festival, and What You Won’t Do For Love, starring David Suzuki will premier in 2021.
Books by David Suzuki
Salmon Forest
Canada Unscripted
CBC & NFB Icons Unfiltered
Nature-First Cities
Restoring Relationships with Ecosystems and with Each Other
Bompa's Insect Expedition
The Sacred Balance, 25th anniversary edition
Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
What You Won’t Do For Love: A Conversation
The Declaration of Interdependence
A Pledge to Planet Earth—30th Anniversary Edition
Tree, A Life Story
Just Cool It!
The Climate Crisis and What We Can Do - A Post-Paris Agreement Game Plan
Reinventing Prosperity
Managing Economic Growth to Reduce Unemployment, Inequality and Climate Change
Letters to My Grandchildren
Wisdom and Inspiration from One of the Most Important Thinkers on the Planet
Letters to My Grandchildren
The David Suzuki Reader
A Lifetime of Ideas from a Leading Activist and Thinker
A Letter to My Grandchildren
Living Things We Love To Hate
Facts, Fantacies & Fallacies
Everything Under the Sun
Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet
The Sacred Headwaters
The Fight to Save the Stikine, Skeena, and Nass
The Legacy
An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future
You Are the Earth
Know Your World So You Can Help Make It Better
Legacy, The
An Elder's Vision of Our Sustainable Future
There's a Barnyard in My Bedroom
Dodging the Toxic Bullet
How to Protect Yourself from Everyday Environmental Health Hazards
The Big Picture
Reflections on Science, Humanity, and a Quickly Changing Planet
The Sacred Balance
Rediscovering Our Place in Nature, Updated and Expanded
A Good Catch
Sustainable Seafood Recipes from Canada's Top Chefs
David Suzuki's Green Guide
The Sacred Balance
Rediscovering Our Place in Nature
Salmon Forest
Wisdom of the Elders
Native and Scientific Ways of Knowing about Nature
David Suzuki
The Autobiography
From Naked Ape to Superspecies
Humanity and the Global Eco-Crisis
A Stain Upon the Sea
West Coast Salmon Farming
Tree
A Life Story
The Sacred Balance
A Visual Celebration of Our Place in Nature
Good News For a Change
How Everyday People are Helping the Planet
The Tree Suitcase
Grow Your Own Spruce Tree
Eco-Fun
Great Projects, Experiments, and Games for a Greener Earth
Sacred Balance, The
A Visual Celebration of Our Place in Nature
When the Wild Comes Leaping Up
Personal Encounters with Nature
More Good News
Real Solutions to the Global Eco-Crisis
Petrotyranny
Rainforest
Ancient Realm of the Pacific Northwest
Plundered Seas, The
Can the World's Fish be Saved?