History of david suzuki

David Suzuki 

David Suzuki is a highly regarded and award-winning scientist, broadcaster and environmental campaigner.

As a third generation Japanese-Canadian growing up during the Second World War, six year old David and his family were uprooted from their family home and confined to a Japanese-Canadian Internment camp.

Despite losing the family business and suffering from racial abuse, David excelled academically, advancing three grades in a year. He also cherished the fishing trips he went on with his father, with whom David accredits his love of nature, and his public speaking skills.

David was awarded a scholarship at Amherst College, and in , he graduated with a Biology degree, before completing a PhD in Zoology at the University of Chicago in He was awarded the E.W.R Steacie memorial fellowship award for ‘Outstanding Canadian Research Scientist under 35’ and became a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia, a post he