About
Zoologist and environmental activist who hosted the Canadian series The Nature of Things. He earned the Order of Canada award in 1976 and 2006, and he has been a long-time advocate for legislation that might counteract climate change.
Before fame
He and his family suffered and were interned in British Columbia from early in the Second World War until after the war ended in 1945.
Trivia
In 2004, he was voted the fifth greatest Canadian by viewers of the CBC. He wrote a book in 2011 that won the Nautilus Book Award, which was titled The Legacy.
Family life
He married his second wife, Tara Cullis, in 1972, after his 7-year marriage to Setsuku Sunahara ended in 1965.
Associated with
He presented a three-part special on the life of Charles Darwin called "Darwin's Brave New World."
