David Suzuki is an award-winning scientist, broadcaster, author and environmental advocate who has shaped public understanding of science and nature for more than 50 years. Best known as the longtime host of CBC Television’s The Nature of Things, he has inspired audiences worldwide through his broadcasting, writing and public speaking. A former zoology professor at the University of British Columbia, Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990. His many honors include the Companion of the Order of Canada, UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize and the Right Livelihood Award.

Tara Cullis is an award-winning writer and environmental advocate whose work spans the Amazon, Southeast Asia, Japan and British Columbia. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and taught nonfiction writing at Harvard University before co-founding the David Suzuki Foundation. Cullis also helped establish the Turning Point Initiative, now the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative, bringing together First Nations along British Columbia’s central and northern coasts to protect the Great Bear Rainforest.