in Australia, 203–4, 211;
forest industry issues, 69, 71–72, 113–24, 205, 247–51, 376;
Pacific salmon and, 235, 343–46;
in Papua New Guinea, 295–97, 300–302
Fulton, Jim, 114–15, 227–32, 241, 252, 264
Gagné, André and Louis-Edmond, 107
Garrett, Peter, 204–5
gender issues, 36, 101–3, 378–82
genetics and biotechnology, 43, 50, 52, 53–55, 337–43
George, Dan, 62–63
Gerussi, Bruno, 62
Gessler, Nick, 114, 116–17
Gibbs, Jeff, 158, 165, 272
Gondo, Fumiko, 393
Gore, Al, 285, 318–19, 322
Great Barrier Reef, 201–3, 209–10
“Greatest Canadian” contest, 365–69
Greystone Books, 250–51
Guujaaw, 117–18, 127, 158, 159, 163–64, 274–75
Gzowski, Peter, 331–34
Haida Gwaii, 113–24, 230
Heaps, Terry, 247
Hocking, David, 238, 240
Hoggan, Jim, 240
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 307–10
International Monetary Fund, critique of, 297
internment of Japanese Canadians, 16–22
Irekran, 144–50, 167–74, 189–90
Irwin, Steve, 79–80
Japanese Canadians, 14–22, 24
Johnson, Al “Jet”, 174
JUSCANZ countries, 314–16, 317–18
Kaiapo people, 138–51, 153–57, 162–74, 176–92, 268. See also Paiakan
Kidd, Gladys, 156
Kovanic, Rudi, 81, 82, 91
Kube-i, 143–44, 153–54
kuru, 289–90
Kyoto Agreement, 246–47, 312–23
Lightfoot, Gordon, 129, 132, 155–60
Lindsley, Dan, 43, 45
Lomborg, Bjørn, 270, 309
Lovejoy, Tom, 158–59
Macaulay, Shirley, 103, 353, 381
McCandless, John, 125–26, 129
Mallus, Juneia, 137, 139, 192
Marchak, Pat, 248
marine ecosystems, 209–10, 228–30, 232–36, 374–76, 377–78
Martell, Roberta, 256–57
Martin, Paul, 246, 264, 369
Mathur, Vishnu, 74–75, 81, 84–85
May, Elizabeth, 123–24, 152, 157
Mendes, Chico, 152–53
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 348
missile defense system, 335–37
Mosquito, Rosie, 158, 160
Mulroney, Brian, 122, 123, 196, 230, 269, 280, 330
Munro, Jack, 71–72
Murray, Jim, 60, 69, 73–75, 114, 332
Nader, Ralph, 350–53
Narmada dam (India), 76–77
National Research Council, 329–30
Noyce, Phil, 196, 201–2
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 43–47
O'Brien, Lewis, 212–13
Oe, 167, 169, 176
Onstott, Tullis, 87–88
Paiakan: accusations and trials, 153–54, 189–90;
Aucre, 144–50, 176–88, 192–93;
in Canada, 155–57, 167–74, 205;
Kaiapo university, 190–92;
protesting mines and dams, 138–44, 160, 162–67
Papua New Guinea, 288–304
Participatory Action Research (PAR), 255–57
Pedder, Lake, 207–8
Pinkerton, Lynn, 234
Posey, Darrell, 143, 153–54
Projeto Pinkaiti, 190–92, 225
Queen Charlotte Islands, 113–24, 230
racism, 3, 14–17, 21–25, 29, 45–47, 52–53
Raffi, 272, 274
Reed, Les, 120–21
Reimchen, Tom, 235, 344–46
Richardson, Miles, 117, 118–19, 127, 175–89, 222, 252
Robinson, John, 232
Roddick, Anita, 173
Roughsey, Dick, 214
Sainte-Marie, Buffy, 130, 132
Saragawa Dam, 225–26
Saul, John Ralston, 359
Scapiletti, Nicholas, 237–38
Schwindt, Richard, 247
science, social implications, 39–40, 48–50, 53–55, 196, 324–30, 334–49
Science Council of Canada, 330
Scott, Gerry, 241, 244
Sparrow, Willard, 237–38
Stein Valley Festival, 124–33
Sting, 164–66
Strong, Maurice, 268, 273, 280
Strumm, Shirley, 90–91
Sunahara, Joane, 37, 40–42, 52–53, 382–83, 389
Suzuki, Aiko, 8–9, 389
Suzuki, Carr Kaoru, 4–11, 14, 26–28, 31–32, 37, 58–59, 110–12, 208–9, 393–96
Suzuki, David (childhood and youth): childhood, prewar, 13–14;
family, 2–13;
internment, wartime, 16–22;
outdoor activities, 10–11, 13;
postwar life in Ontario, 23–33;
public speaking, 58–59;
schooling, 23–25, 28–33;
social “outsider”, 31–33
Suzuki, David (education and academic work): Amherst College, 34–41;
as geneticist, successful and controversial, 47–48, 50–57, 95, 97, 337–40;
postgraduate training, 41–47
Suzuki, David (husband, father, and elder): confronting mortality, 391–98;
extended family as legacy, 382–87;
marriages and children, 41–42, 52–53, 94–95, 97–110;
Tangwyn, 370–78;
work as legacy, 387–91
Suzuki, David (science broadcaster): adventures with “stand-ups”, 72–78, 79–93;
Amazonia, 138–44, 150, 152–53, 162–67;
as career change, 54, 59–69;
celebrity status, 347–69;
Haida Gwaii, 114–16, 118–20;
It's a Matter of Survival, 218–20, 266;
The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, 67–68, 72, 81, 91–93, 114–16, 118–20, 134, 157, 242, 244–45, 273, 308;
Suzuki on Science, 60
Suzuki, Dawn, 9
Suzuki, Geraldine Aiko, 8–9, 389
Suzuki, Laura, 52, 95, 385–86
Suzuki, Marcia, 5, 6, 8
Suzuki, Setsu (née Nakamura), 4–9, 11, 13, 21–23, 110–12
Suzuki, Tamiko, 41–42, 52, 94–95, 104–7, 379, 383–84
Suzuki, Troy, 52, 94–95, 104–7, 380–81, 386
Swann, David, 244
Tangwyn, 370–78
Tania, 167, 169, 176
Taylor, Meg, 299–300
television, 59–69. See also Suzuki, David (science broadcaster)
Tennessee, environmental and social problems, 44–47
Tompkins, Doug, 271
Trezise, Percy, 213–14
Union of Concerned Scientists, 261–63, 348
University of Alberta, 47, 59
University of British Columbia, 47–48, 50–53, 55–57
Vander Zalm, Bill, 122–23
Vonnegut, Kurt, 331
Walters, Carl, 233
Watson, James, 43, 55
Webster, Jack, 121
Weinstein, Marty, 234
Wilderness Advisory Committee, 120–21
Wilkerson, Ruby, 45
Wilkinson, Merv, 248–49
Wilson, Alan, 124
Wilson, Michael, 157
World Bank, 76–77, 143, 152, 157, 165, 296–97, 299
Youth Conservation Corps, 211
Zimmerman, Barbara, 155, 159–60, 190–92, 225
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From Naked Ape to Superspecies: Humanity and the Global Eco-Crisis,
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