Bob McDonald
Bob McDonald has been communicating science internationally through television, radio, print and live presentations for more than 30 years. He is the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, the award-winning science program with a national audience of nearly 500,000 people. He is also a regular reporter for CBC Television’s The National as well as host and writer of the Gemini-nominated children’s series Head’s Up.
As a print journalist, McDonald has authored two science books for children and contributed to numerous science textbooks, newspapers and magazines including The Globe and Mail, Owl Magazine and many others. His latest book is Measuring the Earth With a Stick.
McDonald has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of science in Canada as the 2001 recipient of the Michael Smith Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the 2001 Sir Sanford Fleming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute, Canada’s oldest scientific institution; the 2005 recipient of The McNeil Medal for the Public Awareness of Science, through The Royal Society of Canada. He has received two honourary Doctorates, from the University of Guelph and Carleton University.
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