Suzuki on Science
Encyclopedia
Suzuki on Science is a Canadian
science information television series which aired on CBC Television
from 1971 to 1972.
science professor David Suzuki
as a television series host and launched his career as a Canadian scientific broadcaster. This series on scientific subjects was produced by CBC Vancouver
, with the initial pilot episodes reflecting Suzuki's specialty of genetics
. Later episodes concerned other areas of science.
Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...
science information television series which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
from 1971 to 1972.
Premise
This marked the debut of University of British ColumbiaUniversity of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
science professor David Suzuki
David Suzuki
David Suzuki, CC, OBC is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001...
as a television series host and launched his career as a Canadian scientific broadcaster. This series on scientific subjects was produced by CBC Vancouver
CBUT
CBUT-DT is the CBC's television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the flagship CBC Television station for the Pacific Time Zone. The station transmits its main terrestrial signal from a tower atop Mount Seymour....
, with the initial pilot episodes reflecting Suzuki's specialty of genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
. Later episodes concerned other areas of science.