Suzanne Simard
Championing Life in the City of Dirty WaterbyClayton Thomas-Mller
Suzanne SimardchampionedLife in the City of Dirty WaterbyClayton Thomas-MlleronCanada Reads2022.
Canada Readstookplace March 28-31, 2022The debates werehosted byAli Hassanandbroadcast onCBC Radio One,CBC TV,CBC Gemand onCBC Books.
About Suzanne Simard
Suzanne Simard is a B.C.-based author and academic who grew up in Canadian forests as a descendant of loggers. She is a professor in the department of forest and conservation sciences at the University of British Columbia.Simard is the author of the bestselling memoir,Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest,which describes her life and research.
Finding the Mother Treedocuments Simard's research intothe reality of the interconnection and intelligence of the forest.Finding the Mother Treewas thegrand prize winner for the 2021 Banff Mountain Book Competitionand acategory winnerfor the mountain environment and natural history award. It was named one of the bestselling books of 2021by CBC BooksandHollywood actor Amy Adams is set to play Simardin an upcoming feature film based on the book.
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