David Suzuki

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File No. 742708  ·  Adjudicated

David Suzuki

TV Host — The Nature of Things, environmental activism, geneticist and science communicator

Born
1936
Birthplace
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Citizenships
CA

Canadianness Score

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria

Designation

Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁

Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.

Scorecard

Path A — born on Canadian soil
I. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — British Columbia
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in Vancouver and has received UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for science communication.

The verdict

Interned with his family during WWII in British Columbia, he became Canada's most prominent environmental broadcaster and scientist. A fixture on CBC for decades, he's as Canadian as the wilderness he's spent his life defending.

Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable

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