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Thursday, 25 June 2009 19:44

The Science Media Centre of Canada is fortunate to have the support of these outstanding individuals as Champions. Committed to the goal of improving science communications, they volunteer their time in helping advance the Centre.

Linda Hughes

Linda Hughes is the 19th Chancellor of the University of Alberta.

Deeply committed to her community, she is a member of the Edmonton Homeless Commission and serves on the boards for the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation and the Edmonton Community Foundation. She is a founding member of the NorQuest College Foundation and a former chair of the board of the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region.

Former Publisher and President of the Edmonton Journal, Hughes has been a leading figure in Canadian media for more than 20 years.
She has served on the boards of the National Newspaper Awards, the Journalism Foundation of Canada and the Committee to Protect Journalists. She was also a member of the board of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada from 2002 to 2008.


Jay Ingram

Jay Ingram has been the host of Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet since it began in 1995. Prior to joining Discovery, he hosted CBC Radio’s national science show, Quirks and Quarks, from 1979 to 1992. During that time he won two ACTRA awards, one for best host, and several Canadian Science Writers’ awards.

He also wrote and hosted two CBC Radio documentary series. He was a contributing editor to Owl magazine for 10 years and wrote a weekly science column in the Toronto Star for 12 years. Ingram has also written 10 books.

He has received the Sandford Fleming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute for his efforts to popularize science, the Royal Society’s McNeil Medal for the Public Awareness of Science and the Michael Smith Award for science promotion from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Alberta and has received four honourary doctorates.
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